Deals of the Year

• Bond: Energia Eolica's green bond

  01 April 2015

  Amid a surge of use-of-proceeds green bonds last year, Peruvian renewables firm Energia Eolica stood out from the crowd. It launched a $204 million labelled project bond to refinance two newly operational wind farms.

• IPO: Abengoa Yield

  01 April 2015

  When Abengoa Yield(ABY) floated on the NASDAQ in June, raising more than $828 million, demand outstripped supply by 17 times.

• M&A: SunEdison and Terraform acquisition of First Wind

  01 April 2015

  SunEdison became the world's largest renewable energy developer when it took part in the acquisition of First Wind, in a deal worth $2.4 billion.

• Sustainable Forestry: Credit Suisse/Althelia Ecosphere's Nature Conservation Notes

  01 April 2015

  The Nature Conservation Notes issued by Credit Suisse and Althelia Ecosphere in December are a novel impact investing product designed to help reduce carbon emissions from deforestation and promote sustainable agriculture.

• Carbon: ClimateCare's ethanol cookstoves fund

  01 April 2015

  This year's award winner in the carbon finance category combines government grants with pure carbon finance to create a revolving fund that supports a new market in clean cookstoves.

• Weather: Swiss Re's solar energy hedge in China

  01 April 2015

  Europe has dominated the rapid growth in solar power for most of the past decade but, in the past two years, the balance of power has swung decisively toward Asia.

• Catastrophe Risk: Citizens Property Insurance/Everglades Re cat bond

  01 April 2015

  The stand-out transaction in last year's buoyant market for catastrophe (cat) bonds, was undoubtedly the $1.5 billion issue for Citizens Property Insurance Corporation of Florida.

• Personality of the Year: Mats Andersson

  01 April 2015

  Pension funds are generally staid and conservative. But as CEO of the Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund (AP4), Mats Andersson has not been afraid to stick his head above the parapet.