Proximocast: Industry news

Proximocast: Industry News - 21 October

Sam takes us through the top stories across project and infrastructure finance.
Rezolv's 225MW solar PV project in Bulgaria gets funding
BNZ completes €660m TIPPF financing
Blackstone plans €7.5bn data centre in Aragon
PennDOT opens window for unsolicited P3 proposals
Terra Firma to add 110MWp of solar in Gauteng
JV to invest $3.4bn in Texan data centre 
Senegambia Bridge upgrade works to begin
Algeria signs deal with Spain’s Cepsa for hydrogen project 
Concession signed for port project in Mozambique
UKIB becomes the National Wealth Fund
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Proximocast: Industry News - 16 October

Azeem reports on the latest personal changes in the industry
•Stephenson Harwood strengthens Middle East construction practice with Ron Nobbs relocating from London.
•Jones Day announces Rodney Moore, Samuel Peca, and Scott Delaney joining as partners in corporate and Energy Transition & Infrastructure.
•Nanda Kamat leaving MUFG after 15 years to take a new role.
•Kristian Bradshaw joins Hunton Andrews Kurth in Tokyo from White & Case.
•Vinita Sithapathy joins Mayer Brown in New York as a partner from Freshfields.
•Joe Taylor joins Apterra Infrastructure Capital as managing director from NatWest.
•Latham & Watkins hires Scott Cockerham in Washington, D.C., from A&O Shearman.
•OX2 CFO Johan Rydmark to step down in April 2025.
•EU Commission selects Danish politician Dan Jorgensen as energy commissioner.
•Kenny Cheramusak becomes CFO of Apex Clean Energy from ContourGlobal.
•Stephenson Harwood adds Sushil Verma as a partner in Financial Markets Practice from Simmons & Simmons.
•Meyer Burger CEO Gunter Erfurt steps down; Franz Richter becomes chairman.

Proximocast: Industry News - 07 October

This week, Maura  takes us through the top stories across project and infrastructure finance:
RFP issued for Eglinton Crosstown West package
US sets solar import duties on four Southeast Asian suppliers
Further details on Mammoth solar financings
Clearway closes financing of Pine Forest solar and storage
Springfield’s City Utilities plans generation and storage projects
CityFibre appoints Evercore to raise funds
ZE Energy closes financing for French hybrid project
Santos and TotalEnergies pen LNG supply deal
Rio Tinto to develop lithium supply chain with UK firm
Scatec closes first phase of solar project sale

Proximocast: Industry News - 01 October

This week, Naomi takes us through the top stories across project and infrastructure finance:
BlackRock and Santander pen $1bn per year MoU
CIP sounding out appetite for Fengmiao financing
EBRD to back Masdar's Bilasuvar solar project
Fastned selected for London EV charging hubs
Ooredoo signs on data centre financing
Taweelah C progressing
Blackstone to invest £10bn in Blyth data centre
Financing for Villeta green fertiliser project progresses
Sparkfund sells EV charging tax credits to individual investor
Hyundai seals ECA-backed $1.35bn deal for US EV plant
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Proximocast: Industry News - 23 September

This week, Sam takes us through the top stories across project and infrastructure finance:
Colombia’s ANLA expands permitting brief 
bp plans sale of US onshore wind business
Botswana licences its first manganese mining project
BNZ secures funds for 17 solar PV plants
Westbridge receives AUC approval for Dolcy Solar
Start-up secures patents to make super-cheap power for H2 production
REC backs renewables with $13bn of loans
Golar takes FID on MK II 3.5mtpa FLNG
ENCAVIS and Innovar Solar partner for solar developments
Dimension Energy secures $150m facility from Deutsche Bank
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Proximocast: Industry News - 17 September

Key Appointments in Renewable Energy and Infrastructure
 
Host Azeem covers recent industry moves:
 
1.Reactivate hires Corey Stein as EVP of Finance.
2.Hunton Andrews Kurth adds Ayesha Waheed and Seyfi Can Kandemir to their Energy team in London.
3.Tom Sumpster joins CIBC as Head of Infrastructure Finance.
4.Syed Usman Ahmed becomes Managing Director at Apterra Infrastructure Capital.
5.Natalie Jackson is appointed CFO at rPlus Energies.
6.Eileen Stone joins Onyx Renewables as SVP of M&A.

Proximocast: Industry News - 12 September

This week, Sam takes us through the top stories across project and infrastructure finance:
Financial close for Calcasieu River bridge
Doral closes financing for remaining phases of Mammoth project
Honduras launches first battery storage tender
First Citizens arranges $145 million for Linea Energy
SATORP's Amiral gets strong ECA backing
Financial close for Khalifa University accommodation PPP
Nigeria advances port water treatment concession
UK awards 9.6GW in AR6 auction
Lhyfe signs a five-year offtake agreement with H2 Mobility
Ogi secures financing for Welsh fibre buildout
 
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Proximocast: Industry News - 03 September

Naomi takes us through the top stories this week across project and infrastructure finance around the globe:
MGreen to buy stake in 550MW Bugallon solar project
PIF-backed firm bids for 15% stake in Reko Diq
BNP, CIBC to lead HH2E financing
EDF wins 300MW project in Israeli tender
Eni completes NAOC sale to Oando
IHS considers selling tower business in Rwanda and Zambia
AT&T secures grant funding for fibre roll out in California
PGCPS Blueprint Schools Phase II reaches financial close
BOEM advances planning for Hawaii and Guam offshore wind
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