By IPE staff2021-01-19T15:38:00+00:00 Power Sustainable Capital has teamed up with a group of institutional investors, including Desjardins Group as anchor investor, to launched a C$1bn (€646.5m) North American renewable energy investment platform. The Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Partnership, which has a “significant sponsorship commitment” from Power Sustainable and led by Canadian cooperative financial group Desjardins, is also backed by Canadian insurer Great-West Lifeco, National Bank of Canada and Swiss investment firm Après-demain. The newly created platform is expected to invest an initial C$1bn in the development, construction, financing and operation of renewable energy assets across North America via Power Sustainable’s subsidiaries Potentia Renewables and Nautilus Solar Energy.