• IJGlobal Awards 2019 – The ACWA Power Interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables MENA

    Having played a dominant role across the GCC region, ACWA Power was justly rewarded for its level of activity across the 2019 calendar year by scooping 3 key IJGlobal Awards for the region

  • IJGlobal Awards 2019 – The Societe Generale Interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Asia Pacific

    Societe Generale enjoyed great success in the 2019 calendar year, landing it the coveted role of Global MLA of the Year for infrastructure, energy and mining deals closed – voted on by independent judging teams in London, New York, Singapore and Dubai

  • IJGlobal Awards 2019 – The Arup Interview

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Arup has been voted the IJGlobal Technical Adviser of the Year for Europe and Africa as well as winning for North and South America, recognising the role it played on transactions that closed in the 2019 calendar year – and repeating its success from 2018

  • Technology – passing the market test

    Sophie Mellor Renewables Europe

    Taking a look around the world of technology, most chat focuses on hydrogen, floating offshore wind, energy storage and carbon capture, but it’s a capricious market led by the brave

  • Execution Mode – tax equity scopes out carbon capture

    Taryana Odayar Renewables

    The carbon capture and storage industry has received detailed guidance on its section 45Q tax credits from the US Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service, after a 2-year wait. But with more clarity than ever on how the credits will work, traditional tax equity investors remain coy about whether they plan to leap into this potentially lucrative sector

  • Due diligence on the Road to Damascus

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Having spent the past couple of weeks wading through content for the next IJGlobal magazine – out in digital format, 13 July (God willing) – it has provided a rather nice Road to Damascus experience for this grizzled infra hack

  • Ichthys LNG refinancing, Australia

    Alexandra Dockreay Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    Lead sponsors Inpex Corporation and Total in June 2020 refinanced all Ichthys LNG's project debt, which sized at $8.29 billion and is said to be the largest refinancing of a PF facility. Liquidity from commercial banks was surprisingly strong, given the timing amidst the Covid-19 pandemic and an oil price crash, with debt pricing significantly reduced

  • Mexico struggles for airport solution

    Juliana Ennes Transport Latin America

    Almost 2 years after the cancellation of the iconic project to build a new airport in Mexico City, the AMLO administration continues to battle over a final plan to guarantee the country will have adequate airport capacity

  • Golden Eagle Solar and Wind Portfolio, Mexico

    Carmen Arroyo Renewables Latin America

    In November 2019, after years of work, Engie and Tokyo Gas reached financial close on the largest renewable portfolio in Mexico with post-reform government power purchase agreements. Seven months later, the assets are endangered by a raft of government policies, supposedly implemented in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, but widely viewed as politically-motivated

  • IJGlobal Webinar: Middle Americas Renewables Discussion

    Juliana Ennes Renewables Latin America

    IJGlobal – in partnership with LAC-CORE – this week hosted a webinar about renewable energy across Middle Latin America, focusing on Colombia, Mexico, and the Caribbean

  • Espoo Schools PPP, Finland

    Maya Chavvakula Social & Defence Europe

    The Espoo Schools PPP project has broken new territory for Finland, concluding the procurement on the nation's first social infrastructure transaction with an innovative financing structure involving a re-draft of its tax legislation and – potentially – serving as a pathfinder for pipeline of similar deals

  • MTP Finco, Ontario

    Shravan Bhat Renewables North America

    Evolugen tested the limits of Canadian investors' appetite for delayed-draw private placements in November 2019, when it issued a dual-tranche project bond to refinance a 488MW hydro portfolio in Ontario

  • Solar securitizers dance around disruption

    Taryana Odayar Renewables North America

    When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the US, the securitization market slammed shut, prompting Vivint Solar to pivot away from a deal that was "on the cusp of closing" to alternative sources of liquidity. But as Vivint put the finishing touches to its Plan B, a window opened up for ABS issuance and other solar securitizers started piling in

  • IJGlobal Webinar – Digital Infrastructure

    Angus Leslie Melville Telecoms North America

    This week’s IJGlobal webinar – The Critical Infrastructure Resilience Discussion – attracted an impressive international audience with the 2 key speakers delving into the a sector that will become increasingly core to subscribers of this service

  • Fécamp Offshore Wind Farm, France

    Sophie Mellor Renewables Europe

    Since financial close on Saint-Nazaire – the first offshore wind farm to make it over the line in France, which struggled to kick-start its programme for years due to legal challenges – the process to start construction and finance projects off the French coast has sped up considerably

  • Gazipur II power plant, Bangladesh

    David Doré Power Asia Pacific

    Gazipur II – a 300MW heavy fuel oil (HFO) power plant in Kodda – reached financial close amid a growing debate about the future of Bangladesh's power sector. It is the country's first IPP financed only by commercial lenders

  • District Energy Networks/Vicinity Energy, US

    Shravan Bhat Power North America

    Antin Infrastructure Partners made good on its commitment to grow its US presence at the end of last year with the $1.25 billion acquisition of Veolia’s District Energy Networks business. The French firm funded the purchase with a $770 million debt package that combined elements of corporate and project financing

  • IJGlobal Webinar: Latin American Renewables Discussion

    Juliana Ennes Renewables Latin America

    IJGlobal – in partnership with LAC-CORE – this week hosted a webinar focused on renewable energy across Latin America

  • Highway 104 Twinning Project, Nova Scotia

    Elliot Hayes Transport North America

    The consortium behind Canada's Highway 104 P3 carried the project to financial close in the midst of the Covid-19 crisis... however, not without a provision in the project agreement allowing for the pandemic



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