Innergex has placed an order for 2 battery energy storage systems (BESS) to be implemented at existing solar parks in northern Chile

German renewable developer Enertrag is developing a green hydrogen complex in the Tacuarembó region of Uruguay

Egypt’s New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) has announced that 13 entities expressed an interest in a scheme to develop the geothermal energy sector in the North African state

A Chilean JV has requested a $304 million debt package to finance a fleet of almost 1,000 electric buses for Santiago’s public transit system

Emirati renewables developer AMEA Power has announced financial close on the €38 million, 26.6MW Zina solar PV project in western Burkina Faso

Meridiam and the United Nations Capital Development Fund have agreed a framing agreement for a partnership to establish and fundraise a vehicle for new urban infrastructure in developing countries

Three shortlisted advisers have received an RFP again to assist on a $40 million hydropower project in the Pacific that will serve a population of nearly 36,000 people who now rely on diesel power generation

Saudi Arabia’s General Authority of Civil Aviation (GACA) has restructured the PPP concession contract for the Prince Mohammed Bin Abdulaziz International Airport (PMIA) in Madinah due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemi

Brazilian development bank BNDES has completed feasibility studies for a new highway concession which would cover 674km of roads in the state of Rio Grande do Sul

The Minas Gerais Development Bank (BDMG) has committed R$405 million ($80m) to developing solar energy within the state.

Washington DC's first P3 – DC Smart Street Lighting project – has been financed with $155 million in amortizing senior secured bonds issued by the District of Columbia

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has appointed Zeeshan Sheikh as its new country manager for Afghanistan and Pakistan

Norwegian renewables developer Scatec has hired Fadhel Nouri as a project developer in Tunisia, where the company is in talks for a €95.4 million ($104.8m) project financing of 2 solar IPPs

The EU and the EIB have agreed to provide at least €123 million for the €243 million upgrade of the 330km Belabo-Ngaoundere railway line in Cameroon

The state government of Pernambuco is moving ahead with plans to privatise the Recife metro system, which will be tendered out to the private sector on a concession basis

HSBC’S Andrew Betts is joining Citi as the global head of trade sales and client management

HSBC has appointed Vivek Ramachandran as head of global trade and receivables finance (GTRF) – with immediate effect

Moroccan commercial bank Banque Centrale Populaire (BCP) is set to receive up to €24.8 million in financial support from the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for renewables onlending

A Fijian law firm has signed a $120,000 contract to assist on a $40 million hydropower project in the Pacific that will serve a population of nearly 36,000 people who now rely on diesel power generation