Environmental fund to create greener investments
A new investment fund dedicated to the environmental sector has been announced today. Iona Capital was originally established in 1981 as part of the Electra Partners Group. The company will specialise in the waste-to-energy market and is led by two established industry experts – Michael Dunn and Nicholas Ross. Relating to the focus of Iona […]
IONA DIGEST – ISSUE 2
Welcome to the second issue of the Iona Digest. In the last issue, we covered the big picture driving the climate change and environmental investment agenda. In this issue, we will be looking at developments in the climate change arena and also at the critical leadership role that we believe pension funds are taking on […]
Mike Dunn will speak at the CIWM
Mike Dunn of Iona Capital, an investor in environmental infrastructure and renewable energy sources will be speaking on Thursday 28th September at the Chartered Institute of Waste Management Scottish Resources (CIWM) Conference. This event is Scotland’s biggest and most important event for sustainability, resource and waste management professionals and is run in partnership by CIWM, […]
DIGEST: OUR FIRST ISSUE
Welcome to the Iona Digest. We start our first issue by looking at the big picture driving the climate change and environmental investment agenda. The world is warming up (according to the chart below) and the key Government response has been to try to limit global temperature rises to less than 2.0% of pre industrial […]
Iona Capital shortlisted in UK clean tech awards
Iona Capital has been announced as a finalist in the 2017 British Renewable Energy awards. The awards, organised by the Renewable Energy Association are the UK’s most prestigious for the renewable energy and clean technology sector. Iona Capital is nominated for the Financial Leadership category, which recognises a financial product that has accelerated the deployment […]
March – Portfolio News
Tariff Accreditations During the month, Iona successfully completed and registered seven separate projects under the ROC (Renewable Obligation Certificates) and RHI (Renewable Heat Incentive) tariff support schemes. This was the culmination of an extremely busy year for the Iona team and represents a significant milestone for the Company. New Mill Biogas Iona Capital is pleased […]
Iona Capital backs the Northern Powerhouse
Iona Capital (“Iona”), through its North West Environmental Infrastructure Fund and through Iona Environmental Infrastructure Funds 1 and 2, has committed £130 million of investment into new and existing environmental infrastructure projects in the UK’s Northern Powerhouse. These investments will create an estimated 300 jobs by June 2017 with potential for a further 600+ jobs […]
Iona Acquires Dryholme Biogas from Farmgen
Iona has acquired Dryholme Biogas, a 1.8 MWe Anaerobic Digestion plant located near Silloth, Cumbria. The plant is accredited under the Government’s Feed in Tariff scheme and has been processing by-products from a local dairy alongside agricultural feedstocks. Iona intend to implement a new programme of refurbishment works at the plant in order to improve […]
New clean power generation at Ruthin Biomass Energy Company
Newbridge Energy will be doubling the size of its workforce and installing three biomass generating units in North Wales after a multi-million pound investment from the independent energy and environmental investment company, Iona Capital. It is Iona Capital’s third clean energy investment in North Wales, following its investments in biogas projects at St Asaph and […]
£18m green energy plant to open in North Yorkshire
A sustainable energy plant that will turn tens of thousands of tons of food waste into gas and electricity has been launched in North Yorkshire by Iona Capital and JFS & Associates. The Leeming Biogas facility is one of the largest anaerobic digestion plants in the country to feed gas directly into the national grid. […]
