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  • Dong makes 3GW rights acquisition UK offshore wind

    24 August 2015

    Danish energy giant Dong has acquired the rights to up to 3GW of wind farms off the coast of the UK.

  • Elon Musk invests as Tesla raises $728m in latest share offering

    24 August 2015

    Elon Musk has purchased $20 million of shares in Tesla, the loss-making electric automobile company he runs, as it raised $728 million in its latest share offering.

  • EU carbon market weekly update - 24 August 2015

    24 August 2015

    EU Allowance prices are well-supported by fundamentals, despite the current sell-off in global markets, says Louis Redshaw.

  • Inflection Point Capital to advise Norway's sovereign wealth fund

    24 August 2015

    Inflection Point Capital Management, a London-based sustainability advisory company, has secured a four-year consultancy contract to advise Norway's $870 billion sovereign wealth fund.

  • Aligera added to Nasdaq Sustainable Bond list after acquiring Cicero second opinion

    24 August 2015

    Swedish renewable investment company Aligera has acquired a second opinion on its SEK500 million ($60.4 million) corporate bond, in a move that allowed it to be added to Nasdaq Stockholm's Sustainable Bond list.

  • Africa's first grid-connected anaerobic digestion plant set to sell carbon credits to UK

    24 August 2015

    Supermarkets in the UK are expected to buy carbon credits from Africa's first grid-connected anaerobic digestion plant, which was opened last week.

  • UK investor 3i takes 50% stake in offshore transmission venture

    24 August 2015

    3i Infrastructure, a London-listed investment firm, has paid £23 million ($36 million) for a 50% stake in the offshore transmission owner (OFTO) of the UK's West of Duddon Sands wind farm. The remaining equity in the project will be acquired by Macquarie Capital.

  • EIB smashes €10bn green bond mark with new CAB

    21 August 2015

    The European Investment Bank (EIB) has added to its range of Climate Awareness Bonds (CABs), in a deal that was upsized to €600 million ($677 million) amid strong demand.

  • PNE Wind completes cornerstone yieldco asset

    21 August 2015

    PNE Wind's yieldco took a step closer towards lift off after the German wind farm developer completed the construction of its 57.6MW Chransdorf wind farm.

  • Driving geothermal deployment in developing countries

    21 August 2015

    Well-directed public finance has the potential unlock tens of billions of private sector geothermal investment in developing countries, argues Valerio Micale