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GIB raises £463m for world's first offshore wind fund
01 April 2015A fund launched by the UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) to finance offshore wind projects has reached its first close, having raised £463 million ($684 million).
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JLEN makes first acquisitions since IPO
01 April 2015John Laing Environmental Assets (JLEN) – one of the six UK-listed yieldcos – has made its first acquisitions since it floated a year ago.
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Deals of the Year 2015
01 April 2015The low-interest, low-yield environment of recent years has been a curse for many investors, but it has, at least, helped advance renewables' cause.
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Solar: Capital Stage/Gothaer Versicherung
01 April 2015A European renewables firm and an insurance company have formed a novel partnership whose structure could become a model for other clean energy companies across the globe looking to raise capital.
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Wind: Project Gemini
01 April 2015Gemini's record-breaking size attracted countless headlines, but the project also broke new ground in the way it was financed.
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Bioenergy: Speyside biomass CHP project
01 April 2015The world famous Macallan whisky distillery in Scotland is a beneficiary of this year's Bioenergy Deal of the Year. The winning transaction uses public and private finance to develop a combined heat and power (CHP) project which will supply all the steam needed for the distilling process as well as green power to the national grid.
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Bond: Energia Eolica's green bond
01 April 2015Amid a surge of use-of-proceeds green bonds last year, Peruvian renewables firm Energia Eolica stood out from the crowd. It launched a $204 million labelled project bond to refinance two newly operational wind farms.
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IPO: Abengoa Yield
01 April 2015When Abengoa Yield(ABY) floated on the NASDAQ in June, raising more than $828 million, demand outstripped supply by 17 times.
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M&A: SunEdison and Terraform acquisition of First Wind
01 April 2015SunEdison became the world's largest renewable energy developer when it took part in the acquisition of First Wind, in a deal worth $2.4 billion.
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Sustainable Forestry: Credit Suisse/Althelia Ecosphere's Nature Conservation Notes
01 April 2015The Nature Conservation Notes issued by Credit Suisse and Althelia Ecosphere in December are a novel impact investing product designed to help reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and promote sustainable agriculture.