New York State Governor Kathy Hochul has announced the award of 22 solar and energy storage projects in the state's largest land-based renewable energy procurement to...

KKR has lined up interim lenders for the debt package backing its acquisition of ContourGlobal. The deal is expected to close in Q4 of this year.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has announced that the state is working with energy, organised labour, and environmental stakeholders to support industrial sector...

Fortescue Metals Group has closed on $1.5 billion in high-yield bonds, with part of the proceeds earmarked for solar and hydrogen projects. It looks like Fortescue's next...

The government of Sao Tome and Príncipe is launching a tender for the construction of a 1.5MWp solar photovoltaic plant south of Santo Amaro. The project is...

Brazil’s municipalities have made huge progress in procuring street lighting upgrades using PPP concessions. But project sponsors are only likely to need offshore capital...

Corporate borrowers and lenders have responded enthusiastically to the concept of sustainability-linked lending. Jennifer Charles and Ryan Ayrton, London-based partners...

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has appointed Tomofumi Watanabe as managing director and co-general manager of the Structured Finance Department in its...

VIEW ON DEMAND: A look at the trends and surprises in the Proximo Playbook 2021 data.

Starwood’s financing for the retirement of its Logan and Chambers plants marks an end to coal-fired power in New Jersey. It points to a workable compromise between...

Gordon Stewart and Tom Jamieson, partners in the London office of Bracewell, discuss the ever adapting financing structures funding the energy transition and some of the...

A combination of financial market conditions, changing government priorities, and a new breed of financial sponsors are pushing Latin America’s vibrant project finance...

The US is well placed to meet the European need to wean itself off Russian gas. But Europe needs to decide whether 2022 is the year it commits to long-term contracts with...

Macquarie Asset Management (MAM), on behalf of its institutional clients, has entered a forward funding agreement with developer Noviniti for the construction of a...

There is nothing new about using bonds to finance Latin American projects. But 2021 was the first year of bond dominance over bank debt across the major project sectors...

Are Asia’s financial markets – not to mention its power markets – in good enough shape for the energy transition? With the support of Texel as event sponsor, Proximo...

Fallout from the pandemic started receding in 2021, but it was still a tougher market than normal for those North American project borrowers and lenders bringing...

Europe has had a wake-up call to energy security from President Putin’s invasion of Ukraine - a move that could and should spark the political will to radically...

Sacyr and Sudinco have closed a refinancing for their Rumichaca-Pasto Colombian toll road concession that maximises leverage and features several structural tweaks on the...

Engineering and professional services consultancy WSP has acquired climate and finance advisory Climate Finance Advisors (CFA) in the US to enhance its provision of...