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Connecticut green bank in $30m PACE securitisation
20 May 2014Connecticut's green bank has announced the securitisation and sale of a $30 million portfolio of transactions financed under its commercial clean energy initiative.
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Shell rubbishes 'stranded assets' theory
19 May 2014Oil giant Royal Dutch Shell has dismissed concerns around 'stranded assets', claiming the idea is "alarmist", in a letter to shareholders.
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S&P warns insurers about increasing frequency of extreme weather events
19 May 2014Weather volatility is rising and further increases in the severity and number of extreme events could trigger ratings downgrades for insurance and reinsurance companies, ratings firm Standard & Poor's said.
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KfW and Helaba finance Canadian onshore wind farms
19 May 2014German wind farm developer wpd has announced the financial close of a public-private fundraising round to enable the construction of two new projects in Canada.
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Clean energy accounts for 30% of EBRD investments
19 May 2014Almost 30% of investments by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) last year were for renewable energy, energy efficiency and other responses to climate change.
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African renewables company gets KfW backing
19 May 2014German development bank KfW has teamed up with a Swiss asset manager to launch a renewables company focusing on sub-Saharan Africa.
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Foresight agrees £100m solar loan facility
19 May 2014Foresight Solar Fund has agreed a £100 million ($168.2 million) debt facility to help fund its plans to double its operating capacity over the next 12 months.
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Climate change is a 'mega-trend' threatening sovereign ratings - S&P
16 May 2014Climate change has joined 'ageing populations' as a global mega-trend that threatens to impact sovereign risk, according to rating agency Standard & Poor's.
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S&P 500 increasingly conscious of climate risks, says CDP
16 May 2014US public companies are increasingly feeling the impact of climate change on profit and operations, according to the CDP – formerly known as the Carbon Disclosure Project.
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Agri firm raises $11m for 'sustainable' animal feed firm
16 May 2014A nutrient recycling company has raised $11 million to build the world's first fly farms, which will breed maggots to be used as environmentally friendly animal feed.