Renewables developer Eelpower has joined with funders Equitix, Australian pension fund Aware Super and the National Wealth Fund to develop a portfolio of battery storage assets via a new platform, Eelpower Energy. Construction will start straight away on a 150MW/300MWh portfolio with plans to reach final investment decisions on up to 1GWh of capacity by the end of this year.
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PFI 799 - 28 Aug 2025 - 10 Sep 2025Lead Stories
The market has digested the eagerly awaited Treasury guidance on renewables tax credits. The changes will alter the types of financing that are most prevalent. By Alison Healey

AEMO expects curtailment problems to increase in the near future. Even locations previously immune from heavy congestion could suffer. By Marc Howe

Porto and Lisbon should be linked by a high-speed railway by 2032. The first of three sections has been project financed with a €2.2bn debt package. By Cristiana Sandeva

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Who could bet on what is next for the UK water sector? One minute it is all doom and gloom with Thames on the brink and Southern restructuring. The next minute the sector is adding another tool to the private project procurement toolkit – and a new tool in project procurement business is a rare occurrence. Once the wheel was invented, the wheel was invented.

The Polish telecoms sector is poised for growth, with surging demand for data centres and fibre networks. Both sectors are mobilising debt, each with its own approach and facing its own challenges. By Cristiana Sandeva

As global efforts to decarbonise aviation intensify, sustainable aviation fuel has emerged as a leading solution. By Paul Ticehurst, managing director for HyCOgen and FT Liquids at Johnson Matthey

PFI Global Energy Report 2025
PFI Global Energy Report 2025
PFI has published its annual Global Energy Report. The report presents case studies of important leading-edge deals and profiles various institutions and developers involved in the sector. Battery storage is a common theme across the report alongside energy for AI and data centres.
