Argentina tenders 500kV transmission public-private partnership; Infrastructure Ontario and Ministry of Transportation name preferred proponent for the Highway 401 Expansion; Carlyle Group closes a seven-year term loan for the financing of six wind projects in upstate New York

The Renewables Infrastructure Group Limited (TRIG) is looking to raise 171 million pounds from a new issuance program; Washington State leases land for a solar project for the first time; New Mexico begins to lay plans to be coal free by 2045.

The EIB is financing clean water in Romania, whilst Austria’s first broadband project finance deal reaches financial close. Finally, the Gambia could be launching a new infrastructure fund.

Hybrid renewable and battery storage system projects have been proven bankable following the first non-recourse deal in 2018, and the deal pipeline is expected to grow; Jordan’s government set the template for successful solar and wind farm financing; and a 7.4MW power plant is being built for the US Navy Submarine Base in Connecticut.

On today's Proximo Daily Podcast... 

The Maine Public Utilities Commission has approved a solar proposal in Hancock County, Maine; Ardian takes its first step towards launching a new investment platform for sustainable energy in the Nordics; and the Matiari-Lahore high voltage direct current transmission line project in Pakistan becomes the country's first private sector transmission project to achieve financial close.