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21 May 2024
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables, Transport

North America Deals of the Year 2023: Riding the liquidity wave

It might have been the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act, or big cheques from financial sponsors, or simply an ample supply of well-structured projects. But 2023...

17 May 2024
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Power, Social infrastructure

Financing last-mile connections in Africa

Low-income household energy projects in Africa are increasingly being financed via securitisation structures. The deals are relatively small, but the impact could prove...

15 May 2024
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Renewables

Has the time arrived for US carbon capture?

A combination of higher subsidies and a recognition that renewables can’t do all the work of decarbonisation looks promising for the US. Proximo and Leidos assemble a...

10 May 2024
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Renewables

Is US offshore wind potential too big to fail?

The fledgling US offshore wind market has been hit by many setbacks in the past year – but it is adapting. Appetite from investors and lenders remains strong and the...

03 May 2024

Market integrity and standardisation: shaping the rules of the voluntary carbon market

As the voluntary carbon market rapidly evolves, it is attracting further scrutiny and questions surrounding governance and quality control. By Nicholas Neuberger,...

30 April 2024
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Telecoms and Communications

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Ted Schremp, IQ Fiber

Proximo talks to Ted Schremp, founder and CEO of IQ Fiber, about the US fibre market, discussing topics such as the level of fibre penetration in the US, the competitive...

23 April 2024

Asia-Pacific Deals of the Year 2023: Strong foundations for a regional rebirth

The last 18 months have looked more like a process of consolidation than rapid advance in the Asia-Pacific region. But the best deals of 2023 provide the foundations for...

19 April 2024
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Telecoms and Communications

Asia’s digital infrastructure: Dispersed data documentation

Asia was late to the digital infrastructure party, but data centres are driving strong growth in the region. The big financial sponsors are already starting to take...

18 April 2024

Middle East & Africa Deals of the Year 2023: Mega and multi-tranche

The region’s highest-profile deals combined new technologies and new distribution tactics.

17 April 2024

Europe Deals of the Year 2023: Going large for the energy transition

A year when commercial banks got more comfortable with spiky credits - and ECAs took market share on the biggest deals

04 April 2024
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Renewables

Is CCUS getting enough focus from development banks?

Carbon capture at scale is unproven and one of the more controversial technologies of the energy transition. But the IEA considers it an essential part of its Net Zero by...

22 March 2024
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Renewables

Basel's sledgehammer approach to US tax equity

Tax equity investments in US renewables are so thoroughly derisked they are often less risky than construction loans. So why is Basel III proposing an increase in risk...

29 February 2024
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Waste and water

Aguas Pacifico: First of a pipeline?

With its mixed bag of offtake contracts that include a merchant element, the Aguas Pacifico project financing has pushed the envelope on structuring lender comforts for...

26 February 2024

New Brazilian infra law calms fears of BNDES expansion

Brazil's new infrastructure law has been broadly welcomed by the project finance market. In addition to providing stimulus for a wider infrastructure investor base, the...

13 February 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment

Northvolt: The battery benchmark

Northvolt’s latest big-ticket ECA-backed financing sets a benchmark for European battery gigafactory deals. But can Europe’s green industrial policy keep up with the pace...

13 February 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Power, Transport

Key funding considerations in gigafactory projects

As the global shift towards sustainable energy accelerates, battery gigafactories are becoming increasingly crucial for the energy storage and electric vehicle project...

08 February 2024
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Power, Renewables

SunZia: A map to financing renewables on a new scale

At $11 billion of debt signed, the SunZia wind and transmission project has broken a raft of renewables project financing records. But given the transmission piece of...

02 February 2024

Will 2024 be another year of record ECA support in project finance?

Fuelled by more project sponsor demand, ECA support for project finance smashed volume records in 2023. So what sectors do ECAs appear to have strong appetite for in...

23 January 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Renewables

H2 Green Steel Boden: Long on ambitions, low on emissions

H2GS was founded by Vargas in 2020 and launched in 2021. Three years later it has finalised funding for the world’s first green steel mega project. How? By being open to...

12 January 2024
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Power, Renewables

Is Mexico about to turn the private sector project pipeline on again?

With President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) set to depart office in June, private sector appetite for Mexican projects is already beginning to make a comeback.