Posts Tagged ‘private equity’

15 December 2008

Leopard Capital targets opportunities in Cambodian renewable energy

Cambodian private equity firm Leopard Capital is targeting investments in small power projects and transmission and distribution projects in the country.

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12 December 2008

Goldman Sachs, CDH Ventures invest $100m in Himin Solar Energy Group

Goldman Sachs, together with Chinese venture capital firm CDH Ventures, has invested approximately $100m in Chinese solar water heater company Himin Solar Energy Group, according to reports.

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27 November 2008

Two new hires make HgCapital’s renewables team one of the biggest in Europe

European mid-market private equity and renewable energy infrastructure investor HgCapital has added another two professionals to its renewable energy team, which now comprises seven specialists. The new associates are Luigi Pettinicchio and Luis Quiroga.

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27 November 2008

Thai investment firm MFC Asset Management invests $10m in fuel cell manufacturer Cellennium

Thai investment firm MFC Asset Management, though its energy-focused MFC Energy Fund, has invested ?355m ($10m) in fuel cell manufacturer Cellennium.

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27 November 2008

Navitas Capital targets $10-20m first closing in 2009

Green buildings-focused private equity firm Navitas Capital is targeting a first closing on of its debut fund in early 2009, according to the firm's managing partner and co-founder Jim Petit.

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25 November 2008

Solairedirect closes €20m round of equity financing

French solar power provider Solairedirect has closed a €20m round of equity financing with its existing shareholders, Demeter Partners, Schneider Electric Ventures and TechFund and mutual insurance companies, MACIF, AGPM, UMR and Ofivalmo Partenaires.

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24 November 2008

Climate Change Capital Private Equity invests €10m in German smart grid company Power PLUS Communications

Climate Change Capital Private Equity, the €200m cleantech-focused fund, is to make a €10m investment in German smart grid company Power PLUS Communications. CPE will become the only institutional investor in PPC following this round and take up seats on PPC's board.

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21 November 2008

Environmental investment company Impax Group expands team

Clean energy-focused finance house Impax Group has hired Victor Juttmann and Caroline Barraclough as investment manager and marketing manager, respectively.

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20 November 2008

NewNet Investor Profile: Andrew Lee, Good Energiesp

Andrew Lee discusses investing in solar energy and the potential effects of a recession on the clean energy industry. 'Energy is an essential purchase, and I am afraid that the polar ice caps will not stop melting because the world has gone into a recession. We need to address climate change as strongly as we did before.'

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19 November 2008

Private equity-backed Belgian biofuels company Oleon sold to SOFIPROTEOL

Shareholders of Belgian biofuels company Oleon Holding, including KBC Private Equity, Fortis Private Equity, Sofinim-Ackermans & van Haaren, Mercator Verzekeringen and Jan De Clerck, have agreed to sell 100 per cent of the shares to SOFIPROTEOL, a French firm with a focus on the production and transformation of vegetable oils and proteins.

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18 November 2008

Norwest Mezzanine Partners invests $23.7m in Southern Waste Services

Norwest Mezzanine Partner has invested $23.7m in subordinated debt and equity in Southern Waste Services.

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18 November 2008

NewNet Investor Profile: Ian Wilson, Osmosis Capitalp

Ian Wilson discusses the challenges facing a new fund of funds in the clean energy sector. ‘The one thing that has become very clear is that there is no lack of money waiting for investment opportunities, but the market needs to become less volatile, or for investors to become used to the level of volatility, before people will be willing to make fresh investment decisions.'

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17 November 2008

Babcock and Brown sells €1.15bn of Portuguese wind assets

Asset management firm Babcock & Brown, in conjunction with Babcock & Brown Wind Partners, has sold a portfolio of jointly owned wind farms in Portugal for approximately €1.15bn. The portfolio has been sold to a consortium of investors, led by Magnum Capital, and consists of approximately 515 MW of operating wind farms and a futher 156 MW of wind farms under construction.

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14 November 2008

Bridges Ventures launches new social entrepreneurs fund

Bridges Ventures has launched the Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund with an initial £4.25m in committed capital. The fund is a Bridges Charitable Trust initiative.

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13 November 2008

Brazilian renewable energy company Vital Renewable Energy Company secures $1bn

Brazilian renewable energy company Vital Renewable Energy Company has secured funding from private investors in the US, Europe and the Middle East, and is ready to launch renewable energy projects in Brazil, focused mainly on ethanol and electricity generation. The funding, which will exceed $1bn, according to the company, was completed by an international consortium of investors led Paladin Capital Group.

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13 November 2008

Robeco launches €250m fund targeting responsible investments

Asset management firm Robeco has launched a €250m private equity fund of funds targeting responsible investments, according to a report on Reuters.

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11 November 2008

Black River, White Energy sign joint venture agreement for African clean coal project

Emerging markets investor Black River Asset Management has signed a joint venture agreement with clean coal company White Energy Company, investing $70m into the new company.

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11 November 2008

Former CEO of CalPERS Russell Read ventures into cleantech with new firm

Former CEO of CalPERS Russell Read has co-founded a cleantech investment firm by the name of C Change Investments.

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10 November 2008

Cleantech investor Foresight Group hires Sonia Powar to its MBO team

Cleantech-focused alternative asset manager Foresight Group has strengthened its MBO team with the appointment of Sonia Powar as an investment director.

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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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