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Perspective
05 February 2021
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Renewables

Proximo Weekly: Offshore wind on steroids

The biggest offshore wind project financed to date, Dogger Bank A and B reset the financing volume benchmark for the offshore wind sector. With Dogger Bank C expected...

News
11 January 2021

Tom Jamieson, Jo En Low, and Gordon Stewart join Bracewell

Bracewell has hired Tom Jamieson, Jo En Low, and Gordon Stewart to join its London office as partners in the global energy practice. Jamieson, Low, and Stewart move to...

News
14 December 2020
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Power, Renewables

Apricum adds energy banking specialist Charles Lesser

Transaction advisory and strategy consulting firm Apricum has announced the appointment of Charles Lesser as partner. He will focus on expanding transaction advisory...

Perspective
10 December 2020
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Metals and Mining

Proximo Weekly: ECA support for mining gets smaller – but smarter

ECAs are playing a growing role in the financing of small, strategic-commodity mining projects – even coming in alongside royalty providers in deals where they might not...

Perspective
15 October 2020

DFIs urged to scale up blended finance

In order to crowd-in more private sector investment, DFIs need to increase their levels of blended finance in low-income countries and provide a wider array of de-risking...

News
01 October 2020
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Power, Renewables

Olivier Koch takes over at sonnen Group

Chief operating officer Oliver Koch will take over the management of the energy storage system manufacturer sonnen Group to succeed its founder and CEO Christoph...

News
24 June 2020
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Renewables

Octopus hires offshore wind specialist from GIG

Octopus Renewables has appointed wind energy specialist Partha Vasudev as investment director to grow the company's offshore wind offering. He was most recently...

News
29 April 2020
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Power, Renewables

Marsh names appointments for four renewables posts

Insurance broker and risk adviser Marsh JLT Specialty has strengthened its Renewable Energy team with appointments to newly created wind and renewables sector posts...

Perspective
06 April 2020
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Metals and Mining, Renewables

The odd couple: Financing mining’s renewables transition

The mining industry is slowly starting to switch over to more renewable forms of energy. A new kind of environmentally conscientious financing could help with that...

Perspective
13 March 2020
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Power, Renewables, Transport

Final curtain on Greek project tragedy?

The project market in Greece was essentially frozen following the onset of the country’s infamous government debt crisis in 2009. But with modest economic growth...

News
12 March 2020

Avonhurst announces four new hires

UK-based political risk and legal advisory firm Avonhurst has announced four new hires: Joshua Swerner joins the firm from Linklaters; Tanya Macrae from Allen &...

News
03 February 2020
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Renewables

SSE to build subsidy-free Gordonbush wind farm extension

SSE Renewables has confirmed that it will build a subsidy-free 11-turbine extension to its 70MW Gordonbush wind farm near Brora in the Scottish Highlands. Construction of...

Perspective
16 January 2020
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Metals and Mining

Getting Sirius out of a funding hole?

Anglo American last week went public with its intention to lodge a takeover bid for Sirius Minerals’ struggling Woodsmith polyhalite mining project in the UK. For Sirius,...

Perspective
07 January 2020
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Oil & gas

North Sea M&A: Time to buy or sell?

The M&A market for North Sea oil assets has been running in hyperdrive. Norway still has room for upside, but with many rushing for the exit in the UK, is it set to...

Perspective
09 December 2019
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Transport

German rail: New trains – new drivers

Institutional investors are starting to finance the German passenger rail markets thanks to two innovative deals this year for networks in Ulm and Sachsen-Anhalt. And the...

News
18 November 2019

AMP Capital hires Ric Gordon as Head of Asset Management, Americas

AMP Capital has announced the appointment of Ric Gordon as Head of Asset Management, Americas for its Infrastructure Equity business. He will be based in New York...

News
18 November 2019
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Renewables

World Bank helps finance $105m Sindh Solar Energy Project

The World Bank is to provide $100 million for the Sindh Solar Energy Project in Pakistan.The Sindh Energy department signed an agreement with private firms to launch the...

News
07 November 2019
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Renewables

SSE granted revised planning for Gordonbush wind extension

SSE Renewables has been granted revised planning consent by the Scottish Government for the addition of eleven turbines at its 70MW Gordonbush onshore wind farm...

Perspective
28 October 2019
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Renewables

Taiwan offshore wind: New angle – new uncertainties

With the sponsors of the Formosa 2 offshore wind project concluding the final details of an ECA-backed debt financing, confidence in the bankability of Taiwan's...

Perspective
25 September 2019
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Metals and Mining

New mining capital - meet old risks

Bank debt, ECAs, DFIs, streams, and high yield debt. Mine developers have many financing options, but need to take care to cover off key risks. Proximo speaks to Global...