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  • GE enters Japanese solar market

    09 June 2014

    GE's financial services arm has entered the Japanese solar market after investing in a 32MW project.

  • Investors 'risk missing out' on UK solar building spree

    09 June 2014

    Institutional investors are in danger of missing out on the opportunity to take direct stakes in the swathe of solar plants being constructed ahead of subsidy changes next year, a leading renewables asset manager has warned.

  • RGGI carbon auction price hits record high amid EPA speculation

    09 June 2014

    A new record clearing price of $5.02 for emission allowances in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) was set in the market's 5 June auction.

  • Trina solar gives more details on $247m fundraising plans

    09 June 2014

    Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Trina has provided more details of its fundraising plans, revealing that it hopes to raise a total of $246.8 million.

  • SunPower prices $400m convertibles offer

    09 June 2014

    SunPower has announced the pricing of its $400 million convertibles issue, and said it hopes to close the transaction on 11 June.

  • HSBC Pension Trust CEO says sustainable investment "must move up the agenda"

    06 June 2014

    The CEO of HSBC Bank Pension Trust has called for pension funds put their weight behind sustainable investment.

  • Gemini 'proves banks' appetite to lend to offshore wind'

    06 June 2014

    The financial close of the Gemini offshore wind project will help pave the way for further deals, and has confirmed that banks have an appetite for funding the sector, a leading advisor has claimed.

  • Thai Biogas gets loan for two projects

    06 June 2014

    The Thai Biogas Energy Company has agreed a THB402 million ($12.3 million) loan from the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China for the development of two projects.

  • China prepares to roll out seventh carbon trading scheme

    06 June 2014

    The seventh of China's carbon trading pilot schemes will begin next week, in the city of Chongqing.

  • OCI inks loan for latest solar project

    06 June 2014

    OCI Solar Power has secured a $40 million loan from the North America Development Bank (NADB) to finance its latest project.