Analysis Archive
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Aware Super's London expansion
Renewables Asia PacificAware Super late last November marked its expansion into London with a A$10 billion commitment to the UK investment office. Here IJGlobal looks into its plans for the future
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Bluefield Revive, Italy
Renewables EuropeBluefield's Revive strategy looks away from the allure of new-build renewables megaprojects and instead addresses a question crucial to the energy transition – how to revitalise aging and fragmented...
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Broken (investor) relations…
Renewables EuropeReaching out to the market this week, you’re left with a curious sense that it’s divided into 2 schools of thought when it comes to fund managers drumming up cash. Today’s editorial is prompted by an...
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DWS's Stagecoach acquisition, UK
Transport EuropeEmbracing what has been deemed “the golden age of electric busses”, DWS acquired Stagecoach in 2022, usurping a bid from National Express
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Menengai geothermal II, Kenya
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaKenya 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...
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Toll Road Monetisation P3, Puerto Rico
Transport North AmericaIn 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
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GIP – oh to be in the Nifty Fifty…
Renewables EuropeWord 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”
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Barcarena CCGT power plant, Brazil
Power Latin AmericaNew 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
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Flogging a dead horse
Renewables EuropeOnce 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...
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Seoul’s Dongbu Underground Expressway PPP
Transport Asia PacificThe 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...
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BlackRock / GIP – there will be blood
Renewables North AmericaNow 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...
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SotySolar controlling stake acquisition, Spain
Renewables EuropeLuxembourg 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...
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Puerto Bolívar expansion, Ecuador
Transport Latin AmericaTurkish 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...
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APAC offshore wind sector outlook – 2024
Renewables Asia PacificOver the past few years Asia Pacific region has caught up with Europe to develop an attractive offshore wind sector
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Sosteneo’s Koorangie battery, Oz
Renewables Asia PacificItalian 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...
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Fair COP, Good COP, Bad COP
Renewables MENAIt 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...
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IJGlobal Regional Report – MEA, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas MENAThe 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...
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Infra Dig – Álvaro Ortega on offshore wind
Renewables North AmericaInfra 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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IJGlobal Regional Report – Asia Pacific, Q3 2023
Oil & Gas Asia PacificAsia Pacific bucked the broader trend of poor performance across infrastructure and energy financing activity in the third quarter of this year, achieving similar levels to recent times led by O&G and...