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Levanta Renewables, a leading Southeast Asia-focused renewable energy developer backed by Actis, has announced it is acquiring a 9.5MWp solar portfolio for its commercial and industrial business.   The portfolio consists of six solar projects across Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand, with long-term PPAs signed with leading global 500 multinational corporations. These new projects will generate over 13GWh of clean power annually.   Rahul Agrawal, Head of Energy for Southeast Asia at Actis, commented: "We are excited to see Levanta’s growing assets in Southeast Asia across both utility scale projects and C&I projects. At Actis, we understand the fundamental role renewable energy plays as corporates look to meet their net zero targets and also in the process procure more affordable and cleaner energy. We are excited to continue to support this green energy transformation through Levanta as our renewable energy arm."   The completion of the transaction is subject to and conditional upon certain customary conditions.   This transaction follows Levanta’s recent announcement to acquire a 27.8MWp rooftop solar system in Vietnam and the acquisition of a 139MWp utility scale solar portfolio in Thailand.   #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #RenewableEnergy

Next in our series of interviews with Actis' energy infrastructure partners Nicolas Escallon discusses the firm's investments in leading Latin American energy generation and network businesses. Watch the video to understand why Latin America punches above its weight relative to GDP when it comes to private investment in energy and how Actis has built up such a strong track record in the region with 16 energy generation, transmission and distribution platforms operating across 13 countries, creating a meaningful contribution to both the development and energy transition of the region. https://lnkd.in/ezD2wsQm #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #Energy

In April, an Actis Fortescue consortium was awarded the rights to develop a green hydrogen project in Oman through Hydrom.   This project is expected to involve the construction of up to c.4.5GW of wind and solar renewable energy resources to power electrolysers with the potential to produce up to 200,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year.   Watch the video below where Lucy Heintz and James Mittell from Actis' Energy Infrastructure team discuss this project and the potential of green hydrogen along with Dr Moataz Kandil, Abdulaziz Al Shidhani and Salim Nasser Al Aufi: https://lnkd.in/eTvhJuaS   #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #GreenHydrogen

Investments across Latin America, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa in renewable energy generation, transmission and distribution, toll roads, district cooling and digital infrastructure. This is Actis' long life infrastructure approach, which invests in defensive assets with decade-plus holding periods and strong annual yields.   Watch the video below with Adrian Mucalov to learn about long life infrastructure, and stay tuned in for more on how Actis approaches investing in sustainable infrastructure globally.   #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #InfrastructureInvesting

In this video, Alberto Estefan, Partner, Energy Infrastructure, explores Actis' long history of investment into Latin American energy generation.   He explains why energy, as a critical component of sustainable infrastructure, represents a massive opportunity for a firm like Actis with a long track record of investing in the energy transition across Latin America and which is deeply embedded in the region. Alberto also discusses how the market has evolved in recent years and why platforms with more complex commercial strategies are now winning in the current market.   Watch below and here: https://lnkd.in/egDPqY_R   #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #Energy

For Actis' Spotlight On series focused on inclusion and diversity, we spoke with Thuy Dam, Non-Executive Director at Actis portfolio company Levanta Renewables.   Thuy shares her career journey, experiences as a woman working in the energy and mining sectors, and why she’s increasingly optimistic about diversity and inclusion, including in the energy industry.    👇 Watch Thuy's video below and read her Q&A here: https://lnkd.in/eKDgjJQU    #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #DiversityAndInclusion

Thomas Liu, Partner, Head of Greater China and Asia Data Centre, Real Estate at Actis, contributed to DC Byte's recent report looking at Taiwan as an emerging data centre market.   Thomas commented: "Taiwan is one of the most advanced and mature economies in Asia with world class manufacturing and high tech industries, which are some of the main benefactors from the AI transformation. It is poised for growth in data centre demand as both the public and private sectors are accelerating the digitalisation of their operations and the migration to cloud computing. With our first project located in a well established but power scarce DC cluster in Neihu, Taipei, Epoch Digital is well positioned to capture the wholesale colocation demand from both global hyperscalers as well as leading domestic enterprises."   Actis has committed more than US$1.5 billion to digital infrastructure, including in data centres across Asia and Latin America.   You can access the DC Byte report here: https://lnkd.in/gw9XG7cF   #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #DataCenters

Actis and Mahindra Lifespace Developers Ltd. have formally launched joint venture Ample Parks, an Indian industrial and logistics real estate developer and operator.   A highly experienced management team has been appointed, with CEO Akash Rastogi leading the company. Ample Parks aims to acquire and develop approximately 1.5 million square metres of greenfield and brownfield sites in key markets across India with the aim of establishing itself as a leading industrial and logistics real estate solutions provider to global and local corporations.   The business has completed its first acquisition, a prime 70 acres industrial land parcel within Mahindra World City, Chennai, to develop an integrated industrial and logistics park.   Brian Chinappi, Partner, Head of Real Estate at Actis, commented: “I’m delighted to see Ample Parks get off the ground with this first acquisition. India’s industrial and logistics sector represents a tremendous investment opportunity, with the country’s market strongly benefitting from a boom in consumer demand domestically and a realignment of supply chains globally in favour of India, with many corporations implementing a China Plus One strategy. By bringing to bear Actis’ track record in sustainable real estate and Mahindra Lifespaces’ broader market expertise, Ample Parks is set to become a key player in this space, capitalising on the growth of this new economy real estate for our investors.”   Raghvendra Chandak, Director, Real Estate at Actis, added: “Our aspiration is for the platform to become one of the industrial and warehousing space providers of choice in India.”   Read the full announcement: https://lnkd.in/e6HuiWSK   #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #RealEstate

🎙️| Interested in a deep dive on Actis' Asia real estate investments? Brian Chinappi, Partner and Head of Real Estate, provides just this in his conversation with Neda Vakilian, Partner, Global Head of Investor Solutions Group. Their in-depth conversation covers: - Why Actis invests in "new economy" real estate in Asia and what this means in practice in terms of assets - How in Asia the tailwinds behind such assets are particularly strong thanks to secular demand trends - The structural differences between Actis' target geographies in Asia and Western economies - Why Actis' assets are B2B user-centred and solutions-focused, for the benefit of occupiers - The importance of sustainability in future-proofing assets and how Actis creates sustainability leaders - How Actis' global relationships and investments in other sectors are working to the benefit of our real estate customers - Executing on investments to deliver the best performance possible It's a must-watch and listen to understand Actis' approach to Asia real estate - watch below and tune in here for the extended version: https://lnkd.in/eab9j-KS #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #RealEstate

Great to see Actis listed in the top five of New Private Markets' Impact 50 list for the fourth consecutive year. Actis has decades of experience in operationalising sustainability, leading by example and investing towards a net zero world - building value for a better tomorrow. Learn more about Actis' sustainability work here: https://lnkd.in/epFPAZ-A   And click here to discover the Impact 50 list: https://lnkd.in/gZpfAVRr    #SustainableInfrastructure #SustainableInvesting #ImpactInvesting