News

• No evidence of green bonds outperforming, says SocGen

  27 July 2016

  The relative youth of the green bond market and the modest number of issuers, mean it is not yet possible to claim that such bonds outperform their vanilla counterparts, said Societe Generale analyst Bob Buhr.

• Moody's revises up 2016 green bond forecast to $75bn

  27 July 2016

  Moody's has raised its forecast for 2016 green bond issuance to $75 billion, up from $70 billion, on the back of record-breaking volume in the three months to 30 June.

• Akuo issues second green bond

  26 July 2016

  French independent power producer Akuo Energy, successfully priced its second green bond raising a €44 million ($48 million).

• EF BRIEFS: Iran solar project, Carbon Trade Exchange, G-20 on green bonds

  26 July 2016

  Italian and Swiss investors have agreed to commit €40 million ($44 million) to help finance the construction of Iran's largest solar energy plant, according to local press reports. The investors have not been identified.

• Santander sell stake in renewables company to pension funds

  26 July 2016

  Banco Santander has sold its stake in renewable energy and water infrastructure company Cubico to two Canadian pension funds for an undisclosed fee.

• Australian asset manager launches A$100m private yieldco

  26 July 2016

  An Australian asset manager is planning to launch a A$100 million ($75.28 million) unlisted yieldco, that will own Australian solar projects.

• SunEdison mulls sale of yieldcos, as TERP launches poison pill defence

  25 July 2016

  Renewables developer SunEdison is in talks with its yieldco subsidiaries, TerraForm Power (TERP) and TerraForm Global (GLBL), to find a buyer for its controlling stake in the companies.

• EU carbon market weekly update - 25 July 2016

  25 July 2016

  EU Allowances are expected to track sideways this week, on modest trading volumes, after falling sharply last week, says Louis Redshaw

• Green bond issuance outstrips 2015 total

  25 July 2016

  Issuance of labelled green bonds this year has already surpassed the total recorded in 2015, thanks to two more large bonds from Chinese banks.

• China issues $6bn of green bonds in one week

  25 July 2016

  Three Chinese issuers came to the market with CNY40.25 billion ($6.03 billion) of domestic green bonds last week, continuing a strong year for the country's green bond market.