Infra Dig - A Green Street Podcast

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Jun 2026

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The Infra Dig Podcast , formerly The IJGlobal Podcast, from Green Street Infrastructure’s editorial team, digs deep into the finance, procurement, delivery, and operation of infrastructure and energy projects around the world. The focus ranges from the project finance behind greenfield developments to major M&A activity and the evolving dynamics within the infrastructure fund community. If it shapes the global infrastructure and energy landscape, you’ll hear about it here.

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June 2, 2026Episode 14730 min

MorGen Energy’s Welsh hydrogen pioneer

Having earlier this year (March 2026) achieved final investment decision and financial close on a first-of-a-kind (FOAK) hydrogen project in Wales, it seemed only right that MorGen Energy appear on Infra Dig to talk about it. Green Street News Infrastructure editorial director Angus Leslie Melville is joined by MorGen CFO Christos Kosmas and general counsel Christine Yassa to talk about the landmark West Wales Hydrogen Project. The MorGen duo take it in turns to talk the listener through everything from the financing through to regulatory support and then drill down into their other projects that are gathering pace in north England and Denmark. Tune into this latest episode for a revealing insight into the financing of hydrogen in the UK and MorGen’s plans to move beyond the FOAK banner and establish hydrogen in the mainstream.

June 1, 2026Episode 14620 min

Finance in Motion – a frontier frontrunner

Having won the Frontier Market trophy at IJGlobal Awards 2025 in March, Finance in Motion joins the Infra Dig podcast to talk about this outstanding renewable energy deal it closed in Ukraine. Sylvia Wisniwski, chief executive of Finance in Motion, joins Green Street Infrastructure (formerly IJGlobal) editorial director Angus Leslie Melville to talk about the 24MW Goldbeck Solar Project in western Ukraine – a landmark wartime investment. This transaction was chosen to win the Frontier Market Award at IJGlobal Awards 2025 and was presented at the London ceremony (which is rebranding this year to "Infra Globals" in line with the title’s broader rebrand). Sylvia drills down into this fascinating deal – hopefully the first of many to follow – before giving her perspective on the broader role that Finance in Motion and the Green for Growth Fund is playing across frontier and high-growth markets... and much more.

May 15, 2026Episode 14521 min

Rebecca Sherlock – energy in a volatile world

Today’s Infra Dig podcast takes the listener on a tour of listed infrastructure with a practitioner who has deep experience across the asset class. Rebecca Sherlock – portfolio manager from First Sentier’s global listed infra team in Sydney – talks to Green Street Infrastructure (formerly IJGlobal) editorial director Angus Leslie Melville. Conversation ranges from Geopolitical volatility serving as a tailwind for listed infrastructure through to the evolution of US LNG as it becomes a strategic allocation; midstream assets proving to be more resilient than their energy label suggests; AI acting as the biggest demand inflection for US power since air conditioning; and stagflation fears reinforcing the case for the asset class.

May 14, 2026Episode 14421 min

Anders Lindberg – solving the energy conundrum

This latest Infra Dig podcast centres on renewable energy and sees a chief executive of many years standing give his views on the sector that is front page news everywhere. Anders Lindberg – chief executive of Wärtsilä Energy – talks to Green Street Infrastructure (formerly IJGlobal) editorial director Angus Leslie Melville in an engaging interview on alternative energy. This episode starts with a big picture view of energy, assessing the impact of geopolitics, drilling down into how this is reshaping national energy strategies, and what Anders refers to as “energy realism”. Tune in for this latest recording of Infra Dig for an informed view of the energy environment that ranges from big nuclear through to small modular reactors (SMRs), gas-fired and everything beyond.

May 1, 2026Episode 14335 min

PwC – Global Infrastructure Outlook 2025-50

As we near IJGlobal’s European conference re-boot – Infrastructure Finance Forum: Europe 2026 – one of the event sponsors joins the Infra Dig podcast to talk about an insightful report that it has just published. Clara Cutajar – global infrastructure leader at PwC – talks to IJ editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about the firm’s “Global Infrastructure Outlook” that identifies cumulative investment of $151.1 trillion from 2025 to 2050. This report will be discussed at IJGlobal’s IFF Europe conference that is being hosted on 12 & 13 May (2026) at the Novotel Madrid Center. To learn more about conference, CLICK HERE… In the meantime, tune into this latest episode of Infra Dig for a far-ranging discussion on international requirements to invest in infrastructure that forecasts annual global infra spend will climb from $4.4 trillion in 2024 to $6.9 trillion in 2050.

April 30, 2026Episode 14222 min

Be.EV – leading the charge for UK electrification

Electric vehicle charging across the UK takes centre stage for this latest episode of IJGlobal’s podcast service – Infra Dig. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville sits down for a chat with Asif Ghafoor – founder and chief executive of Be.EV, the nationwide rapid and ultra-rapid charging network group. Be.EV launched in 2019 and is majority owned by Octopus Energy Generation, with the wider Octopus Energy group powering its network with wind and solar energy. Conversation flows freely with Asif talking about Be.EV’s recent acquisition of MER (which boosted its network by 1,600 charging points), and his anticipation that the UK EV charging sector will consolidate from roughly 1,500 players now to just 6. Tune in for an inciteful view of a burgeoning sector that needs to grow significantly to meet future demand.

April 21, 2026Episode 14124 min

Kai Rintala… Taaleri’s renewable drive

This latest episode of Infra Dig sees Taaleri Energia managing director Kai Rintala delve into the fund manager’s strategy to drive business across East Europe as it continues to build presence across select nations. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville talks to Kai about Taaleri’s well established role in the market as a renewables fund manager investing in onshore wind, PV solar and battery energy storage systems (BESS) with a primary focus on Europe and some interests in the US. Taaleri has €1.3 billion of assets under management and 2.5GW under construction and operational capacity and 7GW in the development pipeline. Kai, who will be speaking at IJGlobal’s European conference – Infrastructure Finance Forum - Europe 2026 – on 12-13 May at the Novotel Madrid Center, takes the listener through Taaleri’s strategy to invest East. Taaleri has all the skills of an independent power producer (IPP), but operates under a fund manager management structure.This podcast sees Kai run through the opportunity his firm sees across East Europe and how the fund manager is capitalising on that.

March 27, 2026Episode 14026 min

Simon Marchioni turns the focus on Africa

Africa once again takes centre stage for the Infra Dig podcast as Simon Marchioni – managing partner of Global Infrastructure Advisors – talks market. In an episode that runs for around 27 minutes, Simon talks to IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville about the burgeoning African infrastructure and energy market and how to make project bankable. Conversation ranges from bringing domestic capital into financing African infra / energy through to gas-to-power discussion being framed as part of the energy transition story… rather than languishing as legacy infrastructure.

March 20, 2026Episode 13946 min

Africa50 AGIA – pioneering African infrastructure

The focus of this latest IJGlobal podcast – Infra Dig – turns once again to Africa, this time for a longer-than-normal episode centred on the activity of a key organisation driving investments into infrastructure across the continent. Anas Charafi – executive director at the Alliance for Green Infrastructure in Africa (AGIA) which is managed by Africa50 – joins IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville for a fireside chat. With Africa50 entering its second decade of operations – and surpassing $1.4 billion in assets under management – Anas talks about AGIA’s strategy to meet the Africa’s $100 billion infrastructure funding gap. Anas takes the listener on a tour of his organisation’s activity, and shines a light on the impact it is having to deliver much-needed infrastructure on the ground.

March 6, 2026Episode 13822 min

VEMO – the LatAm clean mobility innovator

Recorded at IJ LatAm 2026, this latest IJGlobal podcast centres on a company that's playing a leading role in the electric vehicle revolution across Latin America. IJGlobal editorial director Angus Leslie Melville takes a break from the conference stage to talk to VEMO chief financial officer Nicolás Estrada to hear all about his company. Founded in Mexico City in 2021, VEMO accelerates the adoption of clean mobility technologies through an integrated solution that combines electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and fleet management technology. Nico tells Infra Dig listeners all about its recent investment from Vision Ridge Partners and maps out VEMO’s plans, and its relationship with other infrastructure investors. Tune in for an insight into an exciting company as Nico talks on the sidelines of IJGlobal’s flagship Latin America conference that was hosted earlier this week in Miami.