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  • Glennmont fully divests from Clean Energy Fund 1

    01 June 2020

    Glennmont Partners has completed the sale of its Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant to Greencoat Capital, divesting the last remaining asset of its €437 million ($485 million) Clean Energy Fund I.

  • Greencoat Capital launches renewables fund with £280m investment

    19 February 2020

    Greencoat Capital launched a UK renewables infrastructure fund, securing an initial £277 million ($186 million) in commitments from two UK pension funds.

  • Greencoat Capital acquires biomass plant from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners

    24 October 2019

    Renewables investor Greencoat Capital has acquired the 40MW Templeborough Biomass Power Plant (TBPP) from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP).

  • Foresight launches infrastructure fund targeting inflation-linked returns

    03 June 2019

    Foresight Group has launched an equity infrastructure fund which invests in publicly-listed companies and aims to generate an annual return of more than 3% over the UK's consumer price index over a five year period.

  • Greencoat invests £452m in UK wind assets, plans equity raise

    04 February 2019

    Greencoat UK Wind, a specialist infrastructure asset manager, has paid £452 million ($590 million) for a 35.5% stake in two Scottish wind farms and announced plans to raise up to £131 million from a placing of new shares.

  • People moves: World Bank, BlackRock, IIGCC, Partners Group, Greencoat, PRI, SASB, US SIF, Osmosis and Grantham Institute

    14 January 2019

    The World Bank has launched a search for a new president after Jim Yong Kim announced he would leave his role three years earlier than expected, to become a partner at Global Infrastructure Partners.

  • Infrastructure investment to soar in 2019, says Foresight

    07 January 2019

    Infrastructure investments, including renewables, are likely to become increasingly attractive in 2019, as investors look to fend off increased market volatility, according to a survey of UK-based financial advisors.

  • Greencoat prepares India yieldco

    17 July 2018

    Greencoat Capital is gearing up to launch a yieldco in India that will look to replicate the model of its UK and Irish renewables funds.

  • Greencoat buys 142MW of UK solar assets from Canadian Solar

    26 February 2018

    Greencoat Capital's Solar II Fund has acquired a 142MW portfolio of UK solar energy assets from Canadian Solar.

  • Greencoat Renewables to buy 36MW Irish wind farm

    21 December 2017

    Renewable energy investment firm Greencoat Renewables is to purchase a 36MW Irish onshore wind farm from Impax Asset Management.