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HM Treasury: the PFI investment challenge
Social & Defence EuropeThe 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
Transport EuropeAll commuters are keen to travel as comfortably and conveniently as possible. Policymakers have t...
Guangdong LNG project
Renewables Asia PacificThe Guangdong LNG project is a China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) joint venture with...
Schiphol airport: difficulties in privatising airports
Transport Asia PacificEuropean 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
EuropeThe 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
Renewables Europe" For now we see through a glass darkly……" Corinthians 13.1 In 1982 Nig...
Meeting the challenge of renewable energy
Renewables EuropeThe White Paper published by the UK Government this month entitled “Our energy future – creating...
Oman LNG
Renewables Asia Pacific"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’
EuropeAfter 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
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaA consortium of ChevronTexaco, Sonangol, BP, ExxonMobil and Total will build the Angola LNG proje...