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Aussie renewables rules

Iliyan Videnov 26 Jan 2018 Renewables Asia Pacific

Australia’s Minister for Energy and the Environment Josh Frydenberg this week insisted that Australia will hit its 2020 target of 33,500GWh of renewable energy, but that 6,000MW of new renewable capacity must be built by the end of 2019

KL-SG HSR – James Bond’s preferred project

Angus Leslie Melville 26 Jan 2018 Transport Asia Pacific

Not many projects require all participants to sign the Official Secrets Act, but the Kuala Lumpur to Singapore High Speed Rail is anything but a run-of-the mill deal and every single adviser on it has signed on the dotted line… possibly in blood

Shadow cast over US solar

Juliana Ennes 23 Jan 2018 Renewables North America

The 30% tariff on imported solar panels imposed by Trump's government should have a larger impact on rooftop solar and distributed solar energy generation.

Listed infrastructure funds adapt to a changing environment

Nazia Begum 18 Jan 2018 Renewables Europe

Increasing interest rates, limited assets and competitive market conditions are steering UK listed infrastructure funds towards new markets in search of better returns

Vietnam: solar outlook 2018

Mia Tahara-Stubbs 16 Jan 2018 Renewables Asia Pacific

Vietnam has eluded solar developers for several years. Deals appear set to finally get done in 2018, if not on international developers’ desired terms

Show me the (infra) money…

Angus Leslie Melville 12 Jan 2018 Oil & Gas Europe

January is traditionally a time for reflection, but moreso it’s a time to plan for the year ahead and ensure you’re in position to make the most of the market… which is not so easy these days given, as one old chum puts it nicely: “It’s hard to eke out an existence when there’s a dearth of opportunity”

4G Colombian road sets new financing standard

Juliana Ennes 11 Jan 2018 Transport Latin America

The financing of the road Ruta al Mar may represent a new financing paradigm with a combination of bonds and loans; first private international emission; use of local currency.

PCOAs and PRGs: Solar protection in Nigeria

Jordan Bintcliffe 11 Jan 2018 Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

Solar developers in Nigeria are aiming to reach financial close on 14 PV projects totaling 1,125MW of capacity this year. But the ambitious programme still has a number of hurdles to clear

The new year – back for another swing

Angus Leslie Melville 05 Jan 2018 Renewables Asia Pacific

A couple of (hopefully) amusing anecdotes, a preview of our league tables which will be published in a couple of weeks' time and mulling the awards for which we shall hosting judging sessions over the course of this month

A final hurrah for 2017

Angus Leslie Melville 15 Dec 2017 Transport

And so the year draws to a close and here’s the final missive for 2017, delivered six months after returning to the IJ fold after a break of seven years – the first four at the infra title that doesn’t warrant mention and three highly-enjoyable ones in head hunting...

New rolling stock lessors continue to challenge ROSCOs

Beatrice Mavroleon 14 Dec 2017 Transport Europe

The UK’s recent West Midlands rolling stock deal marks another slice of the sector taken from the traditional rolling stock operating companies (ROSCOs Angel Trains, Porterbrook, and Eversholt) by challenger lessors

Waste PPP projects – trials and tribunals

Angus Leslie Melville 08 Dec 2017 Social & Defence Europe

The waste sector has ever been a tricky one for PPP and the latest English project to be tangled up in legal battles serves as a cautionary tale for the global infrastructure sector. Essex County Council and the SPV contracted to deliver and operate the MBT plant – Tovi Eco Park – in Basildon have gone to war...