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UK's Green Investment Bank eyes overseas projects
25 March 2015The UK's pioneering Green Investment Bank (GIB) is to undertake a £200 million ($297 million) pilot programme of international investments.
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French recycling firm issues €480m green bond
25 March 2015A French recycling company has issued a €480 million ($526 million) green bond to help refinance its assets.
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S&P calls for more transparency in green bonds market
25 March 2015The growing number of participants in the green bond market brings new risks and heightens the need for more transparency, rating agency Standard & Poor's has warned.
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GIB and Ireland's ESB back £190m UK biomass plant
24 March 2015The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is partnering with Ireland's Electricity Supply Board (ESB) as equity investors in a £190 million ($283 million) biomass power project in the port of Tilbury, near London.
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South African pension fund in debt and equity deals for solar
24 March 2015South African pension fund manager, Public Investment Corporation (PIC), has invested in two major solar projects in the country.
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Infographic: The US coal crash
24 March 2015The US coal markets have been knocked by a combination of cheaper renewables, rising construction costs, and the shale gas revolution, argues a report by thinktank the Carbon Tracker Initiative.
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Joan Walley takes the reins at the Aldersgate Group
24 March 2015Joan Walley, who is stepping down in May as a Labour member of parliament after 28 years, has been named chair of the UK's Aldersgate Group.
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EU Carbon market weekly update - 23 March 2015
23 March 2015EU carbon prices could rise further, after last week's rally, depending on the clean-dark spread and MSR talks, says Louis Redshaw.
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GIB and Zouk Capital invest in novel £111m energy from waste plant
23 March 2015The UK's Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing alongside Zouk Capital in a £111 million ($165 million) project that combines a 12.5MW waste-to-energy plant with an adjacent materials recycling facility.
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Winch leaves PRI for Low Carbon
20 March 2015Helene Winch has left the UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment (PRI), where she was director of policy and research, to join Low Carbon.