Guarantees demonstrably catalyse private capital mobilisation in emerging markets projects. So why do MDBs use them so sparingly? The problem is institutional...

H2 Green Steel (H2GS) pulled off one of the most significant pathfinder project financings of 2023 - the world’s first green steel mega project funding solution. Proximo...

Zenobe has closed on its latest electric bus financing, its second deal via a methodology that allows multiple projects to be financed simultaneously before being...

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...

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...

How did GIP go from start-up in 2006 to a $12.5 billion price tag 17 years later?

Impact investment and blended finance – both key strategies in attracting private sector funding into energy transition, particularly in developing markets. So how to...

Impact investment and blended finance – both key strategies in attracting private sector funding into energy transition, particularly in developing markets. So how to...

The US government has released guidelines for how it will treat transferable tax credits. Will the new rules expand the tax equity market, or turn it upside down?

The deal may not have the cross-collateralisation bells and whistles of other recent US LNG financings, but Port Arthur LNG is a robust project financing and a bellwether...

Two recent blockbuster bills promise to hugely increase the funding available to US infrastructure developers. Paying careful attention to structuring and to development...

Up to two altnet project finance proposals per week are landing on bankers' desks in the UK. Is the UK fibre market overcrowded and about to undergo a wave of...

The G20-mandated independent review of multilateral development banks’ (MDB) capital adequacy frameworks is out and has some key recommendations that could significantly...

Fortescue Metals Group has closed on $1.5 billion in high-yield bonds, with part of the proceeds earmarked for solar and hydrogen projects. It looks like Fortescue's next...

Is increasing petrochemicals price volatility going to force re-evaluation of past petchems project finance models? It already is.

Commercial banks are increasingly looking at blended finance to push marginally bankable deals over the fence — but hurdles of transparency, a limited pipeline of deals...

The US is well placed to meet the European need to wean itself off Russian gas. But Europe needs to decide whether 2022 is the year it commits to long-term contracts with...

The impact of the war in Ukraine on gas prices may cut years off of the gestation originally predicted for the development of a global green hydrogen market – and with...

The US Department for Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) is back in signing mode again and has approved a conditional loan guarantee for Monolith – its first since 2016.

With a considerable number of headwinds expected to push up the cost of US project debt in 2022, last year was probably the year to refinance.