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US infrastructure – yee-haw… maybe
Renewables North AmericaNational infrastructure plans are usually met with an immediate call to arms from the private sector… but when it comes to the US, the market is a lot less swift to start a-hollerin’ and a-whoopin’. And for good reason. Cruel experience has taught the infrastructure community to treat federal infra announcements with a degree of caution… and the bigger the announcement, the greater that caution...
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Future-proofing Asia Pacific – Hydrogen financing’s bamboo shoots
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe market is increasingly seizing opportunities across hydrogen’s value chain in Asia Pacific, with a natural alignment evolving between value chain and financial solutions. The industry needs to devote most resources towards drafting and negotiating security and guarantee packages, IJGlobal’s David Doré finds
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Going green – the Dutch clean hydrogen vision
Oil & Gas EuropeThe Netherlands is a leading light in the green hydrogen revolution with many pinning hopes on it as a pathfinder for Europe. IJGlobal assistant editor Anna Cole-Bailey takes a look at the most ambitious projects
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Brexit Special Report 2021
Renewables EuropeIJGlobal speaks to Assured Guaranty’s Paris-based Raphael de Tapol about the challenges brought by Brexit and how AG has risen to overcome them…
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Investors look for exits amid Mexico’s counter-reform
Renewables Latin AmericaAs the Mexican government pushes through its counter-reform of the energy sector, some investors are preparing to leave the country while others attempt to navigate the uncertainty
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Environmentally, economically and politically unstable… nuclear
Power EuropeThe future of nuclear lies in the hands of governments that want to build it. Sophie Mellor looks at how ESG ratings, public and private financing as well as politically stability impact projects
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One year in… one quarter up
Social & Defence EuropeHaving penned the Editor’s Letter for the next issue of the IJGlobal Magazine (out next week, online only), it left this aging infra hack pondering how long it had been since the last Friday missive… never mind how long we’ve been in lockdown and the UK out of Europe
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Georgia Power sustainability bond, US
Power North AmericaGeorgia Power brought another new ESG labeled security to the US utility sector in February when it issued its first sustainability bond – which is similar to a green bond but with an expanded list of eligible projects that include social initiatives
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Long-haul recovery for aviation
Transport EuropeOne year on from the grounding of flights in Europe and the US, one of the hardest hit corners of the infrastructure world is still reeling from the pandemic, though the industry is hoping for the vaccine ramp-up to lead to the start of a recovery later this year
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Satria Satellite PPP, Indonesia
Telecoms Asia PacificIndonesia's first multi-functional satellite PPP – the $550 million Satria satellite – achieved financial close last month, 3 years after Indonesia's Ministry of Communication and Information Technology launched the project tender
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California State University, Fresno utility P3
Social & Defence North AmericaThe US higher education sector is in the midst of a prolonged crisis which predates Covid-19 with many institutions under a great deal of financial distress. While we may not see a significant increase in greenfield energy projects involving entirely new campuses or energy systems, there will be some... like the Central Utility Plant Replacement P3 project at CSU Fresno
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Baltic district heating finds a private equity owner
Renewables EuropePartners Group is acquiring a district heating platform in the Baltics, in the latest of a string of exits by Finnish utility Fortum
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Gás Natural Açu, Brazil
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaPort of Açu located in the municipality of São João da Barra, in the North of Rio de Janeiro state is on its way to becoming a grandiose industrial complex serving the oil & gas industry
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The UK student housing market – alive and kicking
Social & Defence EuropeThe UK student housing market appears to be alive and well after recent deals by Dutch pensions group APG and real estate developer Greystar, while the European market is beginning to heat up
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Glenfarne portfolio, Latin America
Renewables Latin AmericaBefore 2020 came to a close, New York-based developer Glenfarne Group was able to refinance its roughly 1.5GW Latin American generation portfolio with a mix of bank debt and bonds, following a path opened up by other sponsors in the region who had refinanced their assets earlier in the year
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New England Solar Farm – NSW, Australia
Renewables Asia PacificThe first large-scale fully-merchant solar farm to reach financial close in Australia made it over the line in early February, providing a pathfinder for similar deals
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Lighthouse Renewable, US
Renewables North AmericaWhile yield companies have sometimes been known to bring in third-party equity providers to co-own renewable energy assets, when Clearway Energy Group recently offloaded a 1.6GW portfolio of wind,solar and solar-plus storage assets to its yieldco Clearway Energy, the third-party investor opted for an unusual capital structure, swapping out common equity for less risky preferred equity instead
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Baltica 2 and 3 offshore wind farms, Poland
Renewables EuropePoland’s drive to bring their offshore wind efforts up to speed with their western European neighbours has been a valiant effort
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Nur Navoi Solar, Uzbekistan
Renewables Asia PacificA milestone in Uzbekistan’s power-sector reform programme was the financial close in December 2020 of Masdar’s 100MW Nur Navoi’s solar power project. Once Masdar found its footing after the market volatility’s zenith in Q1 2020, the Mubadala Investment subsidiary moved decisively towards closing Uzbekistan’s first IPP solar project