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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
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HICL adds 2 non-exec directors
Social & Defence EuropeLSE-listed infrastructure investor HICL will add 2 new members to its board from September
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Patrizia invests in Italian bio-LNG
Renewables EuropePatrizia Infrastructure has acquired an 80% stake in Italian bio-liquified natural gas producer Biomet from Italian gas entrepreneur Walter Lagorio and Ankorgaz for around €75 million
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Eni, QatarEnergy partner for LNG expansion
Oil & Gas MENAEni has signed on to QatarEnergy’s North Field East LNG expansion project in Qatar as an international partner
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Nigeria Sunshot Initiative launched
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaHusk Power Systems – the rural Africa and Asia operator of community solar-hybrid microgrids – has launched its Nigeria Sunshot Initiative, a bid to connect 2 million Nigerians with reliable, renewable energy by 2026
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Brazil targets toll road auction for January 2023
Transport Latin AmericaThe Brazilian federal infrastructure ministry expects to bring forward an auction in January 2023 for a toll road in Mato Grosso do Sul
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Centrus appoints London infra director
Renewables EuropeDavid Craig has been named as London-based director of infrastructure at financial advisory firm Centrus
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Madinah BRT PPP launches EOI
Transport MENAThe Al Madinah Region Development Authority – working in tandem with the National Center for Privatization & PPP – has launched the EOI phase for the Al Madinah Bus Rapid Transit PPP
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APA secures Kurri Kurri transmission contract
Power Asia PacificASX-listed energy infrastructure developer APA Group has executed a 30-year agreement with state-owned utility Snowy Hydro for the development and operation of a gas transmission pipeline and storage facility that will serve the controversial Kurri Kurri gas plant in NSW
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Morse to serve as chair of TRIG
Renewables EuropeThe Renewables Infrastructure Group has appointed Richard Morse as a non-executive director on its board
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Generate adds VP from Clearway
Renewables North AmericaGenerate Capital has hired a new vice president to the financial service’s investment team from Clearway Energy
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Recurrent buys ERCOT storage pair
Renewables North AmericaRecurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar, has purchased a pair of standalone battery storage projects in Texas totaling 400 MWh