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25 July 2023
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Oil & gas

Rio Grande LNG: Outsized deal – outsized complications

At $12.3 billion of debt raised, Rio Grande LNG has broken volume records. But its size was matched by the scale of complication in its path to financial close.

14 July 2023
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Renewables

Proximo Weekly: Bid Window 5 – cracked and not what it was cracked up to be

The first solar projects from South Africa’s Bid Window 5 have reached financial close. It’s progress – but not what was expected.

06 July 2023
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Renewables

Solek pushes the capital stack boundaries

Solek’s recent PMGD solar project portfolio financing incorporates multiple firsts. So while it has similarities with Matrix Renewables’ PMGD deal in 2022, there are...

30 June 2023
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Telecoms and Communications

US FTTH project finance begins to deliver

With heavyweight corporate credits like AT&T and BlackRock adopting limited and non-recourse borrowing for US FTTH projects, the US market looks set to finally deliver on...

12 June 2023
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Power, Renewables

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Marty Pasqualini, CCA Group

Proximo interviews Marty Pasqualini, a managing director at CCA Group, about some of the new and evolving avenues for tax equity investment opened up by the Inflation...

09 June 2023
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Oil & gas

Proximo Weekly: Venture Global and its commissioning cargoes

There are still questions to be answered about Venture Global’s recent corporate high-yield bond issue, which appears to rely heavily on revenues from commissioning...

24 May 2023
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Oil & gas

Port Arthur LNG: Old school but it works

The deal may not have the cross-collateralisation bells and whistles of other recent US LNG financings, but Port Arthur LNG is a robust project financing and a bellwether...

10 May 2023
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Social infrastructure, Transport, Waste and water

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Inal Henry and Khetha Rantao, ReagaInfra Capital

Proximo talks to Inal Henry and Khetha Rantao, co-founders of ReagaInfra Capital, about the future of the South African PPP market. Key topics discussed include past...

03 May 2023
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Power, Renewables

Wheeling out the volume

South Africa’s renewable energy wheeling sector is expanding at pace, with as much as 5GW of projects at various stages of development and the beginnings of a wheeling...

16 March 2023
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Power

Europe’s painful progress on transmission upgrades

The sub-par condition of Europe’s electricity grid presents some interesting opportunities to finance upgrades. But mostly it presents a huge headache for transmission...

13 February 2023
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Renewables

Finerge: Portfolio financing with yogic flexibility

Project financings for merchant renewables assets remain highly complex for most lenders, principally because it is difficult to reconcile unpredictable revenues with a...

30 January 2023
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Power, Renewables, Social infrastructure, Waste and water

Proximocast: 20 minutes with David Johnston, Norton Rose Fulbright

Proximo interviews David Johnston, a partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, about the Saudi Arabian project finance market. Topics discussed include key sectors that are...

27 January 2023
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Transport

Major Bridges gets a major PAB

Rising interest rates and broader economic uncertainty have tightened liquidity for private activity bonds (PABs) in recent months, forcing some financings to be delayed....

19 December 2022
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Social infrastructure, Transport, Waste and water

GCC social infra PPP steps up

The use of the PPP model in GCC countries has historically been confined largely to the power, water, and wastewater sectors. Increasingly, however, governments in the...

06 December 2022
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Renewables

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Lyudmil Banev, NatWest

Proximo interviews Lyudmil Banev, a director at NatWest, about the growing popularity of portfolio financings in the European renewables space. Topics discussed include...

02 December 2022
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Renewables

Proximo Weekly: Are you PTC or ITC?

The Inflation Reduction Act has given US solar developers a choice of two types of tax credit – ITC and PTC. So how to get the best from the system? Match the right tax...

09 November 2022
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Telecoms and Communications

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Antonio Cravo, Investec

Proximo interviews Antonio Cravo, a vice president in power and infrastructure finance at Investec, about the UK FTTH sector. Topics explored include typical project...

18 October 2022
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Waste and water

Shuaibah 3 IWP: Added-value water

The numbers say it all – even if oil prices were to plummet, replacing the fossil fuelled Shuaibah IWPP early with the renewables powered Shuaibah 3 IWP would still make...

28 September 2022
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Renewables

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Will Sheard, K2 Management

Proximo interviews Will Sheard, director of analysis and due diligence at K2 Management, about the current challenges facing offshore wind manufacturers. Topics discussed...

28 September 2022
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Renewables

Zarafshan: More than a pilot for Uzbek onshore wind

Zarafshan is designed to be a pilot for the feasibility of onshore wind in Uzbekistan. Its size, and the support of commercial lenders, suggest the market is evolving...