BONDS

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Corporate Bonds

• ABO Wind AG- WKN 576002, DE005760029, on auserborsen (over the counter) trades. can invest in windfarms at site, also bonds. German windparks. biomass.
• Enertrag AG- invest in bonds or windfarm funds at site. is one of Germany's leading windfarm developers + operators, also owns Prokon Nord Group which in turn owns the 5Mw Multibrid turbine technology over 3Mw (designed for offshore, one test turbine operating on land now).
• Plambeck-has two (DE000AOB9VG7, DE000AOAY6F1) stock market listed bonds.
• Q-Cells- bonds available. WKN 555866, symbol QCE, ISIN DE0005558662, on Xetra, FSE, others; IPO October 2005, top cell producer in Europe, #2 worldwide in 06, manufacturer of mono and poly crystalline solar cells, 75 MW capacity/year, $130 M revenue. invested in CSG Solar of Australia (started jan 04 by former employees of Pacific Solar). one of top 5 solar cell makers worldwide. invested in see-Solaria. jv with see-Evergreen Solar and see-REC in EverQ cell plant in Germany.
• Solon Ag-see solar, has bond DE000AOEY6F7 stock market listed.
• Solarparc AG- WKN 635253, symbol SLXG on ETR,FSE,BER,MUN,STU,DUS,HAM, ISIN DE0006352537; June 2005 name changed from Windwelt. builds solarparks and windfarms for third parties or for self. 24 solar parcs, 35 wind farms, 6.1% Funds available. SolarWorld owns 30%. will rent your roof.
• Solarserver-has Plambeck and Sunways bonds available.
• SolarWorld Ag- WKN 510840 on ETR,FSE,BER,MUN,STU,DUS,HAM, also on Paris, SRWRF on NASDAQ; largest solar systems plus panel manufacturing. Also has option to invest in bonds for 7 years at 7% at site. buys Shell's crystalline solar business in 2005.
• Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd.-STP on NYSE, WKN BOPO1N4, Symbol STP, ISIN US86800C1045, on ETR,FSE,BER,MUN,STU; China co., the top IPO of 2005 on NYSE. 150MW solar cell production from 6 production lines. 270MW module production. bought MSK of Japan-makes BIPV roofing products. 50MW thin film cell plant for 2009 at Caohejing Hi-tech Park in Shanghai planned. $425M offer of convertible senior notes due 2013 offered in 2008.
• Sunways- WKN 733220 on FFT + Xetra Neuen Markt, ISIN DE0007332207, makes inverters + transparent solar modules that can double as windows. can invest in stocks or interest bearing corporate bonds on offer. bond DE000AOBNPNO stock market listed.

Other Bonds

• Akita Bank-8343 on TSE, Eco-Bonds, see story.
• Ashland, Oregon- municipal renewable energy bonds to finance solar installations, 2007.
• World Bank-green bond.

LINKS

• Co-op America-article on bonds
• Investopedia-Green Bonds: Fixed Returns To Fix The Planet.
• Investopedia-Green Bonds.
• Neue Energie magazine article, January 2006, listing 20 German bonds offered by 17 cos.
• NY Times-From the War Bonds to Environment Bonds.
• June 16, 2009, California CREBS - US$20M Clean Renewable Energy Bonds sold by Caltrans.
• Canadian Green Bond initiative.

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