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The Walsh & Co-managed entity has secured a 15-year PPA for 69% of Beryl Solar Farmโ€™s output and is considering a battery installation to enhance risk-adjusted returns.
To meet today's deadline, the Transurban-led team had to submit a conditional bid for WestConnex without knowing if it will receive clearance from the competition watchdog in September.
The US-based renewables developer, backed by NZ Super and Infratil, is also proceeding with the construction of the 238MW Rio Bravo wind farm in the same state.
The guarantee was crucial for the $375m valuation the Danish manager and the UKโ€™s CDC were offering for Zambiaโ€™s Copperbelt Energy Corporation.
The governmentโ€™s decision to keep a 23 July bid deadline for the sale of Sydney Motorway Corp would require Transurban to submit before the competition watchdog issues its ruling on the move in September.
The group targets earlier-stage projects after selling Europeโ€™s largest onshore wind farm and ploughing โ‚ฌ270 million into a new 235MW site in the same country.
The ACCCโ€™s continued competition concerns and the postponement of its decision until September could also delay the sale process of the toll road operator, with final bids due on 23 July.
At โ‚ฌ53 per share, VTG considered the US fund managerโ€™s bid โ€˜not appropriate' representing a premium of only 4% on the volume-weighted threeยญ-month average share price.
The deal would give the duo a weighty PFI portfolio, while capping off a challenging 12 months for the listed fund.
Indiaโ€™s GVK moves the $2.3bn greenfield development, initially approved in 2007, to the construction phase.
The Granville Wind Farm commitment is CEFCโ€™s largest Tasmanian investment to date and the fourth asset owned by the Palisade Renewable Energy Fund.
The Canadian fund manager has agreed to buy Enbridgeโ€™s Western Canadian natural gas gathering business for an enterprise value of $3.3bn, following its $1.1bn acquisition of AT&Tโ€™s data centres.
The sovereign wealth fundโ€™s investment comes ahead of a planned IPO by the company, which has increasingly been diversifying towards renewable energy globally.
The investment was made on behalf of an Australian LP and a new European client.
The Norwegian Export Credit Guarantee Agency is helping to secure the PPA for the 197.4MW wind farm bought by GRP II, the firmโ€™s latest renewables fund, now more than 75% deployed.
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