• Cegelog Military PPP, France

    Maya Chavvakula Social & Defence Europe

    Cegelog Military PPP reached financial close on Valentine's Day achieving a market first in France for a multi-billion-Euro project that managed to avoid market volatility brought on by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shortly after FC

  • Greencoat UKW, Hornsea I stake acquisition

    Katie Davies Renewables Europe

    Global Infrastructure Partners has, through multiple deals over the past year, fully divested its 50% stake in the 1.2GW UK-based Hornsea I Offshore Wind Farm

  • Austria's €2bn fibre investment

    Claudia Preece Telecoms Europe

    Austria has ambitious goals for its fibre roll-out across rural regions with Meridiam lined up to play a significant role in the financing of that programme having secured its position this summer as a joint venture partner to work alongside Magenta Telekom

  • Infra Dig – Atrato… doing infra the ESG way

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    When it comes to ESG in the infrastructure and energy space, most organisations waving the ESG flag would do well to scrutinise Atrato Group and take a leaf out of its book

  • The IJGlobal ESG Report 2022

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    We are delighted today to be publishing the second issue of the IJGlobal ESG Report, delving into environmental, social and governance issues as they impact the international infrastructure and energy community

  • NeuConnect Interconnector, UK / Germany

    Coralie Consigny Power Europe

    The first direct link between UK and Germany’s electricity grids – the NeuConnect interconnector – reached financial close in July 2022, in a deal supporting post-Brexit cooperation on energy policies

  • Infra Dig – Hy24’s hydrogen plan

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Big bets are being put on the future of hydrogen… but not many of them are quite as ambitious as Hy24’s masterplan to drive investments into delivering the energy source of the future

  • Unlocking clean energy with next-gen investment tech

    Benjamin Cohen Renewables Europe

    The amount of project finance capital going into renewables has steadily increased over the past five years. Specifically, renewables has grown to just below 30% of project finance transactions closed in 2021 and such deals accounted for 60% of total volume

  • Blue Phoenix Group acquisition, Netherlands

    Katie Davies Renewables Europe

    Deals in the niche energy-from-waste recycling sector are few and far between, rendering InfraVia Capital Partners’ acquisition of a 70% stake in Netherlands-based Blue Phoenix Group a transaction worthy of attention

  • VTG – the full story

    Claudia Preece Transport Europe

    Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Global Infrastructure Partners are set to jointly acquire a 72.5% stake in European transport business, VTG Aktiengesellschaft, from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners and Joachim Herz Stiftung for around €7 billion

  • Infra Dig – Quinbrook’s ESG tech bonanza

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    ESG and technology in infrastructure and energy are front-and-centre for this week’s Infra Dig podcast as the focus turns to Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners – winner of the tech trophy in last year’s inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards

  • Infra Dig – Nicholas Beatty, Zenobē Energy

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    In a flagrant display of self promotion, the Infra Dig podcast interviews the winner of one of last year’s IJGlobal ESG Awards… to ramp up publicity for this year’s event which is currently receiving submissions

  • Switching whip hands mid-thrash

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Europe

    It’s time to pull up a seat – popcorn at the ready – to enjoy an almighty dingdong between borrower and lender as battle lines are re-drawn in a swiftly shifting infrastructure finance environment

  • Hot Springs Eternal: Ancala’s Evolution of HS Orka

    Arran Brown; Katie Davies Renewables Europe

    While renewable investment in Europe has been on a stunning trajectory in recent years, not all opportunities within the space are equal. Geothermal assets such as HS Orka are a rarity in Europe and do not frequently come up for acquisition

  • Infra Dig – crowdfunding Spanish renewables

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    In a break from the norm, the IJGlobal podcast series Infra Dig turns the focus away from mainstream infrastructure and energy finance to shine a light on an interesting organisation in Spain

  • Rv555 road PPP, Norway

    Maya Chavvakula Transport Europe

    Rv555 Sotrasambandet, Norway’s largest transport project to date, reached financial close earlier this year after a brief delay and with a slightly amended PPP contract to account for Covid-19 and geopolitical uncertainty

  • Provence Grand Large floating wind, France  

    Coralie Consigny Renewables Europe

    Provence Grand Large floating wind pilot – which is led by a consortium of EDF Renewables and Enbridge Eolien France – quietly reached financial close at the end of last year, marking the first floating wind farm to have benefited from limited-recourse debt financing from commercial banks

  • Infra Dig – Nightmare on Edinburgh Tram

    Angus Leslie Melville Transport Europe

    Few projects have the capacity to reduce infrastructure veterans to tears of frustration to quite the extent that Edinburgh Tram can. It will challenge even the sturdiest of rail professionals to keep a bottom lip from wobbling

  • Infra Dig – Maxine Ghavi on BESS and microgrids

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Battery energy storage systems and microgrids have shot up the agenda as they made the comfortable transition from Core + to a distinctly Core infrastructure investment