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Perspective
09 February 2018
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Renewables

Solar revenue puts: De-risking to depress DSCRs

Coronal Energy’s hedge on a 30MW PV portfolio was not a textbook use of kWh Analytics’ new solar revenue put. But it might be having the desired effect on banks’ term...

Perspective
07 February 2018
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Power

It's a wrap: InfraCredit debuts with Viathan bond

Donor-backed bond insurer InfraCredit has wrapped its first issue – a N10 billion local currency bond for a Nigerian captive power developer. What are the long-term...

News
06 February 2018
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Renewables

ACWA wins Sakaka solar

ACWA Power has been confirmed winner of the 300MW Sakaka solar PV scheme in Saudi by the Ministry of Energy, Industry and Mineral Resources (MEIM). The concession...

Perspective
31 January 2018
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Renewables

Ituango Hydro: Stretching EPM’s funding base

Colombia’s EPM finally has a long-term debt package in place for the Ituango hydro project. The deal demonstrates a significant broadening of EPM's lender base beyond...

Perspective
25 January 2018

Time for more Basel-friendly project loan CLOs?

The latest revisions to Basel III are generally good news for banks. But they’ll still have to do more to manage their project finance loan books.

Perspective
16 January 2018

Basel III: Expanding the multilateral circle

The December 2017 finalisation of the Basel III framework offers some good risk weighting news for smaller multilaterals. Could this help channel more funding to emerging...

News
11 January 2018
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Renewables

Flanders plans 100MW solar power project near Tommel

The Minister of Energy for the Belgian region of Flanders has announced that a 100MW solar power project known as Kristal Solar Park is being planned by the municipality...

Perspective
19 December 2017
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Power

Chasing paper: PPC’s receivables securitisation

The restructuring of Greece’s power sector continues with a novel proposal to monetise PPC customer receivables. If the deal happens, it is likely to be one of the first...

Perspective
14 December 2017
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Transport

Brightline: Take your seats

With few exceptions, US travellers have little love for inter-city rail travel. Having pulled off a $600 million non-investment grade PAB issue for its Brightline private...

Perspective
11 December 2017
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Power, Renewables

Batteries not included: Is energy storage bankable?

A clutch of Canadian battery storage deals suggests that non-recourse financing is available for developers – but at a price.

Perspective
01 December 2017
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Transport

Nacala Logistic Corridor: a private-private partnership

The largest infrastructure project financing in Africa to date, the complex dual-jurisdiction set of agreements for the $2.7 billion Nacala rail financing has lessons for...

Perspective
21 November 2017

Islamic PPPs: What's holding the market back?

The World Bank and the Islamic Development Bank have issued a report highlighting the potential for Islamic finance in PPP. And untapped pools of capital could boost...

News
08 November 2017
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Power, Waste and water

Fujairah 1 IWPP bond investor meetings start tomorrow

Investor meetings for the $400 million bond portion of the Fujairah 1 IWPP refinancing start on 9 November. Sponsored by Emirates Sembcorp Water & Power (a joint...

Perspective
03 November 2017

Corti Wind: A step nearer to non-recourse for Argentina’s RenovAR

Pampa Energia guaranteed the first international financing for a project under Argentina’s RenovAR programme. But the hybrid project structure is strong enough to support...

Perspective
26 October 2017

EKF: Out of Teghout

Denmark’s EKF has cancelled a loan for the Teghout open pit copper mine in Armenia on environmental grounds. Is this a signal for ECAs to get tougher?

Perspective
16 October 2017

Top Trump ironies: Donald has a plan

Forget twitter and the crassness, Donald Trump has an infrastructure plan that the PPP industry actually likes. But is it workable, and would it pass congress?

News
05 October 2017

ENGIE and HG&E join for Massachusetts' largest energy storage project

ENGIE North America through its subsidiary Green Charge and the municipally-owned utility Holyoke Gas & Electric (HG&E) will deploy a 3MW/6MWh energy storage...

Perspective
02 October 2017
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Oil & gas

Sea Lion: Premier and Rockhopper take a different approach

Rockhopper and Premier Oil, the independent operators of the Sea Lion oil field offshore the Falkland Islands, have approached UKEF for a direct loan. Why don’t more...

News
26 September 2017
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Transport

Colombian roads PPP EOI launched

The Department of La Guajira in Colombia has issued a request for expressions of interest in a COP1 trillion ($340 million) roads public-private partnership (PPP). The...

Perspective
22 September 2017
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Power

Nuclear waste with an Opic wrap

An Opic-wrapped Energoatom nuclear waste storage facility project bond is nearing launch. The enhanced bond will be structured around Ukrainian risk, nuclear risk, and...