Zak Bentley
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Funding from government subsidies and BT are set to finance superfast broadband covering 90% of the UK.
Further acquisitions from NextPower II, through which the firm aims to build a £1bn portfolio, are expected early next year.
Using funds from the recently closed MEIF5, the Australian firm has made its third offshore wind investment and largest to date.
The Swiss firm has invested in a liquefied gas plant alongside energy-focused Quanta Capital and a clutch of institutional investors.
The deal sees the Green Investment Bank and Lloyds drop out of the transaction they first lent to in 2012.
The fund has exercised an option to purchase part of the InterCity Express Project from parent developer John Laing.
EDF’s sale of a 49.9% holding in RTE means it is set to complete about 70% of its €10bn disposal plan by early next year.
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The Borealis, OTPP-owned project company has raised a lump of debt ahead of a possible sale of the UK’s high-speed rail line.