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IJGlobal - Infrastructure Journal - is host of this podcast series where members of the editorial team delve into matters relating to the finance, procurement, delivery and operation of infrastructure and energy projects around the world. This coverage ranges from greenfield project / corporate finance through to M&A activity in this space, and infra fund activity... all of it in the infrastructure and energy world. You can find IJGlobal at www.IJGlobal.com - and it is an established provide ...
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REFF Wall Street - Charles Donovan on US Renewables
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The IJGlobal podcast is on its travels again, this time in New York at its REFF Wall Street conference run in partnership with Power Finance & Risk. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville collared keynote speaker Charles Donovan as he left the stage to record this latest episode of Infra Dig that focuses on the renewable energy scene in …
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Just as there's more than one way to skin a cat, there's more than one way to extract energy from wind... especially when you are operating offshore. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks to Johan Sandberg. chief executive of SeaTwirl, about his company's truly fascinating innovation in turbines for the offshore wind industry. Tu…
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Carbon Capture and Storage... but you were too scared to ask. This podcast has it all on the CCS front. IJglobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville plays devil's advocate with Dan Carter, president of decarbonisation at Wood. In a 23-minute interview, Dan takes the listener through this technology that…
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Caribbean Uncovered – Denise Arana on Jamaica PPP
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Having recorded 10 podcasts in person at the Inter American Development Bank’s excellent conference in Panama – PPP Americas – this latest one is with a delegate from Jamaica who was not able to attend in person. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for a chat on all matters PPP with Denise Arana, general manager of public pr…
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LatAm Uncovered – Jonathan Bernal on PPP in Colombia
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The final podcast to have been recorded in Panama at the Inter American Development Bank conference – PPP Americas – sees the focus shift towards the PPP market in Colombia. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down with Jonathan Bernal, vice president for structuring at the National Infrastructure Agency for Colombia, to hear abo…
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LatAm Uncovered – Santa Catarina, Brazil (Mark 2)
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The state of Santa Catarina features again in the second of a series of 3 podcasts where mayors speak about the opportunity for PPP in southern Brazil. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sets up stall at the Inter American Development Bank conference – PPP Americas last month in Panama – and records (with translation support from IJ …
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LatAm Uncovered – Santa Catarina, Brazil (Mark 3)
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The final episode on the 3-part focus on the state of Santa Catarina in Brazil sees the focus remain resolutely focused on PPP and yet another interesting spotlight on a region that has been re-building its relationship with the market. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville welcomes 2 guests to this latest podcast, discussing the state …
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The IJGlobal LatAm podcast juggernaut ploughs on with the latest episode recorded at last week’s Inter American Development Bank conference – PPP Americas – in Panama. This latest recording focuses on the PPP scene in Ecuador and it sees IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sit down with Gustavo Camacho, under secretary of fiscal polic…
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LatAm Uncovered – Santa Catarina, Brazil (Mark 1)
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The first of a series of 3 podcasts on Santa Catarina with the opening episode delving into PPP opportunities in the southern state of Brazil where they have ambitious plans to deploy the procurement model. In an impromptu podcast, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to 4 mayors from around the state… all of whom have plans to d…
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Caribbean Uncovered – Izalia Lopez on PPP in the Dominican Republic
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The latest podcast recorded at the Inter American Development Bank conference last week in Panama is published today… an impromptu discussion about PPP in the Dominican Republic. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to chat all things infra with Izalia López – promotion deputy director for PPP in DR… and the results are unreh…
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LatAm Uncovered – Luis Felipe Elton on Chile PPP
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This is the latest IJGlobal podcast to have been recorded at the Inter American Development Bank’s excellent conference last week in Panama – PPP Americas. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Luis Felipe Elton, head of the projects division at the Chilean PPP Unit, about the national infrastructure market in a side room at th…
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As hosts of last week’s splendid PPP Americas conference in Panama, it would be unseemly not to have invited the Inter American Development Bank for a podcast… and it’s a good job we did as they had a lot to say about the LatAm infrastructure market. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sat down with IDB PPP team leader Gaston Astesian…
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LatAm Uncovered – Saleh Asvat on PPP in Panama
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The second in a series of 12 podcasts recorded at the Inter American Development Bank conference – PPP Americas – staged last week sees the focus turn towards the fledgling PPP sector in Panama. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville is joined by Saleh Asvat, PPP national secretary for the government of Panama, to discuss the future of i…
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LatAm Uncovered – Marcus Cavalcanti on Brazil PPP
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In the first of a series – LatAm Uncovered – the Infra Dig podcast set up stall in Panama for a host of fascinating interviews recorded at the Inter America Development Bank conference, PPP Americas. Here, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down with Marcus Cavalcanti – special secretary for the investment partnerships programme…
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A podcast with a sunny disposition… this latest Infra Dig episode sees IJGlobal editorial director pull up a chair to the fireside to talk all things renewable with a luminary (geddit?) in the solar space. Axel Thiemann – Miami-based chief executive of Sonnedix, the solar PV developer / operator with an international footprint – speaks openly about…
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This latest Infra Dig podcast sees the focus shift to North America where there are significant moves afoot for a technology company focused on energy storage software, system supply and project development. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville (with a bit of a head cold) pulls up a chair to the trans-Atlantic fireside (east coast Scot…
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Jon Salazar – founder and chief executive of Gazelle Wind Power – joins the Infra Dig podcast to run listeners through his fascinating company that is driving innovation in the floating offshore wind sector. Speaking to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville, Jon takes the listener through what his company is doing, the technology it is …
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The latest IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – this time focuses on the world of recruitment across infrastructure and energy. One Search chief executive Dan McCarthy – a head hunter of international fame – talks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about the changing landscape for recruitment in the swiftly evolving infra and energy sec…
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The IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – makes a late start to 2023 with its first episode, this one focused on the digital infrastructure opportunity in Africa. Damilola Agbaje, investment director at African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM), speaks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville to talk through the potential for investmen…
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Infra Dig – John Flint, the UKIB interview
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The UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) was born from Brexit – the great British answer to the loss of the European Investment Bank (EIB) which had made it abundantly clear that departure from the EU came at a cost. In the latest fireside chat style Infra Dig podcast, Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal – talks to UKIB chief executive …
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In the second of the Infra Dig masterclass series, the focus turns to payment mechanisms for renewable energy projects and drills down into just what underpins the vast majority of projects. Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal – speaks to a lawyer who is particularly renowned in the world of renewables and, especially, is famed f…
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Infra Dig – Lars Carlstrom, the Gigafactory man
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Gigafactories are flavour of the day for this latest Infra Dig podcast as Lars Carlstrom – founder and chief executive of Italvolt and Statevolt – pulls up a chair for a fireside chat on his favourite subject. Speaking to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville, Lars runs through plans to build 2 Gigafactories – one in north Italy and the…
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Paul Corrigan – chief financial officer for Mainstream Renewable Power – joins Infra Dig for a free-flowing discussion on the global developer of wind and solar infrastructure and the wider market. Speaking to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville, Paul speaks candidly about the Ireland-headquartered company that was established in 2008…
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Infra Dig – Astarte on Greece, renewables and ESG
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Teresa Farmaki – co-founder of Astarte Capital Management – pulls up a chair for a fireside chat in the latest episode of the IJGlobal podcast series… Infra Dig. Speaking with IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville, Teresa speaks openly about the latest developments at Astarte and how it is approaching investments into the international …
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Infra Dig – African energy with Olaniwun Ajayi
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Gabriel Onagoruwa chair of the project development and finance practice at Nigeria-headquartered law firm Olaniwun Ajayi stars in this week's Infra Dig podcast. In a fireside chat-style interview with IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville, Gabriel – who operates out of the firm's London office that opened in 2021 – speaks openly about t…
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Infra Dig – Atrato… doing infra the ESG way
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When it comes to ESG in the infrastructure and energy space, most organisations waving the ESG flag would do well to scrutinise Atrato Group and take a leaf out of its book. It is refreshing to come across an organisation that “really gets” ESG and has embedded it into the organisation to the extent that Atrato has done through its alternative asse…
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Big bets are being put on the future of hydrogen… not many of them are quite as ambitious as Hy24’s masterplan to drive investments into delivering the energy source of the future. Pierre-Etienne Franc – chief executive of Hy24 and a founding force behind the Hydrogen Council – talks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about plans …
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Infra Dig – Toll Road to Damascus Experience
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When it comes to asset ownership in the infrastructure and energy space, commonly-used metrics have become synonymous with good governance… but what if one of them was flawed? This week’s Infra Dig podcast sees IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talk to Robert Bain (UK) and Sylvain Senechal (Canada) of RBconsult about research they h…
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Infra Dig – Namibian hydrogen… stunning ambitions
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When it comes to ambitious projects, Namibia leads the field with a stunning project that will establish the southern African nation as a significant player in the fast-evolving hydrogen market. In traditional Infra Dig style, the IJGlobal podcast turns the spotlight on the Southern Corridor Development Initiative in Namibia to find out what it’s a…
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ESG and technology in infrastructure and energy are the primary focus of this week’s Infra Dig podcast as the focus turns to Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners – winner of the tech trophy in last year’s inaugural IJGlobal ESG Awards. Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal, Infrastructure Journal – talks to Anne Foster, global head of…
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As submissions pour in for IJGlobal ESG Awards 2022, Infra Dig turns its focus on a winner from last year’s inaugural event when we celebrated organisations, transactions and individuals that truly turned the dial on the environmental, social and governance front in infrastructure and energy. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks…
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Infra Dig – crowdfunding Spanish renewables
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IJGlobal is fascinated by all forms of financing in the renewable energy space and today’s podcast reflects this as it delves into an area that falls outside our editorial radar… but is really very interesting. Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal (Infrastructure Journal) – sits down for a fireside chat with Carlos Vitoria, invest…
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If there’s a UK transport project from yesteryear that continues to set teeth on edge, it has to be Edinburgh Tram. The only solace IJGlobal readers take from it is… that it wasn’t a PPP. In this week’s Infra Dig podcast, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to return guest Mike Flynn of Michael Flynn Associates about this disast…
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Infra Dig – Battery Storage with Hitachi Energy
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This latest podcast turns the focus on battery energy storage systems (BESS) and microgrids as Infra Dig continues its mission to foster greater understanding of the infrastructure and energy asset class. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville is joined by Maxine Ghavi, senior vice president and head of the grid edge solutions business a…
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Dublin Metro North – which has been wheeled out again under a new guise, Metrolink – is back in the news as the government pushes for the €3 billion mass-transit PPP to be delivered as a priority project. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Mike Flynn of Michael Flynn Associates about Ireland’s ambitions to – finally – delive…
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The latest Infra Dig podcast seen the focus turn on Xlinks – a fascinating renewable energy development in Morocco that will transmit electricity through an HVDC link to the UK. Simon Morrish, founder and chief executive of Xlinks, talks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about his company’s plans for a truly ambitious project tha…
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The latest in the Infra Dig podcast series sees IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville discuss the intricacies of Project Finance with Agnes Mazurek who has a wealth of experience of lending to and advising on infrastructure and energy transactions around the globe. In a longer than normal podcast – at around 45 minutes – Agnes delves in…
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Infra Dig – Fiona Reilly on nuclear and transmission
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This week’s Infra Dig podcast sees IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down with Fiona Reilly, managing director of FiRe Energy, to discuss all things energy. Fiona is an established player in the energy sector and has a CV that includes a long spell as Norton Rose Fulbright head of nuclear services, followed by serving as PwC gl…
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Infra Dig – EV charging with Gridserve CEO Toddington Harper
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The Infra Dig podcast this week sees Gridserve chief executive Toddington Harper tell all about electric vehicle charging, his company plans while also giving his views on the wider market. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to chew the electrons with Toddington who runs the UK’s most innovative EV charging company which ha…
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Infra Dig – Interconnectors with Hitachi Energy
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Interconnectors are shooting up the news agenda as markets increasingly seek to achieve energy security and today’s Infra Dig podcast turns the focus on a sector where understanding needs to ramp up significantly. In a new style of podcast – presented by IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville – the mission is to explain “how it works”… a…
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This week’s Infra Dig podcast sees IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville welcome back regular guest Dr Tim Stone CBE to talk about last week’s announcement by the UK government that nuclear is receiving a shot in the arm. Before delving into the UK’s ambition to deliver 24GW of new nuclear energy by 2050, Tim gives a brief update on the…
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Infra Dig – NuScale Power fireside with Chris Colbert
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Chris Colbert – Portland, Oregon-based chief strategy officer and CFO at NuScale Power – joins IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville for today’s podcast to talk about nuclear energy. The latest in the Infra Dig podcast series, sees discussion centre on small modular reactors – SMRs – a subject that NuScale Power is more than qualified t…
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Discussion centres on risk – and indeed insurance – in this latest Infra Dig podcast as Warren Beardall pulls up a chair to the IJGlobal fireside to share views on a subject close to his heart. Staying true to the Infra Dig mission to host podcasts with infrastructure and energy experts, this one sees IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melvil…
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IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville pulls up a distant chair for a fireside chat with Sydney-based Global Infrastructure Hub chief executive Marie Lam-Frendo. In this latest Infra Dig podcast where we interview infrastructure and energy specialists from around the globe, the spotlight turns on the Australia-headquartered GI Hub to lea…
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For the final podcast in a series of 3, Dr Tim Stone CBE joins IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville to investigate the impact of the Ukraine invasion and energy security issues, before launching into the planned discussion on base-load technologies. There are few people in the market with as all-encompassing a view on nuclear and the i…
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Ian Dixon – an infrastructure and energy specialist of more than 30 years’ standing – joins IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville on the Infra Dig podcast series to discuss all matters energy, and the global shift to renewables. Ian retired recently and is a well-known figure in the infrastructure financing community having worked in ba…
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Dr Tim Stone CBE joins IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville in the second in a series of 3 podcasts where he delves into the future of nuclear investment, primarily in the UK but also with an international focus. Tim – who was appointed chair of the UK's Nuclear Industry Association in October 2018 and has been chair of the Nuclear Ris…
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Infra Dig – Going Nuclear with Dr Tim Stone
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In the first of a series of IJGlobal Infra Dig podcasts, nuclear power luminary Dr Tim Stone CBE sets the stall for a massive wave of investments in the UK and internationally as the tide of opinion turns in favour of base-load solutions. Tim – who was appointed chair of the UK's Nuclear Industry Association in October 2018 and has been chair of th…
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Infrafintech – Infrastructure finance reimagined is an innovative financial journalism podcast. It’s a serial podcast, meaning each episode builds from the last. Most podcasts about infrastructure finance and finance, in general, are episodic. Podcasters interview a personality or a panel covers a topic for a given episode. They have a conversation…
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