MIRA to sell 69.4% interest in Italian gas operator SGI by Kali Persall | Dec 30, 2020 Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets (MIRA) has agreed to sell its 69.4 percent interest in Societa Gasdotti Italia (SGI), the largest independent gas transmission operator in Italy, to Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board.
EIB backs construction of Corridor Vc in the Balkans by Kali Persall | Dec 30, 2020 The European Investment Bank (EIB) has allocated €340 million ($416 million) for the construction of the 36-kilometer (22-mile) section of road on Corridor Vc in the Balkans.
Uncertainty looms for U.S. economy in 2021 by Larry Gray | Dec 30, 2020 As the old joke goes, if you put 10 economists in a room, you’ll get 11 different opinions. Never has that joke held more truth than today as economists try to interpret a slew of key variables and predict the economic prospects for the United States in 2021.
ADB and NNS back first renewable P3 in Uzbekistan by Released | Dec 29, 2020 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Nur Navoi Solar (NNS) have signed loans of up to $17.5 million for a 100-megawatt solar plant that will be the first public-private partnership (P3) renewable energy project in Uzbekistan.
Ellomay Capital connects Talasol PV plant to Spanish grid by Kali Persall | Dec 29, 2020 Ellomay Capital, an Israeli-based developer of renewable energy and power projects in Europe and Israel, has connected the Talasol solar photovoltaic plant to the Spanish electricity grid.
Capital Dynamics buys remaining stake in Arizona solar project from Apollo by Kali Persall | Dec 29, 2020 Capital Dynamics’ Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business has acquired the remaining 69.98 percent interest in Arlington Valley Solar Energy II (AVSE II), a 175-megawatt solar photovoltaic project in Maricopa County, Ariz.
Augwind and EDF Renewables to build 5MW photovoltaic plant in Israel by Kali Persall | Dec 29, 2020 Israeli technology company Augwind has signed an agreement with EDF Renewables Israel to build and operate a 5-megawatt photovoltaic plant integrated with the 20-megawatt hour storage system AirBattery.
AIIB earmarks $60m for Cambodian infrastructure projects by Kali Persall | Dec 29, 2020 The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is planning to invest $60 million in Cambodia’s recovery efforts. Some 480,000 people in five provinces are expected to benefit from the loan, which is AIIB’s first sovereign-backed financing in the country.
Strategic Capital Fund Management announces Baltimore data center acquisition by Andrea Zander | Dec 29, 2020 Strategic Capital Fund Management and its affiliate, Strategic Data Center Fund Manager, have announced the acquisition of a data center property for approximately $3 million.
Ardian-backed EWE launches new onshore wind company in Europe by Released | Dec 29, 2020 Energy service provider EWE and the Aloys Wobben Foundation, sole shareholder of wind turbine manufacturer ENERCON, have agreed to form a joint venture in onshore wind energy.