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How should the EU carbon market be redesigned?
04 February 2015A Market Stability Reserve (MSR) has been proposed to deal with the oversupply of allowances that has depressed prices and trading activity in the EU emissions trading system (ETS) in recent years. Several designs for the MSR have been proposed, with varying impacts on EUA prices, say analysts at ICIS Tschach Solutions in a new White Paper.
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Pattern to raise $350m as it eyes 1GW acquisition in Japan
04 February 2015Yieldco Pattern Energy is raising $350 million in equity, which will partly help it fund future acquisitions.
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Solarcentury sells 71MW pipeline
03 February 2015UK renewables company Magnetar Solar has acquired 71MW of projects from Solarcentury.
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Canadian Solar pays $265m for Recurrent Energy
03 February 2015Canadian Solar has almost doubled its pipeline of solar energy assets by purchasing US project developer Recurrent Energy from Sharp Corporation of Japan for about $265 million.
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Abengoa and EIG to commit $2.5bn of equity to venture
03 February 2015Abengoa has revealed further details of its $9.2 billion joint venture with EIG Global Energy Partners to build new projects.
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Oslo stock exchange publishes first green bond list
03 February 2015The Oslo stock exchange has become the first exchange to publish a listing of green bond issues.
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Terraform ups credit facility following spate of fundraising
03 February 2015Terraform Power has more than doubled its credit facility, to $550 million.
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Institutional investors eye 'real assets' to boost returns
03 February 2015Institutional investors will increase their allocations to real assets, including renewable energy, infrastructure, agriculture and timber, as equities and bonds fail to deliver their target returns, according to alternative asset manager Aquila Capital.
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The best performing funds of 2014: Ecofi Enjeux Futurs
03 February 2015Finding firms that help address challenges caused by environmental pressures and the growing global population helped produce benchmark-beating results. Fund manager Olivier Plaisant talks to Peter Cripps
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EU carbon market weekly update - 2 February 2015
02 February 2015EU allowances are likely to see further minor price gains this week, says Louis Redshaw.