Analysis Archive

  • League table high achievers

    With every new set of performance rankings, whatever or whoever is being measured, there are winners and there are losers. Those who exceed expectations, and those who have had a shocker

  • University of Hull student accommodation, UK

    UPP’s student accommodation deal for the University of Hull reached financial close earlier this summer. The deal is being financed via AllianzGI’s issue of a 40-year Baa3 rated £127.6 million...

  • Zero hour for European offshore wind

    Grid parity on German offshore wind has thrown a cat among the pigeons – possibly an albatross into the turbines – for the European renewable energy market and its ramifications look set to impact on...

  • Interview: FRV’s Javier Huergo

    Javier Huergo, treasurer and chief investment officer for Fotowatio Renewable Ventures' parent company Abdul Latif Jameel speaks to IJGlobal

  • Rise in US airport concessions

    The US airport sector is witnessing a substantial increase in the number of long-term concessions and terminal redevelopment-type PPP projects put out to market. The number of ongoing airport PPP...

  • Vietnam: solar PPA is “unbankable”

    The Vietnamese government has released a new draft solar power purchase agreement (PPA). But, while the feed-in-tariff (FIT) seems acceptable, key clauses in the new PPA will need to be reformed to...

  • Corruption takes its toll on 4G

    Ripples of the Lava Jato shockwave have not bypassed Colombia

  • As I was saying…

    After 10 years as an infrastructure journalist and three as a head hunter in the same space, Angus Leslie Melville has returned to IJGlobal and is resuming his Friday afternoon editorial slot…

  • Redexis Gas sale, Spain

    The formal auction process for the sale of Redexis Gas ran from 2016 into the first quarter of 2017, with owner Goldman Sachs Infrastructure Partners putting 100% of the company up for grabs.

  • Australian solar growth trajectory assured

    The number of solar deals to reach financial close in Australia has increased steadily from 2013 to 2017 and - while challenges lie ahead for the industry this coming year - there is a strong pipeline...

  • How much do politics affect UK energy?

    The UK finds itself at a political impasse this week, waiting for clarity on exactly who will lead the country in the coming months

  • North American funds: The bigger kids on the block

    A few weeks ago, US-based private equity manager Blackstone announced the launch of a $40 billion infrastructure fund, which is set to become the largest fund ever raised in this sector

  • MENA wind and solar

    While the value of active pipeline and procurement wind and solar energy deals in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has dropped in the nine months to May 2017, there are still a number of...

  • The uncertainty in US P3s

    The future of Maryland’s Purple Line light rail transit (LRT) PPP remains uncertain, following news that construction on key elements of the much-awaited project is suspended

  • Climate chaos

    What is the future for renewables investment after the US pulls out of the Paris Climate Accord?

  • Interview: MUFG’s Colin Chen

    The world’s leading project finance bank has also dominated the Asia Pacific project finance league tables for several years. Colin Chen, who runs MUFG’s structured finance in Asia Oceania excluding...

  • The revival of bond insurance

    With a number of deals concluded over recent months featuring wrapped bonds, and more expected in the future, bond insurance seems to be enjoying a resurgence, a decade after the industry was all but...

  • Data analysis: The looming US gas giant

    Latching onto the economics provided by cheap natural gas in the US, gas-fired power plants are coming to market in droves

  • Marubeni and Jinko’s Sweihan solar, United Arab Emirates

    The world’s largest solar project with 1,177MW of capacity reached financial close in May 2017. Sweihan offers the world’s lowest headline tariff for solar electricity and may mean Abu Dhabi can delay...