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  • OPIC issues 'green guarantees' for South America's largest solar project

    26 November 2014

    The Overseas Private Investor Corporation (OPIC) has issued another set of 'green guarantees' to help raise $26.5 million towards financing the largest solar power project in South America.

  • PensionDanmark in DKK1.6bn UK biomass deal

    26 November 2014

    A joint venture involving PensionDanmark has invested DKK1.6 billion ($267.6 million) in its second biomass-fuelled power plant in the UK.

  • Connecticut issues green bond for water

    25 November 2014

    Connecticut has issued a $60 million green bond, joining the growing list of US municipals to tap the market.

  • Renewables subsidies: Between a ROC and a hard place

    25 November 2014

    Many renewables developers now face a choice between ROCs and CfDs. What are their pros and cons?

  • Cincinnati to become first public university to issue green bond

    25 November 2014

    The University of Cincinnati (UC) will issue a green bond next week, becoming the first public university in the US to tap the market.

  • Carbon offsetters look beyond climate change

    Today's voluntary carbon market is about delivering far more than a climate change benefit – presenting enormous opportunity for...

  • First non-GO muni green bond issued

    25 November 2014

    A small island off the east coast of the US has become the first municipality to issue a non-General Obligation (GO) green bond.

  • Pension firm divests NOK500m from coal but challenges 'stranded assets' theory

    25 November 2014

    Norwegian pension giant KLP has dismissed the "stranded assets" debate, but still plans to divest from coal companies in favour of renewable energy.

  • REC Solar bought by Chinese state for NOK4.3bn

    24 November 2014

    Chinese company China National Bluestar has acquired a Norwegian solar energy firm for NOK4.34 billion ($639 million), in a cash purchase.

  • Voluntary carbon standards bodies VCS and CCB forge closer links

    24 November 2014

    Two of the leading standards bodies in the voluntary carbon market – the Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) and the Climate, Community & Biodiversity (CCB) standards – will, in future, be managed together.