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  • Jumping the domestic content hurdle

    Tom Duffell

    Towards the end of 2023 SoftBank and Ares Management-backed SB Energy Global stole a march on renewable developers across the US when it secured $2.4 billion in financing for solar projects that...

  • DWS's Stagecoach acquisition, UK

    Tess Lindsay Transport Europe

    Embracing what has been deemed “the golden age of electric busses”, DWS acquired Stagecoach in 2022, usurping a bid from National Express

  • Menengai geothermal II, Kenya

    Nathan Alleyne Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    Kenya is emerging as a key player in the energy markets, particularly geothermal with opportunities driven by low levels of energy access, a need for transition from fossil-based generation to clean...

  • Grand Est rolling stock deal, France

    Nathan Alleyne Transport Europe

    As part of the liberalisation of rail services – kickstarted by the French law rail pact ratified in June 2018 – Grand Est region moved to acquire close to 200 regional express trains in its territory...

  • Toll Road Monetisation P3, Puerto Rico

    Rachel Adatto Transport North America

    In December 2023 Puerto Rico’s $5.2 billion Project Yunque toll road monetisation P3 project reached financial close, the largest highway privatisation process ever carried out in the Commonwealth

  • GIP – oh to be in the Nifty Fifty…

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Word reaches IJGlobal that of the 400-strong GIP team in the reverse takeover of BlackRock, a group of 50 big hitters has emerged as the real winner, earning themselves a nickname – the “Nifty Fifty”

  • Barcarena CCGT power plant, Brazil

    Adrian Ganic Power Latin America

    New Fortress Energy in November 2023 closed a $575 million financing for its 630MW CCGT Barcarena power plant – part of an LNG-to-power complex in Brazil’s Pará state acquired by the firm in 2021

  • Going nuclear: Mega plants and SMRs race for funding

    Tatiana Caress Louder Power

    Large nuclear plants may overtake previously trending small modular reactors (SMRs) in the market as both private and federal funds are zeroing in on the sector to meet ever-growing grid demand.

  • Flogging a dead horse

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Once you’ve started flogging a dead horse, when do you stop? There’s no obvious time to hang up the whip. And that’s very much the case with the consolidation of infra funds… as well as the desire to...

  • Seoul’s Dongbu Underground Expressway PPP

    Akshaj Garg Transport Asia Pacific

    The 10.1km Dongbu Underground Expressway is a toll road public-private partnership project in the offing for nearly a decade. To be built in South Korean capital Seoul and targeted to be commissioned...

  • Chile’s restructurings: good assets, bad PPAs

    Alix Publie Renewables Latin America

    The renewable energy sector in Chile continued to feel market disruptions in 2023 forcing many financial reorganizations and restructurings throughout the year.

  • BlackRock / GIP – there will be blood

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables North America

    Now that you’ve picked your jaw off the floor at news BlackRock is buying Global Infrastructure Partners, what better way to launch the IJGlobal Friday Editorial for 2024 than with a knee-jerk...

  • SotySolar controlling stake acquisition, Spain

    Yancy Villarroel Renewables Europe

    Luxembourg infrastructure investor Marguerite closed on 12 December 2023 the acquisition of a controlling stake in SotySolar, a Spanish company in the distributed renewable energy market in the...

  • Puerto Bolívar expansion, Ecuador

    Adrian Ganic Transport Latin America

    Turkish port operator Yilport Terminal Operations – subsidiary of the Yıldırım Group – in October secured a $150 million term loan from the US International Development Finance Corporation to finance...

  • APAC offshore wind sector outlook – 2024

    Manju Dalal, Civi Yap and Akshaj Garg Renewables Asia Pacific

    Over the past few years Asia Pacific region has caught up with Europe to develop an attractive offshore wind sector

  • Sosteneo’s Koorangie battery, Oz

    Civi Yap Renewables Asia Pacific

    Italian asset manager Sosteneo Infrastructure Partners has entered the Australian renewable market by acquiring a greenfield energy storage system in Victoria from Australian renewable developer Edify...

  • Fair COP, Good COP, Bad COP

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables MENA

    It warms the heart while penning a final editorial for 2023 to ponder glad tidings from COP28 as the trumpeting echoes into the distance from a multitude of announcements. All the while, one is left...

  • IJGlobal Regional Report – MEA, Q3 2023

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas MENA

    The year to the end of September 2023 marked a substantial downturn in activity across the Middle East and Africa, however, with some landmark achievements in the financing of greenfield...

  • Infra Dig – Álvaro Ortega on offshore wind

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables North America

    Infra Dig – the podcast service run by IJGlobal – once again steps across The Pond for a fireside chat with an expert on offshore wind who has made the switch from fixed foundation to floating.



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