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  • UCL report adds weight to stranded assets warnings

    08 January 2015

    The stranded assets debate has gained further momentum after academics at the University College London (UCL) found that half of gas reserves and more than 80% of coal reserves are "unburnable" if global warming is to be restricted to 2°C.

  • Scatec Solar and Google in $188 million JV for US project

    08 January 2015

    Scatec Solar has secured $157 million from Google and Prudential to build a major new plant in the US.

  • ESG makes Mercer's top 10 priorities for investors

    08 January 2015

    The inclusion of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors is one of 10 areas named as a priority for wealth managers to consider for 2015, according to influential consultancy Mercer.

  • TerraForm builds solar portfolio, with $47m SunEdison drop down

    08 January 2015

    TerraForm Power has bought a portfolio of solar projects from its parent company, SunEdison, for $47 million.

  • How to ensure the ESG credentials of green bonds

    08 January 2015

    Green bonds should not focus on just one environmental factor, but should take broader environmental, social and governance considerations into account, argues Marcio Viegas

  • Macquarie makes €720m offshore wind deal

    07 January 2015

    Macquarie Capital has made an investment of €720 million ($854 million) in an offshore wind farm, marking its biggest ever commitment to renewable energy.

  • Voting opens in EF's Deals of the Year awards

    07 January 2015

    Nominations are now open for the eighth annual Environmental Finance Deals of the Year awards.

  • Green bond market saw $35.4bn of issues in 2014, says CBI

    07 January 2015

    Some $35.4 billion of green bonds were issued in 2014 – more than treble the previous year's figure, but short of estimates of $40 billion.

  • SolarCity launches second fund with JP Morgan

    07 January 2015

    SolarCity has launched a $350 million investment fund in partnership with JP Morgan.

  • Canadian Solar sells third project in a week, raising C$66m

    06 January 2015

    Canadian Solar has continued its recent spate of deals, selling a plant to BluEarth Renewables for C$66 million ($57 million).