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The significance of US Ex-Im
North AmericaUS Ex-Im – a leading project finance lender to emerging markets – ceased active lending on Tuesday night (30 June 2015), after Congress allowed the bank’s charter to lapse
Data Analysis: Commercial banks' increasing role in European offshore wind debt
Renewables EuropeCommercial banks have recently improved their standing against development finance institutions (DFIs) in construction-stage debt for European offshore wind projects
PJM’s new capacity market rules
Power North AmericaSponsors of power plants in 14 eastern US states may reap a combined $4 billion in increased revenues over the next three years, under rules that the US Federal Regulatory Commission (FERC) approved this month
Data Analysis: Chile's improving PPP pipeline
Transport Latin AmericaChile's Ministry of Public Works (MOP) has slowly increased the number of PPPs awarded to the private sector over the last four-plus years, according to the IJGlobal database
The role of the US DoE in liquid markets
Renewables North AmericaThe US Department of Energy (DoE) this week announced a new initiative to facilitate renewables investment – the Clean Energy Impact Investment Center
Data Analysis: Vietnam’s sluggish power
Power Asia PacificInternational lenders have a strong appetite to finance power and energy in Vietnam but a paucity of projects means it is more famine than feast
US airport PPPs: A slow take-off
Transport North AmericaThe Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has finally awarded a concession for the refurbishment of LaGuardia Airport's Central Terminal Building to a private sector consortium
North Carolina Interstate 77, US
Transport North AmericaThe North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) $648 million Interstate 77 toll lanes project is the first PPP for the department
A66 Benavente-Zamora PPP refinancing, Spain
Transport EuropeMeridiam, Cintra and Acciona's refinancing of difficult 2013 bank debt for the A66 Benavente-Zamora is innovative and paves the way for project bonds for infrastructure in Spain
Data Analysis: The pace of financial close
Transport EuropeGermany, Canada and Australia average the shortest periods between preferred bidder and financial close among countries with PPP programmes
Spanish and Dutch most efficient for PPP procurement
Transport EuropeSpain and the Netherlands have been the fastest countries on average to bring projects from tender launch to financial close in the last five years, according to IJGlobal’s data
New debt and equity products for Uruguayan wind
Renewables Latin AmericaDebt - and equity - capital markets will play a bigger role in Uruguayan renewables
Data Analysis: Financing in Australia's cooler renewables climate
Renewables Asia PacificThe news this week that the Australian federal government has finally reached an agreement with the opposition Labor party over the renewable energy target (RET) should breathe some life into the country's dormant renewables market
Freeport LNG train three, Texas
Oil & Gas North AmericaExport liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the US have gradually added new complexities to the financing structures
The splintering of European utilities
Oil & Gas EuropeEuropean utilities are concluding that renewables and conventional power are no longer suited to coexist peacefully within a single utility
Data Analysis: UK PV refinancing volumes increasing
Renewables EuropeUK photovoltaic (PV) debt refinancing volumes have increased in almost every quarter since Q4 2013, and reached $126 million in the first quarter of this year. Refinancings in Q1 2015 increased $36 million over Q4 2014