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EDF's Oasis BESS, South Africa
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaThree South African BESS projects in the Northern Cape with a combined capacity of 257MW reached financial close under the country’s Battery Energy Storage Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme Bid Window 1
Don’t look back… run looking forward
Renewables EuropeAs the year grinds to a frenetic, deal-closing end and minds turn to the holiday season, one can’t help but look back at 2024 and shudder at some momentous shifts in the market – and it ain’t even over yet
Atlantic Green’s Cellarhead BESS financing, UK
Renewables EuropeAtlantic Green's recently closed £152 million financing for its 300MW/624 MWh Cellarhead battery energy storage system in the West Midlands, England, was the largest debt transaction for a standalone BESS in the UK in 2024, according to IJGlobal data
Infra Dig – Marsh on the role of insurance in infrastructure
Renewables EuropeInsurance – having cropped up repeatedly in Infra Dig podcasts of late – is the focus of this latest episode as IJGlobal continues the quest to improve understanding across the infrastructure community. Martin Bennet gives a helicopter view of the industry
Stonepeak's acquisition of Textainer, US
Transport North AmericaStonepeak’s acquisition of Textainer marked the privatisation of the last public container leasing company following a few years of high action in the industry
Infra Dig – taking Infra Core+ into forestry…
Beyond Infra EuropeThis latest episode of Infra Dig takes the ever-expanding definition of infrastructure to new limits… forestry
Green Breeze acquisition, Romania
Renewables EuropeNala Renewables' acquisition of the Green Breeze wind project in Romania is an important step in the company's expansion in Central and Eastern Europe, a region that benefits from strong government support and offers attractive risk-adjusted returns in the renewables sector
Al Ajban Solar PV Plant, UAE
Renewables MENAThe UAE is making significant strides in its energy transition as well as in diversifying its renewable energy sources
RExus WWtE project, Singapore
Renewables Asia PacificSingapore-headquartered developer Rexus Bioenergy has secured financing for a waste wood-to-energy project in Singapore
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
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 replicated across the globe
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 plays in achieving peace and climate change goals
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
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 deal to have closed” in H1 2024 across Europe, according to IJGlobal’s own league table report
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
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