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  • Abengoa Yield plans €200m bond

    27 October 2014

    The yieldco spun off by renewables and infrastructure firm Abengoa plans to issue a €200 million ($253.5 million) bond to help it buy solar and wind farms from its parent company.

  • Greencoat's £125m fundraise smashes target

    24 October 2014

    Greencoat UK Wind raised £125 million through an equity raise – smashing its £100 million target.

  • New York green bank opens account with $800m of deals

    23 October 2014

    New York's green bank has agreed to make its first loans after announcing a string of deals it said will ultimately lead to investments of more than $800 million.

  • Masdar invests $125m in Oman's first wind farm

    23 October 2014

    Masdar has entered into a joint venture to build a $125 million wind farm in Oman.

  • Green Investment Bank sees interest in offshore wind fund

    22 October 2014

    The UK's Green Investment Bank said it has had interest from two potential cornerstone investors for its proposed £1 billion ($1.6 billion) offshore wind fund.

  • PartnerRe to finance $100m of Mosaic's solar loans

    22 October 2014

    An affiliate of global reinsurer PartnerRe will provide up to $100 million for the home solar loan programme of Mosaic, a peer-to-peer solar finance company headquartered in Oakland, California.

  • RBS agrees £28m project financing for UK's Lightsource

    22 October 2014

    UK solar energy developer Lightsource Renewable Energy has secured £28.4 million ($45.6 million) of project financing from Royal Bank of Scotland for three installations totalling 34MW.

  • TRIG to tap equity market, joining Foresight and Bluefield

    22 October 2014

    The Renewable Infrastructure Group (TRIG) is planning to raise additional funds by issuing new shares.

  • Blackstone boosts capacity for renewables investments

    22 October 2014

    Blackstone, a leading US-based private equity investor, has set up a new firm to invest in renewable energy projects in North America.

  • Risk-sharing instruments get approval from Green Climate Fund

    21 October 2014

    The UN's Green Climate Fund has approved the use of financial guarantees and other risk-sharing instruments that it believes will help leverage private capital in support of the fund.