National Grid agrees £185m renewables mandate with Octopus
Octopus Group clean energy investments arm Octopus Renewables has won a new UK corporate pension mandate with the National Grid UK Pension Scheme to invest £185m in national solar and onshore wind assets.
Octopus will have discretion in managing the 25-year mandate with the fund - named the Renewable Energy Income Partnership III - the third in Octopus Renewables' institutional investor income partnership...
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