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They said it’d pick up in September…
Renewables EuropeIt’s always annoying to have sources wisely intone that the summer lull will end once we’re out of August. Of course it bloody will. But blimey, there’s picking up – and there’s PICKING UP. Sweltering September in London and the market’s gone utterly bonkers
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IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – APAC
Oil & Gas Asia PacificDeal count in the broader “infrastructure finance” category has steadily increased across the Asia Pacific region in recent years, supported by broadly consistent levels of project finance deal closes and variable performance in the “other infra finance” category – the ones that are not PF
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CDPQ – decarbonising the real economy
Renewables EuropeWith C$402 billion in assets under management, CDPQ is one of the world’s leading investment groups. It is also a global leader in sustainability, spearheading efforts to decarbonise the real economy and limit the impacts of climate change by investing in sustainable projects across its various asset classes
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IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Latin America
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaIJGlobal data record a fairly consistent first half of 2023 for Latin American financing of infrastructure having – in recent years – maintained steady progress, but having suffered a particularly sharp slump in H1 2021 as the Covid pandemic impacted progress
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Repowering wind farms, Germany
Renewables EuropeRenewables investor Qualitas Energy, through its German subsidiary, closed in May the acquisition of 3 German wind farms from an unknown seller with plans to repower the assets, taking a further step to invest half of its Q-Energy Fund V in the German wind market
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IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Middle East and Africa
Oil & Gas MENAIJGlobal data record a fairly humble first half of 2023 for activity in the infrastructure finance space for the Middle East and Africa with a reasonable amount of project finance, decidedly constrained refinance activity and a tanked M&A sector
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QIC's part-buyout in Vector Metering in Oz, Nz
Renewables Asia PacificNew Zealand-based energy company Vector recently carved out its smart metering business as it welcomed Aussie government-owned Queensland Investment Corp as an investor. QIC raised a $1 billion dual-currency green loan for the acquisition and business expansion
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Duke Renewables deal – an exception as mega M&A slows
Renewables North AmericaBrookfield Renewable’s acquisition of Duke Energy’s renewables business comes amid a slowdown of mega M&A deals for renewables platforms as financing costs continue to run up fast
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Cloghan and Taghart sale, Ireland
Renewables EuropeStatkraft in May fully divested the first 2 operational wind farms developed under Ireland’s first auction to support renewable projects – the Cloghan and Taghart farms – to Greencoat Renewables, completing a €123 million deal announced in December 2020
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Amber's PPP Portfolio Acquisition, New Zealand
Social & Defence Asia PacificAmber Infrastructure Group marked its entry into New Zealand with the recent portfolio acquisition of social infrastructure assets from HRL Morrison & Co for an equity value of $132 million. The deal showcases the attractiveness of Kiwi mid-market investment opportunities, including core plus and PPP infrastructure assets
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Infra Dig – On.Energy’s Alan Cooper
Renewables North AmericaIn a world where energy storage is playing an increasingly essential role to counteract renewable energy-related intermittency issues, attention is firmly focused on this sector… and that goes for the IJGlobal podcast as well
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M&A: Iberdrola ends rift in Mexico for $6bn
Renewables Latin AmericaIberdrola’s chairman Ignacio Galán, on April 4 2023, sat on a dark green chair embroidered with the Mexican coat of arms, around a large wooden table with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and a Mexican delegation to hand over 8.5GW worth of assets, the largest energy deal ever signed in the country
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MAM's NTS stake buy, UK
Oil & Gas EuropeA consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management acquired a 60% stake in National Grid’s UK gas transmission and metering business earlier this year, with plans to “progress projects designed to transition the UK from fossil fuels, including hydrogen focused projects”
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IJGlobal Annual Report 2023
Renewables Asia PacificIJGlobal is today publishing its annual report that will be printed and made available to guests at the London awards night on Thursday 9 March
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EQT’s ferries platform, Nordics
Transport EuropeEQT’s recently launched platform ‘Nordic Ferry Infrastructure’ (NFI) added an asset last month as EQT completed the acquisition of Helsingborg-headquartered ForSea Ferries from Igneo Infrastructure Partners
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The End is Nigh for infra funds
Renewables EuropeIt’s long been darkly muttered in infra nooks and crannies. Heck, it’s been mentioned in one or two Friday Editorials. In truth, I’m sick of saying The End Is Nigh for infrastructure funds… well, kind of… for some of them
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Ratch's acquisition of Nexif's SEA, Oz portfolio
Renewables Asia PacificThai infrastructure giant Ratch's acquisition of Asia Pacific-focused renewable energy platform Nexif Energy, which closed in December 2022, is the product of an existing relationship between the buyer and seller, Denham Capital
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Infra funds – hoarding and splurging
Renewables EuropeInfrastructure funds struggling to raise cash… which sounds odd given the records broken in 2022 for fundraising. But we live in a new reality and the suspicion is that hoarding is afoot and that the splurge will come in Q3
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DC Advisory sails through 2022, predicts choppy but navigable waters ahead
Renewables EuropeDC Advisory has won the Global Financial Adviser of the Year in IJGlobal’s Investor Awards 2022, coinciding with its tenth anniversary last March