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Zak Bentley

Zak Bentley is a senior reporter at Infrastructure Investor based in London. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title. He has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global renewable energy market, as well as the wider infrastructure market. Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.
European boss Daniel Wong explains why Stonepeak's new core strategy is ideally suited to a high interest rate and inflation environment.
The watered-down climate bill is nevertheless a more holistic attempt to foster the realities of the energy transition.
The strategy's executive director, Ken-Ichi Hino, says the manager is ‘looking for more deals for stand-alone energy storage’.
I Squared has raised $1.7bn to date for the fund, having last week received a $150m commitment from the Florida State Board of Administration.
The fund, which is targeting up to $2bn, received a $250m commitment from the Pennsylvania Public School Employees' Retirement System earlier this year.
The open-ended Blackstone Infrastructure Partners now has total commitments of $30bn, edging closer to its initial target of $40bn.
The ever-increasing divergence on issues such as clean power and ESG means much-needed infrastructure in the US will suffer.
solar energy farm
Ex-Stonepeak MD William Demas arrives to lead Americas while Ed Northam moves from Europe to become head of APAC, replacing Neil Arora, who departed.
Stacks of US dollar notes
Launched in 2019, the fund’s $800m target was re-sized in the wake of covid-19 and has made six investments at closing.
The US-based group has formed a joint venture with New Fortress Energy supplying LNG to countries historically ‘below the radar’ of energy companies.
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