Piramal Joins Hands with Canadian Pension Plan for a $600 Million Renewable Energy Trust
CPPIB has committed $360 million while Piramal will provide $90 million
May 8, 2019
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Armed with an initial corpus of $600 million (~₹41.6 billion), the newly-formed Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) would seek to acquire between 1.5-2 GW of stable and cash generating renewables assets comprising both wind and solar in India. The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Piramal Enterprises Limited (PEL) to form this renewable energy-focused infrastructure trust.