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Biomass specialist Albioma to issue €80m bond
04 June 2014French renewable energy producer Albioma plans to issue an €80 million ($109 million) bond to help it pursue its "ambitious growth strategy".
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South Africa opens door to domestic carbon market
02 May 2014South Africa looks set to launch a domestic carbon market after it released proposals for companies to be allowed to buy offsets to reduce their carbon tax bills.
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Losses increase, NAV falls at Trading Emissions
25 March 2014Trading Emissions Plc (TEP), a London-listed environmental investment fund, has reported a £19.8 million ($32.7 million) loss for the first half year.
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African Renewable Energy Fund raises $100m
13 March 2014The African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF), which focuses on renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa, reached a first close yesterday, as it raised $100 million to invest in small- to medium-sized independent power producers.
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Trading Emissions sells its last CDM credits
10 March 2014Trading Emissions, a London-listed investment fund currently being wound up, has disposed of its remaining portfolio of carbon credits.
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Backing biomass
27 February 2014A new financing structure has been proposed to help governments provide additional capital to build bio-energy plants. Andrea Salimbeni and Giuliano Grassi explain
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Plans for £150m UK bioethanol plant are shelved
16 January 2014Plans to build a £150 million ($246.2 million) bioethanol plant in the UK are set to be shelved in favour of recommissioning a plant in the US, where legislation is more favourable to investment, Environmental Finance has learned.
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A licence to list?
14 November 2013There has been a welcome increase in the number of renewables firms launching IPOs in 2013. But is this promising spate of activity a sign that investor confidence in the sector is finally growing, or will it prove a false dawn, asks Peter Cripps
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South-east Asia clean energy fund closes at $164m
11 November 2013A fund focused on clean energy projects in south-east Asia has reached a final close of $164 million, exceeding its target.
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Trading Emissions sees NAV halve as sell-off continues
04 November 2013Trading Emissions plc (TEP), an investment fund specialising in environmental assets and carbon credits, saw its net asset value fall to £75.1 million ($119.8 million) from £157.3 million during its financial year ending 30 June.