May 31, 2024

Infrastructure Investment Europe: May 2024 Summary

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Infrastructure Investment Europe: May 2024 Summary
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Deals:

Actis launches tower portfolio in the Balkans under Connectis Tower brand. They acquired the portfolio from Telekom Srbija in January.

AMG acquires minority stake in European private markets firm Suma Capital.

Ancala has agreed to sell its 50 percent interest in Dragon LNG Group, a liquefied natural gas regasification terminal located in Wales, to VTTI.

Aream and Eiffel launch JV for 500 MWp of solar, battery projects.

Ares, CDPQ and Schroders Capital provide €750m to expand Vantage Data Centers’ EMEA platform.

Aviva Investors provides $83m in debt financing to U.K. electric fleet specialist Zenobē.

Brookfield enters deal to acquire a majority stake in France's Neoen for $6.6 billion.

CIP joins KK Invest and Danish Bio Commodities to develop one of Denmark’s largest biogas plants, acquiring the majority of the shares in Sindal Biogas.

European Investment Bank (EIB) and the regional government of Valencia have signed a €470 million loan, co-financing a series of green, social and digital investments in the Spanish region.

EQT Infrastructure VI (EQT Group) has launched a public offer to acquire all the shares of Swedish renewables company OX2 at a price of SEK 60 (€5.22) in cash per share.

Infracapital has agreed the sale of its 100% stake in C2i, a portfolio of PPP assets in Northern Italy, to HISI Group.

Infranity has signed an agreement with Global Data Centre Group (GDC) to acquire a co-controlling stake in Etix Everywhere, a pan-European edge data center platform.

InfraVia acquires Dutch/Belgian developer Giga Storage.

KKR through its investment vehicle Elbe Bidco, is to acquire electricity and renewable energy producer Encavis for €2.8bn.

Lazard Asset Management’s (LAM) sustainable private infrastructure strategy is taking 100% ownership of Collective Energy, an Austrian company providing advisory services and solar generation solutions to commercial customers.

Macquarie sells 10% stake in 714MW East Anglia ONE offshore wind farm to NTR.

Natixis CIB closes financing package for Antin Infrastructure Partners–backed FirstLight Fiber.

NextPower V ESG, an OECD-focused solar and battery storage strategy managed by NextEnergy Capital, has made its first acquisition in Poland.

White Summit Capital buys majority stake in Portuguese biomethane producer Ferbgas Renewable.

Fundraising:

ABO Wind AG has raised €65 million from an oversubscribed green bond placement.

AIB has raised €650 million from its latest green bond issuance as part of plans to finance projects with ‘clear environmental and climate action benefits’.

Arjun Infrastructure Partners has achieved the final closing of its Infrastructure Alliance Europe 2 (IAE-2) fund at €1.4bn.

Eiffel Investment Group’s Energy Transition III halfway to €1b fundraising target, with its debt program holding an initial close of €500m.

Energy Capital Partners has held a final close for its fifth flagship equity strategy, ECP V. It exceeded its initial $4 billion target for Fund V by 10 percent and also raised an additional $2.3 billion of co-investment capital, raising $6.7b in total.

GLIL Infrastructure (GLIL), the open-end infrastructure investment vehicle, has raised an additional £475 million for further investment in core U.K. infrastructure assets.

Impax Asset Management has closed its fourth private markets infrastructure fund, Impax New Energy Investors IV (NEF IV), at €459 million.

Octopus Energy Generation’s open-end evergreen Sky fund has successfully raised £1.5 billion ($1.85 billion).

Movers & Promotions:

Octopus Investments has launched a natural capital strategy, hiring Alex Godfrey as investment director to lead it.

Maciej Tarasiuk has joined abrdn in their London office as head of investments in core infrastructure.

Vision Ridge Partners, has appointed Ramzi Moubarak, a former managing director on Macquarie Capital’s Infrastructure and Energy Capital team in Europe, as a managing director and head of Europe.

Current Mandates:

Analyst - Renewable Energy CEE Focus - London

Analyst – Energy Efficiency - Paris

Analyst / Associate – Infrastructure Advisory - Frankfurt

Investment Associate (ESG) - Private Equity - London

Investment Manager – Energy Efficiency - Paris

Director (Origination Focus) - Infrastructure Equity

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