Europe’s painful progress on transmission upgrades
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 sub-par condition of Europe’s electricity grid presents some interesting opportunities to finance upgrades. But mostly it presents a huge headache for transmission...
Project financings for merchant renewables assets remain highly complex for most lenders, principally because it is difficult to reconcile unpredictable revenues with a...
Proximo interviews David Johnston, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, about the Saudi Arabian project finance market. Topics discussed include key sectors that are...
Rising interest rates and broader economic uncertainty have tightened liquidity for private activity bonds (PABs) in recent months, forcing some financings to be delayed....
The use of the PPP model in GCC countries has historically been confined largely to the power, water, and wastewater sectors. Increasingly, however, governments in the...
Proximo interviews Lyudmil Banev, a director at NatWest, about the growing popularity of portfolio financings in the European renewables space. Topics discussed include...
The Inflation Reduction Act has given US solar developers a choice of two types of tax credit – ITC and PTC. So how to get the best from the system? Match the right tax...
Proximo interviews Antonio Cravo, a vice president in power and infrastructure finance at Investec, about the UK FTTH sector. Topics explored include typical project...
The numbers say it all – even if oil prices were to plummet, replacing the fossil fuelled Shuaibah IWPP early with the renewables powered Shuaibah 3 IWP would still make...
Proximo interviews Will Sheard, director of analysis and due diligence at K2 Management, about the current challenges facing offshore wind manufacturers. Topics discussed...
Zarafshan is designed to be a pilot for the feasibility of onshore wind in Uzbekistan. Its size, and the support of commercial lenders, suggest the market is evolving...
Watch the webinar on-demand. Four experts in the financing and development of hydrogen projects discuss the state of risk allocation, lender appetite and market prospects...
The first project financings for large wheeling power projects in South Africa will be reaching financial close in the coming weeks. If the legislative streamlining and...
Proximo interviews Hamish Mackenzie, a managing partner and head of infrastructure at DWS, about the future of the e-bus sector. Topics discussed include the...
The successful close on the Kenhardt solar and storage portfolio marks a bright spot in an otherwise frustrating period in South African power. But battery technology...
Renewables supply chain costs are going up. The cost of project debt is going up. The cost of hedging is going up. But costings for many projects were agreed long before...
Watch the webinar on-demand. The policy and financial backdrop to private investment in infrastructure is changing. Proximo and its expert guests will take a look at the...
Proximo talks to Rainer Bucher, an executive director at BCI, about Chile's Small Means of Distributed Generation (PMGD) programme. Topics include the history of the PMGD...
The recent DFI-backed financing for Colombia’s Green Movil electric bus fleet project might yet create a path for commercial banks to participate in the country’s...
A first for France and the first floating wind pilot-project globally to have been financed with limited recourse commercial bank debt, Provence Grand Large is a...
Credit Suisse/UBS and FCB/SVB: Two distressed banking mergers and what they mean for the US power market.