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HM Treasury: the PFI investment challenge

The recent release (15 July 2003) of the HM Treasury report on the progress of PFIs and their future role in the delivery of the Governments investme...

Accurate forecasts are necessary for light rail PPPs

All commuters are keen to travel as comfortably and conveniently as possible. Policymakers have t...

Guangdong LNG project

The Guangdong LNG project is a China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) joint venture with...

Schiphol airport: difficulties in privatising airports

European airports operate in a dynamic and competitive environment. Competition between airports is heavy. It is fiercest for European gateway traffic - that is passengers on long-haul flights from the US and Asia flying into a European airport before tak

Municipal Water Management Overview

The most pertinent driving force behind municipal water management – forcing it to the top of the...

Financing the Renewables

SummaryFew forms of renewable generation technologies can compete directly with fossil. As a cons...

A cloudy energy future

" For now we see through a glass darkly……" Corinthians 13.1 In 1982 Nig...

Mind the gap

Mind the gap

Lien times

Lien times

The buy-sell balance

The buy-sell balance

Bank transfer

Bank transfer

Meeting the challenge of renewable energy

The White Paper published by the UK Government this month entitled “Our energy future – creating...

Oman LNG

"The Omani government has been a leader in taking a grown up stance on projects like this." Andre...

Drawing the line, how the top-tier lenders came up with the ‘Equator Principles’

After a barrage of press releases in the afternoon of 3 June 2003, ten of the biggest international lenders announced on 4 June that they would be adopting the ‘Equator Principles’, a voluntary set of project finance guidelines related to managing social

Angola LNG

A consortium of ChevronTexaco, Sonangol, BP, ExxonMobil and Total will build the Angola LNG proje...

SR125: the US PPP bridgehead?

SR125: the US PPP bridgehead?