• IJInvestor Awards 2020 – The Winners

    It is with great pleasure that we reveal the winners of the IJInvestor Awards 2020, celebrating global achievements in infrastructure and energy M&A and fund activity

  • Java 9 & 10 coal-fired, Indonesia

    Controversy has long swirled around Java 9 & 10 – Indonesia’s coal-fired power plant complex in Banten. The $3.4 billion project in November 2020 achieved financial close, while facing vociferous international and local opposition. The project also paves the way for a fresh equity structure in major power projects in Indonesia

  • Sendai-Gamo biomass, Japan

    Aligned with the Sendai City Earthquake Disaster Reconstruction Plan, the roughly $527 million Sendai-Gamo biomass power plant project arose from the detritus of the Great East Japan earthquake and tsunami off the Pacific coast of Tohoku on 11 March 2011 that racked more than 21,000 causalities, including nearly 16,000 deaths

  • Sorgenia Acquisition, Italy

    To get an M&A process completed in 2020 is a daunting task. To sell off 3GW of CCGT capacity in Western Europe during a green energy revolution is even more intimidating

  • Columboola Solar PV, Australia

    The Columboola solar park in Queensland reached financial close in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and stands testament to the resilience of the renewables market in Australia

  • Cellnex steals the march on tower auctions

    Cellnex has a habit of closing chunky deals, while shying away from M&A shootouts. Instead, it prefers to conduct business on a bilateral basis

  • The limp grip of an expiring raccoon

    The days of the handshake and numerous other social fripperies seem – thanks to the coronavirus pandemic – to be nearing an end… and it can’t come soon enough

  • IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Redefining Infrastructure

    IJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global infra/energy M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Redefining Infrastructure category in our annual awards

  • IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Market Innovations Shortlist

    IJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global infra/energy M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Market Innovations category in our annual awards

  • IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Restructuring Shortlist

    IJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global infra/energy M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Restructuring categories in our annual awards

  • IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Refinancing Shortlist

    IJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global infra/energy M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Refinancing categories in our annual awards

  • IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Acquisitions Shortlist

    IJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global infra/energy M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Acquisitions category in our annual awards

  • IJInvestor Awards 2020 – Company Shortlist

    IJInvestor – the IJGlobal sister title focused on infrastructure fund activity and global M&A – is delighted to announce the shortlist for the Company category in our annual awards

  • Electricaribe reprivatisation, Colombia

    After a government intervention, one unsuccessful auction, non-payment issues and sporadic service problems, Colombian utility Electricaribe was successfully reprivatized as two separate companies on 1 October, raising the prospect of similar processes in the near future

  • Trousers / lunch / awards

    Groundhog Day was broken this week with a trip into town for lunch with four PF lenders – donning long trousers and shoes for the first time since early March – in the same week that we finalised judging for IJInvestor Awards 2020

  • The one thing that really ain’t 2020

    Having schlepped along the road into deepest East Sheen this week for my annual trip to the optician – the first yearly visitation since 2014, as they snarkily pointed out – and I can say with absolute confidence that the one thing that cannot be accused of being 2020… is my eyesight

  • Wildstone builds a digital media empire

    While roadside billboards may seem a far cry from traditional infrastructure assets, UK-based Wildstone – and its investor Digital Colony – draw compelling parallels

  • US Renewables and Power – business as usual

    IJGlobal Americas Editor Ila Patel talks to ING’s Thomas Cantello and Ana Carolina Oliveira about the rocky road to stability for power and renewable energy in the US…

  • IJGlobal Magazine – Power & Renewables Report

    This story has been created to host the ING-sponsored IJGlobal Power & Renewables Report – a key component of the Autumn 2020 IJGlobal Magazine – that was published this week in digital format, due to the coronavirus pandemic