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Dabhol trouble: Dabhol II gas-fired power
Power Asia PacificWHAT WE SAID THEN: “Many Indian power projects have attracted attention in recent years – mostly for the wrong reasons. Not Dabhol II” (ed. Not our finest hour)
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Cheating death: Miami Access Tunnel
Transport North AmericaWHAT WE SAID THEN: “The most tangled PPP procurement process in the US, a market that has produced more tangled PPP procurements than most”
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A new model: Thames Tideway Tunnel
Water EuropeWHAT WE SAID THEN: “The new Thames Tideway Tunnel sewer in London has achieved construction phase stable returns for investors and a cost of capital well below the industry average at 2.497%, all under a bespoke regulatory regime”
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Pushing the boat out
Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan AfricaFloating LNG promises lower costs and flexibility to developers. But it also dredges up questions about the reliability of LNG delivery
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MAPs of the world
Power EuropeThe smart meter market in the UK, with responsibility for roll-outs lying with energy suppliers, is a competitive market of independent meter asset providers, often backed by infrastructure funds
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Desire straits: Taiwan offshore wind
Renewables Asia PacificIJGlobal held a roundtable in Taipei in May 2017 which explored the reasons why offshore wind projects in the Taiwan Strait have become so attractive to international companies
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Beyond subsidies
Renewables EuropeThe first subsidy free contracts awarded for renewables in Europe could herald a transformation of energy markets
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Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, UK
Renewables EuropeA consortium of Japanese investors turned heads in August when it won an auction to acquire 41% of the 860MW Triton Knoll offshore wind project with a bid understood to be 30-40% higher than that of second-placed Omers
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Brexit – opening a can of worms
Transport EuropeBrexit. Travel anywhere around Europe as a British person and it’s all they want to talk about. What’s going to happen? How do you think it will impact you? Did you vote for it? What’s the future for infrastructure finance?
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Europe rides the high offshore winds
Renewables EuropeThe European offshore wind sector continues to grow apace. A couple of major projects have reached financial close over the summer, others are reaching commercial operation, and new capacity auctions are now on the horizon
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How to tie a noose…
Telecoms EuropeYou know it’s grim on the street when you idly google “how to tie a noose” while on the phone to an old chum (surprisingly easy, it turns out) as he drones on that – even though there’s actually quite a lot going on out there, it’s just a bit… you know… dull
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Japan solar: sunset on greenfield
Renewables Asia PacificGenerous feed-in-tariffs drove the growth of Japan’s solar market. But with the government cooling on solar, industry players expect new greenfield developments to dry up
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Santa Vitoria do Palmar financing, Brazil
Renewables Latin AmericaIDB Invest recently closed a total credit guarantee to help finance Atlantic Renewable Energy's 207MW Santa Vitoria do Palmar wind complex in Rio Grande do Sul, in a peculiar transaction that saw the private sector arm of the IDB Group provide a guarantee greater than the total value of the infrastructure debentures issued to fund the project
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M25 road refinancing, UK
Transport EuropeLondon’s orbital M25 motorway refinancing was the largest infrastructure refi seen in the UK since the Intercity Express deal of 2015
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Panama weighs up the alternatives
Latin AmericaEarly last week the governments of the US and Panama signed a memorandum of understanding to promote energy and infrastructure investments in the Central American country. A particular focus of the agreement is an attempt to catalyse private sector investments into upstream energy production, power generation, transmission and distribution, and energy use projects
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Los Angeles Automated People Mover, US
Transport North AmericaAs a mass-transit solution, California’s $2.5 billion Los Angeles Automated People Mover breaks new ground for financing in the US, delivering a 2.25 mile elevated electric train system, connecting parking facilities to the international airport
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Mexico readies for power auction amid uncertainty
Renewables Latin AmericaMexico's fourth round of power auctions will happen before the new government takes power, but AMLO's administration has already started to release policy changes
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Belgian offshore wind: betting on zero
Renewables EuropeLate last month (July 2018), following approval from the European commission, planned Belgian offshore wind farm Seastar and Mermaid merged. This union was prompted by Eneco joining Otary and Electrabel in the consortia for each project. The combined Seamade wind farm will have a total generating capacity of 487MW
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Bangladeshi infra: cosmic ambitions
Asia PacificBangladesh is making headway on some of its Vision 2121 targets, but the country has been slow to bridge its yawning infrastructure investment gap