Exclusive Intelligence

Ormat nears signing of multiple geothermal PPAs totaling ...

EXCLUSIVE

Ormat Technologies is in advanced negotiations on several new power purchase agreements totaling around 250MW of geothermal capacity, IJGlobal can reveal

Teasers out for Idex, France

EXCLUSIVE

Antin Infrastructure Partners last month released teasers for the sale of French district heating company Idex, IJGlobal can reveal

CEE Group closes German, French wind, solar refi

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Brookfield-owned CEE Group has achieved closing on the €1.6 billion refinancing of a 1GW+ operational onshore wind and solar PV portfolio in Germany and France, with drawdown expected later this week, IJGlobal can reveal

Bishop joins Vision Ridge as operating partner

PROPRIETARY

Vision Ridge Partners, the Colorado-based real assets investment firm, has named Jeff Bishop as operating partner, effective immediately

SMBC completes first synthetic risk transfer, APAC

EXCLUSIVE

IJGlobal can reveal exclusive details of Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation’s Asia Pacific division’s first Synthetic Risk Transfer transaction in a bond format, referencing a $3.2 billion portfolio of Australian and Asian project finance loans

UPDATE: GIP to acquire ABREN minority stake, India

PROPRIETARY

BlackRock's Global Infrastructure Partners has agreed to acquire a minority stake in ABREN for an investment of up to $333.71 million

Cubico nears refi close for wind asset, Uruguay 

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Cubico Sustainable Investments is looking to close a refinancing for a wind project in Uruguay by year-end, IJGlobal can reveal

Pattern engages banks on $10bn SunZia financing

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Pattern Energy is working on a tax equity purchase agreement and project financing of around $10 billion for its 3.5GW SunZia wind farm and transmission line, IJGlobal can reveal

KKR nears deal to sell Viridor, UK

PROPRIETARY

KKR intends to sign the sale of UK-based waste-to-energy company Viridor next week

Ardian passes $6bn on infra secondaries fund

PROPRIETARY

French manager Ardian has passed $6 billion in fundraising commitments for its latest infrastructure secondaries investment fund, the manager said in a fundraising update, as it closes in on a $7 billion target

Consolidated Energy plans debt issuance with creditors ci...

EXCLUSIVE

Consolidated Energy is working with financial advisor Rothschild & Co. and legal counsel Weil Gothsal & Manges as the firm seeks to issue new debt as part of a liability management exercise, IJGlobal can reveal

Infranity equity fund to hold first external close, Q1 2026

EXCLUSIVE

Infranity has pushed back the first external close on its equity fund, IJGlobal can reveal

Analysis & Case Studies

Sureties object to Pine Gate DIP asset sales over cure co...

Surety insurers have objected to Pine Gate Renewables’ proposed asset sales in Texas bankruptcy court, and argued that the debtor-in-possession lender driven transactions shift construction and completion risk onto bonding providers while failing to meet bankruptcy requirements governing cure costs and future project performance

Infra Dig – Ravi Suri on PF, nuclear and climate change

Infra Dig welcomes back a regular guest for this latest episode that focuses on the role that project finance will play in the finance of nuclear power, how successful the COP30 summit was and – Ravi’s favourite topic – how PF can save the planet. KPMG's Ravi Suri tells all...

Well now, hasn’t that been a funny old year…?

For the final Friday Editorial of 2025 – yes, today’s my last working day for the year – let’s not wheel out that old trope of “that was the year that was” or… shudder… what’s on the cards for 2026 in a desperate effort to drive home a forward-looking strategy

HICL pickle – “a pig’s breakfast”

When you’re met with lines like “a pig’s breakfast” and “a dog’s dinner” in the same call when hitting the phones for the low-down on the HICL / TRIG debacle… there’s only one thing this week’s Friday Editorial can be on...

Other News

Masdar withdraws from ReNew take-private deal, India

Masdar has withdrawn from the consortium that issued a take-private offer for ReNew Energy for around $3 billion

ADF provides additional financing for Guinea-Mali project

African Development Fund has approved additional financing of $25.79 million for Guinea for the 225kV Guinea-Mali electricity interconnection project

Acciona-led consortium reaches wind FC, South Africa

Acciona Energia and its partners have reached financial close on the Zen and Bergriver wind farms in South Africa’s Western Cape

RGreen launches evergreen fund, Europe

Paris-based RGreen Invest has launched its first evergreen fund, designed for retail investors, in response to growing demand

Eurowind Energy expands portfolio with biogas, wind acqui...

Eurowind Energy has agreed acquisitions in Denmark and Poland, adding operational assets and a sizeable development pipeline as it continues to build an integrated renewable energy platform across Europe

Nuveen acquires 3 BESS projects in Italy

Nuveen has closed a series of acquisitions with the goal to develop 3GW of renewable energy in Southern Europe through its wholly owned power producer Verdian

Drax to accelerate BESS and data centre plans, UK

Drax Group said it expects full-year 2025 adjusted EBITDA to come in around the top end of market consensus, supported by strong performance across FlexGen, pellet production and biomass generation

ICG, W Power partner on grid-scale BESS platform, Germany

ICG’s European infrastructure team has entered into a partnership with W Power Storage, a Germany-based developer and operator of grid-scale battery energy storage systems, to support the platform’s next phase of growth

ITM secures engineering contracts in Australia, Canada

ITM Power has been awarded with 2 engineering contracts in Australia and Canada

Shizen Energy, Google advance solar project, Malaysia

Shizen Energy's project company SM 01 has achieved financial close for the 29.99MW solar project under Malaysia’s CGPP and signed a PPA with Google

PacificLight reaches FC on Singapore CCGT

PacificLight Power has reached financial close on its 670MW hydrogen-ready combined cycle gas turbine plant on Jurong Island, Singapore

ClearGen appoints CIO, US

ClearGen has appointed Akash Patel as chief investment officer

OceanScape inks wind agreement, China

OceanScape has signed an agreement with Shandong Haijing New Energy Technology and China Energy Group Shandong Electric Power to bid for an onshore wind power project in Shandong Province, China

Opus solar hits FC, Philippines

Vena Energy has reached financial close on its Opus solar project in Ilocos Norte, Philippines

Philippines unveils draft GEAP 5 price

The Philippine Energy Regulatory Commission has set the preliminary reserve price at $0.17568/kWh for projects under the Green Energy Auction Program 5, the country’s first tender for fixed-bottom offshore wind

Reports



IJGlobal Funds & Investors Report Q3 2025 – return of the...

Fundraising within the infrastructure fund space was extremely active in the first 9 months of 2025, with activity outpacing that of prior years despite market turmoil in the energy sector

IJGlobal League Tables Q3 2025 – PPPs make tentative come...

EXCLUSIVE

Infrastructure finance was down in the first 9 months of 2025 when compared to the same time period last year

IJGlobal Regional Reports – H1 2025

IJGlobal today pulls together a final piece on international infrastructure financing from over the course of the first half of 2025, combining all data gathered from the regional reports

IJGlobal H1 2025 Funds & Investors League Tables

The first half of 2025 was marked by uncertainty, however, that turmoil did not deter the infrastructure fund community, with more funds reaching final close compared with years prior

IJGlobal Funds & Investors Report H1 2025 – surge of fina...

There was a significant surge in fundraising in the first half of 2025, the just-released IJGlobal Funds & Investors Report shows

IJGlobal League Tables H1 2025 – infra finance stumbles

The first half of 2025 saw a significant decrease in infrastructure financing, IJGlobal’s Infrastructure and Project Finance League Table Report shows

Funds & Investors Report Q1 2025 – good and bad news

IJGlobal's Funds and Investors Report for Q1 2025 shows good news and bad news for the infrastructure fund sector

IJGlobal League Tables Q1 2025 – primary financing resurg...

In a quarter that saw a decrease of infrastructure finance, some 20% down when held against the same time period last year, there was – however – a significant increase in primary financing