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Bamboo Capital handed $40m fund management role targeting Madagascar electricity access

Impact investor Bamboo Capital Partners has been tapped up to manage a $40m renewable energy access fund by the Government of Madagascar and the World Bank.

Petronas pockets $752m from dual block trades

Malaysian energy giant Petronas raised MR3.05bn ($751.8m) from a pair of secondary share sales on Thursday.

DeA Capital buys Gastronomica Roscio

DeA Capital Alternative Funds has acquired a majority stake in Italian ready meal specialist Gastronomica Roscio.

Tikehau leads €150m investment in Amarenco

Tikehau Capital has led a €150m capital increase in renewable energy group Amarenco.

Omnes seals debut Irish renewables deal as firm continues Capenergie 4 raise beyond €500m goal

Paris-based private equity and infrastructure investor Omnes has made its first Irish renewables deal by backing solar PV developer Power Capital Renewable Energy.

TDR Capital makes offer for Target Hospitality

The Texas-based company provides workforce housing and related services to the energy and government sectors

FirstFloor et al. back €41m series-D for Skeleton

Existing investors EIT InnoEnergy, FirstFloor Capital, MM Grupp and Harju Elekter have contributed to a €41.3m series-D financing round for Skeleton Technologies, an Estonian manufacturer of ultracapacitor-based energy storage products.

Buyout rankings: who has invested most across Europe since April?

Unquote tallies the top 10 most active GPs across the European buyout space amid the coronavirus turmoil.

KKR Invests with NextEra Energy and NextEra Energy Partners in Portfolios of Renewable Energy Assets

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global investment firm KKR today announced the signing of agreements with NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE), and NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) relating to

Inflexion buys minority stake in Phenna

Inflexion Private Equity has acquired a minority stake in Phenna, a UK-based testing, inspection, certification and compliance (TICC) business.

KKR Launches Renewable Energy Platform Virescent Infrastructure in India

New platform to own and operate a diversified portfolio of renewable assets in India MUMBAI, India--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Global investment firm KKR today announced the launch of Virescent Infrastructure (“Virescent” or the “Company”), a newly created

Momeni Digital et al. in funding round for Bullfinch Asset

Momeni Digital Ventures, Elevat3 Capital and Germany-based energy company EWE have led a funding round for green asset management and project financing fintech Bullfinch Asset.

Cornerstone Capital exits EppsteinFoils to trade

Cornerstone Capital has sold Germany-based metal foils producer EppsteinFoils to Switzerland-based market peer Artum.

PE’s latest strategy on clean energy? Back the backers

Firms such as Apollo and Generate Capital are backing businesses that use alternative financing models for renewable energy projects

Most Forwarded: Opalesque most forwarded article – week 42: And, finally Wait until he's grown up…!

From BizarreNews: A Tennessee boy is being honored by Guinness World Records for an unusual accomplishment: achieving nuclear fusion just hours before his 13th birthday. Jackson Oswalt, now 15, of Memphis was dubbed by Guinness

Ver Capital launches €200m energy transition fund

Ver Capital, in partnership with consultancy firm Sinloc, has launched a €200m fund dedicated to energy transition.

Apollo bets on royalty investing to unlock more renewable energy deals

The New York firm said it expects to invest as much as $200m in Great Bay Renewables, which funds solar and wind projects in exchange for a cut of the projects’ revenue streams

Cascadia Forms “Industry 4.0” Practice

Cascadia Capital has formed a new investment banking practice dedicated to the robotics, automation, and artificial intelligence (RAAI) sectors. Cascadia’s RAAI practice has been formed in response to the Fourth Industrial Revolution – commonly referred

Apollo Global makes renewables royalties play by agreeing Altius team-up

Private equity giant Apollo Global has teamed with renewable energy royalties specialist Altius.

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