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22 July 2024
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Power, Renewables

Proximocast: Jeff MacKay and Oscar Manuel Batres, AES

Proximo talks to Jeff MacKay and Oscar Manuel Batres at AES about AES's international energy portfolio, including a discussion of key sectors and markets, as well as the...

12 July 2024
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Transport

A very slow charge

European EV charging projects are very slowly attracting more lender appetite. But they are still far from vanilla and the debt is higher priced than other renewables...

20 June 2024
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Transport

Brightline keeps on track

Brightline's recapitalisation has involved raising debt for refinancing at the opco, parentco and holdco levels. Complex? Yes. Does it work? Investors seem convinced. Is...

31 May 2024
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Transport

Zenobe gets more lenders on board

Zenobe has closed on its latest electric bus financing, its second deal via a methodology that allows multiple projects to be financed simultaneously before being...

10 May 2024
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Renewables

Is US offshore wind potential too big to fail?

The fledgling US offshore wind market has been hit by many setbacks in the past year – but it is adapting. Appetite from investors and lenders remains strong and the...

30 April 2024
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Telecoms and Communications

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Ted Schremp, IQ Fiber

Proximo talks to Ted Schremp, founder and CEO of IQ Fiber, about the US fibre market, discussing topics such as the level of fibre penetration in the US, the competitive...

12 April 2024
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Renewables

CapturePoint: Is this the start of something big?

CapturePoint has closed what is certainly one of the first, and possibly the first, tax credit deals for a CCUS project in the US. Will this be the start of a growing...

08 April 2024
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Transport

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Jean-Francois Joachim, VGMobility

Proximo talks to Jean-Francois Joachim, CFO of VGMobility, about the EV fleet development in Latin America. The discussion covers topics such as key markets for EV fleet...

22 March 2024
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Renewables

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...

29 February 2024
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Waste and water

Aguas Pacifico: First of a pipeline?

With its mixed bag of offtake contracts that include a merchant element, the Aguas Pacifico project financing has pushed the envelope on structuring lender comforts for...

13 February 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Power, Transport

Key funding considerations in gigafactory projects

As the global shift towards sustainable energy accelerates, battery gigafactories are becoming increasingly crucial for the energy storage and electric vehicle project...

08 February 2024
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Power, Renewables

SunZia: A map to financing renewables on a new scale

At $11 billion of debt signed, the SunZia wind and transmission project has broken a raft of renewables project financing records. But given the transmission piece of...

31 January 2024
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Transport

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Mark Henderson, GRIDSERVE

Proximo talks to Mark Henderson, chief investment officer at GRIDSERVE, about the development of the EV charging sector. Topics discussed include GRIDSERVE's recent EV...

24 January 2024
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Waste and water

Saudi water: Trouble in the pipes?

Saudi Arabia’s independent water project (IWP) pipeline continues to deliver. But project flow in other essential elements of the water network – transmission, storage...

05 January 2024
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Power, Renewables

Wheeling dealings

South Africa recently closed its first utility-scale BESS tender and is planning reforms to wheeling regulation to keep up with a rapidly developing market. But is the...

22 December 2023

Proximo's project finance trends of 2023

Proximo takes a look at some of the top project finance trends for 2023, such as the growth of European data centres, the emergence of green hydrogen as an asset class,...

05 December 2023
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Renewables

Proximocast: 20 minutes with Daan van Alem, Northland Power

Proximo and TXF speak to Daan van Alem, senior project finance manager at Northland Power, about the intricate financings for Northland's Baltic Power and Hai Long...

05 December 2023
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Renewables

Vineyard Wind 1: A slow flying flock to tax equity

The $1.2 billion Vineyard Wind 1 tax equity deal is the first for a commercial-scale US offshore wind farm and the largest-ever single asset tax equity financing to...

17 November 2023
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Renewables

Tierra Bonita: A demonstration in PTCs

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...

09 November 2023
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Renewables

Green hydrogen: What stage is project bankability at?

Was NEOM Green Hydrogen really the template for a credible and bankable green hydrogen project market? Or was it the product of a relatively unique set of very...