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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
Railpen, UK
Renewables EuropeUK pension fund Railpen, which has moved into direct infrastructure investing, may look to make larger allocations in future with investments outside the UK on the cards
US Presidential Election 2024: status quo or the sledgehammer
Renewables North AmericaThe biggest talking point among power sector executives in the build-up to the election has been the future of the Inflation Reduction Act. How each presidential candidate is expected to treat the IRA has been a point of consternation for the sector
ACWA nears launch of GH2 pilot, Uzbekistan
Renewables Asia PacificSaudi Arabia’s ACWA Power is approaching the commercial operations date for a green hydrogen production pilot project in Uzbekistan – set to become the first hydrogen project commissioned in Central Asia
Mogobe energy storage, South Africa
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaOngoing capacity shortages and load shedding have plagued South Africa for the best part of a decade. To tackle the issue, the South African Government has been utilising utility-scale IPP procurement programmes to bolster energy supply and encourage private sector participation
European PPP – a torpid waiting game
Transport EuropeSo, the UK’s going to have a PPP agenda, once again to lead the European market? Raise the flag and let’s have 3 cheers for the revival of a tried-and-tested infra procurement model. That flag will look like a relic from the Crimean War by the time we see the first financial close… if we even get that far
US power M&A: dollars deployed on operating assets
Investment into the US power sector is zeroing in on existing and operating power plants as investors have dollars to deploy today
Allianz – a tale of three cities
Social & Defence North AmericaAs Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities (3 for the purpose of this story): “It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.” And the same might be said of Allianz as the Germanic financial services group mulls flogging AllianzGI
Infra Dig – Highview Power, innovation in action
Renewables EuropeLiquid air energy storage technology has been in the pipeline for years, but now it’s come of age as Highview Power leads the charge with a demonstrator plant in the UK… and plans for a lot more down the line. Richard Butland tells all
OnPath Energy’s solar / BESS financing, UK
Renewables EuropeBrookfield-owned OnPath Energy in October reached financial close on a £120 million revolving credit facility to support its 5-year development pipeline to deliver 1.6GW of onshore wind and 600MW of solar PV with battery storage
Actis powers up with Terra Solar, Philippines
Renewables Asia PacificActis last month announced a $600 million investment in a mega solar project in the Philippines, marking its largest investment to date in a single APAC transaction