[미국] 기관 지원으로 3억달러 투자자금 모금

수도 프로젝트 중심의 투자펀드인 레저넌스 인더스트리얼 워터 인프라스트럭쳐(Resonance Industrial Water Infrastructure)는 영국, 미국, 노르딕 지역의 기관투자자들로부터 3억 달러의 기금을 모았다고 밝혔다.

이 기금은 주로 유럽, 호주, 중국, 동남아시아 지역의 중소규모 녹색분야·레트로 핏(retro-fit) 산업용수 및 수자원 회복 인프라 자산에 특성화되어 있으며, 이번 기금 모집은 기관으로부터 지원 받은 첫 사례다.

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Water industry investment fund secures $300 million institutional backing

Resonance Industrial Water Infrastructure, an investment fund focusing on water projects, has raised $300 million from institutional investors in the UK, US and the Nordics.

The fund specialises in small to medium size greenfield and retro-fit industrial water treatment and resource recovery infrastructure assets, primarily in Europe, Australia, China, and South East Asia, and is the first such fund to gain institutional backing.

Thierry Noel, founder of Amane Advisors, an advisory firm and partner in Resonance, said that the fund would "bring much needed capital to the water industry, and financing solutions that meet the specific requirements of the water market." The fund has already committed to investing in a coal-to-chemical wastewater reuse plant in China.

Lydia Whyatt, managing director of water investments at Resonance, said: "The team's experience and relationships with its partners, which include water plant operators and technology providers, mean that Resonance is able to identify strong investment opportunities."

Resonance acts as a financial partner to industrial water operating companies, offering equity investments on an industry standard build-own-operate-transfer (BOOT) model, on projects from $10 million to $100 million.

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2016년 7월 7일]