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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...

02 February 2024

Will 2024 be another year of record ECA support in project finance?

Fuelled by more project sponsor demand, ECA support for project finance smashed volume records in 2023. So what sectors do ECAs appear to have strong appetite for in...

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...

23 January 2024
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Manufacturing & equipment, Renewables

H2 Green Steel Boden: Long on ambitions, low on emissions

H2GS was founded by Vargas in 2020 and launched in 2021. Three years later it has finalised funding for the world’s first green steel mega project. How? By being open to...

18 January 2024
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Renewables

Funding challenges ahead for Latin America’s energy transition

Recent progress in Latin American renewable energy finance has been encouraging, but far from evenly spread. And regional debt markets may not be liquid enough to meet...

17 January 2024

GIP’s rise and the decline of industrial sponsors

How did GIP go from start-up in 2006 to a $12.5 billion price tag 17 years later?

12 January 2024
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Power, Renewables

Is Mexico about to turn the private sector project pipeline on again?

With President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador (AMLO) set to depart office in June, private sector appetite for Mexican projects is already beginning to make a comeback.

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,...

20 December 2023

Proximocast: Festive Trends 2023

Proximo talks to a panel of industry experts about the top project finance trends from 2023 and what those trends might mean for the market in 2024. Speakers include Ian...

14 December 2023

COP28: Progress - but not as we need it

Has COP28 really delivered the beginning of the end for fossil fuels? Probably not, and certainly not in the timescale required by climate science.

12 December 2023
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Renewables

Why solar developers reach for their revolvers

Construction revolving credit facilities are now the favoured way for larger developers to build out their portfolios at scale. Can, and should, smaller developers be...

06 December 2023
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Transport

JFK Terminal 1 partially-wrapped bond refinancing prices

The consortium developing JFK terminal 1 has priced a $2 billion tax-exempt bond issue to refinance bank debt used to fund the first phase of the project.

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...

30 November 2023
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Renewables

The ECB, not the EC, has the power to cure Europe’s wind woes

The European Commission (EC) plans to develop a dedicated guarantee mechanism for commercial banks' credit exposures to key wind industry suppliers in a bid to bolster...

24 November 2023
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Renewables

US offshore wind: There's trouble at mill

Hiccups or long-term project stasis – can the US offshore wind market overcome the cost increases dogging its troubled birth?

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...