Analysis Archive
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RExus WWtE project, Singapore
Renewables Asia PacificSingapore-headquartered developer Rexus Bioenergy has secured financing for a waste wood-to-energy project in Singapore
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IJGlobal Podcast - Apterra, the New Kids on the Block
Oil & Gas North AmericaApterra, backed by New York-headquartered Apollo Asset Management, is no ordinary credit fund looking to put money to work, it is a direct origination platform designed to benefit all pools of capital
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Infra Dig – Paraguay’s green fertiliser pathfinder
Renewables Latin AmericaAs IJGlobal ramps up marketing for the glorious IJLatAm conference in Miami next spring, the timing is perfect to focus on a pathfinder project finance transaction in Paraguay that looks set to be...
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Infra Dig Masterclass – PF for peace & climate change
Renewables MENARavi Suri – global head of sustainable finance and impact investing at KPMG – once again joins the Infra Dig podcast for another Masterclass episode, this one focused on the role that project finance...
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Nuclear misstep for powering US data centres
Power North AmericaNuclear offtakes for data centre owners crashed into a hurdle when the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected a request to increase nuclear power to an Amazon site
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Budapest Airport, Hungary
Transport EuropeThe acquisition of Budapest Airport by the Hungarian state – via investment fund Corvinus – and Vinci Concessions marked not only Hungary’s largest deal of the year, but the “most high-profile M&A...
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Thames Water – one lump, or two?
Water EuropeBattle continues to rage over Thames Water – the tarnished UK utility with questionable provenance and international ownership – to the extent you’d think it was a trophy asset
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AIIF4: Africa’s Infrastructure Dynamics
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaRaising nearly $1 billion for its fourth infrastructure fund made African Infrastructure Investment Managers one of the largest private managers on the continent
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Railpen, UK
Renewables EuropeUK pension fund Railpen, which has moved into direct infrastructure investing, may look to make larger allocations in future with investments outside the UK on the cards
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US Presidential Election 2024: status quo or the sledgehammer
Renewables North AmericaThe biggest talking point among power sector executives in the build-up to the election has been the future of the Inflation Reduction Act. How each presidential candidate is expected to treat the IRA...
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ACWA nears launch of GH2 pilot, Uzbekistan
Renewables Asia PacificSaudi Arabia’s ACWA Power is approaching the commercial operations date for a green hydrogen production pilot project in Uzbekistan – set to become the first hydrogen project commissioned in Central...
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Mogobe energy storage, South Africa
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaOngoing capacity shortages and load shedding have plagued South Africa for the best part of a decade. To tackle the issue, the South African Government has been utilising utility-scale IPP procurement...
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European PPP – a torpid waiting game
Transport EuropeSo, the UK’s going to have a PPP agenda, once again to lead the European market? Raise the flag and let’s have 3 cheers for the revival of a tried-and-tested infra procurement model. That flag will...
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EXCLUSIVE US power M&A: dollars deployed on operating assets
Power North AmericaInvestment into the US power sector is zeroing in on existing and operating power plants as investors have dollars to deploy today
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Allianz – a tale of three cities
Social & Defence North AmericaAs Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities (3 for the purpose of this story): “It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.” And the same might be said of Allianz as the Germanic financial...
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Infra Dig – Highview Power, innovation in action
Renewables EuropeLiquid air energy storage technology has been in the pipeline for years, but now it’s come of age as Highview Power leads the charge with a demonstrator plant in the UK… and plans for a lot more down...
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OnPath Energy’s solar / BESS financing, UK
Renewables EuropeBrookfield-owned OnPath Energy in October reached financial close on a £120 million revolving credit facility to support its 5-year development pipeline to deliver 1.6GW of onshore wind and 600MW of...
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Actis powers up with Terra Solar, Philippines
Renewables Asia PacificActis last month announced a $600 million investment in a mega solar project in the Philippines, marking its largest investment to date in a single APAC transaction
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Infra Dig – powering the eVTOL revolution
Renewables EuropeInfra Dig returns to one of its favourite subjects – technology in the infrastructure and energy space – focusing on advanced battery data and modelling. This latest episode features Yash Tripathy...