climate solutions

Brookfield is expecting ‘strong re-ups’ and new LPs for BGTF II, which the firm expects will be larger than its $15bn first impact fund.

Blackstone Green Private Credit III – the biggest energy transition credit fund to date – has an appetite for fossil fuel investments such as LNG, straddling energy transition and affordability goals.

BlackRock’s climate infrastructure team has launched a New Zealand-focused fund that aims to raise its capital from domestic investors to accelerate the country’s energy transition.

The firm has deployed almost 60% of its debut climate fund, which closed on $7.2bn earlier this year.

The firm has announced plans to raise private equity climate fund this year, but the lion's share of its energy transition strategy will be debt and 'hybrid' capital.

The Gates Foundation’s climate venture fund raised $1.25bn for its second vintage in 2021 and $1bn for its first vintage in 2019 from billionaires including Jeff Bezos, Mukesh Ambani, Michael Bloomberg, Richard Branson and George Soros.

The UK investor has added General Atlantic's BeyondNetZero fund and Ardian's hydrogen joint venture to its budding private markets climate solutions portfolio.

The fund is understood to have a $3 billion target and was launched in February 2023.

Allianz Capital Partners is injecting €20m of capital and has an option to invest in the pipeline of projects.

Carbon Upcycling's technology is most immediately applicable to cement and concrete manufacturing.