• Northvolt loan for Europe's first gigafactory, Sweden

    The push to phase out fossil fuels and transition to the electrification of transport and industry turns the focus on advancing battery storage tech. Swedish company Northvolt in early 2024 secured its first green loan, hugely boosting its significant capital raising to date amidst the challenge of finite critical raw materials

  • MásMóvil, Orange Spain merger

    For the last 2 years, 2 of Spain’s 4 mobile operators have sought out a merger to create a behemoth provider and remain leaders in the Spanish telecoms space

  • BNDES: funding a renewable future in Brazil

    Brazil is already the leader in the energy transition. The country’s power matrix stands out in its composition with close to 90% coming from renewable sources including hydroelectricity. Yet, growth opportunities remain vast in the renewable sector and beyond. According to the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Base Industries (ABDIB), Brazil is looking to bridge a $50 billion a year gap in infrastructure investments.

  • Africa Uncovered – Roland Janssens, Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

    This latest IJGlobal podcast revives the “uncovered” series of interviews that delve into bigger picture market intelligence for infrastructure and energy. This one turns the focus on Africa with Roland Janssens, managing director at the Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund

  • Renewables manufacturing: battle lines being drawn

    Patent infringement lawsuits are becoming commonplace in the renewable energy sector as manufacturers look to take advantage of the US’ lucrative tax credit regime.

  • Phoenix biogas portfolio stake acquisition, Denmark

    The acquisition of a minority stake in the Phoenix biogas portfolio in Denmark has a clear impact on the Nordics' green transition and sets the basis for a partnership with Renegas to boost the sector in the country, Silas Harbo, country manager & head of investments Denmark at Infranode, tells IJGlobal

  • Ruta al Sur Highway PPP, Colombia

    The project sponsors for the Santana-Mocoa-Neiva Highway PPP – also known as Ruta al Sur – reached financial close on a deal to finance Colombia’s longest 4G road in December 2023, more than 10 years after it was first launched

  • Velindre Cancer Centre PPP, Wales

    Wales’s beleaguered Velindre Cancer Centre project reached financial close at the end of March 2024 following a string of delays throughout the project’s lifetime

  • Infra Dig – Edward Wilkinson, GScan

    IJGlobal’s podcast service has always sought to lift the lid on advanced technology in service of the infrastructure and energy sector… and this one fulfils that requirement perfectly. Edward Wilkinson, strategic corporate development lead at GScan, talks about a technology that sees to the heart of things

  • Neoen renewables portfolio financing, Australia

    French renewables developer Neoen has recently secured a $724 million portfolio financing on its renewable energy assets in Australia

  • US government puts solar imports in its crosshairs

    Renewables developers are readying themselves for more supply chain disruption as additional tariffs on China-made panels are under consideration from the US government.

  • British Sustainable Infrastructure II, UK

    As local authorities across the UK increasingly declare climate and nature emergencies, Gresham House’s second British Sustainable Infrastructure strategy aims to invest in the technologies and services necessary to build a future economy resilient to these crises

  • Baltic Eagle Offshore Wind Farm, Germany

    The 476MW Baltic Eagle fixed-foundation offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea, off Germany’s Pomeranian coast, reached financial close in March, becoming the first large European OWF to firm up project financing in 2024 with the sector poised for a stark expansion by the end of the decade

  • Acquisition of Kenter, Netherlands

    Pension funds APG and the Ontario Municipal Employees’ Retirement System have collaborated for a long time, making the acquisition of Dutch metering business Kenter, which closed in January, a natural fit

  • Botswana's first utility scale solar, Mmadinare

    The Mmadinare cluster solar complex – Botswana’s first-utility scale solar project – being delivered by Norwegian renewable power producer Scatec will eventually have a capacity of 100MW and it reached financial close at the end of 2023

  • Offshore wind: the final step to financing

    The US offshore wind sector continues to gain momentum with the latest round of regulatory approvals as financiers begin to prep the paperwork to fund these mega projects.

  • Infra Dig – Hamish Lea-Wilson, Igneo IP

    The role of long-term investors in infrastructure and energy forms a central tenet of this latest episode of the IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – in a far-ranging interview that spans Europe. Hamish Lea-Wilson, a partner at Igneo Infrastructure Partners, speaks openly

  • SunZia Wind & Transmission: 18 years in the making

    The largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history closed just before the new year started. Pattern Energy inked $11 billion in financing for its 500+ mile transmission line connecting more than 3.5GW of stranded wind resources – SunZia

  • Athens International Airport IPO, Greece

    Athens International Airport successfully listed on the Greek stock exchange, ATHEX, this February, bringing an end to its slew of unsuccessful attempts

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