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Alberta schools bundle P3
Social & Defence North AmericaSince 2008, Alberta has seen 40 new schools built using the P3 model and all are currently in the operations phase, maintained by a private partner
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Outstanding Individual of the Year – Americas
Renewables North AmericaThe judges chose Alina Osorio for this prestigious award, recognising that she had “presided over impressive growth in the mid-market space for her fund”
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Eyes turn to Build Back Better as House passes bipartisan infra bill
Renewables North AmericaNow that the US House of Representatives has passed the Biden administration's long-awaited $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill, renewables market participants are eyeing a $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill containing a host of federal tax credit incentives and a direct-pay option that could be voted on as soon as next week
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IJGlobal ESG Social Infra Deal of the Year, Americas – Prince George's School Bundle P3
Social & Defence North AmericaThe independent panel of judges on the IJGlobal ESG Awards was won over by the societal impact of Prince George's School Bundle P3, celebrating a key deal while also noting the lack of competition on the education front…
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IJGlobal ESG Award, Governance – CDPQ
Renewables North AmericaSeparating out the three elements of ESG proves challenging when it comes to presenting awards, but CDPQ won over the panel with governance strategies enacted over the last year
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IJGlobal ESG Award, Environment – Hannon Armstrong
Renewables North AmericaA strong environmental focus won Hannon Armstrong the IJGlobal ESG award in the environment category with judges thoroughly impressed by its performance
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Philadelphia’s William H Gray III 30th Street Station
Transport North AmericaIn September, Amtrak announced financial close on one of its legacy stations – the William H Gray III Philadelphia 30th Street Station, a major transport hub and crucial link along the Northeast Corridor
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The role of cost-benefit analysis in the tragedy of the horizon
Renewables North AmericaIn 2015, Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank of England, spoke to a room full of some of the world’s savviest bankers and issued a chilling warning. He said that if climate change continued unchecked, it would threaten the world’s financial stability resulting in what he termed the “tragedy of the horizon.”
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REFF Wall Street: Financers still wary of taking on merchant solar
Renewables North AmericaWhile some debt investors have grown increasingly comfortable financing merchant solar assets over the last few years, many market watchers at REFF Wall Street 2021 remain unconvinced that the attractive yields to be gained by taking on merchant exposure outweigh the associated risks
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REFF Wall Street: Rapid renewables buildout could cause "surprises down the road"
Renewables North AmericaConference goers at REFF Wall Street 2021 in New York this week applauded the tremendous volume of investments in the renewables space over the last year-and-a-half, despite the disruption wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic, but some warned that there could be "surprises down the road" as a result of the rapid buildout of the asset class
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Solar tax equity investor exits ramp up
Renewables North AmericaDeal watchers have observed that solar project owners are increasingly buying out the tax equity investors in their projects or arranging for third-parties to take their place, as several projects pass their tax credit recapture periods
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REFF Wall Street: Wind sponsors make sense of tax equity outlook
Renewables North AmericaWind sponsors look poised to favor a "more equitable" direct-pay structure following the approval of a portion of the Democrats’ proposed $3.5 trillion spending package by the US House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee, which could alter the tax equity landscape
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The ramifications of Congress' latest REN proposals
Renewables North AmericaThe US House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee has approved a critical portion of the Democrats' proposed $3.5 trillion spending package, which includes federal tax credit extensions and a direct-pay option, but market participants have warned that some of the newer measures mixing social and energy policies could have "cataclysmic ramifications"
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The real reason why the infrastructure deal is so important
Renewables North AmericaWe applaud Washington lawmakers for bipartisan support reached on investments in US infrastructure
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Los Guzmancito, Dominican Republic
Renewables North AmericaAs the Dominican Republic opens up for private investments into renewable energy projects under President Luis Abinader, local developer Grupo Energético 23 managed this summer to wrangle debt financing for its first such asset in the country
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DigitalBridge – the digital infra pioneer
Telecoms North AmericaDigitalBridge Chief Executive Officer, Marc Ganzi speaks to IJGlobal about the potential for global digital infrastructure investment and the pioneering role his firm plays in this space
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Playing chicken with US renewable tax credits
Renewables North AmericaNow that the Biden administration's $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill has passed muster in the Senate, market participants are turning their attention to a larger $3.5 trillion reconciliation package that the Progressive Caucus is attempting to tie it to. The reconciliation package contains a slew of tax credit incentives for renewable energy projects. So what lies ahead in Washington,DC?
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The Global Digital Infrastructure Survey 2021
Telecoms North AmericaIJGlobal is delighted today to be publishing the findings of the Global Digital Infrastructure Survey 2021 and associated report – sponsored by Allen & Overy and DigitalBridge, and run in partnership M&E Global
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North America: "plenty of dry powder" for renewables
Renewables North AmericaAs the market heads into summer 2021, sponsors are ramping up renewables platform and portfolio sales with increasing alacrity, much to the delight of a wide range buyers clamoring to join the frenzy