Switzerland-based asset management firm Capital Dynamics announced this week that it had closed yet another $1.2 billion clean energy infrastructure fund, following the successful close of another $1.2 billion fund earlier this year. Capital Dynamics announced on Tuesday the financial close of its Clean Energy and Infrastructure VII JV LLC fund (CEI VII) with capital commitments of $1.2 billion. As a result of this close, Capital Dynamics now manages approximately $4.8 billion for its clean energy infrastructure strategy and is ranked as the second-largest owner of solar projects in the United States. Specifically, Capital Dynamics’ Clean Energy Infrastructure team currently manages 2.3 GW worth of solar projects — including five of the 15 largest solar farms in the United States. CEI V closed earlier this year at $1.2 billion and has now been fully invested into over 1.5 gigawatts (GW) worth of solar projects across the United States. The three investors in CEI V — Dutch asset manager APG, the California State Teachers’ Retirement System, and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority — are also the primary equity participants in CEI VII which will focus on investing in US-based utility-scale renewable generation assets. “With the close […]
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