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  • Foresight buys biggest solar park, with private wire agreement

    03 February 2017

    Yieldco Foresight Solar Fund has bought a 72MW solar park that has an agreement in place to sell power to a paper mill.

  • People Moves: Exxon, ISO, Corporate Report Dialogue, Leaders Arena

    03 February 2017

    ExxonMobil has appointed climate expert Susan Avery to its board.

  • EIB, Ireland's sovereign wealth fund and Dasos invest in Irish forests

    03 February 2017

    The European Investment Bank (EIB), Ireland's sovereign wealth fund and Dasos, a specialist forestry investment fund, have signed a multimillion euro deal to invest in Irish forests.

  • Renovate secures $100m from Credit Suisse for energy efficiency expansion

    03 February 2017

    Renovate America has received a $100 million loan from Credit Suisse to expand its unsecured energy efficiency and home improvement loan programme across the US.

  • Energy companies 'underestimate' low-carbon potential

    03 February 2017

    Energy companies are underestimating the growth of solar photovoltaic (PV) and electronic vehicles in their market outlooks, according to a report.

  • CDC mandates banks to roadshow green bond

    03 February 2017

    France's Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) has mandated six banks to roadshow its inaugural green bond.

  • KfW's 2016 green bonds to save 2.2Mt of GHG emissions

    03 February 2017

    German development bank KfW will save the equivalent of 2.2 million tonnes of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per year through projects finance by the four green bonds it issued in 2016, the bank said in a report.

  • Allianz and MUFG in US wind farm tax equity deal

    03 February 2017

    Allianz Capital Partners (ACP) – the alternative investment manager of German insurer Allianz – and Japanese financial conglomerate Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) have co-invested in a 225MW wind project in Oklahoma.

  • Amarenco signs €1bn renewables deal with Prudential

    03 February 2017

    Irish renewable energy developer Amarenco has entered into a €1 billion ($1.07 billion) joint venture with Infracapital, the infrastructure arm of insurance giant Prudential.

  • Investors need to wake up to climate risks, warns Cicero

    02 February 2017

    The most immediate risks faced by companies as a result of climate change have been laid bare in a report that warns investors to urgently turn their attention to the issue.