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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.
Phil Peters has joined MIRA with the firm on the infrastructure fundraising trail in both the US and Asia.
The fund is in talks over a transport investment and describes the Latin American infrastructure market as ‘highly sought after’ for foreign institutional investors.
The ‘astounding’ results have awarded strike prices to 11 offshore wind, biomass and energy-from-waste projects with more than 3GW capacity.
The government maintains it does not anticipate further delays to the lengthy approval process.
The revamped Green Investment Bank has backed a UK-based energy-from-waste plant worth about £360m.
Increased sophistication in the asset class among investors has led to questions about bids for assets and the adoption of greater risk appetites.
Eddie O’Connor will be replaced by the group COO Andy Kinsella.
Some $80m of commitments have begun to roll in from UK and US pension funds for the vehicle.
Airport operator ADP and telecoms firm Orange have also been slated for possible government sell-offs.
The €300 million project was put on hold last week following protests in the local area.
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