BlackRock to Launch Perpetual Infrastructure Strategy to Help Drive Global Energy Transition - Seite 2

“BlackRock is a leader in the energy transition, having mobilized over $55 billion of investments across our infrastructure strategies since their inception,” said Anne Valentine Andrews, Global Head of BlackRock Real Assets. “Our ability to convene companies, governments and institutional clients means we are uniquely placed to deploy capital from investors globally into real assets that drive the energy transition and have a positive impact on local communities and economies.”

BlackRock Alternative Investors has a broad range of private market capabilities designed to help drive the energy transition. As an early mover in the energy transition, BlackRock’s first investment in renewable power on behalf of its clients was a wind project in Europe in 2012. Since then, BlackRock’s $75 billion Real Assets business has continued to evolve its strategies with the broadening market opportunity through its diversified infrastructure and climate infrastructure businesses. BlackRock today manages one of the largest climate infrastructure franchises globally, investing in renewables across developed markets. BlackRock recently partnered with the Governments of France, Germany, and Japan, together with a number of institutional investors and leading foundations, to raise the Climate Finance Partnership, a flagship blended finance vehicle focused on investing in climate infrastructure across emerging markets. Most recently, BlackRock established Decarbonization Partners, a partnership with Temasek focused on late-stage venture capital and early growth private equity investing in decarbonization solutions.

Additionally, BlackRock has recently partnered with companies and invested in projects that help to drive the energy transition. These include, among others: a joint venture with KX Power, the UK-based developer and operator of battery energy storage systems; an investment in Kellas Midstream, an energy infrastructure company that is developing a major blue hydrogen project in the UK; the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Aramco to explore joint opportunities in future energy transition projects related to low carbon energy infrastructure; an investment in Calisen, a leading owner and installer of smart meters in the UK; and an investment in IONITY, one of Europe’s leading high-power charging networks, which will enable the company to increase the number of high-power charging points by more than four times by 2025.