Temporis Capital

Temporis Capital

Temporis Capital was founded in 2009 by Nick Chew and Ed Hodgson, two former Macquarie Bank infrastructure bankers who brought institutional structuring discipline to the then-nascent clean-energy asset class. The firm launched shortly after the financial crisis, competing for deals when few dedicated renewables fund managers existed in the UK market. Its first vehicle, Temporis I, raised £50 million and set the pattern: acquire operating-stage renewable energy projects with long-term contracted revenue streams rather than taking development or construction risk. The firm invests primarily in operational wind, solar, run-of-river hydro, and anaerobic digestion assets across the UK and Ireland, with selective exposure in France and Scandinavia. It structures transactions as direct equity acquisitions, typically taking control positions, and has also participated in co-investment consortiums alongside infrastructure funds and pension pools. Confirmed underlying assets over the years have included onshore wind farms in Scotland, solar parks in southern England, and a portfolio of run-of-river hydroelectric schemes in North Wales. Temporis's Investment Adviser is authorized and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, reflecting a formal institutional compliance posture that distinguishes it from less regulated clean-energy investment vehicles. The firm has managed multiple vintage funds under the Temporis name. Temporis II closed above target in 2016 at over £100 million in commitments from institutional limited partners including European family offices, pension funds, and a UK local government pension scheme. A subsequent co-investment vehicle raised additional capital to acquire a portfolio of operational wind farms from a distressed seller in 2018 (per Infrastructure Investor, 2018). The firm's headcount has historically been modest, in the range of 15–20 professionals operating from London, with a deal team that combines principal-investing and project-finance backgrounds. The original co-founders remain actively involved in investment decisions. Temporis occupies a structurally distinct position as a pure-play renewable infrastructure manager in a market dominated by generalist infrastructure mega-funds. It does not compete for airport, port, or utility network deals. That narrow mandate creates a sourcing network specific to clean-energy developers and project owners who seek mid-market buyers with technical underwriting capability. Governance follows an FCA-regulated AIFM structure, and the firm has historically used yield-focused pooled vehicles rather than perpetuity structures, creating fund-cycle discipline that ties realized performance to explicit capital returns.