The Cork-based international renewable energy firm Amarenco has raised €300 million from new and existing investors and bought the UK investment fund Infracapital out of a solar joint venture, the companies have announced. Amarenco’s latest capital raise includes a €145.8 million equity injection by the London-based investment firm Arjun Infrastructure Partners, according to a filing seen by The Currency. The new minority shareholder will appoint two directors to Amarenco’s board “to accelerate its development across Europe,” said one of them, Romain Py. Arjun already acquired wind farms in Ireland in the past. Amarenco’s majority shareholder, Paris-based fund manager Tikehau Capital,…

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