Analysis Archive
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Mind the MLFs – a warning for Australian renewables
Renewables Asia PacificWith surprisingly material reductions for Marginal Loss Factors emerging in the AEMO draft figures this month, the owners of Australian wind and solar assets may start to consider policy ideas such as...
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Peruvian broadband: Get connected
Telecoms Latin AmericaTelecoms projects are on the rise across Latin America, including Peru, where ProInversión in January awarded six broadband network PPP projects for a total investment of $358 million
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DEWA solar IV, United Arab Emirates
Renewables MENAA concentrated solar power project originally planned to be 200MW grew – in the space of just two-and-a-half years – into what will be the world’s largest solar thermal IPP, thanks to an ambitious...
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Renewables march towards merchant
Renewables EuropeGiven the slow growth of the corporate PPA market, some argue banks will have to start accepting merchant risk in order to finance the next generation of European renewables
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Funding US wells, not walls
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe first couple of months of 2019 saw substantial deals for the oil and gas industry in North America
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Institutional investors – doing it for themselves
Renewables EuropeThere’s a growing trend in the infrastructure community for institutional investors to “go it alone”, eschewing the services of fund managers as they deploy big tickets across the global market
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New South Wales’ Regional Rail PPP, Australia
Transport Asia PacificThe Momentum Trains consortium achieved financial close on 15 February for the Regional Rail PPP in New South Wales, with a group of international banks providing debt with a novel amortisation...
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Sunraysia solar, Australia
Renewables Asia PacificSome five months after financial close, project participants gathered for a ground-breaking ceremony this week at the 255MW Sunraysia solar farm near Balranald in New South Wales, Australia
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Wales & Borders rolling stock, UK
Transport EuropeArriva's 15-year Wales and Borders franchise came to in October last year
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Veja Mate Offshore Wind Farm, Germany
Renewables EuropeEarlier this month the first in a series of much anticipated German offshore wind acquisitions reached financial close. Sales of equity stakes in three other projects are expected to close this year...
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Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road P3, Canada
Transport North AmericaThe Tłı̨chǫ All-Season Road P3 project reached financial close in February. Despite being procured as a P3 with the typical DBFOM model, there are no banks involved, the private developers are...
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Infra fundraising – oops we did it again
Oil & Gas EuropeIt’s unseemly to crow about one’s victories in the heavily-contested area of data gathering on fundraising by unlisted, global infrastructure funds… but sadly, it’s also irresistible. Over the course...
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You queue and wait - Kuwait PPP
Renewables MENAKuwait has once again restructured its PPP agency to kick-start stalled projects. Despite numerous delays and setbacks, its infrastructure ambitions remain extensive
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Ørsted's sale of 50% stake in Deepwater Wind
Renewables North AmericaEarlier this month Ørsted and Eversource agreed to collaborate on US Atlantic Coast offshore wind projects in a deal worth about $225 million for the second time
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AMLO's new Mexican infra reality
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaThe cancellation of major projects and a lack of clarity on government plans are making international investors nervous about Mexico though the country's infrastructure need is still significant
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Bulgaria's contentious energy mix
Renewables EuropeHuge uncertainty surrounds planned new nuclear power units and existing coal-fired plants in Bulgaria, which should create opportunities for other types of generation. However, renewable energy...
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Long Son petrochemicals plant, Vietnam
Oil & Gas Asia PacificThailand’s Siam Cement has been on a patient 10-year long mission to build a petrochemicals plant in Vietnam
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Investment in India gathers momentum
Oil & Gas Asia PacificIJInvestor data shows that international funds and institutional investors are already active in the market. There are 36 active funds focusing solely on India with a target of investing over $90...
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Nachtigal hydropower, Cameroon
Power Sub-Saharan AfricaWhat was originally planned as a captive power project for a Rio Tinto smelter will become the largest hydropower IPP in Africa once constructed