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LONDON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Globeleq, the emerging markets power company, has started construction for the 139 MW expansion of its existing Azito gas-to-power plant near Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. The final nominal capacity of the plant will be 420 MW, making it one of the largest and the most efficient thermal power plants in Cote d'Ivoire. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040611/DAF004LOGO) Construction should be completed during early 2015. The project was...
LONDON, Oct. 22, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Globeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), the emerging markets power company, announces the signature of financing for the 139 MW expansion of its existing 288 MW Azito gas-to-power plant near Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040611/DAF004LOGO ) Construction is expected to commence shortly, and to be completed in just over two years. The project was financed on a limited recourse basis with 80% of the funding...
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., June 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Private Capital Research Institute (PCRI), a non-profit organization that seeks to further the understanding of private capital and its global economic impact through independent academic research, announced today it has launched its web site: http://privatecapitalresearchinstitute.org/. "The launch of our web site is an important step to build awareness about our efforts to increase transparency in the private capital...
LONDON, April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Globeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), the emerging markets power company, announced the acquisition of the 44 MW Eolo wind project in Nicaragua further establishing the company as the leading renewable energy company in the Central American region. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040611/DAF004LOGO) Through Globeleq's majority owned subsidiary, Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (Wind) Limited (GME Wind), the company has purchased 100%...
LONDON, Feb. 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On February 22, Globeleq Generation Limited (Globeleq), the emerging markets power company, celebrated the inauguration of Honduras' first wind farm and the largest in the Central American region. The 102 MW Cerro de Hula (CdH) facility started commercial operation in December 2011. The project was implemented by Globeleq Mesoamerica Energy (GME) which is 70% owned by Globeleq and 30% owned by Mesoamerica Power, a group of Central...
NEW YORK, Oct. 17, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- U.S.-based companies led the way in completing merger-and-acquisition (M&A) deals with emerging and high-growth market companies in the first half of 2011, nearly doubling the number of acquisitions made by the second-ranked country, according to KPMG International's latest Emerging Markets International Acquisition Tracker (EMIAT) study. The KPMG study, which tracks completed deals in which an acquirer took at least a five percent shareholding...
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Lombard Investments and Actis announced today that they have completed a successful exit of their investment in Asia Books, Thailand, through a strategic sale to BJC International Company Limited, Thailand, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berli Jucker Public Company Limited. Asia Books is Thailand's dominant retailer of English language books and magazines and operates 65 outlets nationwide. Lombard acquired 100% of Asia Books in 2006 when the...
LONDON, May 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Actis, the pan-emerging markets private equity investor, has reached an agreement with GAS NATURAL FENOSA, a leading multinational in the gas and electricity sector, to acquire a group of companies dedicated to the transportation and supply of electricity to 1.4m customers in Guatemala in a transaction worth US$345m plus assumed debt. The core of the business lies in its two electricity distribution and supply companies, DEOCSA and DEORSA;...
LONDON, December 16, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Emerging markets private equity investor Actis, and an affiliate of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation ('GIC'), today announced an investment each of US$77m in one of India's leading power developers, GVK Energy. GVK Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of GVK Power and Infrastructure Limited ('GVKPIL') is one of the first private sector developers in India. GVK's power portfolio comprises an operational capacity of 909 MW with...
SAO PAULO, November 12, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Actis, a global emerging markets private equity specialist, has invested US$53m in Gtex, a cleaning products company based in Brazil, whose stable of brands include, Urca, UFE and Amazon. Following this investment, Actis will initiate a comprehensive growth plan for Gtex in the Brazilian market to include new product lines, geographical expansion, and acquisitions. Gtex holds a large portfolio of cleaning products, with a strong...
