Vulcan Energy Zero Carbon Lithium Project reaches financial close

Portland Advisers is proud to support Vulcan Energy , a pioneer in sustainable lithium and renewable energy, in advancing Europe’s energy transition. Vulcan has successfully reached Financial Close for its EUR 1.3bn debt financing package to construct Phase One of the Lionheart Project in Germany’s Upper Rhine Valley. The project represents a major step forward […]

Portland’s Ian Cogswell returns to the Proximo Annual Project Finance Trends Review

Portland’s Ian Cogswell returns to the Proximo Annual Project Finance Trends Review Increasing cost of debt, the importance of energy security and the decarbonisation of energy networks have all been significant factors for project finance this year.  But there have been may others and, for the fourth year in a row, Ian Cogswell will join […]

Portland’s Cogswell at the Petroleum Economist’s LNG-to-Power Forum

Portland’s Ian Cogswell at the Petroleum Economist’s LNG-to-Power Forum Portland was represented at the Petroleum Economists recent LNG to Power forum, held in London on 18th October.  Europe’s ambition to displace two-thirds of its Russian gas demand by the end of 2022, and eliminate its dependence well before 2030, is a game-changer for European LNG; […]

Portland’s Cogswell joins Proximo’s Annual Project Finance Trends Review

Portland’s Ian Cogswell joins Proximo’s Annual Project Finance Trends Review Once again, Ian Cogswell participated in Proximo’s Festive Trends Round-Up and Draft. This annual webinar looks back at the previous year and attempts to predict the most significant features of the project, energy and infrastructure finance markets in the year ahead. Joining Ian and host, […]

Nick Flitterman hosts panel for SSPI/GVF on the future for UK Space

Nick Flitterman hosts a special panel on the UK Space Landscape Portland’s Head of Telecoms, Nick Flitterman, hosted a distinguished panel, sponsored by GVP and SSPI UK, discussing the UK Space Landscape which included sharing of views on the newly published UK National Space Strategy. The panel included the Rt Hon Mark Garnier, MP fo […]

Portland Contributes to Financing Net Zero at SPE Offshore Europe

Portland Contributes to Financing Net Zero at SPE Offshore Europe The Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) held its Offshore Europe Conference & Exhibition at the start of September.  Portland’s Ian Cogswell contributed to the content of a presentation made by the Financing Net Zero group, addressing the technology risk for financial investments in the energy […]

Portland A Thought Leader in Clean Tech Financing

Portland A Thought Leader in Clean Tech Financing Portland’s Ian Cogswell has this month published an article on the challenges associated with the financing and deploying of new clean technology. It has featured in the summer edition of “Energy Focus”, the periodical of the Energy Industries Council (EIC).  The article can be found by clicking […]

Portland assists in the drive to Net Zero

Portland assists in the drive to Net Zero In October 2020, Portland’s Ian Cogswell participated in a workshop entitled Working Back from Net Zero.  The “Financing Net Zero” group that met during the workshop has continued to meet and formed a network, FTech2Zero, a multiorganizational network of industry experts, who have been drawn together to […]

Ian Cogswell to present at the 4th AAPG Geothermal Cross-Over Workshop

Ian Cogswell to present at the 4th AAPG Geothermal Cross-Over Workshop The American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG) is hosting a geothermal cross-over workshop to explore ways of harvesting the technical, environmental and commercial synergies between the oil & gas and geothermal sectors.  The workshop will discuss experiences, best practices and knowledge on how to get […]