Climate Bonds Blog

Posted: Aug 29, 2014

California State Controller John Chiang & State Treasurer Bill Lockyer invite you to a San Francisco Climate Bonds seminar with Sean Kidney, on Thursday 18 September 2014. 

There are two separate meetings.

8.30 for 9am to 11am is for Investors and the Finance Sector. Program:

Hold the date 18 Sept: California State Controller & Treasurer invite you to San Francisco Green/Climate Bond briefings - for investors/financiers & for NGOs/advocates
Posted: Aug 20, 2014

The UK government has announced that it will provide guarantees for a £48.5m bond issuance to partially fund the £74m Speyside Biomass Power project, a combined heat and power plant developed by Estover Energy in Moray, Scotland.

UK Govt guarantees £48.5m green power bond – excellent example of role public sector can play in boosting the green bonds market
Posted: Aug 18, 2014
Invite: Free Webinars on ‘Bonds & Climate Change: State of the Market in 2014’. Aug 19 / 22 / 28. Note NEW times
Posted: Aug 14, 2014
  • First multinational issuance in Peru
  • First insurance company in Latin America to invest in Green Bonds

A new 20 year bond issued by IFC in Peruvian currency (PEN), PEN 118 million (approximately USD 42 million). AAA, 20 year, zero-coupon with an implied yield of 5.3% p.a.

IFC issues first Peruvian Soles-denominated PEN 118m ($42m) green bond, for domestic investor RIMAC Seguros, AAA, 20yr. A fantastic kick-start for a domestic green bond market in Peru?
Posted: Aug 13, 2014

By Bridget Boulle

In the April-June quarter this year SEB, a Swedish bank, again took the top spot in our Green Bond Underwriters League Table, followed by HSBC, a large global bank, who had a very good quarter, and Credit Agricole CIB.

Q2 Green Bond Underwriters League Table: SEB, HSBC & Credit Agricole take top spots
Posted: Aug 8, 2014

NRG Yield Operating LLC yesterday announced it had issued a $500 million bond to finance the purchase of the Alta Wind facility in California. It's 10-year corporate bond with a 5.37% coupon. Alta Wind has 947MW of operating wind capacity. NRG Yield is rated Ba1 by Moody's.

USA's NRG Yield issues $500m, Ba1, 10yr, 5.27% green corporate bond to fund renewable energy purchase. Renewable energy firms are beginning to understand benefits of being part of a larger green bonds universe
Posted: Aug 7, 2014

Trina’s $150m 3.5% 5yr convertible solar bond

Convertibles solar bonds getting interesting? Trina’s $140m & SunPower’s $400m stoke fire, but then Ascent stumbles & SPI Solar is mysterious. Hmmm, convertibles are complicated, but we should continue counting them, right?
Posted: Aug 7, 2014

By Rozalia Walencik

Structured Finance Associates partnering with Los Angeles County, has issued an $6.9m PACE bond(Property Assessed Clean Energy bond) with proceeds financing energy efficient improvements to the “d2Dusit constance pasadena” project. Structured Finance worked with Celtic Bank to arrange the funding.

A little one: $6.9m PACE bond finances EE in Californian hotel
Posted: Aug 7, 2014

Join us for a presentation and discussion of our Bonds & Climate Change : The State of the Market 2014 report, commissioned by HSBC. Download the report here.

Invitation: Free August Webinars on ‘Bonds & Climate Change: The State of the Market in 2014’. August 19th / 22nd / 28th. Times for North America, EU, Gulf, Asia/Australia time zones.
Posted: Aug 3, 2014

July saw the first “labeled” green bond in the Asian market - from Taiwan’s ASE.  Great news.

Indian clean energy player Greenko issues $550m, 5 year, high-yield (B) corporate bond to re-finance portfolio of wind farms. 3x oversubscribed gives 50bps pricing benefit. Unlabeled, but still green.