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IJInvestor Awards – open for entries

Angus Leslie Melville 13 Aug 2020 Renewables Asia Pacific

IJInvestor – the IJGlobal title tracking fund deployment and infrastructure/energy M&A activity – has now gone live with the portal for its 2020 awards celebrating achievements and individuals across a global playing field

Aviator Wind, Texas

Shravan Bhat 10 Aug 2020 Renewables North America

Ares Management Corp's 525MW Aviator wind farm in Texas had to navigate some Covid-related turbulence, but the private equity firm was ultimately able bring on board a pair of very different buyers to land the deal safely last month

The new BNDES, a one-stop-shop

Juliana Ennes 10 Aug 2020 Transport Latin America

Brazilian development bank BNDES has been trying to reposition itself over the last 12 months, the timeframe of its new administration. Traditionally seen as a major competitor by commercial national and international debt providers, the institution is making an effort to be more than just a lender. It aims to become a one-stop-shop for developing Brazil’s infrastructure

IJ Survey – Digital Infra to re-boot economies

Mathew Garver 05 Aug 2020 Telecoms Europe

Investors are poised to commit heavily to digital infrastructure, according to a new worldwide investor survey and study conducted by IJGlobal and M&E Global. The global survey reveals that 63% of respondents – all of whom are actively involved in the financing or delivery of digital infrastructure – believe that the Covid-19 pandemic will give digital infrastructure a significant push...

Al Kharsaah solar PV first phase, Qatar

James Hebert 31 Jul 2020 Renewables MENA

A consortium led by Marubeni and Total have closed on the first phase of its 800MW solar PV with a low tariff of $0.01449 per kilowatt hour that has helped to push the cost of renewable energy further down in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic

Griffith Energy, Arizona

Taryana Odayar 31 Jul 2020 Power North America

After outbidding several rivals in a competitive auction in February for the 570MW Griffith Energy gas-fired project in Arizona, ArcLight Capital Partners was ready to put acquisition financing in place. Then the pandemic happened...

IJ Unplugged – Digital Infrastructure

Angus Leslie Melville 31 Jul 2020 Telecoms Europe

IJGlobal yesterday hosted a webinar – the latest in our IJ Unplugged series of online interviews – with long-time partner M&E Global Inc to discuss the findings of a survey into investor appetite and preparedness for digital infrastructure

Cabo Leones I refinancing and expansion, Chile

Carmen Arroyo 24 Jul 2020 Renewables Latin America

EDF Renewables and Grupo Ibereólica overcame obstacles and delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic to reach financial close on the refinancing and expansion of a jointly-owned operational wind project in Chile in June – albeit not in the form the deal was initially expected to take

IJ Unplugged – Minister Prasad Panda

Angus Leslie Melville 23 Jul 2020 Transport North America

The Canadian province of Alberta is no stranger to the procurement of infrastructure through public-private partnership structures… but it’s been a fairly quiet P3 market for the last 5 years

JFK Terminal 1, US

Elliot Hayes 20 Jul 2020 Transport North America

Three years after Mayor Andrew Cuomo announced his plans to redevelop John F Kennedy Terminal 1, the consortium behind the transaction reached financial close in the midst of a global pandemic that hit the airline industry hard

Longroad to victory

Shravan Bhat 20 Jul 2020 Renewables North America

Longroad Energy proved the viability of 2 relatively new solar offtake structures – the California community choice aggregator-backed power purchase agreement and the Texas solar hedge – when it financed and sold the 160MW Little Bear and 300MW Prospero projects over the course of the past year