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Equitix takes 80% stake in UK offshore wind transmission system
17 February 2015UK infrastructure investor Equitix has paid construction company Balfour Beatty £40 million ($62 million) for an 80% stake in the transmission system for the Thanet offshore windfarm.
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EIB initiatives to stimulate €500m of green private investment
16 February 2015Two initiatives have been launched by the European Investment Bank (EIB) that are expected to trigger more than €500 million ($570 million) in 'green' private investment.
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Iowa issues $321m green bond to finance water projects
16 February 2015A series of bonds, totalling $321.5 million, has been issued by the Iowa Financing Authority to fund a range of water–related projects in the state.
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India says Yes to green bonds
16 February 2015One of India's largest private banks has launched what it claims to be the country's first green bond.
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DNB issues first green bond from Nordic commercial bank
16 February 2015DNB, one of Norway's leading commercial banks, has issued the first green bond by a commercial bank in the Nordic region.
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Biomass firm taps loan note issue
16 February 2015A biomass company has tapped a loan note issue as part of fundraising programme that is expected to see it regularly return to market.
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Bluefield Solar makes three acquisitions
16 February 2015Bluefield Solar Income Fund has bought three solar plants in the UK for £54 million ($83 million).
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Jupiter Ecology dropped from Hargreaves Lansdown's favourites list
13 February 2015Jupiter's Ecology fund has been dropped from a list of 150 favourite funds compiled by UK investment supermarket Hargreaves Lansdown, which said it had lost its conviction that manager Charlie Thomas can outperform.
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The EIB uses credit enhancement facility in offshore wind loan
13 February 2015The European Investment Bank has agreed a £51 million ($78 million) loan for the world's second largest offshore wind project, using its Project Bond Credit Enhancement Facility.
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Development banks in initiative to harmonise green bond impact reporting
13 February 2015A number of multilateral development banks (MDBs) are working together to produce harmonised guidelines for reporting the impacts of green bonds, Environmental Finance can reveal.
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