Proximo Weekly: African renewables’ persistent commercial debt deficit
A review of the IFC’s scaling solar initiative, and what it says about the African project finance market.
A review of the IFC’s scaling solar initiative, and what it says about the African project finance market.
The project finance team at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP provide insight on the current state of the US offshore wind energy industry, highlighting several projects...
2022 was a good year for project finance volumes according to Proximo’s new Project & Infrastructure Finance Report. So will the same trends and deal flow continue for...
Proximo talks to Inal Henry and Khetha Rantao, co-founders of ReagaInfra Capital, about the future of the South African PPP market. Key topics discussed include past...
Are multilateral development banks (MDBs) and export credit agencies (ECAs) pulling in the same direction when it comes to energy transition? The PR says they are – the...
South Africa’s renewable energy wheeling sector is expanding at pace, with as much as 5GW of projects at various stages of development and the beginnings of a wheeling...
Two recent blockbuster bills promise to hugely increase the funding available to US infrastructure developers. Paying careful attention to structuring and to development...
The deals that expanded the possibilities in Asia-Pacific infrastructure finance in 2022.
France has made some significant progress in offshore wind in the past month. But it still lags behind its European peer group in pace of development. Will recent...
Project finance deal flow has skewed heavily in favour of high-income countries over the last two decades, and the gap between developed and emerging markets has grown...
AMLO has long threatened to deepen state control of Mexico’s power sector. A move on Iberdrola’s generating portfolio looks like making good on those threats, even if it...
Proximo’s annual project finance survey is back and looking for respondents - take 10 minutes to vote and vent.
There are confusing signals about what the role of BNDES will be under the new Lula administration. Will the bank continue to stimulate more private sector funding for...
Proximo talks warehouses and the novel master indenture structure with James Marshall, CFO, and Brian Cassutt, treasurer, at AES' Clean Energy business unit, which was...
Credit Suisse/UBS and FCB/SVB: Two distressed banking mergers and what they mean for the US power market.
The landmark and heavily DFI-backed Monsoon Wind transaction in Laos provides a foundation for further international bank and sponsor involvement in this fledgling...
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank highlights some of the shortcomings of the US renewables project finance market. What does the Proximo Intelligence data say about...
The sub-par condition of Europe’s electricity grid presents some interesting opportunities to finance upgrades. But mostly it presents a huge headache for transmission...
The deals and players that moved the market and point to state-owned enterprises learning the value of flexibility and creativity.
Can sponsors’ and lenders’ tolerance of Latin American renewables spot price and volume risk survive contact with market realities?
Many digital infrastructure booms begin with banks writing big tickets and suffering when business models do not pan out. Do data centres encourage greater discipline among lenders?