Q-Impact closes €120 million fund

Q-Impact closes €120 million fund

Social and environmental impact investment fund Q-Impact has closed its second €120 million private equity fund (Q-Impact II) aimed at helping the best SMEs, profitable companies that provide solutions to social and environmental challenges, to grow. Q-Impact II has formalized its investment in Bioenergy Ibérica, a company specializing in the design and installation of biomass…

Sonnedix buys 169 Qualitas Energy 136 MW PV solar plants, advised by G-advisory

Sonnedix buys 169 Qualitas Energy 136 MW PV solar plants, advised by G-advisory

G-advisory advised the international renewable energy company Sonnedix in purchasing a portfolio of 169 PV solar plants from Qualitas Energy. Total capacity was 136 MW. The plants, operational since the 2007-2014 period and located in Spain, receive regulated revenue under the specific remuneration regime established in Royal Decree 413/2014. With the deal, Sonnedix, present in…

Sustainable mobility: a challenge for the public and private sector with legal developments on the horizon
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Sustainable mobility: a challenge for the public and private sector with legal developments on the horizon

Garrigues experts in the areas of transportation, logistics and mobility analyze the main regulatory challenges in the field of mobility, led by Alfonso Cuenca, legal adviser to the Spanish Parliament, Director of Studies of the Lower House of the Spanish Parliament and legal adviser to the Lower House Committee on Transportation, Mobility and the Urban…

MIBEL electricity prices break with those of Europe, with the Spanish MWh priced considerably lower than that of many neighboring countries

MIBEL electricity prices break with those of Europe, with the Spanish MWh priced considerably lower than that of many neighboring countries

Short-term electricity prices fell this quarter, on the back of lower gas prices. Medium and long-term prices remain flat, as they are less swayed by changes in gas prices over the short term. European and Spanish regulators rolled out many measures in 2022-Q4 to help alleviate soaring electricity prices, protect consumers and encourage the green…

Altano Energy to build 107 MW renewables portfolio, with G-advisory acting as technical and environmental adviser of the financing

Altano Energy to build 107 MW renewables portfolio, with G-advisory acting as technical and environmental adviser of the financing

Altano Energy has completed a long-term non-recourse financing deal of approximately €90 million with Santander Corporate & Investment Banking for a 107 MW renewables portfolio. The portfolio includes hydro assets in operation and a ready-to-build PV plant in Spain and will supply more than 80,000 homes with clean energy. G-advisory acted as technical and environmental…

G-advisory, technical advisor in the financing of two important photovoltaic projects in Colombia carried out by Solarpack
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G-advisory, technical advisor in the financing of two important photovoltaic projects in Colombia carried out by Solarpack

This is the largest package of financing through Project Finance of photovoltaic plants ever carried out in Colombia G-advisory has acted as technical advisor in the financing of the La Unión and La Mata photovoltaic projects carried out by the Spanish company Solarpack. This is the largest package of financing through Project Finance of photovoltaic…

Green bonds, an opportunity for fostering sustainable tourism
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Green bonds, an opportunity for fostering sustainable tourism

Partners from Garrigues met with Meliá and Azora executives to discuss the role green bonds can play in the tourism industry, in the latest Garrigues Sustainable Dialogs encounter. Sustainable financing is now, and will continue to be, one of the leading ways to fund and invest in the real estate, tourism and hotel sectors. José…