Analysis Archive
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Data Analysis: Europe set for record year in infrastructure M&A
Transport Europe2015 looks set to be a year that could surpass the 2007 peak of European infrastructure acquisitions over the last 10 years
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Hornsdale wind, Australia
Renewables Asia PacificThe A$284.8 million financing for the Hornsdale wind farm is notable for being the first project financing under the Australian Capital Territory’s wind auction, representing a rare bright spark of...
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Interconnecting power grids in Peru and Chile
Renewables Latin AmericaTransmission interconnection with Chile could help ease the growing imbalance between supply and demand in Peru's power sector
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Salalah II IPP, Oman
Power MENAAcwa Power and Mitsui’s financing for the 445MW Salalah II independent power producer (IPP) project is a further step in the privatisation of Oman's power market
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Renewables in Thailand post-adder
Renewables Asia PacificThailand’s cabinet has approved the country’s latest Power Development Plan. The new PDP aims to stimulate renewable investment, which has started to wane recently.
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Data Analysis: Canada's mounting transport PPP pipeline
Transport North AmericaThe first seven months of 2015 exceeded annual investment levels for Canadian transport PPPs between 2012 and 2014, according to IJGlobal data
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Thames Tideway Tunnel, UK
Water EuropeThe successful investors in the new £4.2 billion ($6.5 billion) Thames Tideway Tunnel sewer in London have achieved construction phase stable returns for investors and a cost of capital well below the...
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The privatisation of Vorotan hydro cascade, Armenia
Power EuropeA major energy acquisition closed in Armenia this month, despite the government’s proposed 17% hike to the country’s electricity tariffs
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New renewables to benefit most from Obama’s emissions plan
Renewables North AmericaBefore August 2015, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) had not broadly regulated carbon emissions from power plants. No longer
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Mongolian infrastructure market revived
Power Asia PacificMongolia has long since ceded its status to Myanmar as Asia’s most exciting emerging infrastructure market, although recent developments on two major deals suggest that it may finally be starting to...
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Shuaa Energy 1 solar PV, Dubai
Renewables MENAThe 200MW second stage of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority’s (DEWA) solar photovoltaic development at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park has caught the eye of global investors
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Data Analysis: Colombia's exponential toll road boom
Transport Latin AmericaColombia’s national infrastructure agency (ANI) has procured more than 4,500km of toll road projects to the private sector in the last 16 months, according to the IJGlobal database
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Puerto Rico’s debt default implications on infrastructure pipeline
Power North AmericaPuerto Rico won’t proceed with planned PPP projects until the US territory is able to restructure existing debt
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Data Analysis: European transport refinancings peak
Transport EuropeH1 2015 marks a conspicous growth in European transport refinancing compared with the last five years, as borrowers take advantage of a low debt pricing window
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ESA10: EU accounting trouble for Scotland’s NPD scheme
Transport EuropeScotland is expected to restructure existing and future infrastructure projects under its non-profit distributing (NPD) initiative, due to new EU regulation
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El Encino-La Laguna gas pipeline, Mexico
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaMexican pipeline operator Fermaca obtained competitive terms on a $610 million mini-perm loan backing the $820 million El Encino-La Laguna natural gas pipeline project in Mexico
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Obstacles to an Iranian infrastructure bonanza
Oil & Gas Asia PacificEnergy and infrastructure investors and advisers - particularly those focused on oil and gas projects - were understandably excited by the news of an agreed nuclear deal between Western governments...
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Data Analysis: US conventional power investment increases as renewables investment recedes
Renewables North AmericaConventional power investment in the US increased from 2012 to 2014, while renewables project investment has mostly fallen over that period
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Data Analysis: The European gas grid selloff
Oil & Gas EuropeEuropean utilities’ need to relieve stressed balance sheets has prompted sales of gas grids, and existing investors are increasing their shareholdings in the assets