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JLEN makes first acquisitions since IPO
01 April 2015John Laing Environmental Assets (JLEN) – one of the six UK-listed yieldcos – has made its first acquisitions since it floated a year ago.
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Deals of the Year 2015
01 April 2015The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.
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Solar: Capital Stage/Gothaer Versicherung
01 April 2015A European renewables firm and an insurance company have formed a novel partnership whose structure could become a model for other clean energy companies across the globe looking to raise capital.
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Wind: Project Gemini
01 April 2015Gemini's record-breaking size attracted countless headlines, but the project also broke new ground in the way it was financed.
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Bioenergy: Speyside biomass CHP project
01 April 2015The world famous Macallan whisky distillery in Scotland is a beneficiary of this year's Bioenergy Deal of the Year. The winning transaction uses public and private finance to develop a combined heat and power (CHP) project which will supply all the steam needed for the distilling process as well as green power to the national grid.
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Bond: Energia Eolica's green bond
01 April 2015Amid a surge of use-of-proceeds green bonds last year, Peruvian renewables firm Energia Eolica stood out from the crowd. It launched a $204 million labelled project bond to refinance two newly operational wind farms.
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IPO: Abengoa Yield
01 April 2015When Abengoa Yield(ABY) floated on the NASDAQ in June, raising more than $828 million, demand outstripped supply by 17 times.
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M&A: SunEdison and Terraform acquisition of First Wind
01 April 2015SunEdison became the world's largest renewable energy developer when it took part in the acquisition of First Wind, in a deal worth $2.4 billion.
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Sustainable Forestry: Credit Suisse/Althelia Ecosphere's Nature Conservation Notes
01 April 2015The Nature Conservation Notes issued by Credit Suisse and Althelia Ecosphere in December are a novel impact investing product designed to help reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and promote sustainable agriculture.
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Carbon: ClimateCare's ethanol cookstoves fund
01 April 2015This year's award winner in the carbon finance category combines government grants with pure carbon finance to create a revolving fund that supports a new market in clean cookstoves.