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New financing tools required for CCS, say analysts
18 June 2015A range of new financing mechanisms will be required to stimulate widespread deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in Europe, according to UK researchers.
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Cleantech Syndicate and CREO merge to form $80bn alliance
16 June 2015CREO Networks and the Cleantech Syndicate have merged to form the CREO Syndicate, an $80 billion network of private investors and family offices.
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Capital Stage purchases nine Italian solar farms
12 June 2015German solar energy operator Capital Stage has purchased a portfolio of nine Italian solar farms in the latest acquisition using its innovative partnership with German insurer, Gothaer Versicherung.
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Morgan Stanley issues inaugural $500m green bond
10 June 2015Morgan Stanley has joined the select ranks of private banks to have issued a green bond, after it sold $500 million of its own notes.
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Apax prepares to exit from bioenergy firm Albioma
08 June 2015Private equity fund Apax France VI is to distribute more than 95% of its holding in bioenergy company Albioma to investors in the fund.
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Carbon Tracker report warns utilities of coal death spiral
05 June 2015The Carbon Tracker Initiative (CTI) has fired another shot across the bows of the coal sector, in a report that warns the utilities reliant on the commodity are trapped in a "death spiral".
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Goldman Sachs sets $1bn target for securitised Japanese renewables bonds
27 May 2015Goldman Sachs has established a "first of its kind" facility that aims to issue $1 billion of securitised Japanese renewable energy bonds.
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BNP Paribas signs up to Montreal Carbon Pledge
22 May 2015BNP Paribas is the latest investor to throw its weight behind the Montreal Carbon Pledge (MCP) to promote decarbonisation.
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People moves
22 May 2015Recent appointments in the environmental finance space, including Alexandra Ergon at Calvert, Nikolas Novograd at RET Capital and Mamadou-Abou Sarr at PRI
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Shell and Statoil next to face climate votes at AGM
15 May 2015Shell and Statoil will become the latest fossil fuel companies to address mounting shareholder concerns about climate change when they hold their annual general meetings (AGMs) next week.