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Ygrene completes $150m PACE securitisation
23 July 2015A ground-breaking $150 million securitisation of assets developed under the Property Assessed Clean Energy (Pace) financing initiative has been issued.
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Goldman Sachs: "ESG is now mainstream"
23 July 2015Goldman Sachs' newly appointed head of global environmental, social and governance (ESG) believes that so-called non-financial factors have "in essence gone mainstream".
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Swiss start-up launches new carbon ratings service
23 July 2015Carbon Delta, a Zurich-based start-up, is launching a ratings service based on the economic risks companies face as a result of climate change.
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US Senate committee backs extension of tax breaks for renewables
23 July 2015The Senate finance committee has voted to extend two key tax incentives supporting clean energy development in the US – the Production Tax Credit (PTC) [link] and the Investment Tax Credit (ITC).
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Real estate sector faces stranded asset risk, green bonds could help, says HSBC
23 July 2015Green bonds will increasingly be used to adapt buildings to make them more resilient to climate change, as the real estate sector faces up to its own version of 'stranded asset' risk, a report has predicted.
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Hong Kong-listed companies improve carbon disclosure
23 July 2015A report by environmental consultants Trucost has revealed that Hong Kong-listed companies are improving their carbon reporting, although they still lag behind international levels.
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Good Energy hires Meyrick from Eneco
23 July 2015Carbon market veteran Mark Meyrick is joining UK renewables company Good Energy as director of wholesale and trading after more than five years as head of the carbon desk at Dutch utility Eneco.
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Sunrun plans to raise up to $268.5m in IPO
23 July 2015Sunrun, the second largest solar rooftop leasing company in the US, has revealed the terms of its imminent IPO and said it aims to raise up to $268.5 million.
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Biofuels firm REG expands credit line to $60m
23 July 2015Renewable Energy Group (REG), a leading US producer of biofuels and biochemicals, has increased its line of credit agreement with Wells Fargo Capital Finance to $60 million from $40 million.
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The UK announces plan to slash renewables subsidies further [UPDATED]
23 July 2015The UK government has dealt a fresh blow to the renewables sector by outlining plans for another cut to subsidies as part of a drive to reduce consumers' energy bills.