Basel's sledgehammer approach to US tax equity
Tax equity investments in US renewables are so thoroughly derisked they are often less risky than construction loans. So why is Basel III proposing an increase in risk...
Tax equity investments in US renewables are so thoroughly derisked they are often less risky than construction loans. So why is Basel III proposing an increase in risk...
Northvolt’s latest big-ticket ECA-backed financing sets a benchmark for European battery gigafactory deals. But can Europe’s green industrial policy keep up with the pace...
Tierra Bonita is one of the first US solar deals to include a production tax credit (PTC) transfer. So how do the benefits demonstrated by the deal compare with the...
Chile’s latest tariff recovery receivables securitisation demonstrates the willingness of the Chilean government to ensure bankability whatever the market conditions.
Private credit - the hot new trend in corporate and leveraged lending - might have applications in project and infrastructure finance. But it’s part of a much longer...
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.
The first solar projects from South Africa’s Bid Window 5 have reached financial close. It’s progress – but not what was expected.
The US has been a bigger market for data centre financing than Europe, whilst Europe has been the leader in FTTH and the US has lagged behind. Those market trends look...
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...
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...
Credit Suisse/UBS and FCB/SVB: Two distressed banking mergers and what they mean for the US power market.
Barcelona FC is tapping the US private placement market for all of the debt required for its €1.5bn stadium project. Could the scale of the issue set a new precedent for...
With access to significant DFI backing and offtakers as equity investors, the contrast between the highly successful Northvolt EV battery gigafactory programme and the...
The energy transition is forcing banks and ECAs to engage with - or often return to - mining finance as the hunt for battery mineral resources heats up. But sponsors not...
If the UK decides that a radical change in direction is needed in the ownership structures used in UK water, can it make sure that the debt structuring baby is not thrown...
Up to two altnet project finance proposals per week are landing on bankers' desks in the UK. Is the UK fibre market overcrowded and about to undergo a wave of...
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...
PDP securitisation is unlikely to ever hit the oil and gas financing mainstream – but appetite from US oil and gas independents is growing and with good reason.
The best project sponsors completely change the conversation about how to finance a particular asset class – Venture Global did that in spades with its move to modular.
Although it will only be a year old and has already been a very successful stimulus to the domestic renewables market, Brazil’s January 2022 law for the dollarization of...
Tax equity investments in US renewables are so thoroughly derisked they are often less risky than construction loans. So why is Basel III proposing an increase in risk weighting to 400% and will it happen?