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Bernhard acquisition, US
Renewables North AmericaIn December 2021, DIF Capital Partners announced the completion of its acquisition of Bernhard - the largest privately-owned Energy-as-a-Service solutions company in the country
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Capital availability drives US project finance
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe project finance market has been especially dynamic since the start of the worldwide Covid-19 pandemic in early 2020. Here Will Marder of Wilmington Trust takes a look at how it has evolved in that time
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Infra Dig Podcast – NuScale Power and SMRs
Power North AmericaAs governments around the world look to secure low-carbon baseload energy and nail down security of supply, small modular reactors are going to feature increasingly on agendas as they move from drawing board to implementation
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Green bonds – bridging the infra funding gap
Renewables North AmericaDebt capital markets and project bonds represent one of the keys to unlocking the flow of long-term yield chasing western institutional capital needed to address this infrastructure gap. One of the most exciting developments in this space in recent years has been the growth in green project bonds targeted at climate impact reduction infrastructure investments.
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Fargo-Moorhead flood diversion P3
Social & Defence North AmericaThe Fargo-Moorhead Flood Diversion P3 is a first-of-its-kind in the North American infrastructure market and one of the largest climate change projects in the world
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Biden extends Trump-era solar tariffs with one major exception
Renewables North AmericaThe Biden administration has decided to draw out Trump-era solar tariffs for 4 more years, but is making an exception for bifacial solar panel technology, which has soured the outlook of some solar panel manufacturers, but is still considered a win for developers of solar projects
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IJGlobal Awards 2021 – North America Judging Team
Oil & Gas North AmericaWe are delighted to announce the judging team for North America – an esteemed group of infrastructure professionals who will gather to debate and discuss company submissions
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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