Commitments include Enagás, a Spain-based gas grid operator. 

Asset manager Alantra has reached the first close at more than €80m ($97m) for its Klima Energy Transition Fund including commitments from Enagás, a Spain-based gas grid operator.

The fund aims to raise €150m in total to back companies accelerating the energy transition: low carbon gases, such as hydrogen, carbon capture, and biomethane; smart power grids, energy storage and renewable technologies; digitalization of the whole energy equation; and sustainable transportation.

Managing directors Bastien Gambini, former MD of Norway state-owned Equinor’s…

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