Posts Tagged ‘infrastructure’

3 March 2009

UK alternative asset manager Foresight Group announces €50m solar deals in Italy

Foresight Group, a UK alternative asset manager focused on environmental infrastructure investments, has signed two contracts for the construction of 10MW of solar photovoltaic projects in Italy. The €50m funding package for the construction includes an equity investment from Foresight's European Solar Fund, alongside project finance facilities provided by two of the few banks actively lending in the current market.

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20 February 2009

GDF SUEZ gets approval for €2.44bn finance for Brazilian hydro project

The Brazilian development bank BNDES (Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social) has approved a 20 year loan of BRL7.2bn (€2.44bn) for GDF SUEZ to finance the Jirau project, a 3,300MW greenfield hydroelectric power station.

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20 February 2009

ENA warns plans to scrap UK’s Infrastructure Planning Commission could imperil energy networks delivery on climate change and security of supply

Scrapping the UK's Infrastructure Planning Commission may imperil energy network companies' ability to deliver essential energy infrastructure in a timely manner to tackle the climate change and security of supply agenda warned David Smith, chief executive of Energy Networks Association (ENA).

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20 January 2009

The Energy Bill – Does it go far enough?p

Will the changes promised in last year's Energy Bill be delivered quickly enough? Michelle Thomas and Richard Moore, Eversheds’ Clean Energy and Sustainability Team, investigate.

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12 January 2009

Darby Overseas Investments acquires 32.4 per cent stake in Gangwon Wind Power

Darby Overseas Investments, the private equity division of Franklin Templeton Investments, has acquired a 32.4 per cent stake in Gangwon Wind Power through its Korea Emerging Infrastructure Fund.

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27 November 2008

UK passes climate change and energy legislation

Three new Acts of Parliament, the Climate Change, Energy and Planning Bills have been passed this week. The acts will help facilitate the UK's transition to a low-carbon economy, deliver a long-term, secure energy supply, and enshrine in law ambitious targets to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 80 per cent, according to Energy and Climate Change Secretary, Ed Miliband.

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20 November 2008

US Department of Energy, Environmental Protection Agency promote energy efficiency

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and US Department of Energy have released an action plan promoting energy efficiency.

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10 November 2008

Echelon Corporation wins French smart grid project

Energy technology company Echelon Corporation's Networked Energy Services (NES) system has been chosen by the Group of Electricity Distributors in France (GAELD) to measure up to 90,000 homes.

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31 October 2008

NewNet Investor Profile, Peter Linthwaite, CT Investment Partnersp

Peter Linthwaite on energy efficiency, on incubating new technology start-ups, on the accelerated growth of the industry, on the importance of a favourable regulatory environment and on the death of AIM for new fundraising. CT Investment Partners finances emerging clean energy businesses. It specialises in identifying and investing in earlier stage technologies and management teams with the ability to create and deliver clean energy businesses.

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30 October 2008

Conduit Capital takes ownership stake in in Brazilian hydroelectric company GLEP Energias

Infrastructure-focused private investment firm Conduit Capital Partners has acquired a 50 per cent ownership stake in Brazilian hydroelectric company GLEP Energias Renováveis e Participações. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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28 October 2008

NewNet Investor Profile, Felix von Schubert, zouk venturesp

Felix von Schubert on cleantech in Germany, on recent developments in solar, on the need for more capital in the the sector and on breaking into the mainstream. zouk ventures is a dedicated cleantech investor, focusing on expansion stage cleantech companies in renewable energy technologies, efficiency technologies and environmental services technologies.

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27 October 2008

UK water requires infrastructure investment, says Environment Agency

Water companies in England and Wales must invest more in maintenance to improve the environment and reduce the risk of pollution incidents, according to the Environment Agency. A number of serious pollution incidents were caused by poorly maintained, overloaded or ageing sewerage infrastructure.

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