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Sicredi places green bonds to finance Brazilian renewables
Renewables Latin AmericaBanco Cooperativo Sicredi has issued $100 million of 10-year green bonds, which will be used to finance renewable energy and energy efficiency projects in Brazil
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Natural Power takes stake in Danish wind company
Renewables EuropeUK-based renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has acquired a 25.5% stake in Danish offshore and onshore wind company NPP Renewables
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European Energy secures financing for Polish wind farms
Renewables EuropeEuropean Energy has secured a €53.5 million financing for 5 Polish wind farms with a total capacity of 44.6MW
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Colombia opens door to prison PPPs
Social & Defence Latin AmericaColombian president Iván Duque has signed a controversial citizen security law which – among other measures – allows the procurement of prison PPPs
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Al Mutla’a wastewater bids due next week
Water MENAKuwait’s Ministry of Public Works is awaiting EPC bids for its 400,000 m3pd Al Mutla'a Wastewater Treatment Plant
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UK Gov sinks £31m into floating offshore wind
Renewables EuropeMore than £60 million of public and private funding is to be pumped into floating offshore wind projects in efforts to develop new technologies that will enable turbines to be located in the windiest parts of the UK’s coastline
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Blue Elephant adds to Dutch solar portfolio
Renewables EuropeGerman renewables operator Blue Elephant Energy has acquired 6 ready-to-build Dutch solar PV parks from China-based company CHINT
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Oz miner to decarbonise WA operations
Renewables Asia PacificASX-listed company Calidus Resources has joined a growing list of Australian miners taking steps to decarbonise their operations – with plans to develop a solar/battery facility at its Warrawoona Gold Project in Western Australia
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EXCLUSIVE Doubling up on Roadchef advice
Transport EuropeWord reaches IJGlobal that Antin Infrastructure Partners has mandated a second financial adviser on its sale of Roadchef, the UK motorway service area company
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AMP to build battery storage complex in Scotland
Renewables EuropeRenewables developer AMP Energy plans to install 2 x 400MW battery facilities – each providing 800MWh of energy storage capacity – in Hunterston and Kincardine, central Scotland
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Brazil plans new port auctions
Transport Latin AmericaBrazil has added 3 new port terminals to its investment partnerships programme
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Tanzania appoints Baker Botts as LNG adviser
Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan AfricaState-owned TPDC has appointed Baker Botts as its transaction adviser on a $30 billion LNG project
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EXCLUSIVE Italian motorway rescue – details emerge
Transport EuropeFinancing details have emerged on the A3 motorway PPP in Italy which reached financial close last week after securing debt to refinance outstanding payments inherited from the previous sponsor
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A2A to take stakes in wind, solar portfolios
Renewables EuropeUtilities company A2A has signed 2 binding agreements with France-based private investment house Ardian to acquire a total of 492MW of wind and solar PV portfolios in Italy and Spain
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March auction for Baixio do Irecê
Water Latin AmericaThe Brazilian federal government has delayed the planned auction for the Baixio do Irecê irrigation project by a month
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Sweihan issues green bond
Renewables MENAThe SPPC – the operator of the 1,177MW solar PV in Abu Dhabi – has issued its $700.8 million green project bond
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Magnora Offshore Wind agrees HoT for Celtic Sea wind
Renewables EuropeMagnora Offshore Wind – a JV between Magnora ASA and TechnipFMC – has agreed Heads of Terms with Welsh company Hiraeth Energy for the development of 2 floating offshore wind projects in the Celtic Sea with a total capacity of 700MW
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Goldman Sachs hires for debt PPI group
Renewables North AmericaMarisol González de Cosío has been appointed head of infrastructure and utilities in the debt private placement investors group at Goldman Sachs in New York
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BNDES to develop crèche PPP
Social & Defence Latin AmericaDevelopment bank BNDES has been tapped to develop a PPP for the DBFOM of 44 crèches in one of Brazil’s largest cities