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  • Terra Firma's RTR buys solar farms from EDF

    04 April 2014

    A company owned by Guy Hands' private equity giant Terra Firma has bought two Sicilian solar photovoltaic (PV) plants from EDF's renewables arm.

  • SolarCity raises $250m for US solar

    25 March 2014

    SolarCity has secured $250 million in debt to develop further rooftop solar projects, it has announced.

  • Enel Green Power agrees €153m loan with Santander for wind

    25 March 2014

    Italian renewables group Enel has signed a €153 million ($211.4 million) loan agreement with Banco Santander to finance further wind farms in Mexico.

  • Toyota increases size of asset-backed green bond, plans more

    20 March 2014

    Toyota's pioneering issue of 'green' asset-backed securities has been increased in size to $1.75 billion from a planned $1.25 billion, in response to strong investor demand, and further similar issues are likely, a senior executive said.

  • First index launched for green bonds market

    17 March 2014

    An index to track the fledgling green bond market has been launched by German index provider Solactive.

  • Moody's anticipates Aaa ratings for Toyota green bonds

    11 March 2014

    Moody's Investors Service has assigned provisional Aaa ratings to the bulk of a $1.25 billion issue of 'green' asset-backed securities expected to be issued soon by Toyota.

  • SunEdison agrees financing and imminent sale of first UK projects

    03 March 2014

    SunEdison's first UK solar energy projects are due to be operational later this month, the US-based photovoltaics specialist said.

  • Wind farm investments help drive healthy returns for PensionDanmark

    27 February 2014

    PensionDanmark's pioneering investments in wind farms provided a return of 9.1% last year, underpinning a "very satisfactory" performance for the firm and offsetting the poor results from its bond portfolio.

  • Swedish insurer snaps up African green bond

    24 February 2014

    SPP, a Swedish pensions and insurance provider owned by Storebrand, was the sole buyer of a SEK 1 billion ($153 million) green bond issue from the African Development Bank (AfDB).

  • Unibail-Rodamco's €750m green bond 'could be first of many'

    21 February 2014

    Commercial real estate company Unibail-Rodamco hopes to repeatedly tap the green bond market after its inaugural €750 million issue was more than three-times oversubscribed.