First published in Cleantech magazine, January/February 2010. Copyright Cleantech Investor 2010.
According to VB/Research statistics, the largest private equity deal in the cleantech sector in 2009 was a $571 million investment in a wind project by China Investment Corp. The transaction, the purchase of a 35% stake in the US wind business of NYSE-listed AES Corporation, was agreed in November and is subject to approval from antitrust authorities, which is expected during the first half of 2010.
Ranking number two was a Canadian hydroelectric and other power investment in Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. A C$495 million transaction, the investor was Great Lakes Hydro Income Fund. Brookfield Renewable Power Inc. has a portfolio of over 4,100MW of capacity, including 15 hydroelectric plants and a wind project.








