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  • 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

  • US PPPs: Bridging the policy gaps

    Sakshi Sharma Transport North America

    While Kentucky’s PPP enabling legislation might still be a few miles from execution, overall an increasing number of US states have recognized and accepted the model in recent years. But can there be...

  • Abengoa Transmisión Sur refinancing, Peru

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Power Latin America

    The Abengoa Transmisión Sur (ATS) refinancing of its Peruvian transmission lines through the international capital markets successfully tested a model that the industry hopes will become the new...

  • Where next for South Africa's power market?

    Jon Whiteaker Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    While the Department of Energy (DoE) ploughs ahead with plans for new baseload power plants, the South African government still has many questions to answer regarding its pathfinder renewables...

  • In the shadow of Colombia's 4G

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Transport Latin America

    Investors are keenly monitoring the development of Bogotá’s proposed first metro line. But Colombia’s fledgling 4G roads programme overshadows progress everywhere else

  • Mersey Gateway Bridge PPP, UK

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    The UK government's Infrastructure Guarantee Programme found its first major breakthrough for vital infrastructure on the £600 million ($998 million) Mersey Gateway Bridge PPP, which is a project of...

  • Power struggles: Europe and Russia’s rising tensions

    Olivia Gagan Oil & Gas Europe

    The crisis in Ukraine has dominated headlines in recent weeks, and the European energy sector in particular is growing increasingly vulnerable to the rising political tensions

  • Lake Turkana wind, Kenya

    Jon Whiteaker Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    The Lake Turkana wind project in Kenya is a perfect example of how difficult it can be to utilise plentiful renewable energy resource in countries with limited national infrastructure

  • A11 motorway PPP, Belgium

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    The A11 motorway PPP in Belgium is the third project to close with the European Investment Bank’s project bond credit enhancement (PBCE) product, which is in its pilot stage



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