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Asper expands its Swedish District Heating platform
January 21, 2019
Asper Investment Management-backed Vasa Värme announced today the signing of an agreement with the Swedish municipality of Ekerö for the building and operation of a new biomass-fueled district heating system across the municipality, following a competitive tendering process. The new entity, which will be jointly owned by Vasa Värme and the municipality, will look to…
/ More about this storyAsper Appoints Senior Advisor
January 9, 2019
Asper Investment Management has appointed David Walker as a Senior Advisor to its board of directors. David will work with Asper’s leadership team, providing strategic advice on business development and institutional relations. He was previously a Private Equity Director at BMO Global Asset Management; he has also held leadership positions within the European Investment Bank…
/ More about this story2018 GRESB Results
September 14, 2018
London-based Asper Investment Management announced that both renewable energy funds it manages won top marks in the 2018 edition of the GRESB ESG (environmental, social and governance) performance benchmarking, taking the 1st and 2nd places in the ranking of European Renewable Infrastructure Funds. GRESB is a global organization benchmarking ESG performance of investments in the…
/ More about this storyInvis Energy closes second wind farm financing in 2018
August 15, 2018
London-based Asper Investment Management and the Craydel Group announced that financial close of a 43MW onshore wind farm in county Mayo took place this week. The Invis Energy partners have now raised over €130m of project finance debt in 2018, and this is the 7th wind farm financed together in Ireland. The Mayo project will…
/ More about this storyAsper powers ahead on Irish Wind
June 21, 2018
London-based Asper Investment Management and the Craydel Group announced that financial close of a 35MW onshore wind farm in county Galway took place earlier this week. The project is the 6th wind farm financed together in Ireland by the Invis Energy partners. The Galway project will see the installation of 11 Siemens 3.2MW turbines, generating…
/ More about this storyAsper Investment Management bolsters its team
May 1, 2018
London-based Asper Investment Management (Asper), the spin-out of HgCapital’s renewable energy infrastructure business which completed last December, has announced three new hires into its London-based team. Asper brings in Alejandro Algora as Portfolio Manager. Alejandro was previously part of the Asset Planning & Analysis team at Diamond Generating Europe, the power holding subsidiary of Mitsubishi…
/ More about this storyDecarbonising Europe: time to turn up the heat!
January 31, 2018
By Olivier Delpon de Vaux, Director at Asper Investment Management Decarbonising the heat sector is imperative to meeting carbon emissions reduction objectives across Europe. However, progress so far has been sluggish in most European countries. Sweden is an exception with 80% of its heat coming from locally sourced and abundant biomass. It…
/ More about this storyVasa Vind raises finance for 49MW wind project
December 22, 2017
Vasa Vind places 49 MW order in Sweden Vasa Vind, together with their long-term institutional partner, have ordered 23 V110-2.0 MW turbines for the 49 MW Munkflohögen wind park located outside Östersund in central Sweden. Utilising the 2 MW platform’s flexibility, the turbines will be delivered in various power modes that maximise each turbine’s energy…
/ More about this storyHg Renewables team spins out to form Asper Investment Management
December 5, 2017
London-based private equity firm Hg and Asper Investment Management announced today the completion of the spin-out process of Hg’s renewable energy infrastructure investment business to Asper. The entire Hg renewable energy team is joining Asper, including 6 senior investment directors and 6 specialist finance, control and operations managers. Asper has taken over management of the…
/ More about this storySwedish Wind – a market journey
November 1, 2017
Sweden has pioneered the use of a market-driven incentive system to spur the development of renewable power. Its ups-and-downs can provide lessons – and warnings – as the rest of Europe experiments with market-based subsidy schemes.
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