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Pennies from heaven - Financing US solar projects
Renewables North AmericaSmall solar projects are not known to yield high returns. With a capacity of only a couple megawatts at best, the economic viability of such a project can be considered unfeasible. Therefore, incentives from the government and utilities aiming to meet the
Emal Taweelah Aluminium Smelter
Power MENAEmirates Aluminum's Dubai Aluminium Mubadala project financing to construct the world's biggest smelter in Abu Dhabi - the largest single commercial financing to date for any project in the Gulf and comes as the latest example of how Gulf states ar
Mexican toll roads in the state of Chiapas
Transport Latin AmericaOver the last 10 years, Mexico has been steadily improving the country's transport infrastructure procuring those upgrades in a traditional manner - now with the country's economic and financial stability, the sector has opened up further to private inves
Cahora Bassa - a model for southern African projects?
Power Sub-Saharan AfricaFor many Mozambicans, the acquisition of majority control of the Cahora Bassa hydropower plant by their government last month represented the sun finally setting on Portuguese colonial rule
Hajj Terminal - a Saudi PPP innovation
Transport MENAThe renovation of Saudi Arabia's Hajj Terminal at Jeddah's King Abdulaziz International Airport to cater primarily for the pilgrims to the Holy City of Mecca has set a bellwether for Islamic finance
Kent Social Housing PFI scheme
Social & Defence EuropeThe £78.5 million non-HRA Kent housing PFI project in south east England serves as a landmark deal in refining the social housing PFI structure
Æolus - B&B gusts into the Greek wind market
Renewables EuropeBabcock & Brown has made its first foray into Greek infrastructure with a pair of wind farm investments. IJ reporter Verity Ratcliffe explores the country's potential with a closer look at the €59 million debt transaction
Any Old Wind That Blows (Enertrag in Germany)
Renewables EuropeIn the early days of the wind energy industry, a lot of industry discussion was riddled with umlauts and contained phrases like 'die größte und leistungsfähigste Windenergieanlage der Welt'
Diabolo - Belgium's airport rail PPP
Transport EuropeInfrabel, the infrastructure manager for the Belgian railway network, reached financial close at the end of September on the Northern Diabolo project for the construction of a heavy rail link