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Sunrun 'shakes up solar market' with installation firm acquisition
05 February 2014Sunrun has snapped up three divisions of Mainstream Energy Corporation, in a move set to "shake up the solar market" in the US.
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$100m securitisation fund aims to open energy efficiency markets to investors
22 January 2014A new type of securitisation fund launched today aims to open the energy efficiency markets to investors, with similarities to the way SolarCity's bonds helped make rooftop solar accessible to institutions.
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Renewables investors fear Scottish independence: Jon Moulton
21 January 2014Investors fear that Scotland could refuse to honour agreements made by the UK government to pay subsidies for renewable energy if it leaves the union, private equity boss Jon Moulton has warned.
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SolarCity to offer asset-backed securities to the public
16 January 2014SolarCity plans to follow its issue of bonds backed by solar panels by offering similar products online to retail investors.
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A watershed year
10 January 2014It has been a landmark year for the fledgling green bond market, which was buoyed by unprecedented growth in 2013. But can it continue, asks Peter Cripps
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Tidal power firm is latest to plan public listing
07 January 2014A tidal power project developer and turbine maker is the latest renewables company to eye a stock market flotation.
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Looking back at 2013
18 December 2013Stranded assets, retroactive subsidy cuts and backloading were among the themes that dominated the markets in 2013. Peter Cripps looks back on some of the highs and lows of the past 12 months.
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Solarstrom files for insolvency
13 December 2013German project developer Solarstrom has filed for insolvency after a series of delays to payments it was expecting rendered it unable to meet near-term liabilities, including paying the interest on a bond.
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UK cuts subsidies for onshore and solar, but hikes offshore
04 December 2013The UK government has reduced planned subsidies for onshore wind and solar energy, although these will be partly offset by an increase for offshore wind.
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Carbon Tracker appoints senior lawyer as first CEO
03 December 2013Anthony Hobley, global head of sustainability and climate change at law firm Norton Rose Fulbright, is to become the first CEO of the Carbon Tracker Initiative.