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Party’s over – time to go home

It’s late. You’re in taxi territory. The nibbles are finished or looking dubious. And you’ve just realised you’re the only one at the party who’s not staying over. It’s time to go home. Having this week published the IJ funds and investors report, that’s kinda the way it feels when running an eye over the fundraising chart for close-ended infrastructure funds – the party’s over

Gulf of Suez II Wind Farm, Egypt

An Engie-led consortium has brought to financial close its second wind IPP in Egypt’s wind resource-rich Ras Ghareb in the Red Sea Governorate

MAM's NTS stake buy, UK

A consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management acquired a 60% stake in National Grid’s UK gas transmission and metering business earlier this year, with plans to “progress projects designed to transition the UK from fossil fuels, including hydrogen focused projects”

Offshore wind: LatAm’s mission to Mars

Offshore wind in Latin America is generating conversation, if not power, as its governments attempt to meet ambitious energy transition goals. According to the World Bank, the region holds 8,000GW of potential technical capacity, with Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Mexico offering some of the best resources for implementation.

Monsoon Wind Farm, Laos

Impact Electron Siam-led consortium's 600MW cross-border onshore wind power project – which will export electricity from Laos to Vietnam – brings the Mekong Delta region closer in realising power interconnection and integration

Schools PPP bundle, Wales

Wales’ second schools PPP in its education infrastructure pipeline reached financial close in December 2022, taking its cue from the Mynydd Isa Campus PPP which made it over the line the month before

Boardroom Warriors v. Bedroom Warriors

Blimey… just come off a call where it was mentioned that we’ve marked the third anniversary for Lockdown UK. Looking back, it’s a blur viewed through a lens of horror / fondness / despair… but now that we’re long out the other end, the time has arrived to ponder its impact

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – APAC Company Winners

The Asia Pacific winners of the coveted IJGlobal Awards 2022 company prize category were announced yesterday evening at a gala dinner at Park Royal – Beach Road, Singapore

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – Asia Pacific Deal Winners

The Asia Pacific winners of the IJGlobal Awards 2022 in the deals category were announced yesterday evening amidst much fanfare and revelry at Park Royal Hotel on Beach Road in Singapore

Lo Espejo Data Center, Chile

Brazilian digital infrastructure provider ODATA’s debt financing of a data centre in Santiago, Chile, reached financial close in late November 2022. The deal highlights ODATA’s continued expansion and lenders’ willingness to enter the growing LatAm IT market

Carlsbad Desal Plant Projects, California

The Carlsbad Desalination Plant in California is the first large-scale ocean-water desalination project constructed in the Western hemisphere

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – LatAm Deal Winners

The Americas-based infrastructure and energy community amassed last night at the splendid Guastavino’s in New York to celebrate the IJGlobal Awards 2022

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – Latin America Company Winners

The LatAm infrastructure community – many of them arriving in New York from the IJ LatAm conference in Miami – gathered in Guastavino’s to celebrate the successes of 2022 at the IJGlobal Awards

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – North America Company Winners

The infrastructure community amassed last night in the glorious Guastavino’s to celebrate the successes of 2022 at the IJGlobal Awards, achieving levels of razmataz that can only be attained at a New York event

IJGlobal Awards 2022 – North America Deal Winners

The infrastructure and energy community for the Americas gathered last night at the glorious Guastavino’s in New York to celebrate the IJGlobal Awards 2022

Singrobo Hydro IPP, Côte d’Ivoire

DFIs rushed into the refinancing of the mid-construction €174 million, 44MW Singrobo Hydro IPP which is situated on the Bandama River in Côte d’Ivoire