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Private equity firm buys Infigen wind portfolio for $274m
29 October 2015Private equity firm ArcLight Capital Partners has acquired Infigen Energy's entire US wind portfolio in a deal worth $274 million.
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China Longyuan Power raises bond for first North American wind project
29 October 2015Dufferin Wind Power, a subsidiary of the second largest wind developer in the world, has issued a C$200 million ($153.5 million) project bond out of Canada.
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Quercus launches two new renewables funds and targets €500m fundraise
29 October 2015Quercus is set to launch two Italy-focused renewable infrastructure funds to sit alongside its recently launched European renewables fund.
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Signatories to GBPs break through 100-mark
28 October 2015The number of signatories to the Green Bond Principles (GBPs) has broken through the 100-mark, representing another milestone in the market's rapid growth.
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'One fifth of new bonds could be labelled green by 2020' says SEB's Flensborg
28 October 2015Green bond pioneer Christopher Flensborg has predicted that the asset class will account for up to a fifth of all bond issuance between now and the end of the decade.
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Carbon pricing revenues seen jumping 50% from 2014, says CMIA
28 October 2015Global revenues from carbon pricing schemes are expected to soar by around 50% this year, according to data from the Climate Markets & Investment Association (CMIA).
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EIB issues first Canadian dollar-denominated green bond
28 October 2015The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued its first Canadian dollar-denominated Climate Awareness Bond (CAB).
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Carbon prices fall in Chinese pilot schemes ahead of national market
28 October 2015The price of carbon allowances in all but one of China's pilot emission trading schemes has fallen significantly since April, as participants prepare for the expected launch of a national market in 2017.
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Abu Dhabi helps push ReNew Power's equity raise to $655m
28 October 2015India's ReNew Power Ventures has secured $265 million of equity from three investors in its latest round of fundraising.
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BNG Bank prices €650m sustainability bond
27 October 2015Bank Nederlandse Gemeente (BNG) has priced its second sustainability bond, in a transaction that is set to raise €650 million ($717.5 million).
- Market still seeking the language of nature investments, say Nuveen
- BNP Paribas to halt participation in oil and gas conventional bond issuance
- Barclays sees improvements in SLB structuring
- SBTi gives carbon credits update in corporate net zero standard revision
- Set national transition plans - but not transition finance definition, industry groups say
- EU ESG funds told to prove their sustainable investment claims under new rules
- The private sector must play a much greater role in the sustainability transition
- Octopus launches natural capital strategy
- UK regulator likely to require bank, insurer transition plan disclosure, Crowe predicts
- Record orderbook as Italy raises €9bn from new green bond