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No, actually… it’s all about us!
Renewables Asia PacificWhen we go out to meetings and dare to drop into the conversation the subject of awards nights, it can go either of two ways. Either they lean in, ears pricking up… or they peer at you through fingers, shaking heads vigorously
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A game of infra bingo
Renewables EuropeLadies and gentlemen, take your seats for this afternoon’s infrastructure entertainment. We’ve a game for you to play – a real crowd-pleaser – one that’ll have you on the edge of your seats and excite your competitive spirits
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Formosa 2 offshore wind, Taiwan
Renewables Asia PacificFormosa 2’s $2 billion debt package closed late in October 2019 with the equity contributions to be finalised later in November. The project financing marks K-Sure and Taiwan Life's entries into the market, but Taiwan's state-owned banks have cold feet when it comes to offshore wind
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Infra funds – the value chain gang…
Renewables EuropeEver since the start of the global financial crisis, the infrastructure community – the entire industry from infra funds through to lenders and advisers – has lived by the mantra “evolve or die”… a mind-set that stands true to this day
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Another year older, another year…
Renewables Asia PacificThere are certain things by which you can chart your life and it’s a little bit sad when it dawns on you that IJGlobal’s quarterly league tables have become a landmark for tracking the flow of years
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Infra M&A – virus that proves the vaccine?
Renewables Asia PacificAre people paying too much for infra and energy assets? Has the market finally reached the stage where stupendously stupid things are being done? With a market correction on the way, are the wheels about to fall off in the most spectacular manner?
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Dan McCarthy – splitting the audience
Renewables North AmericaOne of the most controversial figures in the infra/energy community, Dan McCarthy has risen to become one of the world's leading head hunters in this sector and has more war stories than you can shake a stick at. Here we take a closer look at the man behind the myth...
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Fund analysis: InfraVia
Renewables EuropeAt the start of the week (16 September), France's InfraVia announced the sale of the final asset held in the eponymous fund
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IJGlobal Friday the 13th Special
Renewables EuropeIt’s Friday the 13th and – as the day behoves – we turn our focus to the darker side of the industry… the horrific, the ghastly and the downright wrong. Sourcing opinion from the market through a straw poll sent to a select crew of worthies, here follows a sense of where most people’s heads are at on a day when everything is supposed to go wrong
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China Infrastructure 2019 – an IJGlobal first
Renewables Asia PacificIJGlobal was in Beijing at the end of August for client meetings and China Infrastructure 2019 – our first seminar in China with partners Roca Infrastructure Data and Analytics and the International Business Advisory Council
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What we did in your summer holiday
Renewables Asia PacificIt’s been a busy summer at IJGlobal with a good number of changes to report for those who have been sunning themselves like overfed seals on the golden beaches of wherever your bonus can afford to send you
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Australia’s Spencer Gulf: a renewables-industry-export vision
Renewables Asia PacificThe Spencer Gulf region in South Australia has a burgeoning pipeline of green energy projects that aim to solve grid stability concerns and power the region’s major resources
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Uzbekistan’s privatisation programme
Renewables Asia PacificFollowing an April decree by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and subsequent cabinet resolution, the Uzbekistan Government has embarked on a sweeping privatisation programme. Ahead of the upcoming Tashkent International Investment Forum in October, market sources told IJGlobal what foreign financiers and investors can expect
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I just don’t have words…
Renewables EuropeOK, it’s silly season – that time of the year when infra hacks are supposed to scrabble around for news, smashing the phones in the vain attempt to raise anyone on the blower… tumbleweed gusting through the streets, a deathly pall across the financial centres, long lunches and worktime suntans
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Glennmont's debt fund invests in Italo Solare debt
Renewables EuropeGlennmont's new fund has made its first two investments into two portfolios of Italian solar loans – one performing and one non-performing. The first investment was into its own renewable energy asset backed security, the second was in a portfolio of non-performing Italian solar loans – the first investments of their kind in Italy
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Gruelling seven months in infra
Renewables EuropeIt’s been a rough first half to the year, a gruelling seven months that’s taking a hefty toll on the IJGlobal team. The pressure of publishing our Funds Report and League Tables – hot on the heels of our Canada infrastructure conference – has put years on the editorial team
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The great infra fund bean feast
Renewables EuropeIn a world ruled by data – its capture, storage and the limitless capacity for manipulation – one of the mainstays of an infra hack’s life is to anticipate market shifts based on hard facts and a rather splendid database. This week’s missive turns the focus on infra funds and the anticipated uptick in activity that’s impacting the industry and looks set to dish up a bean feast for years to come
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The public takeover of Alpiq, Switzerland
Renewables EuropeAs Switzerland phases out coal-fired and nuclear generation capacity, the country’s dependence on hydropower increases
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Talasol Solar Farm, Spain
Renewables EuropeEllomay has financed this 300MW solar farm with only a partial power hedge, showing how Spain is leading the way in innovative renewable energy deals