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  • JinkoSolar could float downstream business in Q4 after selling 45% stake

    30 July 2014

    JinkoSolar has sold a 45% stake in its downstream business, saying the transaction could allow it to float the division later this year.

  • A golden age of financial innovation?

    30 July 2014

    Excitement is building ahead of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's environmental summit for world leaders in New York in September.

  • NRG Yield sells all 12 million shares on offer

    30 July 2014

    NRG's yieldco has sold all of the shares it was offering including an additional tranche it made available to underwriters.

  • Washington State mulls carbon trading, linking with California and Quebec

    30 July 2014

    Washington State is again considering establishing a carbon trading system in a move that could see it link with California and Quebec.

  • SPI Solar raises $25m in equity sale

    30 July 2014

    Project developer SPI Solar is set to raise $25 million through a private sale of its shares to fund its expansion plans.

  • Mirova launches green bond fund in bid to develop market

    29 July 2014

    Responsible investment firm Mirova is planning to relaunch a fund, giving it a new focus on green and social bonds.

  • Centrica enters US residential solar market

    29 July 2014

    Utility giant Centrica's North American subsidiary has entered the solar market, buying a residential installer for $54 million.

  • HASI lends $44.5m to SunPower's solar leasing arm

    29 July 2014

    Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has expanded its "partnership" with SunPower by loaning it $44.5 million to help ramp up its rooftop leasing arm.

  • NRG yieldco issues $400m green bond to help buy biggest wind farm in US

    29 July 2014

    NRG Yield is to issue a $400 million green bond to help finance its acquisition of Alta Wind – the largest wind farm in North America.

  • GE makes 126MW Indian wind investment

    28 July 2014

    GE's energy investment arm has taken an equity stake in a 126MW portfolio of Indian wind projects.