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White papersWhy logistics investors should turn their attention to Southern Europe
In the tension field between crisis resilience, economic competitiveness, digitalisation and sustainability, the logistics industry is undergoing a dynamic transformation. Coping with rising complexity is a major challenge, but one that offers opportunities due to the rising value of logistics services and the resulting need for infrastructure.
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White papersSouthern European Logistics Real Estate Market - Dynamics and Catch-Up Effects
In Part 1, the relationships within the logistics sector were explained on an aggregated level. The expansion of logistics services and applicable fields was traced back to the relevant drivers and their respective characteristics in this context. This approach has shown that fundamental developments accompany the growth of the sector and that additional impulses are generated by intensifying interactions.
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White papersPart 1: European Logistics Real Estate Market - From a niche to an institutional asset class
The logistics sector is of central importance to the processes of our modern economies. As an elementary component for further development, it is itself committed to technological, economic and social change and must, therefore, react dynamically to changing requirements.
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White papersPower Purchase Agreements: A European Outlook
In the last five years, a tremendous increase in the use of PPAs for renewable energy in Europe can be observed. According to Bloomberg Energy Finance, over 5 GW of corporate PPAs have been signed in the EMEA region since 2013, with a record of 2.3 GW in 2018. Most transactions were concluded in the Nordics with a strong demand from industrials such as Norsk Hydro or Alcoa Corp, but also from international tech companies such as Facebook, Amazon or Google.
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White papersTechnical Characteristics of a HydroPower Plant
Understanding the mechanism of an efficient plant
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White papersThe Increasing Importance of Hydropower In an Investment Portfolio
Hydropower is one of the oldest and Mose established energy sources on the planet. Over 2,000 years ago the ancient Greeks began exercising the principle of using water to drive turbines, which generated energy for grinding grain.
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White papersFinancing the European energy transition
The global and European energy transition is steadily advancing, opening up attractive new avenues to institutional investors in various regions and asset classes. In order to fully partake in the investment opportunities that come with this fundamental shift in how the global energy grids work, it takes holistic strategies that address the entire value chain. Investors should take a closer look at new technologies, such as energy storage and transmission assets.
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White papersEconomically and environmentally smart - district heating as an investment in infrastructure
The phase-out of fossil fuels is well underway. District heating is an important component in the transformation of our economic system. Private investment capital plays a decisive role here. This is a highly attractive scenario for infrastructure investors.
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White papersInsights: Charging ahead – renewables coupled with storage
Energy storage capabilities being developed for renewable energy resources have the potential to dramatically transform the global energy sector, as they provide the ability to balance electricity supply and demand.
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White papersLogistics investments in Spain, Italy and Portugal – growth opportunities in burgeoning markets
After Germany, Great Britain and France, Italy and Spain are the 4th and 5th largest logistics markets in Europe. In 2016, Italy’s logistics revenues topped EUR 91bn, and Spain surpassed EUR 72bn.
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White papersRenewable energy investments – why asset management optimisation matters
Over the last decade, institutional investors have actively sought to expand their allocations to real Infrastructure assets, in order to benefit from high risk-adjusted returns and inflation-protected cash flows.
