Airline passengers up 162% in August, still down from pre-pandemic August 2019 by Andrea Zander | Oct 18, 2021 U.S. airlines carried 66 million passengers in August 2021, according to preliminary data filed with the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) by 20 airlines that carry more than 90 percent of passengers. T
U.S. confidence softens as energy costs bite by Andrea Zander | Oct 18, 2021 The University of Michigan sentiment index has softened in early October despite COVID-19 case numbers falling sharply, and incomes and wealth rising. Consumers nonetheless are clearly spending, according to ING.
Octopus Energy and RES partner on green hydrogen rollout by Kali Persall | Oct 15, 2021 Octopus Energy and RES have partnered to invest £3 billion ($4 billion) in the construction of new green hydrogen plants across the United Kingdom by 2030.
DigitalBridge hires Matthew Evans to lead European investment-management business by Kali Persall | Oct 15, 2021 DigitalBridge Group has appointed Matthew Evans as managing director, head of Europe, effective mid-November.
Transactive energy market expected to rely on virtual power plants’ digital platforms for growth by Released | Oct 15, 2021 A report from Guidehouse Insights states the transactive-energy market is likely to rely on virtual power plants’ digital platforms to support growth in the next decade.
NGET expands power-flow project in the U.K. by Kali Persall | Oct 15, 2021 National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET), owner of the national electricity transmission system in England and Wales, is expanding its network of modular power-flow control technology in the United Kingdom.
Plug Power and Fortescue to deliver electrolyzer gigafactory in Australia by Released | Oct 15, 2021 Plug Power Inc., a provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Fortescue Future Industries have formed a 50-50 joint venture to build a gigafactory in Queensland, Australia.
GRESB releases Infrastructure Assessment results by Drew Campbell | Oct 15, 2021 Amsterdam-based GRESB, a global environmental, social and governance (ESG) benchmark for capital markets, has released the results of its 2021 Infrastructure Assessment.
EQT CEO implores: ‘unleash American shale’ by Kali Persall | Oct 15, 2021 Toby Rice, CEO of EQT Corp., is calling for more investment in domestic infrastructure such as pipelines to make more fuel available in the United States and abroad, according to Bloomberg.
MetLife Investment Management provides financing package for P3 flood project by Kali Persall | Oct 15, 2021 MetLife Investment Management (MIM) has provided $197.8 million in financing to support the public-private partnership (P3) portion of the first P3 flood-management project in North America, the FM Area Diversion project.
Report finds global listed infrastructure dips in September by Kali Persall | Oct 15, 2021 The global listed infrastructure (GLI) asset class dipped in September as higher energy prices, U.S. political uncertainty and China’s Evergrande debt crisis weighed on financial markets, according to First Sentier Investors’ GLI review and outlook for the month.
Pittsburgh International Airport breaks ground on $1.4b tech-forward terminal by Released | Oct 15, 2021 Pittsburgh International Airport has broken ground on a $1.4 billion tech-forward terminal totaling 700,000 square feet that will be the first airport terminal in the country to be built from the ground up since the pandemic.
Biden to roll out large-scale wind farms across U.S. coastline by Kali Persall | Oct 14, 2021 President Biden has announced plans to develop large-scale wind farms along nearly the entire U.S. coastline in what the New York Times is calling “the most forceful push ever by the federal government to promote offshore wind development.”
City of Long Beach, N.Y., seeks vendor for parking management system suite by Kali Persall | Oct 14, 2021 The city of Long Beach, N.Y., is seeking a vendor or vendor team to finance, build and deliver a modern and fully functional Parking Management System Suite (PMSS) in the city.
Vantage constructs its first data center campus in South Africa by Released | Oct 14, 2021 Vantage Data Centers has broken ground on its first African campus, in Johannesburg, leveraging a $1 billion investment from existing financial partners.
Actis Energy 5 concludes fundraising at $4.7b by Kali Persall | Oct 14, 2021 The Actis Energy 5 (AE5) fund has concluded fundraising, significantly exceeding its $4 billion target with $4.7 billion of fund commitments and significant co-investment capital.
Tenders launched for P3 school project in Germany by Kali Persall | Oct 14, 2021 The City of Nuremberg has launched tenders seeking a consultant for a public-private partnership (P3) school project in Nuremberg, Germany, according to InfraPPP.
Report finds new-energy economy not emerging fast enough to reach net-zero by 2050 by Released | Oct 14, 2021 A new-energy economy is emerging around the world, as solar, wind, electric vehicles and other low-carbon technologies flourish. However, the IEA’s new World Energy Outlook says this clean-energy progress is still far too slow to put global emissions into sustained decline toward net-zero.
Greencoat Capital makes foray into U.S. renewables sector by Kali Persall | Oct 14, 2021 Europe’s largest renewables investment manager, Greencoat Capital, has entered into the U.S. renewables sector with the opening of two offices in New York and Chicago.
Australian transport fund shelves merger with EISS Super by Kali Persall | Oct 14, 2021 TWUSUPER, Australia’s super fund for the transport industry, has decided to call off the previously announced merger with EISS Super, following a period of extensive due diligence.
AP2 CIO Hans Fahlin to step down in February by Kali Persall | Oct 14, 2021 Hans Fahlin, CIO of Swedish pension fund Andra AP-fonden (AP2), is leaving after more than a decade at the organization, effective February 2022.
Facebook and Google buy land for data center developments in Denmark by Denise Moose | Oct 14, 2021 Facebook and Google have each acquired large tracts of land in Denmark for potential data center developments this week, according to Data Center Dynamics.
Antin Infrastructure Partners appoints Patrice Schuetz as chief financial officer by Released | Oct 13, 2021 Antin Infrastructure Partners recently announced the appointment of Patrice Schuetz as group chief financial officer and partner.
RFQ issued for passenger rail network concession in Costa Rica by Kali Persall | Oct 13, 2021 Costa Rican transport service Incofer is seeking a private partner to participate in the pre-qualification process for a $1.55 billion passenger rail network concession, according to InfraPPP.
Low-carbon natural gas facility comes online in Ohio by Released | Oct 13, 2021 Commercial operation has begun at South Field Energy, a 1,182-megawatt, low-carbon, combined-cycle natural gas electric generating facility located in Columbiana County, Ohio, Advanced Power announced on Oct. 13.