NextEnergy Capital’s latest international OECD Fund, NextPower V ESG, has entered into a binding agreement to acquire a 248MW portfolio of 12 solar PV projects in North-Eastern Spain.
This solar portfolio marks the fourth investment that the Fund has made.
The announcement comes just after the recent closing of a long-term debt financing for an operational portfolio managed by NPV ESG’s predecessor Fund NextPower III ESG in the same region.
This transaction for NPV ESG follows the recent acquisitions of a 100MW solar project in the USA, as well as two operational CfD portfolios of 50MW and 66MW in Europe.
NPV ESG’s portfolio has been significantly built out during the last six months, with 348MW in construction, 116MW in operations, and over 500MW in exclusivity or advanced negotiation.
Since the launch of NPV ESG, NEC has evaluated over 88GW of pipeline with 18GW of high-quality, attractive investment opportunities identified for more detailed evaluation.
To date, NPV ESG has secured US$745m (including US$150m for co-investments) in total commitments with investors ranging from a UK LGPS investment pool and a Dutch pension fund, alongside re-ups from existing NextPower III ESG investors, including KLP, a German occupational pension fund, and a large Nordic pension fund.
NextEnergy Capital continues to build on its positive fundraising momentum with a number of investors around the globe currently in due diligence and the team continues to raise towards NPV ESG’s target of US$1.5bn.
Aldo Beolchini, chief investment officer and managing partner at NextEnergy Capital, said: “NPV ESG continues to go from strength to strength, this latest investment in Spain shortly follows the recent acquisition in Poland which again demonstrates NEC’s ability to deploy capital quickly and efficiently, whilst also highlighting NEC as a market leader in the solar space with over 360MW of capacity added to NPV ESG in the last twelve weeks.”