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Data Analysis: Tax-exempt PPPs in the US
Social & Defence North AmericaThe burgeoning pipeline of social infrastructure PPPs in the US could be supported by new legislation which could extend the use of tax-exempt private activity bonds
Colón greenfield LNG-to-power, Panama
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaAES Corporation's Colón LNG-to-power project marks a number of milestones for Panama and the wider region. It is the largest combined-cycle facility and first ever LNG terminal in the country, and it is also the largest ever power investment in Central America
Data Analysis: Rise in US social infrastructure deals
Social & Defence North AmericaSix social and water infrastructure PPP deals totaling $1.7 billion in value have reached financial close in the US over the past 14 months, double the number closed during the two years ending 31 December 2014, according to IJGlobal data
Opportunities for Australian investors
Asia PacificInstitutional investors in Australia have fast growing pots of capital to invest, and have long been comfortable with infrastructure as an asset class. These investors are increasingly looking to foreign markets for assets, but more attractive new opportunities may be closer to home
Indonesia limps toward power generation target
Power Asia PacificPresident Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s target to install 35,000MW of new power generation capacity by 2019 has created aggressive competition for projects in Indonesia. But progress has been slowed thanks to the limitations of state utility PLN
Beatrice offshore wind, Scotland
Renewables EuropeBeatrice demonstrates ongoing appetite for UK offshore wind, despite the project being developed in the headwinds of changing regulatory regimes, a recession, and a utility sponsor which has changed its operating and investment models
Data Analysis: Solar and wind opportunities surge in MENA
Renewables MENAThe value of active pipeline and procurement wind and solar energy deals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region reached a new peak of $7.8 billion in 2016 and is trending upwards, according to IJGlobal data
Data Analysis: Mexico’s booming midstream sector
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaIJGlobal data shows that Mexico’s midstream sector has been one of the country’s most active sectors in terms of both procurement and closed financings in the last couple of years
Long Beach civic center, US
Social & Defence North AmericaThe $520 million Long Beach civic center PPP is the largest social infrastructure PPP to close in the US so far in 2016
COP21 starts to impact infrastructure funds
Oil & Gas EuropeNorway's central bank decision's to exclude 52 coal-linked companies from the Government Pension Fund Global (SPU) highlights an increasing attention among fund managers to ESG criteria in the way of COP21
EIB lending to the UK post-Brexit
Europe“It would be very much more challenging for us to continue doing business as we are now in the case of a Brexit,” European Investment Bank vice-president Jonathan Taylor has told IJGlobal
European renewables refinancings rise steeply
Renewables EuropeRefinancings in the European renewables market has risen steeply year-on-year since 2012, IJGlobal data suggests
Dubai attracts lowest solar tariff, again
Renewables MENAA bid of less than $0.03 per kWh for the up-to 800MW Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum solar project in Dubai could see the Emirate producing the world’s cheapest solar electricity. Only 18 months after Dubai achieved the previous record, the GCC state is yet again setting a benchmark for global renewables
Philippines: Aquino’s PPP legacy is a bulging pipeline
Power Asia PacificUnder outgoing president Benigno Aquino, the Philippines has tendered out more PPP projects than the previous three presidents combined. But while 25 PPP projects have been launched during his five-year term, only five deals have crossed the finishing line to financial close
The outlook for SunEdison's projects
Renewables North AmericaSunEdison, the beleaguered US renewables developer, ended months of speculation on 21 April when it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection
Slovakia's new ministers and PPPs
Transport EuropeSlovakia’s elections in March 2016 unseated the former ministers for transport and health. At a recent PPP conference held in Bratislava, the health minister’s position on PPP remained uncertain, while the transport minister spoke of a commitment to bring private sector capital to infrastructure