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Vestas taps green bond market with €500m issue
04 March 2015Vestas has placed a €500 million ($553 million) green bond with European investors.
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Barclays in UK solar deal that offers 'encouraging signs' for future refinancings
04 March 2015Barclays has provided £76 million ($117 million) in solar project refinancing, in a deal that could 'pave the way' for further big refinancings in the UK renewables market.
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University of Virginia launches $92m green bond
04 March 2015The University of Virginia is set to become the latest university to tap the green bond market after it announced plans to issue a $92.4 million 'refunding' green bond.
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World's first green bond from oil company comes out of Thailand
04 March 2015The first green bond from an oil company has been issued.
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Stranded assets warning for insurers
03 March 2015Insurers need to keep a close eye on fossil fuel assets that might be affected by climate change legislation, Paul Fisher, deputy head of the UK's Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA), has warned.
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Yes Bank raises twice as much as hoped through high-yielding green bond
03 March 2015Yes Bank has raised INR10 billion ($161.2 million) through issuing India's first green bond, raising doubling its original target.
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Block Island becomes US's first offshore wind project to reach financial close
03 March 2015An offshore wind venture in the US has become the first in the country to reach financial close, raising more than $290 million.
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Santander stops funding APRIL after Greenpeace deforestation campaign
02 March 2015Santander has bowed to pressure to withdraw finance from the paper company Asia Pacific Resources International (April) after Greenpeace launched a campaign criticising it for logging Indonesian forests.
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EIB issues its first Turkish currency green bond since 2010
02 March 2015The European Investment Bank (EIB) has issued a green bond in Turkish lira.
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UK's first refuse-derived gasification plant wins project finance
02 March 2015A "landmark" deal has secured the first ever project financing for a UK gasification plant that derives its feedstock from refuse.
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