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Asset Manager NewsPtX Development Fund by KfW and KGAL makes first contribution to Egyptian hydrogen project
The PtX Development Fund for the promotion of hydrogen projects in developing and emerging economies has approved its first grant: Egypt Green Hydrogen (EGH) will receive €30 million for a hydrogen project in the Suez Canal Economic Zone (SCZone), the largest industrial cluster in Egypt. Prior to this, KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co KG, the fund manager mandated by KfW, had intensively reviewed a total of 98 applications from seven countries.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL ESPF 5 acquires wind farm in south-west Germany
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL is pleased to announce that its renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 has successfully bid for three wind turbines from BayWa r.e. The wind farm, located in Reichenbach, Rhineland-Palatinate, has a total capacity of 18.6 megawatts (MW) and is nearing completion. KGAL is planning further acquisitions in Germany and the Czech Republic for its impact fund, which will have its final close in October 2024.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL ESPF 6 participates in the development of one of Europe’s most important hydrogen hubs
Leading independent investment and asset manager KGAL announces that the KGAL ESPF 6 Energy Transition Fund is investing in a green hydrogen project at Lubmin, a Baltic Sea port in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, with a total capacity of up to 1,050 megawatts. This project is part of Germany’s largest planned centre for the production and import of green hydrogen, with Europe-wide significance. KGAL’s investment has excellent prospects, as the location offers immense strategic advantages and the project is being driven forward by experienced specialists. KGAL has partnered with project initiator PtX Development GmbH and project planner GP JOULE, the German green energy specialist.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL ESPF 5 completes acquisition of a solar park cluster in Saxony-Anhalt with a total capacity of 120 megawatts
The renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 is investing in two further solar parks near Magdeburg, Calvörde West and Grauingen. The two plants complement the Calvörde Ost solar park acquired at the beginning of 2023, which will soon go into operation. The Calvörde cluster has a total capacity of 120 megawatts. KGAL has already secured attractive long-term feed-in tariffs for the majority of the capacity.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL successfully closes a challenging 2023
Despite market turbulence, KGAL exceeded its earnings target in the past financial year. Highlights from 2023 include the renewable energy flagship funds KGAL ESPF 4 and ESPF 5, which continue to outperform expectations, as well as important transactions in the residential sector and new investors in the aviation segment. KGAL is well-positioned to benefit from the anticipated market recovery.
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Asset Manager NewsRenewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 commissions first solar park
The renewable energy fund KGAL ESPF 5 has successfully progressed its first asset from project development to grid connection. The Spalletti solar park in northern Italy has a capacity of 17 megawatts (MW) and sells green electricity via a 20-year feed-in tariff. Further solar parks with a total capacity of 100 MW are due to come online in the course of the year. KGAL ESPF 5’s core-plus strategy – investing early in the value chain to achieve higher returns – is paying off.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL sells stake in Finnish wind farm to Ardian
KGAL Investment Management and Access Capital Partners have jointly sold the Finnish wind farm Honkajoki to the Ardian Clean Energy Evergreen Fund.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL wins internationally tendered mandate to manage KfW’s PtX Development Fund for the promotion of green hydrogen
The broad expertise and strategic concept tipped the scales in the tender: KGAL has been commissioned to manage the PtX Development Fund on behalf of German KfW Bankengruppe, one of the world’s leading promotional banks. This fund promotes green hydrogen projects in developing and emerging economies.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL and Edison sign power purchase agreement for 150 MW solar park in Italy
KGAL Investment Management has signed a 10-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Italian utility Edison for its “Tuscania” solar park, an asset held by the KGAL ESPF 4 fund.
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Asset Manager NewsNew Green Hydrogen fund KGAL ESPF 6 invests in Arcadia eFuels climate-neutral e-kerosene production facility
Following its first close, the new Article 9 impact fund KGAL ESPF 6 invests in Arcadia eFuels hydrogen-based production facility in Vordingborg, Denmark.
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Asset Manager NewsGreen Energy Fund KGAL ESPF 4 completes investment phase with EUR 1.3 billion. Successor ESPF 5 increases return forecast.
Independent investment and asset manager KGAL has invested a total of EUR 1.3 billion – of which EUR 750 million is equity – for its KGAL ESPF 4 fund.
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Asset Manager NewsKGAL acquires majority stake in Polish solar and wind project pipeline
KGAL Investment Management is establishing a joint venture with Polish project developer Lasuno for its KGAL ESPF 5 impact fund, for the purpose of developing four solar parks with a total capacity of more than 200 megawatts (MW).
