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Hornsdale wind, Australia
Renewables Asia PacificThe A$284.8 million financing for the Hornsdale wind farm is notable for being the first project financing under the Australian Capital Territory’s wind auction, representing a rare bright spark of activity in Australia’s otherwise dormant renewables sector
Interconnecting power grids in Peru and Chile
Renewables Latin AmericaTransmission interconnection with Chile could help ease the growing imbalance between supply and demand in Peru's power sector
Salalah II IPP, Oman
Power MENAAcwa Power and Mitsui’s financing for the 445MW Salalah II independent power producer (IPP) project is a further step in the privatisation of Oman's power market
Renewables in Thailand post-adder
Renewables Asia PacificThailand’s cabinet has approved the country’s latest Power Development Plan. The new PDP aims to stimulate renewable investment, which has started to wane recently.
Data Analysis: Canada's mounting transport PPP pipeline
Transport North AmericaThe first seven months of 2015 exceeded annual investment levels for Canadian transport PPPs between 2012 and 2014, according to IJGlobal data
Thames Tideway Tunnel, UK
Water EuropeThe successful investors in the new £4.2 billion ($6.5 billion) Thames Tideway Tunnel sewer in London have achieved construction phase stable returns for investors and a cost of capital well below the industry average at 2.497%, all under a bespoke regulatory regime
The privatisation of Vorotan hydro cascade, Armenia
Power EuropeA major energy acquisition closed in Armenia this month, despite the government’s proposed 17% hike to the country’s electricity tariffs
New renewables to benefit most from Obama’s emissions plan
Renewables North AmericaBefore August 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had not broadly regulated carbon emissions from power plants. No longer
Mongolian infrastructure market revived
Power Asia PacificMongolia has long since ceded its status to Myanmar as Asia’s most exciting emerging infrastructure market, although recent developments on two major deals suggest that it may finally be starting to fulfil its potential
Shuaa Energy 1 solar PV, Dubai
Renewables MENAThe 200MW second stage of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) solar photovoltaic development at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park has caught the eye of global investors
Data Analysis: Colombia's exponential toll road boom
Transport Latin AmericaColombia’s national infrastructure agency (ANI) has procured more than 4,500km of toll road projects to the private sector in the last 16 months, according to the IJGlobal database
Puerto Rico’s debt default implications on infrastructure pipeline
Power North AmericaPuerto Rico won’t proceed with planned PPP projects until the US territory is able to restructure existing debt
Data Analysis: European transport refinancings peak
Transport EuropeH1 2015 marks a conspicous growth in European transport refinancing compared with the last five years, as borrowers take advantage of a low debt pricing window
ESA10: EU accounting trouble for Scotland’s NPD scheme
Transport EuropeScotland is expected to restructure existing and future infrastructure projects under its non-profit distributing (NPD) initiative, due to new EU regulation
El Encino-La Laguna gas pipeline, Mexico
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaMexican pipeline operator Fermaca obtained competitive terms on a $610 million mini-perm loan backing the $820 million El Encino-La Laguna natural gas pipeline project in Mexico
Obstacles to an Iranian infrastructure bonanza
Oil & Gas Asia PacificEnergy and infrastructure investors and advisers - particularly those focused on oil and gas projects - were understandably excited by the news of an agreed nuclear deal between Western governments and Iran