All Renewables articles – Page 2
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Asset Manager NewsActis’ Southeast Asia Renewables Platform Levanta Makes First Thailand Investment With 139MWp Operating Solar Portfolio Acquisition
Levanta Renewables (“Levanta”), Actis’ (a leading sustainable infrastructure investor) renewable energy developer and independent power producer in Southeast Asia, has announced the acquisition of a 90% controlling shareholding in a 139.4MWp operating solar project portfolio in Thailand.
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White papersWhy choose semi-liquid funds for investing in renewable infrastructure?
There are more opportunities for investors to access renewable energy investments today. We look at how semi-liquid funds fit the bill.
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White papersGreen to gold: realising opportunities from the carbon transition
The potential for real estate to deliver green energy infrastructure is often overlooked. We explore the interventions required to monetise green energy, and how investors might benefit from the carbon transition.
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White papersU.S. offshore wind: Blowing in the right direction
Despite the current obstacles of slow permitting and rising costs, the U.S. offshore wind industry is picking up pace.
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White papersEngagement case study: Goodyear
In recognising the significant climate upstream risk in purchased goods and services, including rubber procurement, we engaged with Goodyear on how this would affect its climate impact and ability to meet its targets.
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White papersZambia: A Resource-Rich Copper Giant Awakens
Boasting Africa’s second-largest reserves of copper, Zambia has a unique opportunity to leverage its natural resource endowment and make real progress on the road to development. Despite some near-term challenges, we believe this landlocked nation in Southern Africa is on the rise, tackling debt, investing in its future, and capitalizing on its abundant resources.
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White papersSolar PV 3.0 – the next wave of innovation in the solar industry
It seems odd to say that solar photovoltaic (PV) technology has come a long way since its use in space exploration in the 1950s – arguably, the first wave of innovation that honed its commercial applications. How much further can we go beyond space?
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White papersCan the renewable energy sector solve the climate crisis?
The renewable energy sector has seen impressive growth rates in the past 20 years. According to the European Environment Agency, the share of renewables in total energy consumption more than doubled, increasing from below 10 percent to 22.5 percent in 2022.
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White papersNuveen Natural Capital - Carbon Market Integrity Principles
Nuveen Natural Capital (NNC) believes that market-based approaches to combating climate change — carbon pricing, compliance markets, and high-integrity voluntary carbon markets — are critical to advancing the net zero transition and achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5°C.
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Asset Manager NewsActis-Fortescue Consortium Awarded Rights To Develop Green Hydrogen Project In Oman
A consortium between Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, and Fortescue, a global integrated green energy, metals and technology company, has been awarded the rights to develop, build, own and operate a large green hydrogen project in Oman.
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White papersInfrastructure redefined - From railways to renewables
Infrastructure, as a sector, has evolved drastically in response to major drivers like the climate crisis and demographic change. Here, we explore the most influential structural trends shaping future-forward opportunities across the asset class.
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White papersThe continuing evolution of investment stewardship
In less than a decade, stewardship has become a central area of investor interest and action. From the Paris Agreement of 2015 to today, questions of stewardship around systemic risks have gone from periodic to practically obligatory. Investment stewardship is now a key factor of asset owner decision-making when entrusting investment managers with their assets.
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White papersThe Winds of Change: A Closer Look at European Renewable Energy Financing
Guy Haselmann, Head of Thought Leadership at MetLife Investment Management (MIM), recently sat down with Giulia Noli, Director in EMEA Infrastructure, to discuss the current environment for lending to European renewable energy projects.
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Research ReportClimate Report 2024 Investing In Climate-Proof Real Estate
The Earth is warming rapidly. We see the consequences in our daily news, with reports of record temperatures, melting ice caps and prolonged droughts interspersed with images of floods caused by torrential rain. These consequences include heat stress, food shortages and mass refugee movements. Action is needed if we are to reverse this trend. It’s time to act.
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Asset Manager NewsActis Backs Solar Platform Argo Energy In First South Korean Energy Investment
Actis, a global investor in sustainable infrastructure, has completed its investment into Argo Energy, a South Korean renewable energy platform focused on the development of small utility scale and rooftop solar.
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White papersHow private credit can drive the net zero transition
The sheer magnitude of capital requirements for the net zero transition represents a historic opportunity for private credit investors.
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White papersWhat risks are you taking in renewable energy?
Developing renewable energy assets, or opting instead to buy them when they are already operational, results in very different potential return and risk profiles. Higher interest rates have made those differences clearer.
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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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PodcastThe Greener Way – Driving net zero in infrastructure
Niall Mills discusses the impact of climate change on infrastructure and Igneo’s philosophy to decarbonising our asset companies as well as our five minimums standards we apply to all assets.
