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Dealing with the changing climate
22 October 2014Weather risk management is becoming increasingly entrenched within Europe's energy sector. But shifting regulatory winds promise to change its complexion. Mark Nicholls reports
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KKR's green programme has $1bn of financial impact
22 October 2014Private equity giant KKR said its Green Portfolio Programme (GPP) has had $1.2 billion of financial impact since it began six years ago.
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Bangladesh Bank says green bonds are key to country's green economy
22 October 2014Bangladesh's central bank has said the green bond market could play a pivotal role in helping the country develop environmental projects.
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PartnerRe to finance $100m of Mosaic's solar loans
22 October 2014An affiliate of global reinsurer PartnerRe will provide up to $100 million for the home solar loan programme of Mosaic, a peer-to-peer solar finance company headquartered in Oakland, California.
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RBS agrees £28m project financing for UK's Lightsource
22 October 2014UK solar energy developer Lightsource Renewable Energy has secured £28.4 million ($45.6 million) of project financing from Royal Bank of Scotland for three installations totalling 34MW.
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TRIG to tap equity market, joining Foresight and Bluefield
22 October 2014The Renewable Infrastructure Group (TRIG) is planning to raise additional funds by issuing new shares.
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Blackstone boosts capacity for renewables investments
22 October 2014Blackstone, a leading US-based private equity investor, has set up a new firm to invest in renewable energy projects in North America.
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Credit Agricole dethrones SEB as leading green bond underwriter in Q3
21 October 2014Credit Agricole CIB displaced Scandinavian bank SEB as the leading underwriter of green bonds in the three months to the end of September, according to the Climate Bonds Initiative (CBI), a financial NGO.
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NRW roadshows '€500m' green bond
21 October 2014NRW.Bank is roadshowing a green bond that could raise €500 million ($638 million) – twice as much as its inaugural issue last year.
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Risk-sharing instruments get approval from Green Climate Fund
21 October 2014The UN's Green Climate Fund has approved the use of financial guarantees and other risk-sharing instruments that it believes will help leverage private capital in support of the fund.