All Renewables articles
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White papersFrom hazard to value: turning climate science into financial insights
Climate risk is now a strategic priority: Climate risk is shifting from a peripheral concern to a core strategic priority. Volatile extreme weather, tightening regulation, and rising scrutiny around resilience are reshaping investment expectations.
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White papersPrivate markets demand can help to pave the long road to net zero
If allocating to private infrastructure stands to offer both ballast and buoyancy, then what’s behind this? In this article, IFM’s Andrea Mody looks at the global megatrends that are creating powerful tailwinds for the asset class, and driving interest in infrastructure among long-term investors.
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White papersMitigating the Rise of Negative Power Prices in Europe Kevin Harrington, Director – Asset Operations at NTR
Negative power prices are becoming an increasingly visible feature of Europe’s day ahead electricity markets. They occur when expected supply exceeds forecast demand and wholesale prices fall below zero. As a result, generators must pay to export their electricity, which forces many renewable operators either to incur losses or to self-curtail. This phenomenon has existed for several years, but its frequency and geographic reach have grown sharply in certain European markets since 2023.
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White papersU.S. power market in a period of unprecedented growth and transformation
Following nearly two decades of stagnation, power demand is now surging, with an average annual growth rate of over 1% between 2021 and 2024, and approximately 3% growth in 2024 alone. Current long-term growth expectations range from 2% to well above 3% per year; by some measures, the U.S. is expected to add the equivalent power demand of New York over the next five years.
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White papersStorage Takes Centre Stage in Redefining Grid Independence
As renewable energy continues to expand, its integration into existing power systems is [1] prompting a fundamental rethink of how grids are designed and operated. What began as a peripheral technology, supported by feed-in tariffs and subsidy frameworks, is now a cornerstone of modern energy systems.
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White papersA balancing act: how can sustainably managed forests offer investment opportunities while protecting forestland and safeguarding biodiversity?
While the notions of natural capital and nature-based solutions are spreading amongst the investment community, the initial focus has been on a forest’s ability to sequester and store carbon. When it comes to forests as a solution to the biodiversity crisis, very few investors new to forestry investing know what sustainable forest management endeavours to achieve, and why it can indeed be one of the answers to safeguarding biodiversity.
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Asset Manager NewsOBRAMAT will cover circa. 30% of its annual electricity consumption with solar energy thanks to its agreement with NTR
OBRAMAT will cover circa. 30% of its annual electricity consumption with solar energy thanks to its agreement with NTR
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Asset Manager NewsLeroy Merlin Spain signs an agreement with NTR to cover nearly 30% of its annual electricity consumption with solar energy
LEROY MERLIN Spain, a leading home improvement company, and NTR, an experienced sustainable infrastructure investor and asset manager, have sealed an agreement to further drive LEROY MERLIN’s sustainability strategy and advance the decarbonization of its operations
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White papersMarket Update second quarter 2025
The Dutch economy continues to grow, but the pace is slowing. In the second quarter of 2025, economic growth amounted to 1.2%, keeping the Netherlands well ahead of the eurozone average. Nevertheless, geopolitical tensions and declining confidence are weighing on market sentiment.
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White papersAntifragile? Renewable energy infrastructure after the One Big Beautiful Bill
Antifragility is beyond resilience or robustness. The resilient resists shocks and stays the same; the antifragile gets better.
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White papersCurtailment and Constraints: Understanding the Grid’s Role in Renewable Energy Integration
Rosheen McGuckian, CEO OF NTR, EU grid curtailment, how the industry is responding, and the major considerations for investors.
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VideoBuilding the Future: A Snapshot
Through our funds, NTR manages wind, solar and energy storage projects – building sustainable futures in over 66 locations across seven countries in Europe.
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White papersRenewable Energy and Insurers: Tailor Made?
Investment in clean energy infrastructure may tick a lot of boxes for life insurers.
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White papersIt’s Electric: Is there a role for Lead and Zinc in the new energy economy?
Electricity demand has played an important role in driving trends in overall primary energy consumption, despite often playing second-fiddle to demand from the transportation sector. Similarly, electrification is generally viewed as a structural tailwind for “green” metals like copper, lithium and nickel, leaving other industrial metals like zinc and lead “out in the cold.” It might be time to re-think these assumptions!
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Asset Manager NewsActis raises US$1.7 billion for second long life infrastructure fund
LUXEMBOURG, 13 May 2025: Actis, a leading growth markets investor in sustainable infrastructure, is pleased to announce it has completed fundraising for its second Actis Long Life Infrastructure Fund (ALLIF2), with US$1.7 billion of commitments to its strategy investing in growth markets operating infrastructure.
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Asset Manager NewsL&G NTR Clean Power Fund purchases minority stake in an operating offshore windfarm off the coast of Suffolk, England
The Fund, along with a co-investor, will own 10% of the 714 MW operational project.
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White papersPain in Spain: Why infrastructure resilience has never been more important
A dramatic power outage in Spain and Portugal in April 2025 starkly revealed our dependence on electricity infrastructure. Alex Araujo and Michael Rae explore the resilience of power grids and how the shift towards renewable electricity generation could create investment opportunities for infrastructure businesses.
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Asset Manager NewsNTR, a leading renewable energy specialist selects Fluence for Flagship Finnish Battery Energy Storage System
Fluence, a market leader in energy storage technology, selected to supply the 55 MW / 110 MWh battery system supporting FinGrid with critical system services
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Asset Manager NewsPowering Europe’s energy transition: L&G and NTR raise over €600m in final close of L&G NTR Clean Power (Europe) Fund
Legal & General (L&G) and NTR have secured total commitments of over €600m to drive Europe’s ambitious decarbonisation and energy security agenda.
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White papersWhen new energy meets old wires
Institutional Investing in Infrastructure (i3) article – US electric grid infrastructure in the age of Trump and AI
