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

    29 January 2014

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

  • World Bank issues first floating-rate green bond

    16 January 2014

    The World Bank's International Bank for Reconstruction and Development has issued a $550 million climate bond with an 18-month floating rate.

  • Banks back new transparency guidelines for green bond market

    13 January 2014

    A coalition of 13 major investment banks has backed a set of voluntary principles intended to encourage transparency and integrity in the fast-growing green bonds market.

  • Mainstream launches capital-raising arm

    12 December 2013

    Project developer Mainstream Renewable Power has launched a new company designed to raise €2.4 billion ($3.3 billion) of capital from institutional investors.

  • Pension fund invests €120m in Dutch offshore wind farm

    02 December 2013

    A pension fund has invested €120 million ($163 million) in a Dutch offshore wind farm that is nearing financial close.

  • Irish renewables firm secures €92m in new funding

    02 December 2013

    Irish renewable energy company Gaelectric has agreed additional financing of €92 million ($125 million) to fund further growth of its activities in wind power and energy storage.

  • Offshore wind grid group issues £305m bond with EIB credit enhancement

    28 November 2013

    A company that operates a power connection between an offshore wind farm and the grid has become the first renewables-related bond to receive credit enhancement through a European Investment Bank (EIB) programme.

  • Financial close reached for £760m UK waste-to-energy plant

    28 November 2013

    A UK resource management company and its investment partners have signed a £760 million ($1.2 billion) contract with a waste authority for a waste-to-energy project.

  • BlackRock, CalSTRS snap up BoA's $500m green bond

    22 November 2013

    BlackRock, California State Teachers' Retirement System and TIAA-CREF were among the investors in Bank of America's first-ever green bond.

  • Conergy in '€100m' UK solar farm deal

    22 November 2013

    Two UK developers have sold five solar farms and have given the buyers the option to purchase an additional four projects, in a deal that could be worth more than €100 million ($134.4 million).