• Da Mi Floating Solar, Vietnam

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Renewables Asia Pacific

    An independent credit assessment, a favourable credit rating, and a state-owned sponsor all contributed to allow Vietnam's first ever floating solar project to reach financial close this month

  • Lowland slowdown

    Daniela Todorova & Lyudmila Zlateva Transport Europe

    PPP activity has moved from the Netherlands to Belgium. While the former was famed for its procurement, its neighbour has found projects slow-going

  • A new template for Flemish schools

    Eliza Punshi Social & Defence Europe

    Belgium is hoping it has learnt the lessons of the past as it tries to push forward the procurement of new schools in Flanders

  • Safeguarding Europe’s infra profits

    Mathew Garver & William Cox Renewables Europe

    The Spanish renewable energy market serves as a prime example of the dangers of failing to factor in political and regulatory risks over the lifecycles of projects when procuring projects

  • Laydeez an’ gennelmen – place your bets

    Angus Leslie Melville Social & Defence Europe

    In a sector designed for stable and predictable cash flows, safe bets placed on sound business cases… why does it feel these days like the industry’s studying form at the paddock?

  • Change of focus for North American fund managers

    Aleksandar Arsov Oil & Gas North America

    With large equity fund managers making their foray into the debt space, IJInvestor data shows the strategy is slowly gaining ground in the region

  • Saint Nazaire Offshore Wind Farm, France

    Elliot Hayes Renewables Europe

    This month France’s first offshore wind farm reached financial close after a lengthy development phase getting the wind past construction permits and after a fast financing process the developers are now working to a 2022 commission deadline

  • Hedged solar opportunities in the Lone Star State

    Shravan Bhat & Taryana Odayar Renewables North America

    As project finance has become available for solar assets with financial hedges in Texas, sponsors that are bullish on the market have begun to explore innovative contract structures that preserve more potential upside for them − while still providing comfort to lenders and tax equity investors

  • Grass is greener

    Arran Brown Renewables Europe

    Brownfield funds enjoy the greatest prominence in the current climate of fundraising activity, but there are those making the case for greenfield investing, enlightening LPs to the potential upsides

  • Myanmar’s power sector: a T-line too far?

    David Doré Power Asia Pacific

    After a long period of silence, Myanmar gave a 200MW CCGT project an extension to the CPs deadline on its ageing PPA from 2016. Uncertainty on funding for a transmission line has been one of the hurdles, illustrative of the difficulties sponsors encounter in this frontier market. But Myanmar is ostensibly backing development of vital new generation, with LNG-to-power central to its strategy

  • Dan McCarthy – splitting the audience

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables North America

    One of the most controversial figures in the infra/energy community, Dan McCarthy has risen to become one of the world's leading head hunters in this sector and has more war stories than you can shake a stick at. Here we take a closer look at the man behind the myth...

  • Fund analysis: InfraVia

    Viola Caon Renewables Europe

    At the start of the week (16 September), France's InfraVia announced the sale of the final asset held in the eponymous fund

  • Simon Currie – energising the transition

    Jon Whiteaker Renewables Asia Pacific

    A globe-trotting career spanning three decades has not diminished Simon Currie's enthusiasm for getting deals done

  • West Bakr wind farm, Egypt

    James Hebert Renewables MENA

    Lekela Power made a successful return to the Gulf of Suez where it has achieved both a cheaper capex and lower tariff in reaching financial close on a 250MW wind farm

  • IJGlobal Friday the 13th Special

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    It’s Friday the 13th and – as the day behoves – we turn our focus to the darker side of the industry… the horrific, the ghastly and the downright wrong. Sourcing opinion from the market through a straw poll sent to a select crew of worthies, here follows a sense of where most people’s heads are at on a day when everything is supposed to go wrong

  • China Infrastructure 2019 – an IJGlobal first

    David Doré Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    IJGlobal was in Beijing at the end of August for client meetings and China Infrastructure 2019 – our first seminar in China with partners Roca Infrastructure Data and Analytics and the International Business Advisory Council

  • What we did in your summer holiday

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    It’s been a busy summer at IJGlobal with a good number of changes to report for those who have been sunning themselves like overfed seals on the golden beaches of wherever your bonus can afford to send you

  • Van Phong coal-fired, Vietnam

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Power Asia Pacific

    After more than 10 years, another major greenfield coal-fired power plant in Vietnam has reached financial close, amidst rising headwinds against new coal projects. This is despite the direct negotiation procurement model proving a demanding process for the project's sponsor Sumitomo Corporation

  • Interest high in Brazilian renewables

    Katerina Ilieva Renewables Latin America

    Solar and wind auctions in Brazil are still proving popular and more commercial lenders are participating in deals



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