Proximocast: Industry news

Proximocast: Industry news - 7 February

This week on the Proximo Weekly, your host Maura joins us to talk a little bit about latin America projects ahead of our Latin America Energy, Infrastructure and Development Finance event in Miami FL on March 2-3. Stories covered include:
Autopista Santana-Mocoa-Neiva 4G toll road financed
Colbun and Sumitomo to study hydrogen projects in Chile
Norsk Solar finances Brazilian project with green bond
Peru awards two transmission PPPs
Syndication of Finerge refinancing nearing close
Final phase of Manchester Airport modernization begins
Exxon Mobil sets large-scale hydrogen plant start-up for 2027
GM to invest $650m in Lithium Americas to develop Thacker Pass mine

Proximocast: Industry news - 31 January

Our top stories for the week:
- ChemOne to close PEC project debt this year- Statevolt acquires site for Californian gigafactory- BNSF announces $4bn investment plan for 2023- Aypa secures $320m facilities to support its pipeline development- Enel signs South African wind PPAs- Masdar signs renewables agreements with Uganda and Angola- Jafurah cogen project debt to close next month- Saad Solar reaches financial close in Saudi Arabia
Plus, don't miss our interview on the Saudia Arabian project finance market with David Johnston, partner at Norton Rose Fulbright.

Proximocast: Industry news - 23 January

On this week's episode, Azeem covers the hires and promotions across the industry. A lot of change in the new year with Corwell & Moring rehiring Tyler O'Connor, UKEF appointing a new CEO as well as Kinder Morgan confirming Steve Kean's successor. For those that missed last weeks episode, please do download our new Digital Infrastructure report and get in touch with the team on how you can get access to our wider platform.
 

Proximocast: Industry news - 16 January

This week, we published our latest research report on digital infrastructure finance - get your copy via our website! Plus, the top 10 stories from across the project and infrastructure finance space:
- Further details on Major Bridges P3 financing- Financial close for Leeward’s Chaparral Springs solar project- AES closes Clean Energy take-out private placement- Harrison Street enters PPP for university utility system- Lamar wins Aramco desal contract- Ireland launches social housing Bundle 6- Goldman Sachs raises $1.6bn private capital for climate fund- Pre-development due to launch for Major Bridges second phase- Pakistan ready to sell LNG plants to Qatar for $1.5bn- QatarEnergy, Chevron Phillips ink $6bn Ras Laffan Petrochemicals deal

Proximocast: Industry news - 10 January

This week, Proximocast returns to explore:
Oman plans 7 PPP projects in 2023
Allego kicks off 2023 with refinancing syndication
Boralex buys interest in five US wind assets
Starwood Energy rebrands as Lotus Infrastructure Partners
RfQ issued for Virgin Island airports PPP
$1.2bn secured for Lima international airport expansion
RWE plans 835MW hydrogen project in Chile
EnfraGen acquires run-of-river hydro portfolio in Chile
And to take a moment to get excited over our first in person event of the year! Our Proximo Latin America Energy and Infrastructure Finance Event taking place on March 2-3 in Miami FL -- Can't wait to see you there!

Proximocast: Industry news - 19 December

As we reach the end of 2022, we highlight our end of year top trends videos available to watch on our website, and run through the top news from the week:
1GW Uzbekistan wind farms seal $520m financingArgentina gets $689m BNDES funding for Vaca Muerta pipelineSaudi Aramco in talks with investors on $110bn Jafurah gas projectACCIONA Energia to acquire project portfolio in TexasBluefield secures planning for 4 solar projects in EnglandClassic secures A$20m in funding for Kat Gap projectJBIC provides $50m to PertaminaCDPQ concludes acquisition of Akiem

Proximocast: Industry news - 12 December

On this week's episode Azeem talks about our annual Festive Trends Round up of 2022 on the 19th of December, plus reports on the hires, promotions and fires in the industry:
- Clyde & Co adds Tim Pipe as partner in London- ICG hires infra equity team for APAC region- Oil & gas deal lawyer Luke Burns joins Reed Smith- Pia Lambert joins Morrison & Co as executive director -Gridworks appoints Patrick Crawford as new chairman- Braskem appoints new CEO- Norton Rose Fulbright hires energy transactions partner in Houston- Hunton Andrews Kurth hires nuclear specialist in Washington- DWS hires Paul Kelly to lead Alternatives franchise
- Vinson & Elkins unveils new partners- Infracapital hires Head of Capital Formation- Simon Thompson named Senior Adviser at Rothschild- Mayer Brown announces new partners for 2023- White & Case announces local partner promotions- Vinachem seeks partners for salt mine in Laos- PivotGen adds finance VP- Ilan Goldfajn elected new IDB president- Evershed team joins Holland & Knight- Matt Barker joins GI Partners- IFC appoints new director for infrastructure and natural resources in Africa- DWS appoints new head of infrastructure research- Cooper rejoins Hunton Andrews Kurth- Erlichman joins Linklaters

Proximocast: Industry news - 5 December

In this week's podcast, we cover:
- Badeel and ACWA to develop 2GW Shuaibah 2 solar plant- TagEnergy closes on Golden Plains merchant wind financing- Peru approves national infrastructure plan- UKEF agrees £600m support to accelerate Ford EV production- OX2 sells 145MW Niinimaki wind project- Shell to buy biogas group Nature Energy for almost $2bn- Rio invests further A$600m in renewable energy- Korkia to fund 1GW of Greek solar projects- Norton Rose Fulbright hires energy transactions partner in Houston- Eesti Energia prepares Estonian pumped storage project
Plus, we give the lowdown on what to expect from our events in 2023!