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Digital infra to fuel LatAm growth
Telecoms Latin AmericaPoorly developed digital infrastructure across Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) serves as a major impediment to economic development in the region, according to speakers at the IJLatAm 2021 conference hosted this week in New York
Kaban Green Power Hub, Australia
Renewables Asia PacificFrench renewable energy developer Neoen brought its Kaban Green Power Hub in Far North Queensland to financial close earlier this month in spite of a host of trial and tribulations
A little bit of SONIA in my life…
Transport EuropeAs the market trembles its way into the final quarter of the year, minds turn sluggishly to the next big challenge facing lenders as the deadline looms for the demise of Libor and its similarly-named cousins across the globe
Kinguélé Aval hydropower IPP, Gabon
Power Sub-Saharan AfricaIn the middle of this summer, French asset manager and infra investor Meridiam gained the distinction of bringing Gabon’s first grid-connected IPP to financial close
The ramifications of Congress' latest REN proposals
Renewables North AmericaThe US House of Representatives' Ways and Means Committee has approved a critical portion of the Democrats' proposed $3.5 trillion spending package, which includes federal tax credit extensions and a direct-pay option, but market participants have warned that some of the newer measures mixing social and energy policies could have "cataclysmic ramifications"
The real reason why the infrastructure deal is so important
Renewables North AmericaWe applaud Washington lawmakers for bipartisan support reached on investments in US infrastructure
Los Guzmancito, Dominican Republic
Renewables North AmericaAs the Dominican Republic opens up for private investments into renewable energy projects under President Luis Abinader, local developer Grupo Energético 23 managed this summer to wrangle debt financing for its first such asset in the country
Coaxing wild animals into cages
Social & Defence EuropeTalking to people around the market this week puts one in mind of idle moments trawling through Facebook, pausing to watch videos of kind-hearted individuals desperately trying to lure a flea-bitten dog into a cage so they can find that forever home. Curiously, right now it feels pretty much like that in work.
Case Study: Los Guzmancito, Dominican Republic
Renewables North AmericaAs the Dominican Republic starts opening up to private investments in renewable energy projects under President Luis Abinader, local developer Grupo Energético 23 (GE23) managed to wrangle debt financing for its first such asset in the country this summer.
TLBs creeping into the infra landscape
Social & Defence EuropeThere’s a cheeky little financing mechanism that’s starting to impact the European infrastructure space… a riskier debt instrument borrowed from the US that brings with it the far-from-subtle aroma of leveraged finance
Sudair Solar PV, Saudi Arabia
Renewables MENAACWA Power has once again delivered a low tariff for solar PV on the 1.5GW Sudair solar PV – only the second lowest in the world at the time of PPA signing
Cirata floating solar, Indonesia
Renewables Asia PacificIndonesia's first floating solar power project earlier this month achieved financial close – amid the market's long wait for state-owned utility company PLN to release its electricity supply business plan for the next decade. IJGlobal speaks with Cirata's sponsors including the Indonesian majority owner and Masdar
Cardones-Polpaico transmission refi, Chile
Power Latin AmericaIn a deal that took almost a year to close, Interchile, a subsidiary of Colombia's Interconexion Electrica, raised $1.2 billion of bonds to refinance a sprawling transmission portfolio interconnecting the entire northern half of Chile
Case Study: Cardones-Polpaico, Chile
Power Latin AmericaIn a deal that took almost a year to close, Interchile, a subsidiary of Colombia's Interconexion Electrica (ISA), raised about $1.2 billion of bonds to refinance a sprawling transmission portfolio interconnecting the entire northern half of Chile.
The saviour of Southern Water?
Water EuropeEarlier this month Macquarie made a return to ownership of one of the UK’s worst performing water companies – Southern Water. If it can turn it around, the rewards it will reap are not confined to the financial
Tilt Renewables takeover, Australia/NZ
Renewables Asia PacificWhile the calendar year is a long way from over and it is never wise to call a market leader in August, the takeover of Tilt Renewables has all the hallmarks of logging the accolade for being one of the largest M&A deal in the alternative energy sector for 2021