Grünwald near Munich, 22 July 2025 – KGAL Investment Management has acquired a solar park in Andalusia in southern Spain on behalf of the Software AG Foundation (SAGST). The plant with a capacity of 60.5 megawatt peak (MWp) has been feeding electricity into the public grid since June 2025. The project was developed by long-standing KGAL partner BayWa r.e. The transaction marks another milestone in the expansion of the foundation's sustainable infrastructure portfolio.
MEAG investors are subscribing to EUR 555 million in 15-year bonds as part of a private placement of over EUR 1 billion for PremiumFiber. The funds will refinance bank liabilities and strengthen the capital structure. The platform is supported by MasOrange, Vodafone Spain and GIC.
This takes Stafford's total infrastructure assets under management to USD 2.7 billion. This marks the largest infrastructure vehicle the firm has raised to date which Stafford believes further signals the growing Institutional appetite for infrastructure secondaries.
GlobalData reports that AI-powered smart grids are accelerating the energy sector's transition to clean energy by revolutionizing energy generation and distribution through real-time analytics and machine learning. Initiatives such as smart meters and integrated energy supply monitoring systems are supporting this change.
