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JLEN enters UK commercial and rooftop market
02 November 2015John Laing Environmental Fund (JLEN) has entered the UK commercial and rooftop solar market with an £18.8 million ($29.08 million) acquisition of a 4.3MW portfolio.
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Trina Solar signs $1.57 billion financing deal with CITIC
29 October 2015Trina Solar has closed a RMB10 billion ($1.57 billion) financing deal with China International Trust and Investment Corporation (CITIC), China's largest conglomerate.
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Canadian Solar bags up to $200m debt from Credit Suisse
29 October 2015Canadian Solar has secured up to $200 million of debt from Credit Suisse, in a deal which has also seen it issue more than 1 million equity warrants.
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Bluefield Solar Income Fund 'unaffected' by planned UK subsidy cuts
26 October 2015Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) remains bullish about the UK solar market despite recently-proposed cuts to subsidies for small utility-scale renewable energy.
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New York Green Bank lends $49m to three projects
22 October 2015The 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.
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NextEnergy enters UK rooftop solar market
21 October 2015NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has purchased three UK solar projects for £22.1 million ($32.4 million), including its first rooftop solar portfolio.
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Opic backs 100MW concentrated solar project in South Africa
21 October 2015The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Opic) – a US development finance organisation – has committed $400 million of debt financing to support the development of a 100MW concentrated solar power (CSP) project in South Africa.
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Canadian Solar buys C$270m of solar from KKR
05 October 2015Canadian Solar has bought a fleet of solar plants from private equity firm KKR in a C$270 million ($204 million) deal.
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Feeding the beast: are US yieldcos sustainable?
30 September 2015Yieldcos have been growing rapidly in recent years, but what are their long-term prospects, asks Hamza Ali
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AES set to issue $100m solar ABS
30 September 2015US energy firm AES Corporation is set to raise $100 million through issuing solar asset-backed securities (ABS).