Carbon neutrality and the renewable energy transition
All insightsHamish Lea-Wilson talks with Pedro Norton, CEO of Finerge
With climate change being one of the most pressing challenge of our times coupled with the energy crisis currently plaguing Europe, there is a clear need for both the strengthening of energy security and an increase in cleaner sources of energy.
In the first episode of this series, Hamish Lea-Wilson, Partner at Igneo Infrastructure Partners, talks with Pedro Norton, CEO of Finerge, Igneo’s Iberian renewable energy business about the energy and climate transition in Europe and the role Finerge seeks to play in it.
Our Renewable energy assets
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Terra-Gen
Terra-Gen develops, constructs, owns, and operates utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage throughout the United States, with the majority of its operations located in California. Terra-Gen’s portfolio spans across 28 generating facilities and operates ~2,500 MW of facilities and has more than 6,000 MW of projects under advanced development or construction.
- Location: North America
- Sector: Renewable energy
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Dec 2020
- Governance: joint
- Website: www.terra-gen.com/
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Soltage
Soltage is a renewable power producer that develops, owns, operates and manages solar and storage assets across 18 states in the US. Established in 2005 and headquartered in Jersey City, NJ. Soltage is a vertically integrated distributed generation platform with in-house project development, design and engineering, finance and asset management / reporting functions. Soltage has a 17-year history of growth, having developed 511MW of solar assets, with a current owner/manager interest in 393MW.
- Location: North America
- Sector: Renewable energy
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Aug 2023
- Governance: sole
- Website: www.soltage.com/
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Rialto Bioenergy Facility
Based in Carlsbad, California, Rialto Bioenergy Facility is an organic waste-to-energy plant developed by Anaergia Services, a global leader in the production of clean energy, fertiliser and recycled water from waste streams. It is the largest food waste diversion and energy recovery facility in North America and has the capacity to convert 700 tons per day of organic waste and 300 tons per day of biosolids into renewable natural gas.
- Location: North America
- Sector: Renewable energy
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Apr 2020
- Governance: joint
- Website: www.anaergia.com/
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Finerge
Finerge is Portugal’s second-largest renewable energy producer and for over 20 years has worked to provide access to more sustainable energy sources to the world. Finerge operates 69 Wind Farms and 17 PV solar plants located in more than 46 municipalities across Portugal and 3 provinces in Spain. Day and night, more than 770 turbines harness the energy of the wind, and thousands of photovoltaic modules that collect energy from the sun, transforming it into clean electricity at a rate of 3.200Gwh. All this means that more than 1,661 k tons of CO2 emissions are avoided.
- Location: Europe
- Sector: Renewable energy
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Nov 2015
- Governance: sole
- Website: www.finerge.pt/en/
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DAH Group
The DAH Group is an integrated energy company that generates gas, electricity and heat from renewable energy sources. DAH operates 22 biogas plants located primarily in Eastern Germany making it one of the largest plant operators in the country.
- Location: Europe
- Sector: Renewable energy
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Nov 2023
- Governance: sole
- Website: www.dah-gruppe.de/start/
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CPE Renewable Investment Unit Trust
CPE Renewable Investment Unit Trust (CPERI) develop, own and operate multi-utility behind-the-meter assets. The CPERI portfolio includes three operational multi-utility sites as well as 30 operational, or under construction, rooftop solar and battery assets for commercial and industrial clients. Once construction is completed, the portfolio will have 29.5MW of solar capacity, 33.4MWh of battery capacity and 79.8MW of thermal capacity.
- Location: Australia
- Sector: Renewable energy
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Apr 2019
- Governance: joint
- Website: cleanpeakenergy.com.au/
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Atmos Renewables
Atmos Renewables is an Australian renewables operator with interests in eight operational utility-scale wind and solar farms across four states – Victoria, Queensland, South Australia and Tasmania – with a gross capacity of 754 megawatts. Atmos benefits from long-term energy offtake contracts with investment grade counterparties. The manager’s strategy is to become a leading Australasian renewables owner and operator with a diversified portfolio of assets by technology and geography.
- Location: Australia
- Sector: Renewable energy
- Risk Classification: contracted
- Initial Acquisition date: Mar 2021
- Governance: sole
- Website: atmosrenewables.com.au/
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