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Mirfa 2 IWP, United Arab Emirates
Water MENAEngie has reached financial close on yet another sustainable, utility-scale IWP in the United Arab Emirates – a well-funded deal that otherwise suggests a cooling off of record desalination prices in the MENA region
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Duke Renewables deal – an exception as mega M&A slows
Renewables North AmericaBrookfield Renewable’s acquisition of Duke Energy’s renewables business comes amid a slowdown of mega M&A deals for renewables platforms as financing costs continue to run up fast
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Puerto Bahía Refi, Colombia
Transport Latin AmericaColombian port operator Sociedad Portuaria Puerto Bahía signed a $120 million refinancing agreement with 2 international lenders for the Puerto Bahía facility in April – a deal spanning 5 jurisdictions and complicated by insolvency
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Cloghan and Taghart sale, Ireland
Renewables EuropeStatkraft in May fully divested the first 2 operational wind farms developed under Ireland’s first auction to support renewable projects – the Cloghan and Taghart farms – to Greencoat Renewables, completing a €123 million deal announced in December 2020
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Infra Dig – The Sonnedix Interview
Renewables North AmericaThe latest episode of IJGlobal’s podcast service – Infra Dig – focuses entirely on international renewables with discussion predominantly centred on solar PV, with a side portion of wind and energy storage
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Amber's PPP Portfolio Acquisition, New Zealand
Social & Defence Asia PacificAmber Infrastructure Group marked its entry into New Zealand with the recent portfolio acquisition of social infrastructure assets from HRL Morrison & Co for an equity value of $132 million. The deal showcases the attractiveness of Kiwi mid-market investment opportunities, including core plus and PPP infrastructure assets
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MTA Accessibility Upgrade P3, New York
Transport North AmericaNew York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority last month celebrated financial close on its first public-private partnership
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PPP Pipeline, Greece
Social & Defence EuropeGreece’s PPP programme was launched in April 2009 following the country’s financial crash as a pipeline of 61 projects implemented as a means of procuring much-needed infrastructure around the country
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Interest rates – banking on a better world
Transport EuropeA few discussions this week lead to revisiting a subject that was raised almost a year ago and then left to simmer as not a lot more needed to be said on the subject… and that is rising interest rates
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NEOM Green Hydrogen, Saudi Arabia
Renewables MENASaudi Arabia is driving forward with the world’s single most ambitious hydrogen project as it pushes the green agenda in its bid to create a regional economic powerhouse
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Moray West offshore wind farm, Scotland
Renewables EuropeThe Moray West wind farm off the coast of Scotland reached financial close earlier this year. The FC was slightly later than originally planned because, as a source put it, “there was no urgent need for access to additional capital”
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Infra Dig – On.Energy’s Alan Cooper
Renewables North AmericaIn a world where energy storage is playing an increasingly essential role to counteract renewable energy-related intermittency issues, attention is firmly focused on this sector… and that goes for the IJGlobal podcast as well
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Materials funds: investing in the transition
Renewables EuropeThe appearance this quarter of 2 funds dedicated to materials associated with the energy transition demonstrates a new phase of the maturation of the transition, but also an awareness of obstacles faced
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Infra Dig – floating Gazelle Wind Power
Renewables EuropeJon Salazar – founder and chief executive of Gazelle Wind Power – joins the Infra Dig podcast to run listeners through his fascinating company that is driving innovation in the floating offshore wind sector
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Renewables – windswept and interesting
Renewables EuropeLet’s start on the right foot with today’s editorial… we’re not calling the offshore wind market, suggesting the party’s over – far from it
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Palisade's unique twist to RE portfolio refinancing
Renewables Asia PacificPalisade's recent $869m portfolio refinancing facility is a telltale of a growing Australian trend of consolidating operational assets into a single platform. IJGlobal shares more insights from the sponsor, lender, and adviser on the deal's structure and the company's strategy
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Infra Dig – recruiting Dan McCarthy
Renewables North AmericaThere are key stages in everyone’s career, chief among them being when you change jobs. These landmarks, as often as not, involve a specialist head hunter… and in the infra/energy space, that’s likely going to be One Search
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Bogotá-Girardot toll road, Colombia
Transport Latin AmericaThe Bogotá-Girardot toll road PPP project reached FC in early May 2023, finalising a protracted process started in 2015 – when the concession was first announced
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The 3 Cs of PPPs
Power EuropeMost of those reading this piece will have come across me on a project finance deal