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Isabel O'Brien

The podium at the Federal Reserve conference room.
There has been a definite uptick in the amount of public money spent on infrastructure projects with private backing. But investors have had to get creative to access that capital.
The EnCap Energy Transition Fund’s newest portfolio company, Bildmore, will make equity investments in IRA tax credit-eligible energy transition assets via a holdco structure.
Former co-heads of Magnetar’s energy and infrastructure business, Eric Scheyer and Adam Daley, have acquired majority ownership of the mid-market platform.
It’s not just the $30bn-price tag attached to the Brookfield-Intel JV that lands the Canadian asset manager in the top spot, but also the firm’s contribution to the current trend of onshoring supply chains.
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The tail end of 2023 saw an uptick in IRA-enabled tax credit transfers, with estimates for market size ranging from $4bn-$9bn. That number is expected to grow, despite market inconsistencies.
The open-end private fund received its first round of funding at the end of 2023. It seeks to reach $1bn over the next 18-24 months.
Uncertain market conditions, the COP28 agreement and the US’s recent decision to halt LNG exports signal that the lifespan of some of these assets may be shorter than assumed.
This year’s top five law firms have both familiar and new faces when compared with their 2022 predecessors.
The public pension fund’s private sustainable investment strategy is scaling up to include more energy transition investments, the strategy’s leaders tell us.
The digital need for power threatens to outpace the supply of new clean energy and strain the entire system. Can anything be done about it?
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