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Perspectives from GIA on infrastructure development, financing and investment. Our articles examine commercial questions, explain analytical approaches and consider the implications of developments in the markets where we work.
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November 2024
A clean cooking investment case needs evidence about sustained use, customer affordability and the cost of delivering the service. Potential carbon revenue adds a separate set of assumptions that should be assessed explicitly.
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A meaningful electricity-price comparison needs a consistent customer category, date, currency and treatment of charges. Headline tariffs alone can give a misleading picture of the cost faced by a household or business.
Read the article ↗August 2026
A data centre investment depends on more than demand for computing capacity. Power availability, the customer proposition, technical requirements and the development programme must support a coherent commercial and financing case.
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Project structuring brings ownership, delivery responsibilities, revenue arrangements and financing into a coherent framework. The right structure depends on the project’s purpose, market and the parties able to carry its risks.
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A Saudi Arabian PPP bid needs financial analysis that reflects the procurement documents, project obligations and applicable local requirements. Early alignment between the commercial, modelling and specialist workstreams helps a bidder identify the decisions that matter.
Read the article ↗February 2026
Long-term operating performance is shaped by decisions made before construction. Design, procurement and contract preparation should reflect the service the asset must provide and the resources needed to sustain it.
Read the article ↗December 2025
A rail project needs an integrated view of demand, network interfaces, delivery requirements and funding. The development case should explain the service to be provided and the evidence supporting the proposed investment.
Read the article ↗August 2025
Mini-grid viability depends on the relationship between local demand, the cost of service and the revenues that can be collected. Technology selection is one part of a wider commercial and institutional assessment.
Read the article ↗July 2025
A development study becomes useful to an investor when its evidence connects to a commercial proposition, an implementable project and a clear funding requirement. Moving between these stages requires more than repackaging a report.
Read the article ↗July 2025
A solar PV feasibility study should connect site and resource evidence with the project’s commercial structure, costs and financing assumptions. Its purpose is to support a defined development decision and identify the work still required.
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An infrastructure opportunity needs a clear link between the service required, the delivery model and the funding available. Project preparation should establish that link with evidence appropriate to the local context.
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Changes in trade conditions can affect equipment cost, delivery programmes and contractual risk. Renewable energy developers should assess their exposure through the actual supply chain and procurement documents.
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Advisory support can improve the visibility of programme risks and the quality of project decisions. It cannot eliminate uncertainty. The practical task is to connect workstreams, responsibilities and decision milestones before unresolved issues become delivery problems.
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Energy development brings together commercial, financial, technical, environmental and legal questions. Effective coordination makes the interfaces visible and helps the client understand when the evidence supports a decision.
Read the article ↗January 2025
Project finance assesses a project’s expected cash flows and contractual arrangements within an agreed financing structure. For renewable energy sponsors, preparation starts with the underlying development and revenue case.
Read the article ↗January 2025
A staged development process helps a sponsor decide how much work to commission and when to commit further resources. Each stage should resolve a defined set of questions and identify the evidence needed next.
Read the article ↗January 2025
Wind development requires a clear connection between resource evidence, technical design, commercial arrangements and the financial case. Advisory responsibilities should reflect the expertise needed for each part of that assessment.
Read the article ↗February 2024
An interview with Professor Michael Govorov on geographic information systems and their applications in infrastructure planning.
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A mining power strategy must reflect the operation’s demand, reliability requirements and commercial priorities. Renewable and hybrid options should be compared on their ability to provide the required service over the relevant period.
Read the article ↗February 2024
GIA supported the assessment and commercial preparation of a hybrid power solution for a mining development in Africa. Client identities and identifying project details have been withheld.
Read the article ↗January 2024
Energy planning must consider access, reliability, affordability and environmental objectives together. A project assessment should make the trade-offs and evidence explicit rather than assuming that one technology answers every need.
Read the article ↗December 2023
GIA provided project development and financial advisory support for a thermal generation project in Africa. This summary focuses on the work undertaken and withholds client identities and commercially sensitive details.
Read the article ↗November 2023
A promising energy technology requires a commercial assessment as well as a technical proposition. Investors and developers need to understand the evidence, delivery requirements and assumptions behind the proposed business model.
Read the article ↗October 2023
A land-development proposition depends on the infrastructure needed to support its intended use. Site constraints, utility requirements and the delivery programme should be assessed alongside the commercial case.
Read the article ↗September 2023
Policy and regulatory assumptions can affect a renewable energy project’s rights, costs, revenue and timetable. The assessment should identify the applicable requirements and explain where the commercial case depends on change or interpretation.
Read the article ↗August 2023
An energy-transition partnership can provide a framework for policy priorities and potential funding. Individual projects still need defined delivery responsibilities, development evidence and financing arrangements.
Read the article ↗August 2023
Grid connection affects a generation project’s cost, commissioning date and ability to earn revenue. Developers need to understand the connection process and its commercial consequences early enough to reflect them in the project plan.
Read the article ↗July 2023
A power purchase agreement connects a generation project’s physical output with its revenue model. Assessing the buyer, payment terms and allocation of risk is central to understanding whether that revenue can support the project.
Read the article ↗July 2023
A financing discussion is more productive when the sponsor can explain the project’s development status, commercial case, funding requirement and outstanding risks. Preparation should make the proposition clear without overstating certainty.
Read the article ↗July 2023
A development review should identify the questions that affect whether and how a renewable energy project proceeds. These ten areas provide a practical starting point for an agreed project-specific assessment.
Read the article ↗March 2023
A renewable energy opportunity in Central Asia needs project-specific evidence on the market, development requirements and commercial structure. Regional potential is a starting point for investigation rather than a substitute for feasibility.
Read the article ↗July 2021
GIA’s collaboration with Quiddity Partners brings together infrastructure advisory and capital-raising experience to support renewable energy and environmental project developers.
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