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Zak Bentley

Zak Bentley is a senior reporter at Infrastructure Investor based in London. Zak joined Infrastructure Investor in 2016 from Centaur where he was a reporter at their Clean Energy Pipeline title. He has a detailed knowledge and experience of the financial and regulatory aspects of the global renewable energy market, as well as the wider infrastructure market. Zak has a degree in English and History from the University of Birmingham.
The former transport minister stressed the apolitical nature of infrastructure legislation and said major projects remain in place.
The concessions are expected to form part of what Saudi officials tout as a $200bn infrastructure privatisation programme, with all 27 of the country’s airports to be divested by 2020.
The fund has also agreed deals for a further 17MW, bringing its total portfolio to over 500MW of capacity.
The investment was made by Gravis Capital Partners’ Asset Backed Income Fund, following a recent share issue.
The fresh equity issue builds on the fund’s first open offer in four years held in March as it seeks to finance its investment pipeline.
The Investec-managed Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund is helping finance the $76m project with a capacity of 40MW, which will provide 4.8% of the country’s current generation capacity.
The 2MW battery will provide frequency-response services to the National Grid and DONG hinted similar systems could appear on some of its other offshore wind farms.
The fund has boosted its presence in the wind sector to become one of the largest operators in the country, although its attempt to buy Alerion Clean Power continues to be delayed.
Inspections by the Danish financial services authorities will become more frequent following ‘concerns’ about the alternatives investment skills of pension funds.
MEIF5 is seeking to help Inlandsbanan modernise a railway in part over 100 years old, a deal that would represent Macquarie’s second Swedish rail investment after exiting Arlanda in 2014.
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