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KfW backs Brazilian wind farms with $335m loan
22 July 2014German development bank KfW is to provide a $335 million loan to Brazil's state-owned bank BNDES to help finance wind farms within Brazil.
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KKR and ACCIONA in €417m renewables deal, companies plot yieldco
24 June 2014Private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts has spent €417 million buying a third of the renewables division of Spanish engineering firm ACCIONA.
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Neil Woodford buys stake in Leaf Clean Energy
09 May 2014Neil Woodford, arguably the UK's most famous fund manager, has taken a significant share in a US-based company that invests in renewables firms.
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People moves
17 April 2014The latest people moves in the environmental markets, including appointments at United Wind , Tesla and NY Green Bank
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SSE to slash investment in UK wind farms
26 March 2014Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has today said it would abandon proposed investments in four offshore wind projects and two onshore wind projects in the UK.
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Renewables M&A deals up a third in 2013, further activity expected in 2014
28 February 2014The value of mergers and acquisitions in renewable energy rose nearly a third in 2013, driven by utilities looking to offload the assets to raise capital, a consultancy firm has found.
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Brazil's first solar auction completed
03 January 2014The Brazilian state of Pernambuco has awarded developers contracts to build 123MW of solar power for an average price of R$229 (US$96) in the country's first solar auction.
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BoA, UBS in, but HSBC out of sustainability index
12 September 2013Bank of America, UBS and United Parcel Service are the largest of 39 companies admitted to the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI), following an annual review of constituents carried out by sustainable investment specialist RobecoSAM.
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Utility in R$1.4bn renewables investment
12 August 2013One of Brazil's largest utilities is to invest R$1.4 billion (US$ 620.5 million) in a renewables firm.
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$1.4bn joint venture to be 'Chile's largest renewables provider'
07 June 2013A project developer and a private equity firm have inked a $1.4 billion deal to form a joint venture set to become Chile's largest wind and solar energy provider.