Norway's KLP adds to development investments with Egypt solar deal

Norwegian pension fund KLP has now joined forces with other partners to put pensions kroner into six solar power plants in Egypt with total capacity of 400MW. The Oslo-based municipal pensions provider, which already has more than NOK 1 billion committed to international development, expects a good return on the public-private deal.

BY RACHEL FIXSEN

Published: 04.12.17 at 13:04

Norway’s biggest life insurer, Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP), which provides staff pension schemes for local authorities, is putting more of its pensions kroner into investments backing development with a new Egyptian deal.

Heidi Finskas, vice president corporate responsibility, says KLP’s target of NOK 1.5 billion (EUR 150 millon) in development investment has already been committed to various partners, including KNI, NorFinance, Climate Investor One and Nordic Microfinance Initiative, who are working in projects in their pipeline.

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