Analysis Archive
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Carbon – from ridiculous to silicate
Power EuropeYou just can’t credit it… one week after writing the Infrastructure Stink List, the bar’s been lowered with news of carbon removal schemes that are positively Stone Age. Today's editorial focuses on...
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Infra Dig – offshore wind in Asia
Renewables Asia PacificOffshore wind – a sector that has faced more than its fair share of headwinds across Asia – is the top of conversation for this latest Infra Dig podcast, with 2 guests giving a round-robin assessment...
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HyNet’s Liverpool Bay CCS – capital flows
Oil & Gas EuropeCarbon capture and storage is moving into a new phase of large-scale deployment, backed by growing investor interest in a now well-established technology. That shift became clearer in April 2025, when...
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The infrastructure stink list
Renewables EuropeWhen you’re wondering what not to do – as opposed to, what to do – look around and spot the infrastructure investor/lender who says: “Hold my beer, I’m off to do EV charging, CCS and fibre.” You might...
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Chile's Los Rios-Los Lagos hospital PPPs
Social & Defence Latin AmericaThe Los Rios-Los Lagos hospitals package reached financial close in February 2025, taking 5 years from announcement to final signing and overcoming significant hurdles to get construction underway.
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Aberdeen – Core Convictions
Renewables EuropeFreshly re-renamed Aberdeen closed its third core infrastructure fund at €585 million in early February. IJGlobal sat down with Dominic Helmsley and Maciej Tarasiuk, heads of core infrastructure and...
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Infra Dig – The Foresight Saga
Renewables EuropeThe Infra Dig podcast returns to its infrastructure fund interview format for this latest episode, interviewing 2 key players from UK-based clean energy investor Foresight Group...
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Breaking wind offshore
Renewables Asia PacificOffshore wind has long thrived in that dangerous territory between the devil and the deep blue sea. But these days it feels an awful lot more perilous than back in the market pioneering times… which...
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The M&A bilateral bonanza
Power EuropeWhen you’re rooting through the undergrowth for an editorial – chatting with folk around the industry – people are quick to caution against leaping to conclusions. And perhaps that's exactly what's...
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SUSI’s sale of Lyngsåsa wind farm, Sweden
Renewables EuropeSUSI Partners, via SUSI Renewable Energy Fund II, sold the Lyngsåsa onshore wind farm in Alvesta to Equinor in March – a deal that illustrates how SUSI applies its energy transition expertise by...
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Dusting off while bracing for impact…
MENAIt’s that time of year… that time when Team IJGlobal takes a deep breath, mops a collective brow and reflects on one heck of a busy year-to-date – while bracing for the next onslaught… which is never...
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SA's Ishwati Emoyeni, embracing energy trading
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaSouth Africa, the continent's most industrialised economy, has depended on state-owned utility Eskom for most of its electricity supply for over a century. However, in recent years, Eskom has been...
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Infra Dig – The Mission 300 Interview
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaThis latest episode of Infra Dig returns to Africa for the third time in recent weeks for a fascinating discussion on an initiative that is blending public, private and philanthropic partners to...
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A rag-tag bunch of banks
Power EuropeI can’t quite work out whether “a rag-tag bunch of banks” is an insult or a compliment when quipped this morning about the lending team on a cutting-edge project in the European infrastructure space...
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Infra Dig – the PIDG interview
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaThe Infra Dig focus turns once again to the continent of Africa – with a touch of Asia Pacific – for an episode on investing in infrastructure and energy across the 2 regions. Philippe Valahu, chief...
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The great infra seesaw
Oil & Gas EuropeHaving written about a storming first quarter for fundraising in last Friday’s editorial, it’s a bit of a comedown to report that primary finance and refinance of global infra and energy has...
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Infra funds – Christmas come early?
Oil & Gas EuropeData for our Q1 fundraising report that will be published shortly echo the mood across the industry – that this first quarter felt a lot more like Q4… a time when fund managers bust a gut to achieve...
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Infrastructure… prancing back to the Dark Side
Oil & Gas EuropeTime to buy shares in paint companies (orange is gonna fly off the shelf) as the infra community completes its volte face, shedding all vestiges of virtue, to make some real money in oil and gas
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Infra Dig – Fola Fagbule on the role of AFC
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaThis latest episode of the IJGlobal podcast centres on private sector involvement in the financing of infrastructure and energy and the role AFC plays in driving that agenda. Fola Fagbule head of...