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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.
This year has seen a wave of deals in the environmental infra space – and legislative tailwinds make this one to watch in 2024.
Concerns around competition and potential legislative changes to the legislation are dampening some of the initial enthusiasm ahead of 2024.
BlackRock’s global head of infrastructure and real estate also told us that GPs will have to add much more alpha than financing gains in the new era.
Annabel Wiscarson, who is not thought to have a new role lined up, leaves GIP in the midst of a $25bn fundraising effort.
As ‘free money’ dries up, higher interest rates are reshaping critical dynamics of the renewable energy market, Zak Bentley and Daniel Kemp find.
From realism around the IRA to mapping fibre’s future, investors discussed a range of topics at our recent America Forum. Here are three key takeaways.
Solar and wind power
Acadia Infrastructure Capital will seek clean energy investments for LPs with 'slightly different needs that cannot fit into one fund box', says managing partner Tim Short.
BlackRock hopes to grow the vehicle, which has a focus on energy transition and security, to $5bn over the next four to five years, according to MD James Berner.
BlackRock’s deal will see it partner with New York-listed Occidental to build the world’s largest direct air capture facility.
Initial contracts from the New York Bight auction have received average price awards of $145 per MWh, as regulators look to reverse industry’s fortunes.
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