• Estonia runs before the wind

    Lyudmila Zlateva Renewables Europe

    Estonia will need to make a big push in the renewables space to stay on track to achieve its renewable energy targets for 2030. And this is likely to involve massive deployment of wind energy

  • Does Ijmuiden lock signal more woes for BAM?

    Beatrice Mavroleon Transport Europe

    This month saw European construction giants BAM and VolkerWessels announce a second cost overrun due to continuing problems with the Ijmuiden lock project in the Netherlands. This time, the overrun amounted to €30 million for BAM and €31.5 million for VolkerWessels

  • Canadian PPP efficiency

    Yavor Guerdjikov Transport North America

    Canadian provinces are undertaking colossal pipelines of PPPs but have a formidable record of bringing them to financial close

  • The Mexican infra revolution

    Angus Leslie Melville Oil & Gas Latin America

    Few things throw a cat among the pigeons more effectively for a national infrastructure programme than a change in political leadership – and that’s precisely what’s happened in Mexico

  • Acquisition of Cory Riverside Energy, UK

    Alexandra Dockreay Renewables Europe

    When a consortium led by London-based infrastructure fund manager Dalmore Capital emerged as preferred bidder in the sale of UK energy-from-waste company Cory Riverside Energy, there was some surprise that a team challenged by several partner drop-outs had made the highest fully-funded offer

  • Borssele III/IV offshore wind, Netherlands

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    Blauwwind II reached financial close on Dutch offshore wind farms Borssele III/IV at the end of June, concluding the two-year procurement on the $1.7 billion greenfield deal that stands out for achievements on many levels

  • Indonesia talks the PPP talk

    Sophia Radeva Power Asia Pacific

    Indonesia's National Development Planning Agency recently announced that it has committed $3.4 billion in state funds for infrastructure investment in 2019

  • World Cup 2018 – the infra pitch

    Angus Leslie Melville Latin America

    When it comes to an international showdown, I have to admit that infrastructure’s a lot closer to my heart than football (forgive me, I’m Scottish). However, in the spirit day as the World Cup 2018 plays out on screens around the globe, it seems only fair to turn the focus on the beautiful game and draw inevitable comparisons with… infrastructure

  • Belt & Road: China's Malacca dilemma

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Transport Asia Pacific

    Once the key pillar of China’s Belt & Road initiative, the Malaysian opposition’s election victory in May has raised questions about Beijing’s strategy going forward

  • A rocky road ahead for Argentina's PPPs

    Nikola Yankulov & Sophia Radeva Latin America

    The recent award of six toll roads in Argentina should have been a moment of triumph for President Mauricio Macri's government, which has made increased infrastructure investment a priority. But the country's macroeconomic situation limited interest in the auction and has cast a shadow over the future of the projects

  • France bites bullet – softly – on subsidies

    Angus Leslie Melville Renewables Europe

    France has bitten the bullet on subsidies for the first two rounds of its offshore wind programme, slashing them from an eye-watering €200 per MW over 20 years to a – let’s be honest – still pretty darned generous €150/MW… and it has (largely) been welcomed

  • Ituango hydro: hopes for sunrise over flooded lands

    Juliana Ennes Renewables Latin America

    The almost literally collapsing Ituango hydropower project in Colombia may open the way to a faster development of renewables in the country

  • New York sees a green future

    Yavor Guerdjikov Renewables North America

    The state of New York in March announced both that it was awarding 26 large-scale renewables projects worth $1.4 billion, and that it had requested to be excluded from the federal offshore oil and gas drilling programme. The state was making it priorities clear

  • Norway – Alt for Norge

    Angus Leslie Melville Transport Europe

    In a European infrastructure market that has been dominated in recent times by refinancing and acquisitions, it seems counter-intuitive to focus on greenfield PPP developments, but hopes springs eternal at IJGlobal and the desire to celebrate opportunity is strong

  • A30 toll road refinancing, Canada

    Jon Whiteaker Transport North America

    The refinancing of a project which was intended to divert traffic away from Montreal Island has steered a whole load of Canadian paper across the southern border and into the hands of US investors – a first for a major transport project in the country

  • DFI lending in Rwanda

    Nikola Yankulov Power Sub-Saharan Africa

    Since President Paul Kagame launched his country's Vision 2020 development plan in 2000, substantial progress has been made on improving Rwanda's infrastructure

  • Acquisition of HES International, The Netherlands

    Alexandra Dockreay Oil & Gas Europe

    Funds managed by Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets and Goldman Sachs investment bank signed a $1.6 billion deal on 3 April to acquire one of Europe's largest dry and liquid bulk terminals operators – HES International. The acquisition is pending final completion

  • Nobody expects the Spanish disposition

    Angus Leslie Melville Transport Europe

    Political upheaval in Spain has thrown the European market into disarray as the transport agenda is kicked into the long grass – wiping out the only greenfield pipeline of any scale on the continent

  • Asia green bonds: looking ahead

    Mia Tahara-Stubbs Renewables Asia Pacific

    Financing of renewables across the Asia Pacific has so far been dominated by commercial and multilateral banks. But regional bond investors are showing interest in green bonds and finance – fuelling hopes for the potential growth of capital market financing solutions



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