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Macquarie will seed a new core renewable energy fund with some of its $2bn portfolio of assets, as exits slow.
Portfolio manager Jiren Zhou sees more attractive returns compared to utility-scale assets, and a way to avoid grid congestion headaches.
The firm has launched Nozomi Energy with capital from Actis Energy 5, with energy transition in the APAC region a focus.
The notion of what makes an investment and a country low risk was challenged in 2022 as global energy producers and developers faced new taxes and regulatory measures.
The pair have acquired a 49 percent stake in the project, which was completed earlier this year and comes with a long-term offtake agreement with Origin Energy.
RealPort founder and CEO Ekow Yankah interprets inflation's impact on the renewables sector and its investors.
Despite the evident need for more renewables capacity in Europe, investors are wary of ever-changing regulations and mounting costs.
AGL Energy has been forced to write down a series of PPAs with windfarms it developed and sold between 2006 and 2012, as wholesale prices continue to fall.
Despite a sharp fall in energy demand and power prices earlier this year, PPA activity has remained strong. But another record year is no slam dunk.
With the possibility of a downturn on the horizon, execution-driven value creation strategies are an investor’s best course, say Todd Bright and Simon Merriweather of Partners Group.