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Hai Long Offshore Wind, Taiwan
Renewables Asia PacificNorthland Power-backed Hai Long Offshore Wind Project weathered numerous storms to achieve financial close. The largest offshore wind farm financing in Asia Pacific established many more firsts, but above all offered hope amid challenges faced by some marquee projects
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Pamplona-Cúcuta Highway Refi, Colombia
Transport Latin AmericaSpanish construction firm Sacyr – through its fully-owned SPV Unión Vial Río Pamplonita – reached financial close in late June on the refinance of its Pamplona-Cúcuta Highway in Colombia. The transaction is worth $642 million, including a $400 million social bond, the largest to date in Latin America for an infrastructure project
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Road ahead: Actis' new structure for Indian acquisition
Transport Asia PacificPrivate equity firm Actis took a new approach to its acquisition of a road portfolio of 6 operating assets in India. The loan backing the acquisition is structured in a way that it continues even after the assets are transferred to an infrastructure investment trust
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Infra Dig – Ian Brown talks UKIB
Renewables EuropeThis latest episode of Infra Dig – the IJGlobal podcast service – sees the focus return to the UKIB for an update on progress. Ian Brown, head of banking and investments, speaks openly...
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Zenobē Fundraising Round 2, UK
Renewables EuropeLondon-headquartered battery storage and EV company Zenobē completed its second round of funding in September 2023, seeing more than $1 billion raised
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Infra funds – rolling in… it
Power EuropeWhat a week it’s been in the world of European infrastructure funds. For some it’s been jolly japes all round… for others, it’s been a bit of a head scratcher
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The Maple TopCo / Calisen deal, UK
Renewables EuropeUK-headquartered investor, developer and manager Equitix sold Maple TopCo to Calisen in July, marking a merger of 2 of the UK's largest meter asset providers and the creation of a mega energy transition growth platform
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Edinburgh Tram – the £13m inquiry
Transport EuropeHaving been in New York last week, it’s interesting to catch up on UK news… only to learn that I missed the long-awaited publication of the £13 million Edinburgh Tram Inquiry
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HS2 – apologies for the cancelled service
Transport EuropeWell now, are we on the verge of a sensible decision being made on the UK’s “high-speed” rail shenanigans? One can’t help but hope that sense will finally prevail over HS2 – a project that should have never have seen the light of day
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Infra Dig – US renewables with Charles Donovan
Renewables North AmericaHot off the heels of hosting REFF Wall Street in New York, the IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – publishes its latest episode, this one focused on renewable energy in the US. Angus Leslie Melville talks to Charles Donovan an academic with serious energy credentials
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NephroPlus seals dialysis units’ PPP, Uzbekistan
Social & Defence Asia PacificFrom renewables to education, Uzbekistan has successfully embraced the public-private partnership structure. In the healthcare segment, one such project - the 4 greenfield dialysis centers PPP by NephroPlus Health Services Central Asia – stands out
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FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão, Brazil
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaNetherlands-based oil and gas developer SBM Offshore, together with its partners, recently closed financing for the FPSO Alexandre de Gusmão – a deal valued at $2.313 billion, the second largest project finance deal of the year in Latin America
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They said it’d pick up in September…
Renewables EuropeIt’s always annoying to have sources wisely intone that the summer lull will end once we’re out of August. Of course it bloody will. But blimey, there’s picking up – and there’s PICKING UP. Sweltering September in London and the market’s gone utterly bonkers
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IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – Europe
Renewables EuropeThe first half of this year was something of a mixed bag of results for Europe with the greenfield project finance of infrastructure and energy making a recovery, while refinancing activity was constrained and M&A decidedly down
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IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – APAC
Oil & Gas Asia PacificDeal count in the broader “infrastructure finance” category has steadily increased across the Asia Pacific region in recent years, supported by broadly consistent levels of project finance deal closes and variable performance in the “other infra finance” category – the ones that are not PF
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Infra Dig – SeaTwirl with Johan Sandberg
Renewables EuropeThe focus of this latest Infra Dig podcast turns once again to technology in the offshore wind sector as listeners are treated to a deep dive into SeaTwirl, its history and the ambitions for a new method of harnessing energy in waters your average offshore wind turbine just cannot reach
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IJGlobal Regional Report H1 2023 – North America
Oil & Gas North AmericaAll told, North America had a reasonably strong showing for the first half of 2023 with a total of $301 billion deployed, down on the corresponding half in 2022 which logged $314 billion, but a considerable step up on H1 2019’s $178 billion
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Infra Dig – CCS with Dan Carter, Wood
Power EuropeThe latest IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – focuses on carbon capture and storage and the role it is anticipated increasingly to play in the great international energy transition race. Fresh off the back of publishing an energy transition report, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to talk with Dan Carter, president of decarbonisation at Wood
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CDPQ – decarbonising the real economy
Renewables EuropeWith C$402 billion in assets under management, CDPQ is one of the world’s leading investment groups. It is also a global leader in sustainability, spearheading efforts to decarbonise the real economy and limit the impacts of climate change by investing in sustainable projects across its various asset classes