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  • 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.

  • Renewables funds can help meet huge emerging market infrastructure needs, says LSEG

    14 December 2017

    Renewable energy funds could be key to bridging the "colossal" green infrastructure financing needs of emerging market countries, according to David Harris.

  • People Moves: Gridserve, CDP, Brunel Pension Partnership

    01 September 2017

    Former Greencoat Capital and Temporis Capital financier Mark Henderson has joined energy storage company Gridserve as its chief investment officer.

  • Oversubscribed Greencoat Renewables IPO raises €270m

    20 July 2017

    Investment company Greencoat Renewables has raised €270 million from its initial public offering, a result of "heavy demand" for its shares.

  • European yieldcos eye further expansion

    21 June 2017

    Three European renewable energy investment firms, with a focus on generating high dividend payouts, have announced plans to raise substantial amounts of new capital.