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  • North Island Hospitals, Canada

    Sakshi Sharma Social & Defence North America

    The financial close of the North Islands Hospitals project in Canada marks the first ever green bond issue for a Canadian social infrastructure PPP project

  • US LNG's new prospects for Asian offtakers

    Jinjoo Lee & Brian Eckhouse Oil & Gas

    The developers of natural gas liquefaction projects want to lessen their dependence on debt from export credit agencies. Will this free them to work with different offtakers?

  • Alto Sertão II, Brazil

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Renewables Latin America

    Renova Energia's R$1.044 billion ($468 million) debt-financing for the Alto Sertão II wind complex represents one of the largest Brazilian renewables financings to date

  • Pagbilao 3, Philippines

    Thomas Blott Power Asia Pacific

    The Ps44.09 billion ($1 billion) project financing for Pagbilao power plant phase 3 is the largest ever project financing in the Philippines funded exclusively by local lenders

  • Vietnam’s PPP law

    Jamie Bullen Transport Asia Pacific

    Vietnam has just delayed the introduction of its PPP law. The news is a setback as the country is in need of the extra investment a transparent PPP process would help attract

  • Tamar refinancing, Israel

    Tom Nelthorpe Oil & Gas MENA

    The successful – and attractively-priced – five-tranche $2 billion bond refinancing for Delek Group’s stake in the Tamar gas field should make bonds more attractive to other upstream producers

  • Italy ready for its first project bond

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    International banks are already marketing what would be Italy’s first project bond financing for the transport sector and with new legislation approved yesterday (19 June 2014) private placements will...

  • Metro Power, Pakistan

    Antony Collins Renewables Asia Pacific

    Pakistan’s Metro Power marks the IFC’s first investment into a wind project in Pakistan and demonstrates the influence multilateral financing can have in boosting the attractiveness of the renewables...

  • US carbon regulations: inevitable and far-reaching

    Brian Eckhouse Renewables North America

    A recent decree from the US Environmental Protection Agency to slash US carbon emissions further is not unexpected, but could it signal the end for coal-fired power in the US?

  • Sohar Refinery, Oman

    Jon Whiteaker Oil & Gas MENA

    The latest $2.8 billion financing raised by Oman Oil Refineries and Petroleum Industries Company (ORPIC) for its Sohar refinery is part of a wider strategy to boost Oman’s downstream industrial...

  • Aberdeen takes over SWIP

    Sarah Tame Europe

    Aberdeen Asset Management enters infrastructure with the acquisition of Scottish Widows Infrastructure Partners as investor objectives shift to predictable and stable cashflows

  • Waterloo LRT, Canada

    Sakshi Sharma Transport North America

    The C$621.2 million ($571.5 million) Waterloo light rail transit PPP in Canada is the latest transit deal to close using a mixture of short-term bank debt and long-term bond financing, after the C$2...

  • Market readies for Thames Tideway Tunnel’s IP structure

    Alexandra Dockreay Water Europe

    Bidding is underway for construction contracts, and now the much-awaited tender is imminent to finance London’s new Thames Tideway Tunnel

  • Gemini wind, the Netherlands

    Elizabeth Kemble Renewables Europe

    The Gemini offshore wind farm in the Netherlands is the largest offshore wind project financing ever, and featured export credit agencies, commercial banks and a Danish pension fund

  • Is Asia ready for project bond enhancement?

    Thomas Blott Asia Pacific

    Europe has honed a project bond credit enhancement. Asia is poised to follow

  • Roy Hill, Australia

    Thomas Blott Mining Asia Pacific

    The financing for the Roy Hill iron ore project in Australia is the largest deal to close so far this year, and was a rare non-recourse deal in a sector which has been dominated traditionally by...

  • Gas prices key to Energy Future restructuring

    Tom Nelthorpe Power North America

    Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company has launched a tender for its first and second lien debt, despite some opposition from junior lenders to the bankrupt power company's affiliates

  • N17/N18 Gort-Tuam, Ireland

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    The N17/N18 Gort-Tuam financing for Ireland marks the re-emergence of international confidence, after the impact of the sovereign debt crisis

  • Sarulla geothermal, Indonesia

    Thomas Blott Renewables Asia Pacific

    Sarulla is a breakthrough for renewables development in Indonesia, and shows that the country may at last be living up to its geothermal potential



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