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BlackRock / GIP – there will be blood
Renewables North AmericaNow that you’ve picked your jaw off the floor at news BlackRock is buying Global Infrastructure Partners, what better way to launch the IJGlobal Friday Editorial for 2024 than with a knee-jerk reaction to the biggest deal of the year!
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SotySolar controlling stake acquisition, Spain
Renewables EuropeLuxembourg infrastructure investor Marguerite closed on 12 December 2023 the acquisition of a controlling stake in SotySolar, a Spanish company in the distributed renewable energy market in the Iberian Peninsula, by buying part of Plenium Partners' shares and subscribing to a new capital increase
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Puerto Bolívar expansion, Ecuador
Transport Latin AmericaTurkish port operator Yilport Terminal Operations – subsidiary of the Yıldırım Group – in October secured a $150 million term loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation to finance the upgrade of a terminal at Ecuador’s Puerto Bolívar Port – located in the province of El Oro
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APAC offshore wind sector outlook – 2024
Renewables Asia PacificOver the past few years Asia Pacific region has caught up with Europe to develop an attractive offshore wind sector
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Sosteneo’s Koorangie battery, Oz
Renewables Asia PacificItalian asset manager Sosteneo Infrastructure Partners has entered the Australian renewable market by acquiring a greenfield energy storage system in Victoria from Australian renewable developer Edify Energy. Post-acquisition, the battery is ready for construction as all agreements including battery supplier, offtaker, and the debt are in place
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Fair COP, Good COP, Bad COP
Renewables MENAIt warms the heart while penning a final editorial for 2023 to ponder glad tidings from COP28 as the trumpeting echoes into the distance from a multitude of announcements. All the while, one is left contemplating the good intentions of the infra community that travelled thousands of miles to show face
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IJGlobal Regional Report – MEA, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas MENAThe year to the end of September 2023 marked a substantial downturn in activity across the Middle East and Africa, however, with some landmark achievements in the financing of greenfield infrastructure and energy across the region
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Infra Dig – Álvaro Ortega on offshore wind
Renewables North AmericaInfra Dig – the podcast service run by IJGlobal – once again steps across The Pond for a fireside chat with an expert on offshore wind who has made the switch from fixed foundation to floating.
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IJGlobal Regional Report – Asia Pacific, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAsia Pacific bucked the broader trend of poor performance across infrastructure and energy financing activity in the third quarter of this year, achieving similar levels to recent times led by O&G and renewables. For the full year up to the end of Q3, infra finance deployment across APAC amounted to $223.6 billion, a slight uptick on last year’s numbers
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Infra Dig – Henri Yoki on AI in infrastructure
Renewables EuropeThis latest episode of Infra Dig, sees the IJGlobal podcast service return to roots… delving into sectors that are being discussed, but where there is an apparent lack of understanding – artificial intelligence
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IJGlobal Regional Report – Latin America, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaPerformance across Latin American infrastructure and energy deal activity up to the end of the third quart of this year marked a significant drop by value and volume, according to data compiled by IJGlobal. Infra finance deals by value in Q3 2023 came in at $20.1 billion, a fall of 31% when held against the corresponding quarter
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Infra Dig – Chris Creed, US Department of Energy
Renewables North AmericaThe latest episode of the IJGlobal podcast service – Infra Dig – sees the spotlight turn on the US Department of Energy’s vaunted Loan Programs Office and an interview with Chris Creed, chief investment officer at the LPO
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IJGlobal Regional Report – North America, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas North AmericaPerformance in the infrastructure and energy space across North America in the third quarter of this year proved to be a mixed bag with an overall sense that the market compares poorly to recent quarters
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IJGlobal Regional Report – Europe, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas EuropeThe third quarter of 2023 showed strong performance for Europe across the broader “infrastructure finance” category when held against the corresponding period in 2022, providing marginal cheer in an otherwise fairly depressed market
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A fool and their money are soon parted
Social & Defence EuropeThe English language is rich in proverbs and this one (the headline) happens to be one of the many imparted to me by my grandmother – a rather splendid woman who had a strong influence on me from the earliest age
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London Array stake acquisition, UK
Renewables EuropeGreencoat UK Wind, together with other Schroders Greencoat-managed funds, sealed in August the acquisition of a 25% stake in the 630MW London Array offshore wind farm from Ørsted for £717 million
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Karatau farm: Uzbekistan’s first wind PPP
Renewables Asia PacificThe 100MW Karatau wind farm in Uzbekistan is set to become a harbinger of many more landmark transactions in the Central Asian country
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Fundraising… swimming naked in the rip tide
Social & Defence EuropeRoaming around the market this week – as is one’s wont – it’s comforting (if not a tad worrisome) to hear rumblings from within the infra fund community that confirm what's been said for a while… with bells on
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GreenYellow’s rooftop solar PV portfolio, Vietnam
Renewables Asia PacificFrench renewable developer GreenYellow recently secured a $13.8 million debt package to finance a rooftop solar PV portfolio for commercial and industrial customers in Vietnam, providing a template for future financings.