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IJGlobal Awards 2022 – MENA Company Winners
Renewables MENAThe final IJGlobal Awards night for the 2022 calendar year was staged tonight in the Shangri-La, Dubai, rounding off the season for celebrating greenfield financing slightly later than normal
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IJGlobal Awards 2022 – MENA Deal Winners
Oil & Gas MENAThe great and good of the Middle East and North Africa infrastructure community gathered last night at Shangri-La in Dubai to celebrate the regional winners for IJGlobal Awards 2022
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Gulf of Suez II Wind Farm, Egypt
Renewables MENAAn Engie-led consortium has brought to financial close its second wind IPP in Egypt’s wind resource-rich Ras Ghareb in the Red Sea Governorate
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IJGlobal Annual Report 2023
Renewables MENAIJGlobal 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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Abydos and Amunet Solar & Wind, Egypt
Renewables MENAAMEA Power has achieved a near-simultaneous financial close on 1GW of wind and solar in Egypt’s gusty Ras Ghareb and sunny Kom Ombo
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Shuaibah-3 IWP conversion, Saudi Arabia
Water MENAIt will soon be out with the old and in with the new in 2025 when the newly signed Shuaibah-3 IWP replaces the old Shuaibah IWPP in Saudi Arabia
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Barka V IWP, Oman
Water MENAGS Inima put the $138 million Barka V independent IWP to financial close – the follow-up to the Barka IV and the long-term replacement for the Barka IWPP – thus maintaining Oman’s long-term switch from big IWPPs to trimmer IWPs
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Koudia al Baida wind farm repowering, Morocco
Renewables MENAAfrica’s first ever wind farm – the 50MW Koudia al Baida in the Tangier region of northern Morocco – will be rebuilt and doubled in size as part of a €138 million ‘repowering’ project signed by French power developer EDF and Morocco’s Masen
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IJGlobal Awards – Standard Chartered Video
Renewables MENAHaving performed impressively in the MENA IJGlobal Awards 2021 – picking up trophies for 5 major transactions to have closed in the last calendar year – Standard Chartered takes time to run through its performance over the judging period and looks to the future
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Acciona’s ISTP batch 2, Saudi Arabia
Water MENAAn Acciona-led consortium reached simultaneous financial close on a fleet of wastewater projects, the second such batch of ISTPs to have been procured by Saudi Water Partnership Company
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Reverse osmosis – tech favourite for the Middle East
Water MENAThe Middle East is the most water-scarce region in the world. It is home to nearly 6% of the worldwide population but has only 2% of the water reserves
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Jazan utility assets acquisition, Saudi Arabia
Power MENALate last year a Saudi Aramco-backed JV of ACWA Power and Air Products closed on a $12 billion deal for what has been claimed to be the world’s largest integrated project for gasification, hydrogen production, and combined cycle energy – the Jazan assets acquisition
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Red Sea Project utilities, Saudi Arabia
Renewables MENAAn ACWA Power-led consortium has achieved financial close on a utilities package that includes the provision of captive power – from renewable sources only – to supply the inputs and outputs for the off-grid Red Sea Project
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IJGlobal Awards 2021 – MENA Judging Team
Oil & Gas MENAThe IJ team has once again pulled together an impressive line-up of judges for the Middle East and North Africa region of IJGlobal Awards 2021, ensuring that we once again host what we believe to be the most peer-review and independent events in the infrastructure and energy calendar
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Jubail 3B IWP, Saudi Arabia
Renewables MENAThere is no greater symbol of the SWPC's water sector revolution in the Kingdom than the splitting of Jubail IWPP into 2, the second of which – Jubail 3B – has now been put to financial close, by an Engie-led team
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IJGlobal ESG Financial Adviser of the Year – Cranmore Partners
Renewables MENACranmore Partners was lauded by judges for “significant and focused ESG commitment from a boutique advisory firm” to win in the financial advisory category
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Sudair Solar PV, Saudi Arabia
Renewables MENAACWA Power has once again delivered a low tariff for solar PV on the 1.5GW Sudair solar PV – only the second lowest in the world at the time of PPA signing
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The Wastewater Gulf – Saudi Arabia’s booming market
Water MENAThere is now a new body of water in the MENA region that is challenging the Persian Gulf for length and the Red Sea for depth – the sheer size of Saudi Arabia’s new wastewater market, including projects in procurement, development and construction
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The Fitch Interview
Renewables MENAIn an unprecedented period of uncertainty and change, Fitch Ratings stood out from its competitors in the global infrastructure sector. It is for this reason that it picked up IJGlobal awards for ratings agency of the year in all 4 regions – MENA, APAC, North America and Latin America