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Profile: Neil Eckert - Aggregated Micro Power
18 November 2014Former Climate Exchange CEO Neil Eckert believes small-scale biomass has an important and potentially lucrative role to play in the energy transition. Peter Cripps reports on his latest venture
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CH2M Hill provides second opinion on latest US municipal green bond
18 November 2014CH2M Hill has become the latest verification firm to enter the green bond market, providing its inaugural second opinion on a $175 million issue from the city of Spokane, to be launched today.
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NextEnergy Solar doubles size with £95m share sale
17 November 2014NextEnergy Solar Fund sold 91 million shares in an issue and placing last week, which raised £95.5 million ($150 million) and doubled its market capitalisation.
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TRIG buys Scottish wind farm
17 November 2014The Renewable Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has bought an onshore wind farm in Scotland for £32 million ($50 million).
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Japan and US commit $4.5bn to Green Climate Fund
17 November 2014The UN's Green Climate Fund (GCF) has received a major boost, as new commitments from Japan and the US more than double its working capital.
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Green bond from Verbund is more than three-times oversubscribed
14 November 2014Austrian utility Verbund has issued a €500 million ($623 million) green bond in a transaction that was more than three-times oversubscribed.
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Bluefield Solar succeeds in £160m equity raise
14 November 2014Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) has completed its placement of more than 150 million shares, raising some £160 million ($251 million).
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Green bonds: of indexes, verifiers and the pursuit of standards
13 November 2014The question of what is green continues to haunt the green bond market, says Peter Cripps
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CalSTRS sees threefold increase in green bond investment in 2014
13 November 2014California State Teachers' Retirement Systems (CalSTRS) has increased its investment into green bonds almost threefold in 2014.
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Barclays and MSCI launch green bond index, excluding Unilever
13 November 2014Barclays and MSCI have today launched their Green Bond Index, excluding major issues from Unilever and Iberdrola.