• The earth moved: Castor gas storage

    Jon Whiteaker Oil & Gas Europe

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “Construction and geological risk, particularly in the latter part when the cushion gas is being inserted, is difficult to quantify”

  • Pipe dreams: BTC pipeline

    Jon Whiteaker Oil & Gas Europe

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “In addition to breaking into a virgin market, the financing was closed successfully in less than three months in what could only be described as a turbulent political climate”

  • The mark of shame: Metronet

    Jon Whiteaker Transport Europe

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “In a world where failures always receive greater focus than successes, Metronet’s impact will be enduring while the success of Tube Lines will be a footnote”

  • Missed opportunity: Seattle monorail

    Jon Whiteaker Transport North America

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “It was an eminently finance-able project using modern technology, offering Seattleites a six-minute service on an elevated system that would provide a critical transport link that could boast both environmental and economic benefits. But it’s dead in the water”

  • Perfect chemistry: Sadara petrochemicals

    Jon Whiteaker Oil & Gas MENA

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “Among this mammoth financings’ ground-breaking features was the largest ever (and second only) Middle Eastern sukuk bond, the largest ever direct loan from US Exim, and the participation of Spanish ECA FIEM on a project financing for the first time”

  • Keeping on track: Nacala Corridor

    Jon Whiteaker Transport Sub-Saharan Africa

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “It brings together many strands of project finance over the last 20 years, everything from risk allocation in concession agreements to managing political risk in a big-ticket ECA financing”

  • Gas glut: PNG LNG

    Jon Whiteaker Oil & Gas Asia Pacific

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “In terms of sheer scale and complexity PNG LNG represents not only the largest PF deal ever but also a true pathfinder that has profound implications for the regional energy finance market”

  • Dabhol trouble: Dabhol II gas-fired power

    Jon Whiteaker Power Asia Pacific

    WHAT 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)

  • Cheating death: Miami Access Tunnel

    Jon Whiteaker Transport North America

    WHAT WE SAID THEN: “The most tangled PPP procurement process in the US, a market that has produced more tangled PPP procurements than most”

  • A new model: Thames Tideway Tunnel

    Jon Whiteaker Water Europe

    WHAT 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”

  • Pushing the boat out

    Jordan Bintcliffe Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan Africa

    Floating LNG promises lower costs and flexibility to developers. But it also dredges up questions about the reliability of LNG delivery

  • MAPs of the world

    Alexandra Dockreay Power Europe

    The 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

  • Desire straits: Taiwan offshore wind

    Baron Laudermilk Renewables Asia Pacific

    IJGlobal 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

  • Beyond subsidies

    Olivia Gagan Renewables Europe

    The first subsidy free contracts awarded for renewables in Europe could herald a transformation of energy markets

  • Triton Knoll offshore wind farm, UK

    Elliot Hayes Renewables Europe

    A 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

  • Brexit – opening a can of worms

    Angus Leslie Melville Transport Europe

    Brexit. 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?

  • Europe rides the high offshore winds

    Lyudmila Zlateva Renewables Europe

    The 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

  • How to tie a noose…

    Angus Leslie Melville Telecoms Europe

    You 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

  • Japan solar: sunset on greenfield

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Renewables Asia Pacific

    Generous 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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