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Proximo brings you the latest news from the global infrastructure, project and energy finance sectors. Each week, our presenters will introduce you to top news stories from across the market. For more information go to http://www.proximoinfra.com
On this week's episode we go through the top stories:
- HSBC and Temasek launch infra financing platform
- More details emerge on Barka V financing
- Atradius backs loan for Moroccan ammonia and hydrogen plant
- MET to acquire first Polish solar project
- Deutsche GigaNetz closes fiber roll-out financing
- Anglian Water issues C$350m green bond
- Q Energy to build France’s largest floating solar project
Plus, download your copy of our Deals of the Year 2021 report and get your deal submissions ready for the chance to win in 2022!
This week we run through promotions and hires across the globe; Adapture Renewables hires Kyle Johnson - Sylvain Delion moves from Macquarie to RPC - HIF Global appoints Roberto Simon as CFO - Felipe Fernandez R. moves to Barclays from Mainstream - Mayer Brown promotes Nick Kouvaritakis - CEFC promotes Kathryn Grace - Michael Crosland and Paul Fairbairn join Societe Generale - Societe Generale hires Sang Joon Lee - Deloitte hires Alex De la Vega - Agentis Capital Advisors hires Matt Wright - Brent Tasugi moves to I Squared Capital - Credit Agricole promotes Pablo Garcia-Maestro Gil-Casares
This week's headlines:
- Societe Generale supports Infravia’s investment in Fibre Networks Ireland
- Freeport LNG retracts force majeure
- New Fortress targets green hydrogen production near Beaumont
- Infracapital makes £200m investment in GRIDSERVE
- Turkey in talks with foreign investor group for hydrogen projects
- Actis to acquire majority interest in Levanta Renewables
- Innergex completes $800m refinancing of Chilean portfolio
- Telecoms company Iliad secures €5 billion financing package
- SEC seals $567m ECA-backed interconnection project financing
Plus, look out for our new Energy Transition report and more information on our upcoming event on the topic, taking place in Austin, TX this November.
This week's headlines:
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Toyota-Panasonic battery JV to buy lithium from ioneer's Nevada mine
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CAI and Meridian buy stake in California peaker
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WattBridge finances ERCOT peaking plant expansion
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Enel to sell Chilean transmission business
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Enel secures sustainable loan from Bancolombia
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Garadagh solar PV financing is a first for Azerbaijan
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Pakistan plans solar instead of coal-fired Gwadar plant
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Hiring challenges for US project finance banks
This week we run through some of the top headlines across the globe:
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EIG and Fluxys close on GNL Quintero acquisition debt
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Magnolia Power project debt closed
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Further information on NeuConnect interconnector financing
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Shortlist announced for Omani schools PPP
Plus, here all about our latest industry data and research report and how you can get your copy!
This week we'll be covering
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Ferrovial's plan to buy stake in JFK airport's New Terminal One concession
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New York makes awards to 22 solar projects
-ECP announces sale of Sendero Midstream to Crestwood
-Brookfield completes acquisition of FET stake
-ReVolve signs options for 300MW Mexican wind farm extension
-Pattern Energy plans green hydrogen hub at Port of Argentia
-CABEI helps finance Santo Domingo Metro Line 2C
As we kick off our event on infrastructure and renewables finance, Proximo Europe 2022, in Lisbon this week, we focus on the top headlines across the region:
- Greenvolt signs LIONS solar acquisition debt
- Generg wind and mini hydro portfolio refinanced
- Preferred bidder selected for Stonehenge A303 construction
- RPC to acquire 528MW onshore wind cluster in Sweden
- Infracapital funds expansion of inland waterway business
- G7 countries to stop funding fossil fuel development overseas
In this episode we cover some of the top stories across the Americas and Europe:
- Fuentes joins CIBC in energy transition role
- More details on CleanCapital's $200 million loan for DG pipeline
- Bids pushed back for Colombian riverway PPP
- Romania tweaks tax law to spur offshore Black Sea gas investments
- Herbert Smith Freehills strengthens projects practice
Plus, find out more about Proximo Europe 2022 - coming LIVE to Lisbon on the 8th & 9th June!
Ahead of our live event in Nashville this month, we take a look at the week's top news from across the Americas:
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US DOE offers over $3bn to beef up battery supply chain
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NextDecade and ENGIE sign Rio Grande LNG SPA
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Terna sells Latin transmission portfolio to CDPQ
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IFC invests to promote Colombian green energy
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Orla Mining seals $150m refinancing
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US EPA approves WIFIA loan for Kansas wastewater project
Listen to the top stories from the week in Canada, the US, and Latin America focusing on updates in hydrogen, digital infrastructure, and regulation in LatAm.
Listen to the top stories from the week in Africa, Asia and the US focussing on project financing within transportation, power, renewables and digital infrastructure.
Tune in to hear the latest top stories in project finance, including an update on the potential lasting impacts of the Ukraine crisis on the oil and gas sectors.
The latest updates on big projects and investments around the world this past week - including impacts of developments in Ukraine.
The top stories on the Proximo Podcast this week:
- Amp closes cross-border construction mezzanine
- AES closes on renewables construction facility
- Delfin plans FID on Gulf of Mexico LNG project in 2022
- DeltaFiber signs expansion debt and refi
- South African RMIPPPP projects face further delays
Listen in to hear the top stories from last week:
- AES closes on renewables construction facility
- South African RMIPPPP projects face further delays
- Sempra Infrastructure closes $400m senior notes
- Blackstone funds to invest $3bn in Invenergy Renewables
- SPPC plans $728m bond issue for Noor solar project
This week on the Proximo Podcast, we look at some of the latest updates on deals and projects across the globe:
- Maldives and ADB agree advisory services for solar PVs
- Sacyr closes on ECA-backed equipment financing
- EIB, KfW IPEX help finance new battery-powered trains in Germany
- Rio Tinto to buy lithium project in Argentina for $825m
- Scout Energy acquires $400 million Blue Sky Solar project
This week on the Proximo Podcast, we cover some of the week's top headlines:
- Climate Investor 2 secures $675m for first close
- MAM finalises €125m loan to SIRO for fibre rollout
- IDB Invest improves broadband in Colombia, Mexico, Peru
- JERA to buy 25.7% stake in Freeport LNG for $2.5bn
- PANYNJ tasks panel with review of LaGuardia transit options
Hot topic of the week? Sustainability. Listen to the latest developments globally in green hydrogen, 5G financing, and development bank commitments.
This week on the Proximo Podcast, we look at deals, projects and market moves:
- Montem plans renewable hydrogen project at Tent Mountain
- DESRI signs PPA for 160MW Chester Solar
- Myrtle solar-plus-BESS construction facility signed
- Hawaiian Electric files draft RfP for Big Island
- Export credit ban for unabated coal-fired power plants at OECD
Market Moves:
- Endeavour hires Brian Herlihy as CEO
- Olivier Mussat exits IFC
- Royal Vopak names Dick Richelle as new CEO
- Vicky Chan joins Dalmore Capital
This week on the Proximo Podcast, we look at deals, projects and sales across the globe:
- LC extension for ConEd's California solar portfolio
- Midland Cogen refinancing closed
- San Jose seeks venture partner for airport connector project
- IADB finances Argentina internet access project
- TII considers PPP for MetroLink railway in Ireland
- Macquarie purchases stake in Greek electricity distributor, HEDNO
- Frazer Solar signs contract for solar and storage project in Eswatini
- Saudi launches dry gas network tender
- MoU signed for Indonesian coal-to-methanol plant
- Pacifico signs right to first offer for Aussie renewables projects
This week on Proximo's podcast, we look at sales, new investment platforms and new projects across North America, Africa, the Middle East and Asia.
Top stories this week:
- More details on BayWa’s Serralonga wind farm financing
- Goldbeck wins German school PPP
- Acme signs land agreement for Duqm green ammonia project
- Karachi Red Line Bus Rapid Transit project deal signed
- EQT set to buy data centre platform EdgeConneX
- First Cobalt secures $45m for refinery construction
- Sao Paulo moves forward with TIC rail concession
- Engie signs PPA for Lima airport supply
Plus, news on our latest research report on energy storage - available to download now.
Join Nicholas Davies, Commercial Director for EMEA at Proximo as he takes you through the top stories, projects and market moves in project finance.
This week in project finance: Hartree Capital's debt-backed acquisition, digital infrastructure financings in Europe, and key projects on the horizon - plus, key insights from the IPCC's most recent report on climate change.
This week's stories:
- New Jersey outlines new solar incentive scheme
- I Squared to buy largest Mexican data center operator
- IFC finances 119MW solar PV plant in Mexico
- Colombia launches tenders for two highway concessions
- Canadian Solar closes $100m financing in Brazil
- Kekava Bypass PPP reaches financial close
This week on the Proximo Podcast
- New York approves BESS at former coal-fired power plant
- Cordelio completes financing for Glacier Sands wind project
- AES Andes enters renewables partnership with GIP in Chile
- Mainstream launches 1GW renewables platform in Chile
- Planning submitted for Ennis data centre campus
- Olsztyn Waste-to-Energy Project reaches financial close
- BlackRock acquires Korean offshore wind developer
This week on the Proximo Podcast, we’re covering broadband roll-out in rural India, the operationalisation of Europe’s largest PEM green hydrogen electrolyser, Botswana’s first large-scale solar plant, and more. Tune in for the latest updates in project finance around the world, every week.
A round-up of Proximo's news content over the last week, including exclusive details on the MasMovil acquisition financing and the Project DAO financing.
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Proximo talks to Benoit Cambier and Jane Feehan about the EIB's financing of an interconnector project between Mali and Guinea.
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This week's Proximo Weekly Digest features special guest Darryl Murphy, head of infrastructure at Aviva Investors. Darryl gives us his top story of the week as well as some helpful tips for working from home.
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Today the Proximo Daily covers new World bank investments, Australian renewables and Glencore's chrome investment.
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During the Proximo Austin: US Power and Renewables Exchange, our content producer Maura Murphy sat down with Bryan Gartenberg, Senior Vice President - Sales Head Escrow & Specialized Agency at Texas Capital Bank to discuss the banks' entrance into the American power and renewables market.