Isabel O'Brien

Following the recently closed Global Transition Fund on $15bn, managing partner Natalie Adomait describes what to expect and how the firm plans to bounce back from its unsuccessful AGL bid.

The firm is replicating its private equity strategy in infrastructure, with its inaugural co-investment and secondaries vehicle.

The US Supreme Court’s 6-3 ruling severely limits the federal government’s power to regulate carbon emissions from power plants beyond carbon capture and sequestration.

AES, Clearway Energy, Cypress Creek and DE Shaw have formed the US Solar Buyer Consortium in an effort to expand domestic production capacity for the industry.

‘Now is the time’, declares Mark Carney, Brookfield’s transition head, as the vehicle becomes the largest private fund of its kind in history.

The quartet has come together to fund Haddington Venture’s bid to construct the first of a series of green hydrogen platforms in the western US.

The Department of Energy expects the project to result in multiple public-private partnerships, four regional direct air capture hubs and an onset of research and development for the budding domestic pollution market.

Record-high inflation has been impacting investors’ returns globally – nevertheless, the credit impact on infrastructure assets has overall been negligible.

High energy consumption is a source of serious concern and companies are taking varying approaches to making their assets more ‘environmentally friendly’ – with varying degrees of success.

Canada’s second-largest pension fund has been paid C$100m to step away from the project after a public backlash led the government to take on the project itself.