In depth
28 March 2025

Brightline goes west

The Brightline West project is the first true highspeed rail network in the US. The project will depend on strong passenger numbers to service its debt and deliver returns for sponsors. More

In depth
20 March 2025

GIP rides the Latin American project bond wave

Two recent GIP-linked bond refinancings highlight the maturity of the Latin American project bond market. But decarbonising generation portfolios is a drawn-out process, and political and construction risks are ever-present. More

News
28 March 2025

Kexim offers $1.5bn support for SK On, Hyundai US JV

The Export-Import Bank of Korea will provide $1.5 billion in financial assistance to a US-based battery manufacturing joint venture between SK On and Hyundai.The ECA pledged a $800 million loan and a $700 million guarantee for the company which is building a plant in Bartow County,... More

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28 March 2025

Brightline to raise up to $7.5bn more debt for Brightline West

Brightline may look to raise up to $7.5bn of additional debt to finance the construction of its Brightline West rail link between California and Nevada. The 218-mile passenger rail service will operate from Las Vegas, Nevada to Rancho Cucamonga, California. Brightline is owned by Florida East Coast... More

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28 March 2025

Pentagreen, BII partner with ib vogt on solar, battery storage projects

Pentagreen Capital and British International Investment have made a joint financing of $80 million to accelerate the rollout of utility-scale solar and battery storage projects across South-East Asia in collaboration with ib vogt Singapore.The joint development and construction facility will finance... More

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28 March 2025

Contract signed for first phase of Alto HSR project

Alto has signed a contract with the Cadence consortium to launch the design and development phase for a high-speed rail project between Quebec City and Toronto.The project is expected to deliver nearly 1,000km of electrified tracks, with trains having peak speeds of up to 300km/h. This phase of the... More

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28 March 2025

Cube fund partners with Dillinger on solar JV

Cube Infrastructure Fund III and The Dillinger Group have announced the first closing of their newly-established joint venture platform, CubIKS GmbH.The platform aims to deploy 1GW of solar capacity across Germany and Northern Italy over the next 5 years. It will be focused on building... More

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28 March 2025

Actis consortium acquires South African tower portfolio

An Actis-led consortium has completed the acquisition of a 100% stake in Swiftnet, a telecom tower portfolio in South Africa for an enterprise value of $370 million.The consortium now owns 70% of Swiftnet, partnering with Royal Bafokeng Holdings as the 30% shareholder. Swiftnet has more than 4,000... More

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28 March 2025

Onshore plans approved for Salamander Offshore Wind

Aberdeenshire Council has granted in-principle approval for the onshore transmission component of the Salamander Offshore Wind Farm.The 100MW floating wind project is being developed by a joint venture between Orsted, Simply Blue Group, and Subsea7, and was one of 13 projects selected in... More

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Recently closed deals

Deal name Cost in $m Country Sector
300MW Calala BESS Project - Financing 163 Australia Battery storage
Open Fiber Network Project in Italy - Financing 1,147 Italy Broadband / cable network
Zenobe Eccles BESS Project - Financing 286 United Kingdom Battery storage
Tibbits and Tidwell Prairie BESS Projects - Financing 286 United States Battery storage
200MW Fort Duncan Storage Project - Financing 112 United States Battery storage
News
28 March 2025

RPC acquires Nordic wind and solar developer

Renewable Power Capital (RPC) has acquired the Swedish and Finnish wind and solar development business of Njordr AS, a subsidiary of Vanir Green Industries AS (VGI).The transaction includes 22 early-stage onshore wind and solar power projects with a potential for up to 1.9GW of total installed... More

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News
28 March 2025

Red Rock signs PPA for Scottish wind farm

SSE Energy Markets has signed a supply deal with Red Rock Renewables for the output from the Benbrack wind farm in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.The 16-year PPA will see SSE Energy Markets provide route to market and optimisation services for all of Benbrack’s 67MW installed capacity. The... More

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28 March 2025

Switch completes $3.5bn of securitisations

Data centre company Switch has completed two securitised financing transactions for total proceeds of $3.5 billion.The transactions include a $2.4 billion Single Asset Single Borrower (SASB) CMBS loan and a $1.1 billion Asset Backed Security (ABS) issuance. Proceeds will refinance the majority of... More