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China's Asian development bank
Asia PacificThe AIIB continues to attract more and more backers in spite of some early opposition from the US government. Those joining will hope they can steer the bank's objectives more towards their own goals
Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement PPP, US
Transport North AmericaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s first PPP – the $1.12 billion Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement project – is also the first US PPP to bundle a large group of assets in a single transaction
US water infrastructure financing
Water North AmericaEven though the US government has introduced various new loan programmes to support water infrastructure financing recently, ongoing projects continue to rely on the existing municipal or tax-exempt bond market
Data Analysis: Western European PV investment plummets from 2010 levels
Renewables EuropeOverall investment in French, German, Italian, Spanish and UK solar projects has fallen almost every year since 2010 – from $7.7 billion in 2010 to $2.7 billion in 2014, according to IJGlobal data
Progress, but more criticism, for the UK's CfD regime
Renewables EuropeThe UK's new contracts for difference (CfD) regime continues to invite criticism
M&A opportunities pick up amid the oil price collapse
Oil & Gas EuropeExploration and production companies have begun cutting back on spending plans amid a period of unexpectedly depressed crude oil prices that is expected to catalyse the M&A market.
India's power future
Power Asia PacificIndia’s government wants renewables, and international capital to help meet ambitious targets. But coal-fired and local finance will probably dominate
Peru nears a renewables break-through
Renewables Latin AmericaPeru continues to favour baseload fuels, but has enacted a renewables mandate and international sponsors and lenders are eager to participate
Data Analysis: Merchant's staying power in the US
Power North AmericaUS electricity demand growth has been limited since the 2008 financial collapse, and few utilities have been willing to sign new power purchase agreements (PPAs) with independent power projects
Mactan-Cebu International Airport PPP, Philippines
Transport Asia PacificFour years after the launch of the much-anticipated Philippines’ flagship PPP programme, its first project financing – for the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MICA) PPP – has closed
Milan Metro, Italy
Transport EuropeTwo availability-based PPP concessions for the Milan Metro are nearing close on debt financings with tenors of up to 21 years
Usolsky potash, Russia
Mining EuropeRussian project financings were rare in 2014, and are likely to become more so in 2015. International political tensions will make oil and gas financings - the market’s backbone - hard to pull off.
New challenges for Mozambique LNG
Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan AfricaStrong political will underpins Mozambique's ambitions LNG plans, but the new gas price environment creates new challenges
Cape Wind's last stand
Renewables North AmericaThe Cape Wind offshore wind project has overcome many hurdles in its 14-year development history
Lower Solu hydro, Nepal
Renewables Asia PacificLower Solu uses a partial dollar payment stream to attract international lenders. But other forthcoming Nepali hydro projects may find it easier to tap the Indian bank market
Antin solar portfolio refinancing, Italy
Renewables EuropeAntin Solar Investments’ refinancing of a portfolio of 66MW of solar photovoltaic plants in Italy brings the portfolio under a single umbrella structure and also marks a return of investor confidence in the country