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ThomasLloyd fund to acquire 100% of SolarArise
Renewables Asia PacificThomasLloyd has agreed to acquire the remaining 57% interest in Delhi-based renewables platform SolarArise India Projects for $38.5 million
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NSW budget 2022/23 – deficit blowout
Renewables Asia PacificThe state’s projected budget deficit has more than tripped since the last estimate, according to NSW’s budget 2022/23
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Queensland budget 2022/23 – higher coal tax
Renewables Asia PacificInfrastructure and energy projects were largely ignored in the state’s 2022/23 budget with just a nod to Queensland’s commitment to developing renewables energy zones, while coal has been dealt a blow with higher taxes
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Indonesian smelter and Chinese plant eye capital markets
Mining Asia PacificA sponsor plans to raise more than $2.5 billion to finance a nickel and cobalt smelter in Indonesia and a lithium ore processing plant in southern China
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Japan opens 12th, launches 13th solar tender
Renewables Asia PacificThe government has launched the 13th solar auction with a target capacity of 225MW after awarding up to 154MW of solar capacity in the 12th round
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UPDATE: Banerjea joins KKR from ADIA
Renewables Asia PacificProjesh Banerjea has left the Emirati institutional investor and joined KKR as director of the Asia Pacific infrastructure team
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Keppel to acquire China data centre portfolio
Telecoms Asia PacificA trust managed by Singaporean conglomerate Keppel has agreed to acquire 2 data centre facilities in southern China for more than $200 million
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Amber Infrastructure to invest in port sector
Transport EuropeAmber Infrastructure Group is set to acquire a minority in BMF Port Burgas EAD in Bulgaria from Advance Properties OOD
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Vattenfall to acquire Swedish offshore projects
Renewables EuropeVattenfall is to acquire an 85% stake in 2 Swedish offshore wind projects from Norway-based Zephyr
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JV's offshore wind project to power Spanish port
Renewables EuropeA joint venture of renewables developers BlueFloat Energy and Capital Energy is working with the Tenerife Port Authority to develop a 50MW offshore wind farm that will power its port facilities
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3SIIF secures $300m from DFC
Renewables EuropeThree Seas Initiative Investment Fund has secured a $300 million commitment from the United States International Development Finance Corporation
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IDB, Norway finance Guyanese renewables
Renewables Latin AmericaThe Inter-American Development Bank and the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation have approved an $83.3 million financing facility to support energy matrix diversification in Guyana
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Magyar Telekom to acquire Hungarian fibre network
Telecoms EuropeTelecommunications service provider, Magyar Telekom, is set to acquire a Hungarian fibre network for $18.2m, made possible thanks to it having exercised its call option on the business quota of Cecoin Kft
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Dim light at tunnel end for Ireland's Metrolink PPP
Transport EuropePolitical motivation for Ireland's largest transport project is gathering pace as transport minister Eamon Ryan this weekend threw his weight behind Metrolink... the revived Dublin Metro North PPP
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Petrobras power struggle deepens as CEO walks
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaOutgoing Petrobras CEO José Mauro Coelho – who was put on notice by President Jair Bolsonaro last month – has resigned, unleashing a fresh power vacuum atop the Brazilian state oil giant
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Canada’s Freedom Mobile acquired by Quebecor
Telecoms North AmericaQuebecor is set to acquire Canadian wireless telecommunications provider Freedom Mobile from Rogers Communications and Shaw Communications for C$2.85 billion
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Mirova acquires solar investment platform
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaMirova has agreed to acquire Nairobi-headquartered clean energy platform SunFunder
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Argentine lithium project gains equity investor
Mining Latin AmericaVancouver-based Ultra Lithium has signed a definitive partnership agreement with Zangge Mining to explore and develop the Laguna Verde project in Catamarca, Argentina
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EnergyAustralia posts heavy losses
Power Asia PacificAustralian utility EnergyAustralia has unveiled nearly A$1.3 billion in losses arising from outages at its coal fired power stations and forward energy contracts amid soaring electricity prices