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Wind power
Similar in strategy to US platform Sky Renewables, the โ‚ฌ300m investment aims to build a portfolio focused on wind, solar, hydro and biomass.
The Abu Dhabi National Oil Company believes the deal โ€˜is laying the groundworkโ€™ for further infrastructure investment by institutional investors.
Long row a very tall windmills offshore
The Japanese trading house has partnered with SMBC and the Development Bank of Japan to raise a ยฅ30 billion fund that will invest in offshore wind investments abroad.
Delhiโ€™s financial investigation agency has raided six offices, to look into allegations of โ€œmoney siphoningโ€.
EQT made the last investment from its โ‚ฌ4 billion third infrastructure fund in a US midstream business. The news comes as its fourth fundraise, targeting as much as โ‚ฌ9 billion, looks to wrap up in the next couple of months, a source familiar with the matter said. Kodiak Gas Services, a Houston-based midstream company, is [โ€ฆ]
The government will assume 40% of the construction costs, while I Squared's Indian roads platform and Indian developer KNRC will assume the remaining 60%.
An Ardian-backed US renewables venture has made its fourth acquisition in the wind sector since its launch last year as it moves to meet a 3GW goal. Skyline Renewables, a partnership between French fund manager Ardian and Transatlantic Power Holdings, announced the purchase of four wind farms with a combined 117MW capacity. The deal puts [โ€ฆ]
The investment in a fibre network on the French island of Rรฉunion is the first by the team formed in April last year by the former EDF Invest infrastructure arm.
Lisbon, Portugal
The manager is following its $644m second equity fund with a third vehicle, said to be targeting about $1bn.
Macquarie Capital has settled a lawsuit with Syncora Guarantee for $38m, following accusations of using inflated projections to secure a toll road acquisition. We find the pre-crisis deal offers some valuable lessons for the transportation industry.
The new vehicle this week added Vantage Airport Group and plans to focus its strategy on airport and airport-related investments.
A $3.3 billion midstream investment and an undisclosed transportation deal are the first steps toward building what Blackstone hopes will become one of the largest infrastructure businesses in the world, the firmโ€™s executives said. The New York-based firm announced in a statement it had purchased a 44 percent stake in Tallgrass Energy, a midstream company [โ€ฆ]
Fiera Infrastructure is investing in a portfolio of public-private partnerships that Canadian construction services company EllisDon Capital is developing as part of a new partnership agreement. Alina Osorio, the infrastructure investment firmโ€™s president, said Fiera will purchase large equity stakes in 10 social, healthcare and transportation projects across Canada that EllisDon is currently constructing. The [โ€ฆ]
Parking
With electric vehicles and driverless cars on the horizon, the fund manager plans to repurpose parts of Northeastern Universityโ€™s campus parking system with charging stations and an โ€˜intermodal mobility platformโ€™.
The government is in the process of identifying candidate sites with the first auctions expected in โ€˜early summerโ€™.
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