• Abengoa crisis puts LatAm on alert

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Latin America

    Creditors and partners working alongside Abengoa, among them various Latin American state-held entities, are feeling the pressure following news that the Spanish renewables developer filed for insolvency protection last week

  • PPP in the GCC

    Jordan Bintcliffe Renewables MENA

    Several Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries are investigating ways of utilising more private finance to fund future infrastructure projects, as a reaction to depressed oil prices

  • The changing equity mix of offshore wind

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    The equity mix at pre-construction phase for project financed European offshore wind developments has changed vastly since the sector was born more than 15 years ago

  • Edra Global Energy acquisition, Malaysia

    Thomas Blott Power Asia Pacific

    1MDB’s sale of its power unit, Edra Global Energy, to a Chinese developer allows the fund some breathing space to pay off its debt, although ultimately throws up more questions than it answers

  • Turkey to change PPP rules

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    Turkey’s Ministry of Health (MoH) plans to reduce the termination guarantees for financiers of its next generation of hospital PPPs as part of a raft of proposed amendments to concession structures, IJGlobal can exclusively report

  • Canadian infrastructure turns to public bonds

    Sakshi Sharma Transport North America

    Canada has been able to tap different sources of funding as its infrastructure needs have developed in recent years. The emergence of large transport projects in the country's infrastructure pipeline has led to a rise in publically-listed bond financings, IJGlobal data reveals

  • Galloper offshore wind, UK

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    At the start of 2015, the £1.54 billion ($2.35 billion), 336MW Galloper offshore wind project had officially been shelved by principal sponsor RWE. Less than a year later, financing was complete

  • Initial impacts of Power Africa

    Jon Whiteaker Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa

    The US government's Power Africa initiative has had limited impact to date, but has significant ambitions over the next few years

  • The return of international lenders to MENA power?

    Jordan Bintcliffe & Jon Whiteaker Renewables MENA

    International lenders have provided less proportionally than local banks to Middle East and North African power and water deals during the last two years, IJGlobal data shows

  • Ijmuiden Sea Lock PPP, the Netherlands

    Alexandra Dockreay Transport Europe

    The approximately €500 million ($537 million) Ijmuiden Sea Lock is the first major project in the Dutch locks PPP programme to reach financial close. The deal has tested the competitive European infrastructure debt market’s appetite for high leverage and low pricing

  • Data Analysis: Brazil’s time to shine

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Renewables Latin America

    Despite market volatility, investors still appear convinced by the economics of wind and solar in Brazil

  • Russia: power plays

    Olivia Gagan Oil & Gas Europe

    This month's Russia Calling forum in Moscow, hosted by Russian state majority-owned bank VTB Capital, drew in international bankers, developers and media to discuss the state of Russia's infrastructure sector

  • Data Analysis: Limay and the Philippines’ power sector

    Thomas Blott Power Asia Pacific

    The Philippines’ power sector remains almost exclusively the preserve of local banks, although one deal working its way through syndication may change that

  • Investors drawn to Europe’s emergent towercos

    Alexandra Dockreay Telecoms Europe

    Independent telecoms tower operators across Europe are looking to grow market share. Infrastructure funds are increasingly buying into the strong, low risk returns these tower companies offer.

  • Dubai’s PPP law signals infrastructure intent

    Jordan Bintcliffe MENA

    Dubai passed its new public private partnership (PPP) law last month, signalling the emirate’s intent to use more private capital to develop future infrastructure projects

  • Mexico City new international airport (NAICM)

    Rosie Fitzmaurice Transport Latin America

    The $3 billion revolving credit facility closed by the Mexican Federal Government this week is a crucial step toward financing what is slated to be one of the world’s busiest airports

  • The competition for Indonesia’s Java 7

    Thomas Blott Power Asia Pacific

    PLN’s decision to tender out the 2x1000MW Java 7 independent power producer project without a government guarantee raised a few eyebrows, but this doesn’t seem to have deterred many bidders

  • Chop and change for UK energy policy

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    The UK government has made several amendments to energy market regulation in the five months since the country's last general election. The long-term impacts of the changes may be hard to gauge but investor confidence has certainly been dented.

  • Australia's newest infrastructure PM

    Thomas Blott Renewables Asia Pacific

    Malcolm Turnbull’s ascension to the premiership is music to the ears of urban transport enthusiasts, even if Canberra's influence is blunted in other sectors



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