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  • Three groups dominate Japanese fossil fuel finance, report says

    11 September 2018

    Three financial institutions have been the driving motor powering Japan's fossil fuel industry, according to a study by Dutch research company Profundo.

  • Olam secures Asia's first sustainability-linked club loan facility

    26 March 2018

    Agri business Olam has signed a three-year sustainability-linked revolving credit facility, aggregating $500 million of loans.

  • Credit Agricole, BNP and Natixis fund world's largest solar project

    25 May 2017

    The world's largest solar photovoltaic (PV) project, at 1.2GW when operational, has received $900 million in funding including loans from Credit Agricole, BNP Paribas and Natixis as part of a banking syndicate.

  • EF BRIEFS: Sumitomo, GIB, Senvion

    29 July 2016

    Japan's Sumitomo Corporation has agreed to indirectly buy, through Macquarie Capital, a 12.5% stake in an offshore wind farm, for an undisclosed fee.

  • RET Capital makes its debut in wind with $239m financing deal

    15 July 2015

    Renewable Energy Trust (RET) Capital has branched out into the wind sector after closing a $238.6 million financing package for an operating site in California.

  • GIB, Marubeni refinance equity stake in UK offshore wind farm

    11 August 2014

    The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Japanese trading firm Marubeni have refinanced part of their 50% stake in the 210MW Westermost Rough wind farm off the east coast of England.

  • GE enters Japanese solar market

    09 June 2014

    GE's financial services arm has entered the Japanese solar market after investing in a 32MW project.

  • 'World's largest' offshore wind project finance deal agreed

    15 May 2014

    A €2.8 billion ($3.8 billion) project financing agreement has been secured for an offshore wind farm, in a deal that claims to be the largest of its kind.

  • UK Green Investment Bank in £250m waste-to-energy deal

    24 December 2013

    The UK's Green Investment Bank has helped finance a £250 million waste-to-energy plant.

  • Financial close reached for £760m UK waste-to-energy plant

    28 November 2013

    A UK resource management company and its investment partners have signed a £760 million ($1.2 billion) contract with a waste authority for a waste-to-energy project.