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National Grid Delivers Record Investment Of £4.5B
2017-05-18T17:41:04.209255-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/national-grid-delivers-record-investment-of-45b-20170518665/
<p><span class="m_first-letter m_first-letter--flagged">N</span>ational Grid invested a record £4.5bn in the UK’s networks of pipes and wires last year amid an overhaul in the energy system which is spurring the development of a modernised grid.</p>
<p>The operator of Britain’s high voltage cables and high-pressure gas pipelines said it was starting to see the benefit of its move into the US energy market a decade ago after a rocky start on the other side of the Atlantic.</p>
Why Google Capital Deal Could Augur The Reemergence Of So-called PIPEs | TechCrunch
2016-07-05T14:10:08.179027-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/why-google-capital-deal-could-augur-the-reemergence-of-so-called-pipes-techcrunch-20160705489/
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Fixing Flint's Contaminated Water System Could Cost $216M
2016-06-07T17:45:11.108874-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/fixing-flints-contaminated-water-system-could-cost-216m-20160607071/
A bruising litany of infrastructure repairs would happen over the next several decades – with $80m needed to remove about 10,000 lead pipes across the city.
As Water Infrastructure Crumbles, Many Cities Seek Private Capital
2016-04-04T12:28:03.025306-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/as-water-infrastructure-crumbles-many-cities-seek-private-capital-20160404595/
A man carries free water distributed by a church in Flint, Michigan. The water crisis in Flint, where old pipes leached out lead into water supplies, has raised new worries that cities aren’t keeping up with maintenance and improvements.
Cow Poo Powers Up To 6,000 Homes
2016-02-09T09:30:11.955296-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/cow-poo-powers-up-to-6000-homes-20160209734/
A dairy farm which converts manure into methane gas has increased production so fast it is now making enough gas for 6,000 homes.
PE Firms Hunt For Bargains In The Public Markets
2016-02-02T11:03:40.134406-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/pe-firms-hunt-for-bargains-in-the-public-markets-20160202344/
<p style="line-height: 18.9091px;">Private equity firms may be ready to shop in the public markets again.</p>
53 Startups That Will Take Off In 2016, According To Silicon Valley's Top Venture Capitalists
2015-12-30T09:55:02.527274-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/53-startups-that-will-take-off-in-2016-according-to-silicon-valleys-top-venture-capitalists-20151230910/
<p>2016 is just around the corner and it's time to predict which startups will take the tech industry by storm. Who better to ask than the startup experts, the VCs that watch them, guide them, hear their pitches, and fund them?</p>
Hoping For A Price Surge, Oil Companies Keep Wells In Reserve
2015-12-28T16:14:43.368549-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/hoping-for-a-price-surge-oil-companies-keep-wells-in-reserve-20151228800/
Some drilled oil and natural gas wells across the country are currently not producing, but are ready to be tapped quickly if prices begin to rise.
Israel will not concede $1.76bn compensation from Egypt
2015-12-11T12:47:48.578827-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/israel-will-not-concede-176bn-compensation-from-egypt-20151211933/
Israeli Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz said yesterday that Israeli is unlikely to concede $1.76bn compensation from Egypt over broken gas agreement.
Khosla Ventures Getting Sued by Miss. - Fortune
2015-12-04T16:54:36.758141-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/how-tech-billionaire-vinod-khoslas-biofuel-dream-went-bad-20151204577/
Drive a couple of hours northeast of Jackson, Miss.—maneuvering past semitrailers piled with timber on highways lined with dense pine forests—and you’ll reach a sprawling structure of metal pipes and towers.
Conares plans $25m expansion of Jebel Ali plant
2015-11-24T15:30:42.861819-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/conares-plans-25m-expansion-of-jebel-ali-plant-20151124042/
The new mill would open up more markets in Australia and Europe for Conares, as well as allowing it to produce pipes for infrastructure projects as opposed to primarily supplying oil and gas projects.
City Heavyweight To Lead £600m Bricks Float
2015-11-03T13:28:40.836872-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/city-heavyweight-to-lead-600m-bricks-float-20151103697/
A heavyweight industrialist is to spearhead a £600‎m flotation of one of Britain's largest brick-makers as the industry cashes in on an anticipated surge in housebuilding. Sky News has learnt that LoneStar, the private equity firm, has ‎lined up Paul Lester as the chairman of Forterra - previously known as Hanson Building Products. The initial public offering, which is likely to focus on Forterra's UK arm and take place in London, may seek to raise tens of milions of pounds, according to insiders.
Government offers to buy out Metgasco licences for $25m
2015-11-02T15:50:11.427198-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/government-offers-to-buy-out-metgasco-licences-for-25m-20151102624/
The NSW Government has struck a $25 million deal with junior mining company Metgasco that could see the Northern Rivers area finally free of the threat of gas fields. The post Government offers to buy out Metgasco licences for $25m appeared first on Echonetdaily.
How Orange Peel, Industrial Waste Could Clean Mercury From The Ocean
2015-10-19T11:26:26.984115-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/how-orange-peel-industrial-waste-could-clean-mercury-from-the-ocean-20151019843/
Researchers at Flinders University have created a polymer from industrial waste and orange peels that "literally sucks mercury out of water and soil".
D.C. Water Begins Harnessing Electricity From Every Flush
2015-10-09T14:37:26.299816-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/dc-water-begins-harnessing-electricity-from-every-flush-20151009384/
The next time you flush in the nation’s capital, you might consider this: You — or, more precisely, whatever you have flushed — will help generate clean energy.
Human Impact On The Earth: Spain's Andasol Solar Power Station
2015-10-05T18:03:20.660853-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/human-impact-on-the-earth-spains-andasol-solar-power-station-20151005079/
Ahead of the UN Climate Conference in December, Reuters has released the third of their “Earthprints” series focusing on how humans change the landscape of the planet, featuring the Andasol Solar Power Station.
Nigeria's Oil Refineries Fuel The Economy
2015-09-22T12:19:53.105069-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/nigerias-oil-refineries-fuel-the-economy-20150922309/
Africa's biggest oil producer -- is finally "domesticating" the refining of crude into products, thus improving its energy security and ending a reliance on costly imports. The talk is of job creation, national pride and the chance to help revive an economy badly hurt by the fall in global oil prices as well as providing fuel for the increasing demands of a growing population. "To give up on the refineries is like giving up on Nigeria.
This Waiting Room Video Is Brought To You By This Startup
2015-09-21T11:54:17.586482-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/this-waiting-room-video-is-brought-to-you-by-this-startup-20150921268/
ContextMedia is one of Chicago's fastest-growing companies, with revenue running at a rate of $100 million a year. CEO Rishi Shah wants that number to be 10 times bigger by the end of the decade.
America’s Most Unlikely Energy Project Is Rising From a Louisiana Bayou
2015-09-02T17:08:01.551661-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/americas-most-unlikely-energy-project-is-rising-from-a-louisiana-bayou-20150902654/
When the terminal goes live later this year, it will change the dynamics of the energy market in North America.
Founders Fund Leads $33.5M Round For Modumetal, Maker of Nanolaminated Metals For The Oil And Gas Industry
2015-08-26T13:46:05.938522-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/founders-fund-leads-335m-round-for-modumetal-maker-of-nanolaminated-metals-for-the-oil-and-gas-industry-20150826292/
Founders Fund, the venture firm co-created by Peter Thiel, is entering yet another surprising area that you don’t commonly see with Silicon Valley VCs....
'New Silk Road': Is China building bubbles or oases?
2015-08-26T12:03:12.744967-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/new-silk-road-is-china-building-bubbles-or-oases-20150826287/
A development wave is transforming an area along China's border with Kazakhstan that just three years ago boasted little more than a wealth of rocks and sand.
Bessemer's David Cowan is Betting on Space (and Counting on Space Travel)
2015-06-30T14:04:16.741592-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/bessemers-david-cowan-is-betting-on-space-and-counting-on-space-travel-20150630820/
Late last week, we talked with Bessemer partner David Cowan about the deal, and why he’s intrigued by space startups more broadly. That conversation follows, edited for length and clarity....
Pipeline Billionaire Is Having Fun in the Oil Bust
2015-05-19T14:26:55.815993-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/pipeline-billionaire-is-having-fun-in-the-oil-bust-20150519133/
"The founder of Energy Transfer Partners has built his $7.3 billion personal fortune by making smart moves during the industry’s ‘dark times."
Africa’s Richest Man Courts Blackstone to Boost Nigerian Gas
2015-04-29T02:47:48.593952-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/africas-richest-man-courts-blackstone-to-boost-nigerian-gas-20150429918/
Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, plans to quadruple the supply of gas to Nigeria by building pipelines that may be backed by Carlyle Group LP and Blackstone Group LP, the world’s two biggest private-equity firms...
2014 VC Investment Tops $48B
2015-01-16T16:01:37.054787-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/2014-vc-investment-tops-48b-20150116090/
PwC reports, $48.3B was invested into a total of 4,356 deals, resulting in a 61% increase in dollars and 4% increase in deals compared to 2013.
Morgan Stanley Buys In for $65M to Magnum Hunter's Pipeline Unit
2014-09-16T17:59:06.727798-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/morgan-stanley-buys-in-for-65m-to-magnum-hunters-pipeline-unit-20140916090/
The corporate logo of financial firm Morgan Stanley is pictured on a building in San Diego, California September 24, 2013....
Chesapeake Energy's $5 Billion Shuffle
2014-03-17T15:30:22.685568-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/6360-chesapeake-energys-5-billion-shuffle-20140317360/
The energy giant raised the cash it needed to survive by slashing royalties it paid property owners to drill on their land....
Memphis City Council considers hiring its own pension expert
2014-01-03T14:07:49.545298-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/4598-memphis-city-council-considers-hiring-its-own-pension-expert-20140103598/
As Memphis City Council members face conflicting views of the city government’s pension shortfall, one elected official is proposing the council hire its own expert. ...
United Water CEO: Private equity and the future of water
2013-12-30T17:06:31.002569-05:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/4392-united-water-ceo-private-equity-and-the-future-of-water-20131230392/
Private equity investments may provide the key to better water infrastructure. ...
Acino to Be Acquired by Avista, Nordic for $439 Million
2013-10-03T11:43:06.215017-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/1882-acino-to-be-acquired-by-avista-nordic-for-439-million-20131003882/
Acino Holding AG, a Swiss drugmaker, agreed to be acquired by private-equity firms Avista Capital Partners and Nordic Capital for about 398 million Swiss francs ($439 million)....
For Deals in China, Megafirms Look to Public Cos.
2013-10-03T11:16:16.823536-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/1878-for-deals-in-china-megafirms-look-to-public-cos-20131003878/
A significant portion of the largest deals involving Chinese companies in recent weeks are private investments in public enterprises, known as PIPEs, or take-private investments....
BlackBerry Draws Interest of Cerberus
2013-10-03T11:06:54.222595-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/1876-blackberry-draws-interest-of-cerberus-20131003876/
Private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management LP has expressed interest in BlackBerry Ltd., according to people familiar with the matter, as the smartphone maker seeks a buyer to rescue the company....
Riverstone Backed Fieldwood Energy LLC Acquires Gulf of Mexico Shelf Business for $3.75 Billion
2013-07-22T12:08:39.060027-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/888-riverstone-backed-fieldwood-energy-llc-acquires-gulf-of-mexico-shelf-business-for-375-billion-20130722888/
Fieldwood Energy LLC ("Fieldwood"), a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings LLC, the New York-based private equity firm, announced today the acqui...
What's Private Equity Good For?
2013-07-18T11:27:20.713872-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/863-whats-private-equity-good-for-20130718863/
Does private-equity ownership make companies more efficient?...
Insurers turn to infrastructure for yield - FT.com
2013-06-24T12:46:50.175193-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/455-insurers-turn-to-infrastructure-for-yield-ftcom-20130624455/
A prison on the outskirts of Valence in southeast France is being touted as a template investment for some of Europe's biggest insurers looking at putting billions into a new asset class. Construction...
Viewpoints - Julie Kim: Time is right for California to tap private infrastructure financing | California Economy, California Economic Summit
2013-06-24T12:41:32.994210-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/454-viewpoints-julie-kim-time-is-right-for-california-to-tap-private-infrastructure-financing-california-economy-california-economic-summit-20130624454/
The California Economy needs to be fixed and the people know it. They are standing up and demanding change. We must attract capital, generate jobs and encourage sustainable communities all over Califo...
Infrastructure: Analysts Still Waiting For Mega Buyout Rush
2013-06-10T10:52:51.854922-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/251-infrastructure-analysts-still-waiting-for-mega-buyout-rush-20130610251/
Free Research - Tangible assets may be back on financial sponsors’ radars but talk of a deal resurgence is premature....
Public Schoolteachers' Pensions Are Partially Funded by Private Prisons | VICE United States
2013-06-04T12:13:14.495382-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/149-public-schoolteachers-pensions-are-partially-funded-by-private-prisons-vice-united-states-20130604149/
Retirement funds for public school teachers (as well as other government employees) in several states have a combined $90 million invested in Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) and GEO Group, on...
Private equity, top traders mull $1 bln commodity venture
| Reuters
2013-05-23T11:04:24.145484-04:00https://www.thetrustedinsight.com/investment-news/97-private-equity-top-traders-mull-1-bln-commodity-venture-reuters-20130523097/
* Former Deutsche traders team up with Riverstone group* Venture to invest in energy, coal, metals, tradecommodities* New investors come in commodities as banks reduce exposureBy Dmitry ZhdannikovLOND...