July 2009

DoE starts seventh and eighth guarantee round 30 July 2009

The US Department of Energy has issued two new rounds of solicitations

Elections create Portugal's latest PPP headache 28 July 2009

Despite difficult credit conditions a number of Portuguese toll road deals reached financial close during the first half of 2009. But the historical bane of Portuguese PPP – politics – has again frozen the deal flow. By Michael Marray.

Tariff cuts spark secondary solar boom 28 July 2009

Cuts to the tariffs for Spanish solar projects have made financing acquisitions more lucrative than greenfield deals. Even if debt pricing follows equipment prices downwards, deregulation may complicate lenders' work. By Robin Sayles.

People & Places 28 July 2009

Lloyds-HBoS integrate PF teams Details have emerged over the combined project finance department formed from the takeover of HBoS by Lloyds TSB. Gershon Cohen, former...

Transport 28 July 2009

Bids out for Pinhal Interior

British Columbia rolls out wide equity 07 July 2009

The Canadian province of British Columbia is set to introduce a new interim model for financing PPP projects