Analysis Archive
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Hai Long Offshore Wind, Taiwan
Renewables Asia PacificNorthland Power-backed Hai Long Offshore Wind Project weathered numerous storms to achieve financial close. The largest offshore wind farm financing in Asia Pacific established many more firsts, but...
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Green hydrogen: Build, scale, commercialize
Renewables North AmericaGreen hydrogen development took a giant stride towards bankability as the Department of Energy selected 7 green hydrogen hub winners across 16 states, handing out $7 billion from the Bipartisan...
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Pamplona-Cúcuta Highway Refi, Colombia
Transport Latin AmericaSpanish construction firm Sacyr – through its fully-owned SPV Unión Vial Río Pamplonita – reached financial close in late June on the refinance of its Pamplona-Cúcuta Highway in Colombia. The...
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Road ahead: Actis' new structure for Indian acquisition
Transport Asia PacificPrivate equity firm Actis took a new approach to its acquisition of a road portfolio of 6 operating assets in India. The loan backing the acquisition is structured in a way that it continues even...
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Infra Dig – Ian Brown talks UKIB
Renewables EuropeThis latest episode of Infra Dig – the IJGlobal podcast service – sees the focus return to the UKIB for an update on progress. Ian Brown, head of banking and investments, speaks openly...
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Zenobē Fundraising Round 2, UK
Renewables EuropeLondon-headquartered battery storage and EV company Zenobē completed its second round of funding in September 2023, seeing more than $1 billion raised
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BESS: Making money, solving problems
North AmericaBattery energy storage systems (BESS) M&A activity in the US continues to steadily increase as nationwide transmission upgrades and interconnectivity queues grow – with deals for the relatively new...
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Google setting the standard for renewable PPA contracts
North AmericaGoogle is standardizing the power purchase agreement (PPA) contracts it uses for renewables projects following a year-long trial with technology firm LevelTen.
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Infra funds – rolling in… it
Power EuropeWhat a week it’s been in the world of European infrastructure funds. For some it’s been jolly japes all round… for others, it’s been a bit of a head scratcher
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The Maple TopCo / Calisen deal, UK
Renewables EuropeUK-headquartered investor, developer and manager Equitix sold Maple TopCo to Calisen in July, marking a merger of 2 of the UK's largest meter asset providers and the creation of a mega energy...
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Edinburgh Tram – the £13m inquiry
Transport EuropeHaving been in New York last week, it’s interesting to catch up on UK news… only to learn that I missed the long-awaited publication of the £13 million Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
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HS2 – apologies for the cancelled service
Transport EuropeWell now, are we on the verge of a sensible decision being made on the UK’s “high-speed” rail shenanigans? One can’t help but hope that sense will finally prevail over HS2 – a project that should have...
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Infra Dig – US renewables with Charles Donovan
Renewables North AmericaHot off the heels of hosting REFF Wall Street in New York, the IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – publishes its latest episode, this one focused on renewable energy in the US. Angus Leslie Melville talks...
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NephroPlus seals dialysis units’ PPP, Uzbekistan
Social & Defence Asia PacificFrom renewables to education, Uzbekistan has successfully embraced the public-private partnership structure. In the healthcare segment, one such project - the 4 greenfield dialysis centers PPP by...
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Politics & people: a hurdle for the offshore wind industry
RenewablesThe exhaustive push to deploy the 468MW Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts came to a halt in early January 2015. Power purchase agreements (PPAs) fell through; banks fell away (PFR...
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FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, Brazil
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaNetherlands-based oil and gas developer SBM Offshore, together with its partners, recently closed financing for the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão – a deal valued at $2.313 billion, the second largest...