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How to tie a noose…
Telecoms EuropeYou know it’s grim on the street when you idly google “how to tie a noose” while on the phone to an old chum (surprisingly easy, it turns out) as he drones on that – even though there’s actually quite a lot going on out there, it’s just a bit… you know… dull
Japan solar: sunset on greenfield
Renewables Asia PacificGenerous feed-in-tariffs drove the growth of Japan’s solar market. But with the government cooling on solar, industry players expect new greenfield developments to dry up
Santa Vitoria do Palmar financing, Brazil
Renewables Latin AmericaIDB Invest recently closed a total credit guarantee to help finance Atlantic Renewable Energy's 207MW Santa Vitoria do Palmar wind complex in Rio Grande do Sul, in a peculiar transaction that saw the private sector arm of the IDB Group provide a guarantee greater than the total value of the infrastructure debentures issued to fund the project
M25 road refinancing, UK
Transport EuropeLondon’s orbital M25 motorway refinancing was the largest infrastructure refi seen in the UK since the Intercity Express deal of 2015
Panama weighs up the alternatives
Latin AmericaEarly last week the governments of the US and Panama signed a memorandum of understanding to promote energy and infrastructure investments in the Central American country. A particular focus of the agreement is an attempt to catalyse private sector investments into upstream energy production, power generation, transmission and distribution, and energy use projects
Los Angeles Automated People Mover, US
Transport North AmericaAs a mass-transit solution, California’s $2.5 billion Los Angeles Automated People Mover breaks new ground for financing in the US, delivering a 2.25 mile elevated electric train system, connecting parking facilities to the international airport
Mexico readies for power auction amid uncertainty
Renewables Latin AmericaMexico's fourth round of power auctions will happen before the new government takes power, but AMLO's administration has already started to release policy changes
Belgian offshore wind: betting on zero
Renewables EuropeLate last month (July 2018), following approval from the European commission, planned Belgian offshore wind farm Seastar and Mermaid merged. This union was prompted by Eneco joining Otary and Electrabel in the consortia for each project. The combined Seamade wind farm will have a total generating capacity of 487MW
Bangladeshi infra: cosmic ambitions
Asia PacificBangladesh is making headway on some of its Vision 2121 targets, but the country has been slow to bridge its yawning infrastructure investment gap
India solar: targets and reality
Renewables Asia PacificOne of the world’s fastest growing renewables markets has ambitious goals and a government upbeat on meeting them. But is New Delhi too optimistic?
The UK’s broadband bonanza
Telecoms EuropeThe UK's broadband roll-out has so far attracted significant private capital, and a growing number of investment opportunities are appearing on the horizon
REIPPP revived
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaAfter a delay of more than two years, all 27 of the projects procured under the fourth round of South Africa’s renewable energy IPP programme have now reached financial close – or at least it appears they have. At the very least, the programme has finally regained some momentum
A65 Autoroute de Gascogne toll road refinancing, France
Transport EuropeAlthough concerns over traffic volumes on France’s A65 Autoroute de Gascogne toll road seem to have lessened since it became operational in the wake of the financial crisis, a recent refinancing reveals that the road's sponsors still couldn't be too ambitious when it came to debt tenor and pricing
From higher education to social infra
Social & Defence North AmericaThe P3 market in the US is now no longer limited to just the transport sector. It is not even about individual states anymore either. Over the last few years, the focus has shifted to universities procuring student housing projects and setting in motion the potential for other types of social infrastructure projects
Namibia's solar solution
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaNamibia has undertaken a series of reforms in an attempt to reduce its dependency on electricity imports and attract IPPs into the country's power sector – and it is starting to see results via solar PV tenders
Unstoppable rise of the mega fund
Oil & Gas North AmericaAs we stare down the barrels of the summer lull having published IJGlobal’s league tables and the IJInvestor funds report for H1 2018, this infra hack is currently horsing up the M6 to Edinburgh to celebrate a rather significant birthday in the motherland