Smart Pension invests £330m into Octopus Energy renewables funds

Martin Richmond
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Investment from the pension scheme aimed at financing green energy projects, including ground source heat pumps in South Wales

Smart Pension has made a £330m investment in two renewable infrastructure funds managed by Octopus Energy Generation, the clean power asset arm of Octopus Energy. The pension scheme said the...

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