Analysis Archive

  • Friday the 13th – Nightmare on London Streets

    Like all best horror stories, this one is set in the near future – in this case a mere six months hence – a half-year since the C Virus ravaged the market, slashing value from listed infra funds and...

  • Don Rodrigo solar, Spain

    This week German developer BayWa r.e. signed a 15-year PPA with Norwegian utility Statkraft for the 170MWp no-subsidy solar PV project in Spain, extending the tenors for PPAs in the market. Spanish...

  • US upstream intention

    Rebounding oil prices saw a surge in upstream oil & gas investments in the US last year, but that enthusiasm may be more muted in 2018

  • Turkey – sun, wind and political risk

    It’s tiresome as hell, repetitive to a fault and dull as ditch water. Aren’t you just sick of the daily force-feed news that X offshore wind farm is the biggest ever, zero bids will soon have...

  • Lebanon’s designs on PPP

    Lebanon has unveiled plans for a $22 billion Infrastructure Investment Programme (IIP) to be implemented over the coming 12 years, with $6 billion of that designated as PPPs. The programme opens up...

  • Power push in Bangladesh

    Bangladesh has the potential for significant economic growth but still suffers from huge unmet power demand. The country is trying to address this power deficit by investing in renewables and...

  • Australia: Sydney congestion

    Infrastructure Australia's priority list for 2018 is focusing on resolving congestion in Sydney, the country’s largest city

  • Çanakkale Bridge, Turkey

    Turkey’s north western regions have seen a flurry of transport projects of late, with bridges – specifically the third Bosporus bridge, which opened to traffic on 26 August 2016, and the recently...

  • Samurai loans – new master for Ronin lenders

    A wind of change is sweeping the Australian financing market with MUFG closing syndication on its second refi of a major piece of availability-based infrastructure today, leveraging the fearsome might...

  • Sparks of life in Brazilian transmission

    The Brazilian government sees investment in transmission assets as a key tool in boosting the country’s economy. After a number of years of limited interest in development auctions, improved returns...

  • Boston automated fare P3, US

    A new automated fare collection system for Boston, but Charlie is still stuck on the subway

  • Belt and Road: the next phase

    China is looking to shift the funding strategy for its Belt and Road initiative away from government loans and towards more diversified sources of financing

  • Infra debt funds: small but growing

    Even though the IJInvestor database shows that only 20% of total funds in raising mode are geared towards debt rather than equity deals, investor appetite for the asset class seems to be slowly...

  • China powering into Africa

    Last year saw a surge in investment in Africa power assets by Chinese institutions, demonstrating how the continent continues to be of major economic and strategic importance to the Asian superpower

  • EXCLUSIVE The Colombia 4G slow down

    Distrust in the government and corruption scandals have made most banks hit the brake

  • Spalding Energy Expansion Project, the UK

    InterGen’s Spalding Energy Expansion Project in Lincolnshire, the UK, reached financial close on 27 February – to a tune of £72 million in debt financing

  • Here come the Belgians…

    Belgium looks to be on the verge of launching a pipeline of projects – a development that may stay the hand of the European greenfield community which is currently tying a hangman’s noose, one eye...

  • Renewables tenders in Turkey

    It is not without its challenges, but the Turkish renewables market is providing ample opportunities for investment in greenfield projects

  • White-Line Fever – the European malady

    In a perfect world all infrastructure and energy projects are delivered without hitch, operate as expected and run the course of the contract within the parameters outlined in tomes of legal...