Zak Bentley
The Australian firm’s bid to buy 1.4GW of cogeneration plants from EDF was scuppered following government opposition to private fund investment.
Joakim Johnsen, Statkraft’s former international hydropower adviser, will helm the firm’s business in the country with a view to building up to 10 new hydro projects each year.
Tiger Infrastructure has been enlisted to fund the project which will look to connect Ireland’s growing data centre industry to continental Europe.
John Laing’s renewables investment arm is seeking to raise £25m to fund potential deals in the wind, solar and biomass sectors.
The fund’s €12.5m financing of contracts for Beghelli is SUSI’s second deal with the company and the vehicle’s fifth in Italy overall.
The Paris-based firm’s Core Infrastructure Fund has secured €102m to refinance four parking concessions as part of a deal to buy the assets.
The acquisition boosts Equitix Fund IV’s UK solar portfolio to 60MW after it surpassed its £523m target during Q3 last year.
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Tony Poulter replaces Joanne Segars in the top role as the platform continues to secure deals and capital for its £1bn Multi-Strategy Infrastructure Fund.
Conquest is hoping to draw in institutional investors in its first vehicle targeting the sector so as to chase wind and solar assets across western Europe.
The fund manager said low interest rates and the current banking environment provided opportunities to raise a lump of debt for the road and bus depot PPP projects.