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Dumping deadlines
Jon Whiteaker 14 Nov 2014 Renewables Sub-Saharan Africa
The South African government is close to missing another deadline for its renewables programme, as Eskom funding concerns and constrained grid capacity delay approvals
Crunch time for Brazilian infra
Rosie Fitzmaurice 03 Nov 2014 Transport Latin America
One of the greatest challenges newly re-elected President Dilma Rousseff faces is bridging Brazil's huge infrastructure deficit with the help of a dubious private sector
Aurora gold mine, Guyana
Tom Nelthorpe 28 Oct 2014 Mining Latin America
The $185 million project financing for Guyana Goldfields' Aurora gold mine is a first in Guyana. It also featured no gold hedging, two commercial banks, and a new IFC lending programme
Bundling PPP projects
Sakshi Sharma 24 Oct 2014 Transport North America
Bundling projects has its efficiencies on both the procurement and financing side, but it also carries certain challenges for the public and private sector
M2 Motorway refurbishment, Pakistan
Jamie Bullen 21 Oct 2014 Transport Asia Pacific
The M2 Islamabad to Lahore motorway refurbishment project has been beset with troubles from cost and contract disputes to full scale government shutdown
Hinkley's state support: the fallout
Olivia Gagan 17 Oct 2014 Power Europe
The European Commission approved state support for the UK’s £16 billion, 3,200MW Hinkley Point C nuclear project earlier this month. What does the EC’s agreement mean for the future of energy subsidies in Europe?
Dublin Waste-to-Energy Project
Olivia Gagan 13 Oct 2014 Renewables Europe
The successful closing of the €500 million ($642.2 million), 58MW Dublin energy-to-waste project is the culmination of years of struggle to get this major Irish PPP project off the ground
Russia calling, as sanctions bite
Alexandra Dockreay 10 Oct 2014 Transport Europe
Political decisions will determine how long sanctions imposed by the West must continue to hurt the Russian economy at large, but Russia’s transport sector has had to adapt to liquidity constraints
Mining and solar in Chile: PPA hope?
Rosie Fitzmaurice 10 Oct 2014 Renewables Latin America
Could this match between Chile’s power-hungry mining industry and a rapidly growing solar presence in the arid north be an answer to Chile’s PPA woes?
Rise of the pension fund infrastructure platform
Lisa Barrington 06 Oct 2014 Asia Pacific
More than 18 years since Australia’s IFM Investors began pooling pension fund capital into infrastructure investment funds, 2014 has seen a spike of activity in pension fund-led investment platforms in the US and Europe
Safi coal-fired, Morocco
Jon Whiteaker 30 Sep 2014 Power MENA
The 1,320MW Safi independent power producer (IPP) project in Morocco will be the largest privately developed power plant in Africa to sign financing agreements this year
Speyside biomass, UK
Tom Nelthorpe 19 Sep 2014 Renewables Europe
The £48 million ($80 million) bond issue by Speyside Renewable Energy Finance is the first UK government-guaranteed bond issue for a renewables project
Interstate 4 Ultimate Road PPP, Florida
Sakshi Sharma 17 Sep 2014 Transport North America
The $2.3 billion I-4 Ultimate PPP, the largest availability payment based transaction in the US to date, sees the return of tight pricing on US transport PPPs, and significant funding support from FDOT
Nepal’s hydropower potential
Jamie Bullen 12 Sep 2014 Power Asia Pacific
The landlocked, mountainous country of Nepal has immense hydropower potential. But concluding a power trade agreement with India is vital to the development of the country's hydro sector
A7 Bordesholm-Hamburg, Germany
Alexandra Dockreay 11 Sep 2014 Transport Europe
Hochtief, DIF and Kemna's €770 million ($1.02 billion) A7 motorway PPP in Germany marks both the first use of a greenfield project bond for a German road asset and the first European Investment Bank (EIB) enhanced project bond in the country
Repricings in the US power market
Jinjoo Lee 05 Sep 2014 Power North America
US sponsors have been repricing debt on their power plants at attractive margins, reflecting a bank market starved for deals
Tisur Matarani port expansion, Peru
Rosie Fitzmaurice 03 Sep 2014 Transport Latin America
Grupo Romero has signed a $280 million non-recourse debt-financing for the Terminal Internacional del Sur (Tisur) Matarani port expansion project in southern Peru for which the Las Bambas, Cerro Verde and Antapaccay copper mines are offtakers
India’s new infrastructure investment trusts
Lisa Barrington 28 Aug 2014 Asia Pacific
India’s huge infrastructure development potential India requires stronger infrastructure financing systems. Infrastructure investment trusts (InvITs) are India’s latest attempt to boost access to long-term financing and attract foreign capital, but they may not be the solution they were hoped to be
Westermost Rough, equity refinancing
Elizabeth Kemble 26 Aug 2014 Renewables Europe
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Marubeni closed a £1 billion ($1.6 billion) refinancing of their 50% equity investment in the Westermost Rough offshore wind project

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