IndiGrid Operationalises First Transmission project Updated On Tue, Apr 2nd, 2024 by Saurenergy KKR backed IndiGrid, India’s first and largest listed power sector infrastructure investment trust (InvIT), has announced the successful operationalisation of its first greenfield project – Kallam Transmission Limited (KTL) – at Beed, Maharashtra. The project was won by IndiGrid in December 2021 through the Tariff Based Competitive Bidding (TBCB) mechanism and has been developed on […] Read more
Mahindra, Ontario Teachers’ Co-Sponsor 2262.8 Crore Renewable Project Updated On Mon, Jan 15th, 2024 by Saurenergy Mahindra Group, a farm equipment, utility vehicles, information technology and financial services businesses in India, and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board (Ontario Teachers’), an institutional investor, have co-sponsored an Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) in the renewable energy space. The InvIT, ‘Sustainable Energy Infra Trust’ (SEIT), is India’s InvIT in the renewable energy space. SEIT has […] Read more
ReNew Signs Contract To Sell 300 MW Solar Project With $199mn Valuation Updated On Mon, Jan 8th, 2024 by Saurenergy Indian renewable energy company ReNew today announced that it has signed a Share Purchase Agreement with India Grid Trust to sell a 300 MW solar project in Rajasthan – ReNew Solar Urja Private Limited – for a total enterprise value of $199 million. The transaction is expected to close in accordance with PPA conditions. Approximately […] Read more
Virescent to acquire Godawari Green Energy’s 50 MW solar thermal plant Updated On Wed, Feb 23rd, 2022 by Saurenergy Godawari Power and Ispat Limited (GPIL) is on the verge of selling its 50-megawatt (MW) solar based thermal power plant to new entrant Virescent Infrastructure Investment Manager in the coming days. The senior leadership has held that the size of the total deal is about Rs 665 crore. The key reason forwarded by the company […] Read more
KKR Backed Virescent Infra InvIT Raises Rs 460 Crores Updated On Wed, Sep 29th, 2021 by Saurenergy Virescent Infrastructure, the renewable energy platform sponsored by global investment firm KKR, has set up India’s first renewable energy infrastructure investment trust (“InvIT”), Virescent Renewable Energy Trust (“VRET”). VRET has raised Rs 460 crores (US$62 million) from a group of foreign and domestic investors. Leading the transaction, on behalf of its clients, is Alberta Investment […] Read more
IndiGrid InvIT Completes Rs 660 crore Acquisition Of Fotowatio’s India Solar Assets Updated On Wed, Jul 14th, 2021 by Saurenergy IndiGrid, the Infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) has announced the formal acquisition of the entire stake in two solar energy assets with cumulative capacity of 100 MW from Spanish developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) at an enterprise value of Rs 660 crore. The firm had actually made a regulatory filing on these back in December 2020. […] Read more
PowerGrid InvIT’s Rs 7735 Cr IPO to Open at Rs 99-100/Unit Price Band Updated On Tue, Apr 27th, 2021 by Saurenergy The PowerGrid Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) has fixed a price band of Rs 99-100 per unit for its Rs 7,735 crore initial share sale, which will open for public subscription on April 29, 2021. The issue will close on May 3, 2021, and the bidding for anchor investors will open on April 28, 2021, according […] Read more
NTPC Planning for Renewable InvIT in JV With NIIF Updated On Mon, Dec 21st, 2020 by Saurenergy NTPC is mulling over creating a JV with the central governments’ strategic investment fund NIIF to set up a renewable InvIT. State-owned power giant NTPC Ltd has proposed that it is mulling over creating a joint venture company with the central governments’ strategic investment fund NIIF to set up a renewable infrastructure investment trust (InvIT). As […] Read more
Rising Market Cap Fuels Acquisition Ambitions For US Renewable Energy Firms Updated On Tue, Nov 10th, 2020 by Saurenergy Early in October this year, NextEra Energy, a renewable energy firm with almost 18 GW of solar and wind plants till last year, overtook Exxon Mobil in market cap for the first time ever. The event marked both the rising tide for renewable energy firms seen as leading the new energy transition, and the mark […] Read more
