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Investors point to gas in US energy transition strategies
Power North AmericaMega infrastructure fund managers and multi-billion institutional investors espoused the attractiveness of gas assets as part of energy transition strategies at REFF Wall Street 2024
I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge P3, Louisiana
Transport North AmericaThe $2.3 billion I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge P3 project finally reached financial close in August with a debt package of $1.33 billion in senior lien revenue bonds, following decades of vacillating
Acquisition of Consortium Solar, Greece
Renewables EuropeForesight Group entered the Greek renewables market in July through the acquisition of a 50% interest in a $300 million, 267MW solar project portfolio in the centre of the country – a pipeline that was characterised as a strategic investment by the Greek government in 2019
Sponsored Post: Taking on Climate Change in the IRA Era
Renewables North AmericaThe Inflation Reduction Act is transforming the clean energy landscape in the U.S. With its numerous incentives, the IRA is ushering in a new era of renewable energy development
Sunly’s HoldCo debt for hybrid solar, Baltics
Renewables EuropeEstonian renewable developer Sunly is progressing a 1.3GW hybrid portfolio in the Baltics and Poland for which it recently secured €300 million
Two Years of the IRA and Election 2024, US
Renewables North AmericaThe Inflation Reduction Act recently celebrated its second anniversary and the figures tracking the actual investment to date appear to indicate the legislation’s early success. Nearly half a trillion dollars has been invested in total, with investments from the federal government largely comprised of tax credits and from private investment
Friday the 13th – Drowning in Thames Water
Water EuropeSometimes Friday The 13th comes around and it’s hard to find something truly horrifying in the market to point a trembling finger at. Not this time. This time there’s a humdinger that’ll have you cowering behind the sofa
LS is more: Algonquin renewables acquired by LS Power’s latest fund
Algonquin Power & Utilities was one of the last to put its renewables platform up for sale and hunker down on its regulated utility business. After putting the platform on the block in May 2023 it took 15 months to find a buyer as the gold rush for renewables acquisitions – and record valuations – slowed
IJGlobal Podcast – DEI and Women in renewables, US
Renewables North AmericaWRISE is based in the US with a mission to create opportunities; ensure that women have access to people, resources and networks; and educate and influence leadership. Here IJGlobal editor Ila Patel talks to Doseke Akporiaye
The FPEL growth story, India
Renewables Asia PacificHyderabad-based Fourth Partner Energy Private Limited last month secured a $275 million equity investment from 3 development financial institutions
Europe… it’s electrifying / terrifying
Renewables EuropeDoes the electrification of Europe give you sleepless nights? Do you fret over the pipeline of deals and the ability to finance it? Do you twitch when people mention supply chain issues? Then let today’s Friday Editorial soothe your fevered brow… but there’s no Lily The Pink out there
Metro Bogotá Line 1, Colombia
Transport Latin AmericaThe Chinese APCA Transmimetro in April 2023 secured long-term financing for Line 1 of the Bogotá Metro – ending an over 70-year process of trying to get the project off the ground
Khalifa Uni student housing PPP, UAE
Social & Defence MENAThe Khalifa University student accommodation PPP, the first of its kind to be developed under Abu Dhabi’s PPP programme, closed on 14 August 2024
Summertime, and the feeling’s real… spicy
Renewables EuropeSitting in the less fashionable end of Richmond – too close to the Roehampton border for the good of one’s social standing – and thoughts turn to the change of seasons and an anticipated uptick in market activity
British International Investment
Renewables EuropeThe UK’s development finance institution marked its 75th anniversary last year by making over £1.3 billion in new investments and the investor is looking to carry forward this work under a new government
Impax New Energy Investors IV, UK
Renewables EuropeFollowing Impax’s €459 million close for its fourth renewables strategy, IJInvestor caught up with the firm for a tour around the European renewables market – with a brief stopover in the US