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EU carbon market weekly update – 1 September 2015
01 September 2015Higher auction volumes and the potential for renewed activity by utilities will characterise the EU carbon market this week, says Louis Redshaw.
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Nord LB provides €85m for two Italian wind farms
01 September 2015German commercial bank Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale (Nord LB) has provided €85 million ($96 million) of equity financing for German renewables developer WSB Group to help construct two wind farms in Italy.
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Stranded assets and bankruptcy threaten US coal miners, says S&P
01 September 2015Environmental regulations and supply-demand imbalances threaten to force more US coal mining firms into bankruptcy, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor's.
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US Clean Power Plan means markets must adopt shadow carbon price 'starting today', says Citi
01 September 2015Financial markets should factor 'shadow' carbon prices into investments "starting today", say strategists at Citi in a report on the impact of the US Clean Power Plan (CPP).
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US companies commit to reduce GHG emissions - why not issue green bonds?
31 August 2015A growing number of companies are taking strides to address their carbon footprint. Could issuing green bonds be the next step, asks Peter Ellsworth
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US municipals are 'fastest growing part of green bond market' in 2015
28 August 2015The rapid growth of the US municipal green bond market was highlighted today by figures that show the market has already exceeded the previous year's issuance value, with four months remaining.
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Two Swedish real estate firms each issue SEK500m green bonds
28 August 2015Swedish municipal housing associations Stångåstaden and Uppsalahem have become the latest real estate firms to tap the green bond market after they both priced SEK500 million ($58 million) issues.
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UK government proposes slashing FiTs by up to 86%
27 August 2015The UK government continued its onslaught against its renewables subsidy regime after it proposed slashing Feed-in Tariffs (FiT) for small-scale clean power production by up to 86% as early as January.
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NWB Bank issues largest SSA green bond of the year
27 August 2015Dutch public sector lender Nederlandse WaterschapsBank (NWB) has issued a €1 billion ($1.13 billion) green bond – the largest euro-denominated transaction of this kind to come out of a supranational, sub-sovereign and agency (SSA) this year.
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Low-carbon VC fund exits solar developer, and doubles return
27 August 2015The UK-based Low Carbon Innovation Fund (LCIF) has sold its stake in solar developer Push Energy for £1.9 million ($2.9 million) as part of a share buy-back scheme.