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NephroPlus seals dialysis units’ PPP, Uzbekistan
Social & Defence Asia PacificFrom renewables to education, Uzbekistan has successfully embraced the public-private partnership structure. In the healthcare segment, one such project - the 4 greenfield dialysis centers PPP by NephroPlus Health Services Central Asia – stands out
Politics & people: a hurdle for the offshore wind industry
RenewablesThe exhaustive push to deploy the 468MW Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts came to a halt in early January 2015. Power purchase agreements (PPAs) fell through; banks fell away (PFR, 1/7/15). The $1.95 billion deal, the first offshore wind farm to be fully permitted by the BOEM, died after 14 years.
FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, Brazil
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaNetherlands-based oil and gas developer SBM Offshore, together with its partners, recently closed financing for the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão – a deal valued at $2.313 billion, the second largest project finance deal of the year in Latin America
They said it’d pick up in September…
Renewables EuropeIt’s always annoying to have sources wisely intone that the summer lull will end once we’re out of August. Of course it bloody will. But blimey, there’s picking up – and there’s PICKING UP. Sweltering September in London and the market’s gone utterly bonkers
IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Europe
Renewables EuropeThe first half of this year was something of a mixed bag of results for Europe with the greenfield project finance of infrastructure and energy making a recovery, while refinancing activity was constrained and M&A decidedly down
IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – APAC
Oil & Gas Asia PacificDeal count in the broader “infrastructure finance” category has steadily increased across the Asia Pacific region in recent years, supported by broadly consistent levels of project finance deal closes and variable performance in the “other infra finance” category – the ones that are not PF
Infra Dig – SeaTwirl with Johan Sandberg
Renewables EuropeThe focus of this latest Infra Dig podcast turns once again to technology in the offshore wind sector as listeners are treated to a deep dive into SeaTwirl, its history and the ambitions for a new method of harnessing energy in waters your average offshore wind turbine just cannot reach
IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – North America
Oil & Gas North AmericaAll told, North America had a reasonably strong showing for the first half of 2023 with a total of $301 billion deployed, down on the corresponding half in 2022 which logged $314 billion, but a considerable step up on H1 2019’s $178 billion
Solar tariff ruling in the US could slow growth in sector
Renewables North AmericaThe Department of Commerce made a final decision in its long-running investigation into whether Southeast Asian solar manufacturers are using parts made in China that should be subject to a tariff, potentially harming solar projects that rely on these overseas imports.
Infra Dig – CCS with Dan Carter, Wood
Power EuropeThe latest IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – focuses on carbon capture and storage and the role it is anticipated increasingly to play in the great international energy transition race. Fresh off the back of publishing an energy transition report, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to talk with Dan Carter, president of decarbonisation at Wood
CDPQ – decarbonising the real economy
Renewables EuropeWith C$402 billion in assets under management, CDPQ is one of the world’s leading investment groups. It is also a global leader in sustainability, spearheading efforts to decarbonise the real economy and limit the impacts of climate change by investing in sustainable projects across its various asset classes
IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Latin America
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaIJGlobal data record a fairly consistent first half of 2023 for Latin American financing of infrastructure having – in recent years – maintained steady progress, but having suffered a particularly sharp slump in H1 2021 as the Covid pandemic impacted progress
The future of PPPs – Ireland
Social & Defence EuropeIreland’s implementation of the PPP model dates back to the late 1990s and today the country continues to use the model in many of its large-scale infrastructure projects
Repowering wind farms, Germany
Renewables EuropeRenewables investor Qualitas Energy, through its German subsidiary, closed in May the acquisition of 3 German wind farms from an unknown seller with plans to repower the assets, taking a further step to invest half of its Q-Energy Fund V in the German wind market
IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Middle East and Africa
Oil & Gas MENAIJGlobal data record a fairly humble first half of 2023 for activity in the infrastructure finance space for the Middle East and Africa with a reasonable amount of project finance, decidedly constrained refinance activity and a tanked M&A sector
Feijão Wind Farm, Brazil
Renewables Latin AmericaNorsk Hydro’s Hydro Rein and Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group reached financial close on their 456MW Feijão Wind Farm – part of a 586MW combined wind and solar project in north eastern Brazil. The deal marks the first time a project of this size secures full USD financing in Brazil without the involvement of an IFI