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  • Mexico Stock Exchange to launch green bond list

    26 October 2015

    Mexico's stock exchange plans to launch the first green bond segment outside Europe, as it seeks to lay the foundations for the development of a market in the country.

  • Tenergie refinances solar plants for €150m

    23 October 2015

    Credit Agricole has led a syndicate of banks to help French renewable energy developer Tenergie refinance a 54.4MW portfolio of solar projects for €150 million ($165 million).

  • Chinese renewables firm plans to list China's first yieldco

    23 October 2015

    GCL New Energy has said it hopes to list the first yieldco in China, in a sign that there is still optimism about the asset class, despite recent market slumps.

  • Mexican development bank eyes $500m green bond issue

    23 October 2015

    Mexico's development bank, Nacional Financiera, is readying itself to issue a $500 million green bond.

  • Not all types of water projects should be considered green

    23 October 2015

    There is a huge need for infrastructure spending on water projects. But not all of these investments should be eligible for green bonds, argues Giulio Boccaletti

  • Sunnova takes fund raising to almost $900m

    22 October 2015

    Sunnova Energy has secured an additional $300 million in debt and equity funding to help expand its presence in the residential solar energy market in the US.

  • Terra Firma takes Infinis private in the face of 'adversely affected' growth prospects

    22 October 2015

    British private equity giant Terra Firma has decided to delist renewables developer Infinis, less than two years after the company floated.

  • New York Green Bank lends $49m to three projects

    22 October 2015

    The New York Green Bank (NYGB) has lent $49 million to three clean energy projects in the state which it claims has attracted a further $178 million of private investment.

  • 60% of investors report stranded asset concerns, says EY

    22 October 2015

    More than 60% of institutional investors are concerned about the risk of stranded assets, with almost a third slashing their holdings companies as a result, according to research from Ernst & Young (EY).

  • Investors urged to question fossil fuel companies' demand assumptions

    22 October 2015

    Coal, oil and gas companies' assumptions about future demand for fossil fuels are inconsistent with decarbonisation plans set out by 150 countries ahead of the forthcoming Paris climate change talks, a think-tank has warned.