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Pattern secures C$393m for Canadian wind
02 July 2015Pattern Development has closed C$393 million ($312 million) of financing for a wind project in Canada.
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Allianz reaches €2.5bn renewables milestone with Austrian wind farms
02 July 2015Allianz has entered the Austrian wind market with the purchase of four wind farms, bringing the insurance firm's investment in renewables to over €2.5 billion ($2.7 billion).
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EAPF names sustainable equity mandate winners after extensive search
02 July 2015The UK's Environment Agency pension fund (EAPF) has selected four asset managers for its global sustainability equity mandate after a wide-ranging search.
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Yingli issues retail project bond for Chinese solar
02 July 2015Chinese solar panel manufacturer Yingli Green Energy has issued its first retail project bond, which will finance a solar plant in the country
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Bank issuance helps green bond market gather steam in Q2
01 July 2015A raft of issues from private banks helped the green bond market gather pace in Q2 after a slow start to the year.
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Rhode Island plans $56m green bond for water treatment
01 July 2015The Rhode Island Clean Water Finance Agency plans to raise $56.345 million by issuing a green bond.
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Green bond comment: An encouraging quarter
01 July 2015When Environmental Finance's small-but-dedicated team of green bond aficionados totted up all the green bond issues from the first quarter of 2015, the numbers were a little disappointing, says Peter Cripps.
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NextEnergy Solar Fund eyes 19% dividend increase
01 July 2015NextEnergy Solar Fund, a UK yieldco, has confirmed it is on track to increase its dividend next year to 6.25 pence, an increase of 19% on its 2014-15 payout.
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Green Bond issuance, Q2
See Environmental Finance's latest figures for the green bond market.
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Under scrutiny: green bond impact reporting
01 July 2015Issuers' reports on the environmental impact of their green bonds range from a few paragraphs on hard-to-find webpages to 80-page documents. But, given the costs and assumptions involved, some question whether more is necessarily better. Graham Cooper reports