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Spanish and Dutch most efficient for PPP procurement
Transport EuropeSpain and the Netherlands have been the fastest countries on average to bring projects from tender launch to financial close in the last five years, according to IJGlobal’s data
New debt and equity products for Uruguayan wind
Renewables Latin AmericaDebt - and equity - capital markets will play a bigger role in Uruguayan renewables
Data Analysis: Financing in Australia's cooler renewables climate
Renewables Asia PacificThe news this week that the Australian federal government has finally reached an agreement with the opposition Labor party over the renewable energy target (RET) should breathe some life into the country's dormant renewables market
Freeport LNG train three, Texas
Oil & Gas North AmericaExport liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the US have gradually added new complexities to the financing structures
The splintering of European utilities
Oil & Gas EuropeEuropean utilities are concluding that renewables and conventional power are no longer suited to coexist peacefully within a single utility
Data Analysis: UK PV refinancing volumes increasing
Renewables EuropeUK photovoltaic (PV) debt refinancing volumes have increased in almost every quarter since Q4 2013, and reached $126 million in the first quarter of this year. Refinancings in Q1 2015 increased $36 million over Q4 2014
The impacts of Acwa Power’s low tariff bids
Renewables MENASaudi Arabia-based developer Acwa Power has again bid lowest in an open tender for a power project in the Middle East and Africa
The Aggregator, UK
Social & Defence EuropeThe UK’s Private Finance 2 (PF2) procurement model has faced few tests. But the initial results are impressive – the March 2015 closings of three discrete batches of schools that, despite different concessionaires, rely on a single financing vehicle
Data Analysis: Nepal's tempting hydropower sector
Renewables Asia PacificNepal’s hydropower sector is about to shift from moribund to growing
The rise of the green bond
Asia PacificGreen bond issuers are no longer limited to development finance institutions
Portsmouth Bypass PPP, Ohio
Transport North AmericaBefore the $550 million Portsmouth Bypass PPP in Ohio closed in April 2015, only one US PPP had obtained a partial wrap from monoline Assured Guaranty in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse
Examining conventional procurement
North AmericaOntario’s debate over the true costs of PPP projects has one important lesson for the private infrastructure industry worldwide
Q1 2015 League Table Analysis: Australian PPP
Transport Asia PacificIJGlobal’s Q1 league tables for 2015 show Australia’s PPP sector as a consistently strong area of activity for sponsors in the Asia Pacific market
Data Analysis: Renewables push gas aside in Germany
Renewables EuropeGerman renewables investment appears to be ascending again. The country’s renewables sectors have, cumulatively, enjoyed three of their better quarters since the start of 2014
Javelin waste PPP’s prolonged development
Renewables EuropeThe initial plan for the Javelin waste-to-energy PPP, in Gloucestershire, England, is at least nine years old. But a string of setbacks – including the loss of government financing and lengthy appeals processes – has left the project closer to early development than operation
Q1 2015 League Table Analysis: European renewables vs conventional power
Renewables EuropeInvestment into European power projects could be returning to 2010/2011 levels, though activity is increasingly concentrated in the renewables sector