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EDF Renewable Energy buys US mid-size wind developer
26 August 2015EDF Renewable Energy has bought US midsize wind project developer OwnEnergy for an undisclosed fee.
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Italian renewables firm issues bond
26 August 2015Italian renewables firm Building Energy has abandoned plans to issue a green bond, coming to market with €30 million of unlabelled notes instead.
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CGN renewables fund in RMB1.8bn first close
26 August 2015Chinese private equity firm CGN and investment manager JIDA Capital Partners have raised RMB1.8 billion ($281 million) at the first close of their renewable energy fund.
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Green bond comment: August's milestones and the promise of a golden autumn
26 August 2015August was not a big month in terms of green bond issuance but the market continued to take important steps along the road to maturity, while participants are becoming increasingly excited about the prospect of a golden autumn, says Peter Cripps.
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US carbon prices buoyant as more states eye trading
26 August 2015Prices of emission allowances in North America's mandatory carbon markets have been rising this year, amid speculation that more states may join them or set up linked trading regimes.
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US government to insure PACE mortgages in bid to ramp up energy transition
26 August 2015The US government has pledged to insure mortgages for homes under Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) in order to boost the programme's flagging residential market.
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Sweden tops Sarasin's new sovereign sustainability matrix
26 August 2015Sweden has come top of J. Safra Sarasin's newly created sovereign sustainability matrix, which Sarasin says will complement existing ratings for sovereign bond issuers.
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Henderson SRI fund measures carbon footprint
26 August 2015Henderson Global Care Growth Fund has started analysing the carbon footprint of its portfolio using Trucost data, Environmental Finance has learned.
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Denham Capital eyes Asian renewables in $200m partnership
25 August 2015Private equity firm Denham Capital is committing $200 million to a new partnership to build and acquire energy assets in Asia.
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Banks agree to provide £1bn debt facility for London's 'super sewer'
25 August 2015A debt facility of £1 billion ($1.6 billion) is being provided by six banks to the consortium of long-term investors that will finance and own a major new sewer to be built beneath the river Thames in London.