Analysis Archive
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Metro Power, Pakistan
Renewables Asia PacificPakistan’s Metro Power marks the IFC’s first investment into a wind project in Pakistan and demonstrates the influence multilateral financing can have in boosting the attractiveness of the renewables...
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US carbon regulations: inevitable and far-reaching
Renewables North AmericaA recent decree from the US Environmental Protection Agency to slash US carbon emissions further is not unexpected, but could it signal the end for coal-fired power in the US?
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Sohar Refinery, Oman
Oil & Gas MENAThe latest $2.8 billion financing raised by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) for its Sohar refinery is part of a wider strategy to boost Oman’s downstream industrial...
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Aberdeen takes over SWIP
EuropeAberdeen Asset Management enters infrastructure with the acquisition of Scottish Widows Infrastructure Partners as investor objectives shift to predictable and stable cashflows
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Waterloo LRT, Canada
Transport North AmericaThe C$621.2 million ($571.5 million) Waterloo light rail transit PPP in Canada is the latest transit deal to close using a mixture of short-term bank debt and long-term bond financing, after the C$2...
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Market readies for Thames Tideway Tunnel’s IP structure
Water EuropeBidding is underway for construction contracts, and now the much-awaited tender is imminent to finance London’s new Thames Tideway Tunnel
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Gemini wind, the Netherlands
Renewables EuropeThe Gemini offshore wind farm in the Netherlands is the largest offshore wind project financing ever, and featured export credit agencies, commercial banks and a Danish pension fund
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Is Asia ready for project bond enhancement?
Asia PacificEurope has honed a project bond credit enhancement. Asia is poised to follow
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Roy Hill, Australia
Mining Asia PacificThe financing for the Roy Hill iron ore project in Australia is the largest deal to close so far this year, and was a rare non-recourse deal in a sector which has been dominated traditionally by...
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Gas prices key to Energy Future restructuring
Power North AmericaEnergy Future Intermediate Holding Company has launched a tender for its first and second lien debt, despite some opposition from junior lenders to the bankrupt power company's affiliates
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N17/N18 Gort-Tuam, Ireland
Transport EuropeThe N17/N18 Gort-Tuam financing for Ireland marks the re-emergence of international confidence, after the impact of the sovereign debt crisis
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Sarulla geothermal, Indonesia
Renewables Asia PacificSarulla is a breakthrough for renewables development in Indonesia, and shows that the country may at last be living up to its geothermal potential
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US PPPs: Bridging the policy gaps
Transport North AmericaWhile Kentucky’s PPP enabling legislation might still be a few miles from execution, overall an increasing number of US states have recognized and accepted the model in recent years. But can there be...
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Abengoa Transmisión Sur refinancing, Peru
Power Latin AmericaThe Abengoa Transmisión Sur (ATS) refinancing of its Peruvian transmission lines through the international capital markets successfully tested a model that the industry hopes will become the new...
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Where next for South Africa's power market?
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaWhile the Department of Energy (DoE) ploughs ahead with plans for new baseload power plants, the South African government still has many questions to answer regarding its pathfinder renewables...
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In the shadow of Colombia's 4G
Transport Latin AmericaInvestors are keenly monitoring the development of Bogotá’s proposed first metro line. But Colombia’s fledgling 4G roads programme overshadows progress everywhere else