Infra Dig - A Green Street Podcast

With IJGlobal’s Asia Pacific conference one month away, the timing’s perfect for a focus on renewable energy across the region.   Singapore-based Achal Sondhi – chief investment officer at Aquila Clean Energy – speaks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville for this latest episode.   With a strong leaning towards solar PV and battery energy storage systems (BESS) and a healthy sprinkl...

The latest episode of Infra Dig – the IJGlobal podcast service – delves into the pressing need to invest in energy generation across the African continent.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Iain Macaulay, director and head of project finance for Africa and Pakistan at British International Investment – the UK’s development finance institution and impact investor.   The p...

Less than a week before the start of IJGlobal’s flagship energy conference – REFF North America – chat turns to nuclear energy with a company that has interesting plans.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville pulls up a mic for the latest Infra Dig episode with Jake Jurewicz – chief executive at US-based nuclear developer Blue Energy.    Blue Energy is a particularly interesting compa...

This latest IJGlobal Podcast sees Angus Leslie Melville – editorial director of IJGlobal – sit down for a chat with Jean-Francis Dusch, chief executive of Edmond de Rothschild UK.   Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (EDRAM) is famed for its Bridge infrastructure debt funds and JF gives an update on fundraising followed by his views on the market and a closer look at some of the manager’s recen...

As IJGlobal gears up for hosting REFF North America – our landmark conference for the regional energy sector – the Infra Dig podcast turns its focus to the thorny issue of powering data centres across the US.    IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks to Justin DeAngelis – global head of sustainable infrastructure at Denham Capital – about all things power, and the vast majority o...

This latest episode of Infra Dig centres on energy efficiency, energy security and grid shocks… an increasingly important issue given developments earlier this year.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks to Jonathan Maxwell, chief executive of Sustainable Development Capital (SDCL) about the substation fire that knocked out Heathrow Airport Terminal 3 and the power outage acro...

 The focus of this latest Infra Dig podcast is very much on energy transition across Europe, the challenge it faces and (hopefully) light at the end of the tunnel.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for a fireside chat with Mark Gilligan, head of infrastructure at AXA IM Alts, to hear how it’s shaping up.   Tune in for this latest episode and knowledge up about energy tr...

The Infra Dig focus turns once again to Asia Pacific as IJGlobal builds momentum for hosting our regional conference later this year.   IJGlobal is hosting the Infrastructure Finance Forum: Asia 2025 over 2 days – 18 and 19 November 2025 – in Singapore and to keep the kettle boiling in anticipation of this event, this latest episode has a strong regional flavour.   IJGlobal editorial director Angu...

Enrgy demand is on the increase globally, but in the US the seemingly endless build-out of data centres and application of power-hungry AI is forcing the market to step up activity to cater for a growing need.   IJGlobal senior editor Ila Patel talks to Richard Lum, one of the founders of Victory Hill Capital Partners, about energy demand not abating anytime soon. As he says: “It's increasing...

Offshore wind across Asia is building momentum to the point that it warrants the Infra Dig spotlight to bring listeners up to speed with developments on the ground… more to the point... at sea.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down to record a podcast with 2 Norton Rose Fulbright partners for a round-robin of the hottest markets across Asia, with a particular focus on those...

The Infra Dig podcast returns to its infrastructure fund interview format for this latest episode, interviewing 2 key players from UK-based clean energy investor Foresight Group.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down (in person for this latest podcast) with 2 Foresight partners – fund managers of Foresight Energy Infrastructure Partners (FEIP) – primarily to discuss MaresCo...

Focus for the Infra Dig podcast turns once again to Africa – this time taking a look at the Mission 300 which has ambitious goals to electrify the continent.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville is joined by Naomi Wagura, a director at the Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet (GEAPP) and Nicole Poindexter, founder and chief executive of Energicity Corporation.   Naomi and Ni...

This latest episode of the IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – sees the spotlight turn on infrastructure and energy investments across Africa and Asia Pacific.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down with Philippe Valahu – chief executive of Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) – for a tell-all interview on the investment environment.   Philippe takes the listener throu...

On the back of numerous recent victories at the IJGlobal Awards in London and IJInvestor Awards prior to that, Africa Finance Corporation talks to Infra Dig about its evolution. Fola Fagbule – head of financial advisory at the AFC – speaks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about the organisation’s role in driving private sector involvement in the financing of infrastructure and...

IJGlobal earlier this month hosted IJ LatAm 2025 – The Miami Conference – with a record delegate attendance, and recorded a couple of podcasts with leading figures who are driving investments into national infrastructure and energy. Izalia Lopez, promotion deputy director at the PPP unit of the Dominican Republic, speaks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about plans to invest in...

The energy revolution is moving at pace, and Mitsubishi Power Europe is in the vanguard as it supports the transition of natural gas power plants to hydrogen.   In this latest episode of the Infra Dig podcast, IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville speaks to Javier Cavada – president and chief executive of Mitsubishi Power Europe – to hear how the market is shifting.   In a slightly-lon...

Having spent the first half of this week in Miami at IJ LatAm 2025, it was too good an opportunity not to record a couple of podcasts with government delegates. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down with Pablo Cevallos – Ecuador’s secretary for public-private partnerships – to hear about plans to drive investments into infrastructure and energy. Pablo speaks openly about the...

One of the most interesting power projects on the radar right now – Xlinks, the Morocco-UK power project – is making great strides and this latest episode of Infra Dig delves into developments.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to James Humfrey who has been chief executive of Xlinks for the last year, since taking the role from founder Simon Morrish.    This is the second t...

As we put the finishing touches to preparations for our glorious “Miami Conference” – IJ LatAm 25 – the Infra Dig focus turns once again to the Latin American infrastructure market.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Aitor Alava – managing director and LatAm head of infrastructure and energy finance at Natixis – about the regional lending environment.   Aitor talks openly...

Bluestar is a global renewable energy investment company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2022, the company is focused on developing large-scale clean energy projects through its regional platforms in the United States, Europe and Australia.  In this latest episode, CEO of Bluestar Energy Capital, Declan Flanagan talks about how the company is structuring investments to address criti...

The Infra Dig podcast launches into the new year with the first episode serving as a reminder that “The Miami Conference” – IJ LatAm 2025 – is just around he corner and it’s shaping up to be the best one to date.    Running from 10-12 March at 1 Hotel South Beach, Miami, IJ LatAm 2025 has been running for more than 2 decades and is IJGlobal’s premier event, attracting around 700 delegates from acr...

As IJGlobal builds momentum towards “The Miami Conference” – IJ LatAm 2025 – the Infra Dig podcast turns its focus on equity engagement in infrastructure and energy across Latin America.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Susana Lopez, an investment director at Climate Fund Managers (CFM), about the regional market.   Susana – who will be speaking on a panel at IJ LatAm w...

Insurance has cropped up repeatedly in Infra Dig podcasts, to the point that we had to turn the focus this direction in the continuing quest to improve understanding across the infrastructure community.   Martin Bennet – managing director for infrastructure and energy as well as private equity and M&A at Marsh – joins IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville to talk about the role pla...

Looking beyond infra/energy for this latest episode of Infra Dig… into its second cousin (one sector removed) and investigating forestry as an investment.   IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville mulls the ever-stretching definition of infrastructure and talks to William Barrett – managing partner of Reach Capital – about forestry… which looks set (one day) to be included in the infra a...

IJGlobal Editor Ila Patel talks to Michael Panetlogianis and Ralph Cho, the co-heads of Apterra, an infrastructure finance platform backed by New York-headquartered Apollo Asset Management.  Launched in 2023, Apterra originates, structures and invests in infrastructure opportunities globally focusing on key sectors such as renewable energy, conventional power, midstream infrastructure, digital inf...