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  • Lightsource to invest £2bn in Indian solar, in first move outside the UK

    13 November 2015

    Lightsource Renewable Energy has earmarked £2 billion ($3 billion) for investment in Indian solar, as it for the first time looks for opportunities outside the UK.

  • Southern Power Co plans $750m green bond

    13 November 2015

    Southern Power Company is marketing a $750 million green bond, in a transaction set to make it the first US-based utility to tap the market.

  • Environmental Finance recognised at awards

    13 November 2015

    Environmental Finance news editor Sophie Robinson-Tillett has been honoured with an award for journalism, underlining the publication's status as the leading global title in its field.

  • HSBC pledges $1bn to green bond market

    12 November 2015

    HSBC has stepped up its commitment to the green bond market, pledging to buy $1 billion of notes.

  • Greencoat UK Wind plans £50m equity raise to fund acquisitions

    12 November 2015

    Greencoat UK Wind plans to issue £50 million ($76 million) of equity which it will use to buy a wind farm.

  • The road to Paris: this time is different!

    12 November 2015

    With only a few weeks to go until the start of the UN climate change conference in Paris, Charlie Thomas explains why he is optimistic about the talks.

  • EF BRIEFS: Aquila, Scatec Solar, Connecticut green bond

    11 November 2015

    Aquila Capital, an alternative investment specialist, has acquired Smakraft, the largest operator of small-scale hydro plants in Norway, for an undisclosed sum.

  • Profile: Axa IM's new green bond fund

    11 November 2015

    Axa IM uses its in-house responsible investment expertise to cherry-pick labelled green bonds, and also buys unlabelled green corporate bonds, says Peter Cripps

  • Axa IM launches green bond fund

    11 November 2015

    Axa Investment Managers has launched a green bond fund.

  • Green bond issues surpass 2014 total to set new record

    11 November 2015

    The green bond market has edged past last year's record issuance with almost $36.7 billion of new issues so far this year, and more believed to be on the way.