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Investors 'should turn to Eastern Europe for profitable renewables'
16 June 2014Eastern Europe holds massive untapped potential for renewables investment, according to the director of a soon-to-launch private equity fund.
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Tenaska agrees $450m loans for 150MW Californian solar plant
16 June 2014Tenaska, a leading independent US energy company, has secured $450 million in bank loans to finance a 150MW solar power plant near El Centro in California.
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STEAG secures financing for €192m Romanian wind farm
13 June 2014German power generator STEAG has closed its latest funding round for the Crucea wind farm.
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Green bond market on the verge of smashing $20bn mark
13 June 2014The green bond market is on the verge of seeing issuance for 2014 smash through the $20 billion mark, according to NGO the Climate Bonds Initiative.
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SGS pulls out of carbon certification in 'drastic development' for CDM
13 June 2014Certification firm SGS is to stop offering Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) services, in a move that the Project Developer Forum (PDF) described as a major blow to the market.
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Updated: Abengoa raises $829m in upsized yieldco IPO
13 June 2014Cleantech engineering firm Abengoa has raised $828.9 million through floating a 'yieldco' after upsizing the scale and pricing of the listing.
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Q&A: VAM's Brendan Adams on the firm's new clean energy fund
13 June 2014Last month, specialist fund manager VAM launched the Accessible Clean Energy Fund. Environmental Finance asks VAM's fund development director, Brendan Adams, for more information about the fund and what it aims to achieve.
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Building efficiency stocks set for strong growth, says HSBC
12 June 2014Building-related energy efficiency companies have earnings growth potential of 26% over the next year, according to research by HSBC.
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Companies must improve reporting of material environmental risks, says KPMG
12 June 2014Auditing firm KPMG has called for increased disclosure from companies about the material risks posed by their reliance on natural capital.
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Global wind capacity set to double by 2020
12 June 2014Global wind power capacity will more than double to 678.5GW by 2020, a report has predicted.