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Both companies plan to exit tower assets as the gear up to closing the deal, which will see Aditya Birla own 26% of the combined entity.

Lamenting the state of opportunities in the US, Steven Sonnenstein described the country as an ‘emerging market’.

Avangrid Renewables won the US’s seventh lease auction for offshore wind development.

The firm’s policy and strategy director, Jonathan Levy, said that “even without federal support” clean energy and sustainable assets are a good investment opportunity.

Capital Dynamics is the lead investor on the two projects under development in North Carolina and Ohio.

Panellists discussed risks and return expectations at our Emerging Markets Forum today in Berlin, debunking myths about regulatory instability and praising diversification.

The firm hopes to reach a €500m final close by the end of next year.

The deal, said to value the Australian utility at more than $3bn, marks the Cheng family's debut investment in the energy sector Down Under.

The German firm supported infrastructure and technology projects in the region accounting for over €3bn last year.

Low gas prices, protests at home and a US president who seems bent on walling the country off have challenged Mexico’s energy sector. But three years after a series of reforms that opened the country to private investors, Mexico will not be turning back.

TransCanada recently won approval from US President Donald Trump to build the $8bn Keystone XL Pipeline.

The Japanese pension fund could invest over $9bn in private equity, real estate and infrastructure, following the lead of pension giant the Government Pension Investment Fund.

The firm plans to use the proceeds, which could reach about £57m, to be used to repay debt in anticipation for further investments.

Gas Natural Fenosa, which is 20% owned by GIP, has seen its subsidiary liquidated by Colombian authorities and is accusing the government of permitting fraud.