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The impacts of Acwa Power’s low tariff bids

Jon Whiteaker 12 May 2015 Renewables MENA

Saudi Arabia-based developer Acwa Power has again bid lowest in an open tender for a power project in the Middle East and Africa

The Aggregator, UK

Alexandra Dockreay 11 May 2015 Social & Defence Europe

The UK’s Private Finance 2 (PF2) procurement model has faced few tests. But the initial results are impressive – the March 2015 closings of three discrete batches of schools that, despite different concessionaires, rely on a single financing vehicle

Data Analysis: Nepal's tempting hydropower sector

Jamie Bullen 07 May 2015 Renewables Asia Pacific

Nepal’s hydropower sector is about to shift from moribund to growing

The rise of the green bond

Jinjoo Lee 06 May 2015 Asia Pacific

Green bond issuers are no longer limited to development finance institutions

Portsmouth Bypass PPP, Ohio

Sakshi Sharma 01 May 2015 Transport North America

Before the $550 million Portsmouth Bypass PPP in Ohio closed in April 2015, only one US PPP had obtained a partial wrap from monoline Assured Guaranty in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse

Examining conventional procurement

Tom Nelthorpe 30 Apr 2015 North America

Ontario’s debate over the true costs of PPP projects has one important lesson for the private infrastructure industry worldwide

Q1 2015 League Table Analysis: Australian PPP

Jamie Bullen 27 Apr 2015 Transport Asia Pacific

IJGlobal’s Q1 league tables for 2015 show Australia’s PPP sector as a consistently strong area of activity for sponsors in the Asia Pacific market

Data Analysis: Renewables push gas aside in Germany

Olivia Gagan 24 Apr 2015 Renewables Europe

German renewables investment appears to be ascending again. The country’s renewables sectors have, cumulatively, enjoyed three of their better quarters since the start of 2014

Javelin waste PPP’s prolonged development

Jordan Bintcliffe 22 Apr 2015 Renewables Europe

The initial plan for the Javelin waste-to-energy PPP, in Gloucestershire, England, is at least nine years old. But a string of setbacks – including the loss of government financing and lengthy appeals processes – has left the project closer to early development than operation

Q1 2015 League Table Analysis: European renewables vs conventional power

jordan.bintcliffe@ijglobal.com 21 Apr 2015 Renewables Europe

Investment into European power projects could be returning to 2010/2011 levels, though activity is increasingly concentrated in the renewables sector

Q1 2015 League Tables Analysis: Latin American Renewables

Rosie Fitzmaurice 16 Apr 2015 Renewables North America

Renewables’ share of total closed Latin American project finance debt has continued its ascent, though wind and solar remain minority players against the transport and midstream sectors

Kazakhstan’s PPP future

Jamie Bullen 16 Apr 2015 Transport Asia Pacific

Kazakhstan is rich in oil, gas and minerals, but its transportation infrastructure is in need of serious improvement. The country’s government is intent on spurring investment in the sector and in June 2014 amended legislation to facilitate the use of PPPs.