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  • Edinburgh Tram – the £13m inquiry

    Having been in New York last week, it’s interesting to catch up on UK news… only to learn that I missed the long-awaited publication of the £13 million Edinburgh Tram Inquiry

  • HS2 – apologies for the cancelled service

    Well now, are we on the verge of a sensible decision being made on the UK’s “high-speed” rail shenanigans? One can’t help but hope that sense will finally prevail over HS2 – a project that should have never have seen the light of day

  • Infra Dig – US renewables with Charles Donovan

    Hot off the heels of hosting REFF Wall Street in New York, the IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – publishes its latest episode, this one focused on renewable energy in the US. Angus Leslie Melville talks to Charles Donovan an academic with serious energy credentials

  • They said it’d pick up in September…

    It’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

  • IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Europe

    The first half of this year was something of a mixed bag of results for Europe with the greenfield project finance of infrastructure and energy making a recovery, while refinancing activity was constrained and M&A decidedly down

  • Infra Dig – SeaTwirl with Johan Sandberg

    The focus of this latest Infra Dig podcast turns once again to technology in the offshore wind sector as listeners are treated to a deep dive into SeaTwirl, its history and the ambitions for a new method of harnessing energy in waters your average offshore wind turbine just cannot reach

  • IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – North America

    All told, North America had a reasonably strong showing for the first half of 2023 with a total of $301 billion deployed, down on the corresponding half in 2022 which logged $314 billion, but a considerable step up on H1 2019’s $178 billion

  • Infra Dig – CCS with Dan Carter, Wood

    The latest IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – focuses on carbon capture and storage and the role it is anticipated increasingly to play in the great international energy transition race. Fresh off the back of publishing an energy transition report, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to talk with Dan Carter, president of decarbonisation at Wood

  • IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Latin America

    IJGlobal 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

  • Repowering wind farms, Germany

    Renewables 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

  • Feijão Wind Farm, Brazil

    Norsk Hydro’s Hydro Rein and Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group reached financial close on their 456MW Feijão Wind Farm – part of a 586MW combined wind and solar project in north eastern Brazil. The deal marks the first time a project of this size secures full USD financing in Brazil without the involvement of an IFI

  • Caribbean Uncovered – Denise Arana on Jamaican PPP

    Having recorded 10 podcasts in person at the Inter American Development Bank’s excellent conference in Panama – PPP Americas – this latest one is with a delegate from Jamaica who was not able to attend in person

  • He Dreiht Offshore Wind Farm, Germany

    The renewable energy sector appears to have weathered the post-Covid economy better than most with developers and industry participants demonstrating increasing willingness to adapt to market uncertainty to finance and deliver utility-scale projects

  • LatAm Uncovered – Jonathan Bernal on PPP in Colombia

    The final podcast to have been recorded in Panama at the Inter American Development Bank conference – PPP Americas – sees the focus shift towards the PPP market in Colombia

  • LatAm Uncovered – Santa Catarina, Brazil (Mark 3)

    The final episode on the 3-part focus on the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil sees the focus remain resolutely focused on PPP and yet another interesting spotlight on a region that has been re-building its relationship with the market

  • LatAm Uncovered – Santa Catarina, Brazil (Mark 2)

    The state of Santa Catarina features again in the second of a series of 3 podcasts where mayors speak about the opportunity for PPP in southern Brazil

  • LatAm Uncovered – Santa Catarina, Brazil (Mk1)

    The first of a series of 3 podcasts on Santa Catarina with the opening episode delving into PPP opportunities in the southern state of Brazil where they have ambitious plans to deploy the procurement model

  • LatAm Uncovered – The Ecuador PPP Scene

    The IJGlobal LatAm podcast juggernaut ploughs on with the latest episode recorded at last week’s Inter American Development Bank conference – PPP Americas – in Panama.The PPP scene in Ecuador is discussed with Gustavo Camacho and Israel Berrezueta

  • Caribbean Uncovered – Izalia Lopez on PPP in the DR

    PPP Americas – the conference staged in Panama last week hosted by the Inter American Development – covers the LAC region… and attracted an interesting delegate from the Dominican Republic. Tune in to hear all about DR's exciting plans

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