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Northwest Parkway acquisition, US
Transport North AmericaThe financing of the acquisition of the Northwest Parkway toll road in Denver, Colorado, has gone beyond prior toll road acquisitions last year to further utilise and test the liquidity of the US private placement market
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Data Analysis: Ontario leads North America procurements
Transport North AmericaOf the total 28 ongoing PPP projects at pre-financing stage in North America, 16 are located in Canada and 12 of these are from just one province – Ontario, IJGlobal data reveals
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Unbundling Trump’s infrastructure plans
Oil & Gas North AmericaInfrastructure was a major talking point in the run up to the 2016 election, and President Trump's plan for the sector is said to be expected in the coming weeks
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Interview: Google's Francois Sterin
Renewables North AmericaIJGlobal met with Google's global infrastructure chief Francois Sterin to talk about how the company plans to meet its growing need for power
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Implications of a lost FERC quorum
Renewables North AmericaDrilling down on what the FERC can and cannot do without a quorum
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Energy independence
Renewables North AmericaAs major corporates become energy off-takers the energy market is shifting away from utility scale projects
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Data Analysis: Strong fundraising pace in 2017
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe final close of Global Infrastructure Partners III (GIP III) at $15.8 billion has pushed total funds raised globally in the first month of 2017 to some $23 billion
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Who owns your electricity grid?
Power North AmericaElectricity distribution assets are considered to be some of the most critical infrastructure in a country. Many developed markets have openly questioned the national security implications of foreign ownership of such infrastructure assets, particularly by Chinese investors
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European equity leads US infrastructure investment
Transport North AmericaInternational investors including European, Australian and Canadian sponsors lead the equity investment in the majority of the deals that closed in 2016
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Is the clean energy transformation irreversible?
Renewables North AmericaAn exploration of outgoing US President Barack Obama's assertion that the renewable energy transition is an irreversible trend
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Repercussions of DAPL denial
Oil & Gas North AmericaPresident-elect Trump’s friendly stance toward oil and gas production in the US DOE Secretary Rick Perry’s status as an ETP board member may not be enough to save the most controversial pipeline project in North America since Keystone XL
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Texas' Vista Ridge water pipeline PPP, US
Water North AmericaThe Texas City of San Antonio's $3.4 billion Vista Ridge pipeline PPP is the largest water PPP transaction to reach financial close in the US to date, it is also the only water deal to have closed in the country this year
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Data Analysis: Primary US wind financings hit 10-year low
Renewables North AmericaOnshore wind sector primary financings are on track for their slowest year since 2006
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Infrastructure debt funds: US in focus
Oil & Gas North AmericaCarlyle Group has just closed on a major energy sector debt fund, and various other managers are fundraising to target similar investments
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Washington, DC's PPP ambitions
Renewables North AmericaFor the first time since the signing of its Public-Private Partnership Act in December 2014, Washington, DC has unveiled a potential pipeline of infrastructure projects it wants to develop in partnership with the private sector
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Data Analysis: North American upstream uptick
Oil & Gas North AmericaNot since 2014’s second and third quarter has the upstream space in North America seen such a surge in deals as during the second half of 2016 to date
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Oil rebound sparks investment hopes
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe price of Brent crude oil rose to its highest level in a year earlier this week, raising hopes that investment levels in the beleaguered oil and gas sector could soon begin to rise
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Data Analysis: US toll roads on sale
Transport North AmericaA couple of high profile sales of US real toll road leases during 2015 and 2016 have attracted attention for the high equity values involved. With the market shown to be liquid for these types of vital transport assets, IJGlobal has learned of several further sales of US toll road leases underway
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Data Analysis: North American Oil & Gas
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe number of project financings in the North American oil & gas sector has dropped by 82% year-on-year, while the total value of transactions is down $100 billion, IJGlobal shows.