Renewable developers feel impact of permitting woes

Different financing structures are emerging for the data centre sector. Boundaries are being pushed and all markets are being tried, with plain vanilla deals sidelined. By Nic Stone

The government has taken over the lead on offshore wind development under a new Offshore Wind Promotion Act. It is streamlining the approach with an aim to accelerating deployment. By Minerva Lau

The Gulf crisis could be coming to an end. Important assets have been hit, directly and indirectly. By Rod Morrison

The first GPU financings in the data centre sector are emerging, upping the risk ante in the opinion of many commentators. Equipment financing has always been a different animal to the underlying infrastructure asset – take hospital equipment deals and PPP hospitals or even car finance and toll roads. But in the data centre space, the financing structures could be merging into one.

The booming AI demand for electricity is driving power M&A like never seen before. 2026 is expected to be another bumper year. By Nic Stone

As Nordic-German tensions rise over market structure, large-scale BESS is poised to offer a lifeline. Flower’s CEO says operational profitability is now funding its platform buildout, while the Swedish upstart looks to shift away from equity-heavy funding rounds to bank-style senior debt. By Hassan Butt