Deals:
Aquila Clean Energy has secured two BESS projects in Portugal.
Arcus Infrastructure Partners has sold its smart metering businesses,Horizon Energy Infrastructure and Smart Meter Assets to global investment firm KKR.
Arcus Infrastructure Partners have announced the acquisition of a majority of interest in Powering S.r.l, the largest specialised power leasing business in Italy.
Ardian has announced an investment into a 30 MW/30MWh BESS project in Finland.
Ardian has acquired an ownership position in Aviation Facilities CompanyManagement (AFCO) from Goldman Sachs Alternatives’ infrastructurebusiness.
Ardian has entered into a binding agreement to acquire an additional 10%stake in FGP Topco, the holding company for Heathrow Airport Holdings, from Ferrovial and other TopCo shareholders, including CDPQ and USS. The latest transaction brings Ardian’s ownership to 32.6%.
British Columbia Investment Management Corp. (BCI) has reached an agreement with BBGI Global Infrastructure (BBGI) to purchase the company for approximately £1.06 billion in cash.
Brookfield Asset Management announced a €20 billion infrastructure investment program to support the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI)infrastructure in France.
Brookfield Asset Management will acquire National Grid’s US onshore renewables unit for $1.74bn (£1.37bn).
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners has signed a transaction to acquire the full ownership of Morecambe, a 480-megawattadvanced-stage, fixed-bottom offshore wind project located off the west coast of England, from COBRA Group and Flotation Energy.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners is to take a significant minority equity stake in onshore wind developer Bute Energy and the grid developer Green GEN Cymru, based in Wales.
Dalmore Capital has acquired the entire share capital of TriplePoint Energy Transition Holdings for £44.1 million. This primarily includes nine run-of-river hydro sites located in Scotland, totalling 6.6 megawatts incapacity.
Energy Infrastructure Partners has agreed to acquire majority stake in German project developer and operator BayWa r.e. As part of a capital increase, EIP will invest €150 million in new capital, raising EIP’s stake from49% to 65%.
Infranity has provided a $135 million term loan financing to Borealis Data Centre, a data centre operator with campuses in Iceland and Finland.
KKR has agreed to acquire an additional 5% stake in Enilive from Enifor a consideration of €587.5 million, bringing its total holding in Enilive to30%.
MPC Capital has acquired a 50% stake in the performance management company Best Ship from Norwegian maritime group Wilhelmsen.
Pioneer Point Partners has invested in Yeager Energy, a Dutch geothermal platform that develops, builds and operates geothermal energy projects for the horticulture and residential sectors.
RIVE Private Investment has announced the acquisition of a significant stake in Calycé Sun, a French pioneer in agrivoltaic projects.
SUSI Partners has sold several onshore wind farms in France and Finland to Watts Green and Locus Energy respectively.
Fundraising:
Abrdn’s European mid-market infrastructure fundcloses at €585m in capital commitments, falling shortof €1bn target.
Aquila Capital launches Energy Transition Fund I in collaboration with shareholder Commerzbank. It has a target of €600 million.
Brookfield Asset Management is seeking to raise at least $7 billion forits fourth infrastructure debt fund, according to people familiar with thematter.
Blackstone has announced the final closing of its Blackstone EnergyTransition Partners IV (BETP IV) fund at its hard cap of $5.6 billion, which isapproximately 33% larger than its predecessor vehicle.
HSBC Asset Management has closed its Global TransitionInfrastructure Debt fund after raising $612 million of commitments, accordingto several reports.
RGREEN INVEST and ECHOSYS INVEST have successfully closed the AFRIGREEN Debt Impact Fund at €100 million. This senior debt fund will provide long-term financing solutions to support Commercial and Industrial solar projects, as well as small-scale utility solar power plants across Africa.
Movers & Promotions:
Acadia Infrastructure Capital today announced that Oleg Shamovsky is set to join its team as Partner in Switzerland. This comes after a short tenure at Arjun Infrastructure Partners.
BlackRock has appointed Louise Kooy-Henckel as the EMEA head of sustainable and transition solutions, based in London. Kooy-Henckel will be responsible for leading the firm’s efforts in sustainable and transition investing in the EMEA region.
Matt VanderZanden has been promoted to president at STACK Infrastructure, a global developer and operator of data centres.
Stonepeak is losing two members of its Investor Relations team with Managing Director, Carolyn Pearce and Principal, Daniel Myohl both departing soon.
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