• Allianz – a tale of three cities

    Angus Leslie Melville Social & Defence North America

    As Dickens wrote in A Tale of Two Cities (3 for the purpose of this story): “It was the worst of times, it was the best of times.” And the same might be said of Allianz as the Germanic financial services group mulls flogging AllianzGI

  • Infra Dig – Highview Power, innovation in action

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Liquid air energy storage technology has been in the pipeline for years, but now it’s come of age as Highview Power leads the charge with a demonstrator plant in the UK… and plans for a lot more down the line. Richard Butland tells all

  • OnPath Energy’s solar / BESS financing, UK

    Antonia Kokalova-Gray Renewables Europe

    Brookfield-owned OnPath Energy in October reached financial close on a £120 million revolving credit facility to support its 5-year development pipeline to deliver 1.6GW of onshore wind and 600MW of solar PV with battery storage

  • Actis powers up with Terra Solar, Philippines

    Manju Dalal Renewables Asia Pacific

    Actis last month announced a $600 million investment in a mega solar project in the Philippines, marking its largest investment to date in a single APAC transaction

  • Infra Dig – powering the eVTOL revolution

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Infra Dig returns to one of its favourite subjects – technology in the infrastructure and energy space – focusing on advanced battery data and modelling. This latest episode features Yash Tripathy, head of product at battery software company About:Energy

  • Acquisition of Los Llanos, Spain

    Yancy Villarroel Renewables Europe

    The Los Llanos solar portfolio proved a shrewd acquisition for DWS as it was seen as strategic to provide secure and stable cash flows and expanded its presence in one of Spain's key regions

  • Nancy-Contrexéville Rail PPP, France

    Rachel Adatto Transport Europe

    Procurement for the Nancy-Contrexéville rail line – which reached financial close in June 2024 – marked a turning point in France’s rail procurement policy

  • Offshore wind: fraught to financing

    Natalie Boyer Renewables North America

    The offshore wind sector has taken two steps forward this month, with Ørsted and Equinor securing financing for two wind projects off the East Coast

  • CDPQ's infra interests

    Clara Jones Renewables North America

    Earlier this year the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec joined Ares Management and Schroders Capital to provide €750 million in financing to Vantage Data Centers

  • Batteries not included – a northerly volt face

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    A kick in the teeth was resoundingly delivered this week to the European electric vehicle supply chain with news that the Northvolt-owned Swedish battery maker was on skid row

  • CFM dives into water investment, Philippines

    Manju Dalal Renewables Asia Pacific

    Climate Fund Managers, a climate-centric blended finance investment manager, announced its inaugural investment in the Philippines last month. IJGlobal provides an in-depth look into this investment and its potential impact on the nation's water infrastructure

  • Conexión Norte Toll Road refi, Colombia

    Adrian Ganic Transport Latin America

    Autopistas de Nordeste – owner and operator of the Conexión Norte 4G Toll Road Project in Colombia secured a $605 million refinancing package in August. The deal included bank loans, LCs and a US private placement

  • KKR’s NetCo acquisition, Italy

    Lisa Botter Telecoms Europe

    KKR’s acquisition of NetCo was the culmination of years of tenacity with TIM, which involved a joint venture, a bid for the entire Italian telco and a unique financing technique

  • IJGlobal Podcast – Octopus talks LGPS and social infra

    Lisa Botter Social & Defence Europe

    The latest episode of the IJGlobal Podcast explores with Octopus Investments how local government pension schemes are investing in social infrastructure

  • Coming over all a bit Enron…

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    “Nobody ever questioned whether Enron would go down the pan 20 years ago.” So says one source this week when talking about a market juxtaposition that’s got a few lenders twitching about the aggregation of risk across the data centre and renewable energy sectors

  • Infra Dig – Viridi Energy and the RNG story

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables North America

    Energy transition once again features in the Infra Dig podcast with this latest episode focusing on renewable natural gas and the role being played by US-based Viridi Energy

  • US renewables: Supply chain the untapped investment

    Tatiana Louder Renewables North America

    The US renewables supply chain is the untapped climate change investment, and its lack of diversification poses a risk of tipping the scales the clean power sector permanently out of balance, according to speakers at the BNP Paribas 2024 Sustainable Future Forum

  • Stonepeak’s Asia Infrastructure Fund

    James Bremner Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Stonepeak is one of several infrastructure managers looking to secular trends in the Asia-Pacific for investment opportunities. IJInvestor spoke with Hajir Naghdy, head of Asia & Middle East at the firm, to understand how these trends connect to private investment

  • Infra Dig – the Helios Towers interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Telecoms MENA

    This latest episode of Infra Dig focuses on telecoms infrastructure across Africa and the Middle East as one of the biggest players in the sector – Helios Towers – talks frankly about its plans...



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