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  • Voting begins for EF's Deals of the Year awards

    12 April 2017

    Nominations are now being accepted for the tenth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • The PACE quickens

    06 February 2017

    The market for Property Assessed Clean Energy bonds in the US is booming, with $1.7 billion of issues last year. Joe Walsh investigates the secret to its success and explains why it is being rolled out in other countries.

  • Renew Financial issues $115m Pace bond

    07 November 2016

    California-based clean energy finance company Renew Financial has completed the securitisation of a $115 million residential Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) bond.

  • India gears up for green bond frenzy

    01 July 2016

    India is set to become a major player in the green bonds market after a flurry of organisations announced plans to tap the market in coming months.

  • Deals of the Year 2016

    23 March 2016

    As the renewables and other environmental markets mature, so they continue to innovate and break new ground.

  • Energy efficiency 2016: Renew Financial and Citi

    23 March 2016

    Buildings account for some 40% of global energy consumption, but opportunities to invest in energy efficiency in real estate can be hard to find, and the market remains frustratingly fragmented. So, when Renew Financial issued the world's first securitisation of a portfolio of energy efficiency loans, it was hailed as the birth of a new and welcome asset class.

  • New York Green Bank lends $49m to three projects

    22 October 2015

    The New York Green Bank (NYGB) has lent $49 million to three clean energy projects in the state which it claims has attracted a further $178 million of private investment.

  • Solar ABS: Securitising sunshine

    19 August 2015

    After recent issues from SolarCity and Sunrun, how much potential is there for solar asset-backed securitisations, asks Peter Cripps

  • Solar ABS set to remain at BBB level for time being, says S&P

    14 July 2015

    The credit ratings of solar securitisations are likely to be stuck at low investment grade, at least for the time being, according to Standard & Poor's (S&P).

  • Citi and Renew Financial issue first ever unsecured energy efficiency ABS

    17 June 2015

    Citi and Renew Financial have issued the first ever asset-backed security (ABS) transaction comprised of unsecured consumer energy efficiency loans.