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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.
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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.