Posts Tagged ‘infrastructure’
24 May 2012
Infrastructure investing in India has been focused on new energy generation as opposed to improving the transmission side of the power sector, a leading investor in the space said.
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10 May 2012
European private equity firm AXA Private Equity is to acquire a 23.48 per cent stake in integrated utility company Enovos from ArcelorMittal for €330
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26 March 2012
Green investor Triodos Renewables is reportedly planning to open a follow-on from its Ampere Equity Fund, which it will use to up spending in the clean power space.
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13 March 2012
A London, UK-based private equity firm is raising a renewable energy infrastructure fund, and has revealed it is seeing particular traction with family offices and sovereign wealth funds.
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28 February 2012
Spanish clean energy giant Abengoa recorded revenue worth €7.09bn in 2011, a 46 per cent increase compared to the previous year.
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14 February 2012
A major European development bank has revealed it will look to invest in up to eight green funds over the course of 2012.
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10 February 2012
UK infrastructure fund manager Alinda Capital Partners has appointed Andrew Bishop as managing director.
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12 December 2011
A German asset management company has launched a solar fund and is targeting a final fundraising close of between €250m and €280m.
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29 November 2011
The UK’s Autumn Review today has confirmed a £200m incentive for the Green Deal but has missed a major opportunity in centering the country’s economic recovery around sustainable development.
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15 November 2011
An infrastructure investment fund manager is reportedly considering the sale of a water and wastewater-focused portfolio company.
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3 November 2011
UK architects Foster + Partners, Halcrow and Volterra have launched a proposal for a new infrastructure network throughout the UK combining a renewable energy system, rail, communications and data networks.
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31 October 2011
With a growing focus on decentralised energy generation and private power generation in emerging economies, biomass gasification could provide a timely solution to South Africa’s beleaguered energy industry.
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17 October 2011
Impax Asset Management has agreed to acquire a 100MW portfolio of operating, ready-to-build and development stage wind farms in France and Poland fromEolia Renovables
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9 September 2011
Private equity firm Partners Group has made an investment into Sorgenia France, a platform of onshore wind projects, comprising 153MW of operational assets and 95MW in development.
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6 September 2011
The UK needs to invest billions of pounds in its waste infrastructure over the next decade, according to a new parliamentary report.
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5 August 2011
The private equity arm of Indian infrastructure giant IDFC has announced a further INR800m ($17.9m) investment in renewable energy company Green Infra, according to news reports.
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22 July 2011
Infrastructure India, a closed-end investment company that is incorporated in the Isle of Man, has launched a takeover bid for Indian Energy.
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24 June 2011
Portuguese financial institution Banco Espirito Santo de Investimento has been awarded a $50m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank, allowing it to develop infrastructure, renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Latin American and the Caribbean.
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20 June 2011
The growing profile and availability of project finance opportunities in the clean energy space offers a compelling prospect to institutional investors interested in building a portfolio of green assets, according to David Scaysbrook, managing director at asset manager Capital Dynamics.
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9 May 2011
Launching a fund five days before the collapse of Lehman Brothers could be seen as ill-timed. For many, it would almost certainly lead to a reversal of plans and an end to fundraising activities. For green infrastructure investor BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners and its technical director Peter Dickson, however, focusing its activities on renewable energy proved to be an unexpected redeeming feature.
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