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Aviation emission allowances: prepared for take-off
05 February 2015Carbon is well and truly back on the agenda for the aviation sector in 2015. Airlines should prepare for the risk that the price of emission allowances could lift significantly in coming years, argue Louis Redshaw and Julien Dufour.
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Outstanding risk capital in cat bond market soars to new high
04 February 2015Total risk capital in the catastrophe (cat) bond market reached a record high of $22.9 billion at the end of December, according to reinsurance broker Guy Carpenter.
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US solar stocks soar on Obama's budget proposals
04 February 2015Shares in leading US solar energy companies have jumped by 9% or more following President Obama's 2016 budget proposal on Monday to make permanent the tax credits that support US renewable energy projects.
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How should the EU carbon market be redesigned?
04 February 2015A Market Stability Reserve (MSR) has been proposed to deal with the oversupply of allowances that has depressed prices and trading activity in the EU emissions trading system (ETS) in recent years. Several designs for the MSR have been proposed, with varying impacts on EUA prices, say analysts at ICIS Tschach Solutions in a new White Paper.
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Pattern to raise $350m as it eyes 1GW acquisition in Japan
04 February 2015Yieldco Pattern Energy is raising $350 million in equity, which will partly help it fund future acquisitions.
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Solarcentury sells 71MW pipeline
03 February 2015UK renewables company Magnetar Solar has acquired 71MW of projects from Solarcentury.
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Canadian Solar pays $265m for Recurrent Energy
03 February 2015Canadian Solar has almost doubled its pipeline of solar energy assets by purchasing US project developer Recurrent Energy from Sharp Corporation of Japan for about $265 million.
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Abengoa and EIG to commit $2.5bn of equity to venture
03 February 2015Abengoa has revealed further details of its $9.2 billion joint venture with EIG Global Energy Partners to build new projects.
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Oslo stock exchange publishes first green bond list
03 February 2015The Oslo stock exchange has become the first exchange to publish a listing of green bond issues.
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Terraform ups credit facility following spate of fundraising
03 February 2015Terraform Power has more than doubled its credit facility, to $550 million.