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Lifting the veil on Vietnam LNG
Oil & Gas Asia PacificInternational investors are increasingly turning their eyes towards the emerging LNG sector in Vietnam. However, with the government's vision to boost renewables and LNG, is Vietnam capable of achieving its ambitious goals? What should developers, financiers and advisers be looking out for?
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Electricaribe reprivatisation, Colombia
Power Latin AmericaAfter a government intervention, one unsuccessful auction, non-payment issues and sporadic service problems, Colombian utility Electricaribe was successfully reprivatized as two separate companies on 1 October, raising the prospect of similar processes in the near future
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Trousers / lunch / awards
Renewables EuropeGroundhog Day was broken this week with a trip into town for lunch with four PF lenders – donning long trousers and shoes for the first time since early March – in the same week that we finalised judging for IJInvestor Awards 2020
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The molecule of the moment – green hydrogen
Renewables North AmericaThe potential for green hydrogen – which can be made by electrolyzing water using electricity from renewable resources – has come to the fore in recent weeks as a range of companies in the transportation and power sectors announce initiatives to either produce the fuel, use it, or both
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Jorge Chávez International Airport, Peru
Transport Latin AmericaAmong 5 of the busiest airports in Latin America, the recent reopening of the Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima to international flights is raising questions about the asset’s long-delayed expansion plans
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Broadway Subway Project, Vancouver
Transport North AmericaThe C$2.83 billion Broadway Subway project in Vancouver, which will see a 5.7km extension of the Millennium Line from west of VCC-Clark Station to a new terminus at Arbutus Street reached financial close last month. However, the project has faced heavy criticism over the pricetag and the time it will take to complete the project
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A49 motorway PPP, Germany
Transport EuropeGermany's A49 motorway PPP – at €1.3bn capex, one of the largest infrastructure projects awarded in the country in recent years – was the second major project to reach financial close during the challenging posed Coronavirus pandemic
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The one thing that really ain’t 2020
Social & Defence EuropeHaving schlepped along the road into deepest East Sheen this week for my annual trip to the optician – the first yearly visitation since 2014, as they snarkily pointed out – and I can say with absolute confidence that the one thing that cannot be accused of being 2020… is my eyesight
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Floatovoltaics: A portmanteau with pizzazz
Renewables Asia PacificFrom the world’s first pilot system in Aichi, Japan, some 13 years ago to Marubeni's 181MW project in western Taiwan that closed in April 2020 with a NT$7.2 billion ($239 million) debt package, it is not surprising Asia dominates the market for floating solar, or floatovoltaics
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ProInversión Q&A – Peru resumes sanitation PPPs
Water Latin AmericaIJGlobal’s Americas Senior Reporter Juliana Ennes speaks to Karin Granda, special director of Peru’s procurement agency ProInversión, about the challenges and opportunities being faced today in the sanitation sector
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Andes Renovables, Chile
Renewables Latin AmericaFour years after winning power purchase agreements in the 2016 Chilean power auction, Irish developer Mainstream Renewable Power has closed the financing for the first and the second phase of its 1.3GW Andes Renovables portfolio, leaving just one project still to finance
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Cleaning up in LatAm & Caribbean sanitation
Water Latin AmericaThere’s a big opportunity cropping up across Latin America and the Caribbean as programmes of sanitation PPPs working their way through the system. Juliana Ennes delves into this murky world…
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American colleges tap into energy P3
Power North AmericaIt takes two to tango and more often than not – when it comes to public private partnerships in the US – the public side has two left feet, according to IJGlobal reporter Elliot Hayes…
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Wildstone builds a digital media empire
Telecoms EuropeWhile roadside billboards may seem a far cry from traditional infrastructure assets, UK-based Wildstone – and its investor Digital Colony – draw compelling parallels
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Top Trumps – wind turbines
Renewables Asia PacificR&D is leading the turbine manufacturer agenda, rolling out ever-larger units for a market that is not ready to deploy them. In such a fast-moving environment, it is only a matter of time before their efforts pay dividends, writes IJGlobal reporter Elliot Hayes...
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New Fundamentals – energy funds in 2020 and beyond
Renewables EuropeThe future is increasingly less restrictive for infrastructure funds investing in renewable energy, according to IJGlobal reporter Arran Brown…
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Winds of Change – technological constants
Renewables EuropeWith renewables taking centre stage for greenfield investment, technologies – old and new – are being evolved and innovated. Here IJGlobal reporter Sophie Mellor focuses on some of the most recent developments in the battle against climate change…
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US Renewables and Power – business as usual
Renewables North AmericaIJGlobal Americas Editor Ila Patel talks to ING’s Thomas Cantello and Ana Carolina Oliveira about the rocky road to stability for power and renewable energy in the US…
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The future of renewables in MENA
Renewables MENASix months following the World Health Organisation’s announcement of a pandemic, the MENA market has soldiered on with a number of huge projects hurdling the economic difficulties produced by the Covid-19 pandemic to reach financial close – including three more in just the first week of September 2020