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Will new regulations restrict low-carbon finance?
04 July 2013New financial regulations are adding to the problems caused by adverse economic conditions and policy uncertainty, and are likely to hinder the flow of finance to low-carbon assets in the EU, say Thomas Spencer and Jamie Stevenson.
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'First' biofuels facility to capture CO2 from coal-fired plant
03 July 2013A company that uses algae to make biofuels is to build what it claims will be the world's first facility to capture carbon dioxide from a coal-fired power station for use as a feedstock.
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UK strike prices to 'help renewables developers tap green bond market'
02 July 2013Proposed 'strike prices' to be paid by the UK government for renewable energy will help developers tap the green bond market, it was claimed today.
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A$529m refinancing catalyses wind farm sale
01 July 2013Australia's clean energy fund and a consortium of banks have invested A$529 million (US$486 million) to refinance Meridian Energy's 50% holding in the southern hemisphere's largest wind farm, paving the way for Meridian to sell its stake.
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People moves, June
28 June 2013The latest environmental markets appointments at the Green Climate Fund, International Finance Corporation, Sarasin Bank, Roth Capital Partners, UNEP Finance Initiative, and more.
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Energy efficient ships an 'attractive investment opportunity', says bank
27 June 2013Investors are increasingly seeing retrofitting ships with fuel-saving technologies as an attractive opportunity, according to a bank, which is developing a finance mechanism for the activity.
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Third-party solar firm wins over major bank in fundraising
25 June 2013A company that installs solar panels on homes in the US has won financing to fund the purchase of more than $630 million worth of projects.
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MidAmerican increases bond issue to $1bn, reports say
24 June 2013Warren Buffett's MidAmerican Energy has issued a $1 billion bond to finance a solar project in California, according to reports, substantially more than it had planned to raise.
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Reasons for hope?
24 June 2013On the face of it, there's plenty to be pessimistic about in the environmental markets at the moment.
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Can green bonds go mainstream?
20 June 2013The green bond market is on the march after the first billion-dollar issuance, but what is needed for the fledgling asset class to break into the mainstream, asks Elza Holmstedt Pell