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IJGlobal Regional Report – Middle East & Africa, FY 2023
Renewables MENAInfrastructure finance activity across the Middle East and Africa was down over the course of the full-year 2023 when held against the 2022 results, but this is expected to change in the coming year as Gulf States ramp up activity
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Menengai geothermal II, Kenya
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaKenya is emerging as a key player in the energy markets, particularly geothermal with opportunities driven by low levels of energy access, a need for transition from fossil-based generation to clean and renewable energy, and to support industrialisation and economic growth
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Fair COP, Good COP, Bad COP
Renewables MENAIt warms the heart while penning a final editorial for 2023 to ponder glad tidings from COP28 as the trumpeting echoes into the distance from a multitude of announcements. All the while, one is left contemplating the good intentions of the infra community that travelled thousands of miles to show face
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IJGlobal Regional Report – MEA, Q3 2023
Renewables MENAThe year to the end of September 2023 marked a substantial downturn in activity across the Middle East and Africa, however, with some landmark achievements in the financing of greenfield infrastructure and energy across the region
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IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Middle East and Africa
Renewables MENAIJGlobal data record a fairly humble first half of 2023 for activity in the infrastructure finance space for the Middle East and Africa with a reasonable amount of project finance, decidedly constrained refinance activity and a tanked M&A sector
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NEOM Green Hydrogen, Saudi Arabia
Renewables MENASaudi Arabia is driving forward with the world’s single most ambitious hydrogen project as it pushes the green agenda in its bid to create a regional economic powerhouse
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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
Renewables 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 Awards 2022 – Africa Deal Winners
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaFive African transactions that closed in the 2022 calendar year were celebrated last night in London at the IJGlobal Awards, hosted at the Sheraton Grand on Park Lane
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IJGlobal Awards 2022 – Europe & Africa Company Winners
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaWinners of the coveted Company category for Europe and Africa were announced last night at the gala dinner for IJGlobal Awards 2022 hosted in the Sheraton Grand London on Park Lane
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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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Infra Dig – African energy… in transition
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaGabriel Onagoruwa chair of the project development and finance practice at Nigeria-headquartered law firm Olaniwun Ajayi stars in this week's Infra Dig podcast
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SOLA Group’s solar wheeling IPP, South Africa
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaAmid the slowdowns suffered by South Africa's IPP programmes, utility-scale success has been found elsewhere in the renewables sphere as a SOLA Group-led consortium reached a $234.5 million financial close on 200MW of solar PV
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Infra Dig – Namibian hydrogen… stunning ambitions
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaWhen it comes to ambitious projects, Namibia is leading the field with a fascinating project that will establish the southern African nation as a significant player in the fast-evolving hydrogen ma
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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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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