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IJGlobal Awards 2022 – APAC Company Winners
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe Asia Pacific winners of the coveted IJGlobal Awards 2022 company prize category were announced yesterday evening at a gala dinner at Park Royal – Beach Road, Singapore
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IJGlobal Awards 2022 – Asia Pacific Deal Winners
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThe Asia Pacific winners of the IJGlobal Awards 2022 in the deals category were announced yesterday evening amidst much fanfare and revelry at Park Royal Hotel on Beach Road in Singapore
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Growing scope for the Indian data center industry
Telecoms Asia PacificThe explosion of data consumption and digitalization in India has put the nation in a sweet spot for the data center industry. The nation of over 1.4 billion people is promising to offer good infrastructure, a favorable regulatory framework, and the liquidity to the capital hungry industry. How will the benefits outweigh the challenges? IJGlobal analyses
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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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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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Maldives journey to renewables – scope and challenges
Renewables Asia PacificDFIs are growing their support towards an upcoming pipeline of rooftop, floating and ground-mounted solar projects in a bid to increase the attractiveness of the upcoming Maldivian renewables sector for global investors. We take a closer look at the growing attractiveness towards the new sector, its challenges and opportunities
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DBS Bank – Is ESG finance headed towards the mainstream?
Renewables Asia PacificHaving won two awards in IJGlobal’s APAC category – ESG Financial Adviser of the Year, and ESG Excellence – DBS is quietly elated
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GI Hub reveals Asia's resilience during high inflation
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAsia’s infrastructure markets can leverage increasingly mature sustainable instruments and the availability of multilaterals to stay resilient amid rapid inflation and rising interest rates. IJGlobal shares insights with Henri Blas, chief content officer of Global Infrastructure Hub, about global trends of private investment in infrastructure in relation to Asia
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VinFast's e-mobility portfolio, Vietnam
Renewables Asia PacificVietnamese automotive manufacturer VinFast recently made headlines after receiving a $135 million climate financing package to manufacture the country's first fully electric public transport bus fleet and national electric vehicle charging network. IJGlobal shares insights about the deal and the emerging subsector
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Shamol Zarafshan Energy, Uzbekistan
Renewables Asia PacificAfter much anticipation, Central Asia’s largest wind farm has reached financial close. IJGlobal provides a lens into the financing of the influential project that will significantly contribute to achieving Uzbekistan's goal of adding 3GW of wind power capacity by 2026
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The great APAC digital divide
Telecoms Asia PacificIn a region of great contrasts on the digital front, APAC shows real signs of playing a dominant role on digitalization in the years to come. This article - delivered in partnership with Allen & Overy - looks into developments on the ground...
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Digital consumption drives APAC data center growth
Telecoms Asia PacificWith investment in APAC digitization continuing to ramp up, the focus turns on a growing market where the appetite appears to be bottomless
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Japan offshore wind: under revamp
Renewables Asia PacificJapan last month launched a bid review for 3 offshore wind sites, which had stalled as the government revised the auction law. IJGlobal shares insights from market insiders who are hopeful that the under-revamped auction process will bring greater opportunity for investment
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Bhola II gas-fired recapitalisation, Bangladesh
Power Asia PacificThe recapitalisation of the Bhola II gas-fired power plant was another step in the maturation of Bangladesh’s project finance market. The transaction innovated the domestic project finance market for power by bringing in a larger club of commercial banks, including two first-time participants in Bangladesh’s project finance market, and a new international equity holder
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Abashiri biomass power plants, Japan
Renewables Asia PacificJapan Petroleum Exploration-led consortium achieved financial close on 2 biomass power plants worth roughly $110 million – a testament that biomass is on a steady rise as an alternative for conventional power generation as countries around the globe accelerate energy transition
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Nepal's hydropower market
Renewables Asia PacificNepal’s hydropower potential is tremendous, yet profoundly underdeveloped. Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's government has pumped up the portion of run-of-river projects to 45% of the allocated quota for a 15GW target. This development signals the government's preference for more environmentally friendly assets
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Energy Absolute's e-ferry transit portfolio, Thailand
Transport Asia PacificA new scene to combat Bangkok's congestion and pollution has emerged on the bustling Chao Phraya River as new electric ferries cruise the waters. IJGlobal unpacks the structuring of Thai renewable company Energy Absolute's debt package and the implications of the nearly $30 million project on the acceleration of e-mobility across Southeast Asia's transport sector
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Cube Highways' portfolio refinancing, India
Transport Asia PacificThe close of Cube Highways’ more than $440 million road portfolio refinancing in late April is another step in the maturation of India’s project finance market to recycle capital. IJGlobal unpacks the deal's context within the country's growing road InvIT market
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BlackRock's solar power portfolio refinance, Taiwan
Renewables Asia PacificUS investment manager BlackRock Real Assets last month closed its first green financing in Asia Pacific – a $328 million loan to refinance a 186MW solar power portfolio in Taiwan