Davos and the Global Circular Economy
World Economic Forum (WEF) Whilst Iona Capital has not been at the World Economic forum, we have been watching developments, discussions and trends emerging from Davos with interest. A significant highlight was Prince William interviewing Sir David Attenborough on the effects that human activity is having on the global ecosystem. As well as highlighting the […]
IONA DIGEST – ISSUE 5
A new battle plan to defeat Climate Change? Welcome to our latest Iona Capital Digest. This edition, published to coincide with COP24 taking place in Katowice (Poland), focuses on an alternative approach to better mobilise the resources to tackle climate change, as well as news from the energy and environment sectors and the Iona Capital […]
Iona Capital featured in G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group
We got an early Christmas present today from our friends at the G20 Sustainable Finance Study Group, who made mention of our support of environmental infrastructure projects across the UK. Our ultimate goal is to provide UK institutional investors with access to cash flow from sustainable projects, promoting and strengthening the British renewable energy campaign […]
Equitix and Iona Capital to co-fund Bridgwater Energy from Waste project.
Equitix , a leading UK infrastructure investor, and Iona Capital, the specialist environmental investment and fund management firm, announce the financing a new £72 million Energy from Waste (“EfW”) facility in Bridgwater, Somerset. The 7.75MW Resource Recovery facility will employ up to 25 full-time operational staff and process approximately 100,000 tonnes of commercial and municipal […]
Iona Capital invests in new AD biogas plant in South West Scotland
Iona Capital (“Iona”), a specialist investor in low carbon infrastructure has financed the construction and operations of a new 8.8MW anaerobic digestion plant located in Dumfries and Galloway. The plant has pre-qualified under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI). This tariff was introduced in 2011 to incentivize the uptake of renewable heat in industry and […]
Iona Capital at Energy Live News
The Rt Hon Claire Perry MP, the Energy Minister spoke at the event which was attended by over 500 delegates from the energy industry. The Minister portrayed a positive outlook for the UK Energy industry and identified some key themes which give considerable confidence to the investment community and celebrated some of the many achievements […]
Iona pioneers trials of new biogas technologies
Iona Capital has been investigating a range of novel technologies to increase the efficiency of agricultural anaerobic digestion (AD) plants across our portfolio and allow for greater feedstock flexibility. One of the key limitations when processing crop based agricultural feedstocks, particularly low quality, low cost feedstocks such as farm yard manure and hay, is the […]
Iona invests in new animal by-products processing facility
Iona Capital, a leading environmental infrastructure investor, has today announced the successful completion of an investment into Haworth ASL Limited, a joint venture company with Agritec Systems Limited (ASL). The company will build and operate a new animal by-products processing facility. The facility will be co-located with one of the UK’s leading chicken abattoirs and […]
Iona Capital at RWM 12-13th September 2018
On 12th and 13th of September, the Iona Capital Team converged from all over the country on the RWM trade show to network, and meet project developers and technology providers. This show is attended by developers operating across most sectors where Iona Capital invests; from anaerobic digestion to manage organic waste, through the burgeoning smaller […]
Iona expands green energy portfolio in England
Iona Capital continues to expand its presence in Yorkshire by setting up a new office in York for its asset management team. Read more at “Iona expands green energy portfolio in Yorkshire”
