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Vestas taps green bond market with €500m issue
04 March 2015Vestas has placed a €500 million ($553 million) green bond with European investors.
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Barclays in UK solar deal that offers 'encouraging signs' for future refinancings
04 March 2015Barclays has provided £76 million ($117 million) in solar project refinancing, in a deal that could 'pave the way' for further big refinancings in the UK renewables market.
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University of Virginia launches $92m green bond
04 March 2015The University of Virginia is set to become the latest university to tap the green bond market after it announced plans to issue a $92.4 million 'refunding' green bond.
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World's first green bond from oil company comes out of Thailand
04 March 2015The first green bond from an oil company has been issued.
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Block Island becomes US's first offshore wind project to reach financial close
03 March 2015An offshore wind venture in the US has become the first in the country to reach financial close, raising more than $290 million.
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Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign
02 March 2015Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.
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EIB issues its first Turkish currency green bond since 2010
02 March 2015The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a green bond in Turkish lira.
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UK's first refuse-derived gasification plant wins project finance
02 March 2015A "landmark" deal has secured the first ever project financing for a UK gasification plant that derives its feedstock from refuse.
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Abengoa in unusual deal for $279m yieldco convertible notes
27 February 2015In an unusual transaction, Abengoa will issue $279 million of two-year convertible notes which will convert into shares in the company's yieldco, rather than the firm itself.
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TRIG gives shareholder return of 7.5% in 2014
25 February 2015The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) gave shareholders a 7.5% return last year, according to its latest financial results – outstripping the FTSE- All Share by 630 basis points.