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OpenAirlines, a pioneer in software solutions for eco-piloting, has announced the successful raising of nearly €45 million, led by Eiffel Investment Group and supported by Mirova, a committed player in sustainable investment. This fundraising aims to strengthen OpenAirlines’ position in the ecological transition of the aviation sector, facilitating its expansion into North America and Asia.
As a pioneering player in the field of financing conservation and restoration of nature, Mirova played an active role at COP161 and the GIIN2 Impact Forum, advocating for the need to develop tools and regulations aimed at directing capital towards biodiversity, as well as emphasizing the importance of multilateral actions by countries (North and South), and by public, private, and philanthropic financial actors.
The total amount of €480 million consists in equity and convertible bonds. The transaction covers the following markets: Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Portugal, Poland and Croatia. Mirova Energy Transition 6 (MET6)1, Mirova's sixth fund dedicated to energy transition infrastructure, will invest €200 million, allowing another co-investment vehicle managed by Mirova to invest €280 million, and will become a relevant minority shareholder in RP Global. RP Global is a 40-year-old independent pan-European developer specialising in wind, solar photovoltaic, and storage projects.
Mirova, an affiliate of Natixis Investment Managers dedicated to sustainable finance, has been selected by a consortium of 11 institutional investors – Abeille Assurances (Aéma Group), BNP Paribas Cardif, BPCE Assurances, the Caisse des Dépôts, CNP Assurances, EDF Gestion, MAIF, MACIF (Aéma Group), Malakoff Humanis, Société Générale Assurances, Crédit Agricole Assurances – along with Af2i to manage the fund “Objectif biodiversité“, following a consultation organized with the support of the consulting firms I Care by BearingPoint and Amadeis. With over €100 million and an initial duration of 5 years, this listed fund will primarily focus on small and medium-sized European companies, with a dual objective: to support businesses transitioning to sustainable business models and to invest in innovative solutions for biodiversity preservation.
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On Thursday, the Estonian energy company Evecon and Mirova, an asset manager dedicated to sustainable finance, opened the largest solar park in the Baltics, located in Kirikmäe in Pärnu County. The production capacity of the Kirikmäe park, spread over nearly 110 hectares, is 77.53 MW, which is more than twice the capacity of the largest existing solar park in Estonia. It covers the estimated annual energy needs of 35,000 households. The Kirikmaë Park is owned by the Baltic Renewable Energy Platform (BREP), a joint venture set up by Evecon and Mirova in December 2022, for the financing, the construction, the operation of a portfolio of more than 100 MWp of Solar Parks in Estonia.
The cornerstone was laid today for the largest battery park complex in continental Europe, in Kiisa, Estonia, by Baltic Storage Platform. This is an important step to ensure the synchronisation of the Baltic countries to the European grid in 2025.
