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  • Scatec Solar and Google in $188 million JV for US project

    08 January 2015

    Scatec Solar has secured $157 million from Google and Prudential to build a major new plant in the US.

  • Macquarie makes €720m offshore wind deal

    07 January 2015

    Macquarie Capital has made an investment of €720 million ($854 million) in an offshore wind farm, marking its biggest ever commitment to renewable energy.

  • Voting opens in EF's Deals of the Year awards

    07 January 2015

    Nominations are now open for the eighth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • Green bond market saw $35.4bn of issues in 2014, says CBI

    07 January 2015

    Some $35.4 billion of green bonds were issued in 2014 – more than treble the previous year's figure, but short of estimates of $40 billion.

  • Vardar is latest utility to enter green bond market

    06 January 2015

    A Scandinavian utility has issued its first green bond, raising NOK300 million ($39.3 million).

  • Abengoa and EIG form $9.5bn joint venture

    06 January 2015

    Spanish energy company Abengoa has formed a joint venture with EIG Global Energy Partners to develop a $9.5 billion pipeline of projects.

  • Scatec Solar agrees financing for first Latin American project

    05 January 2015

    Independent power producer Scatec Solar has secured project financing to start building a $125 million plant in Honduras, marking its first move into Latin America.

  • $204m green project bond issued in Peru

    23 December 2014

    A $204 million bond has been issued to support wind projects in Peru, in one of the continent's first green bond deals.

  • Terraform pays $250m for 77.6MW more solar capacity and raises dividend

    23 December 2014

    US renewable energy company Terraform Power has bought 39 solar power plants, totalling 77.6MW, from Capital Dynamics US Solar Energy Fund for $250 million.

  • Alstom shareholders approve $13.5bn takeover by GE

    22 December 2014

    Shareholders of French industrial giant Alstom have approved the sale of the firm's energy businesses to General Electric (GE) of the US for $13.5 billion.