PLN has issued a RFP for a minority partner on the Java 3 IPP concession. According to Teguh Harsono, treasury manager at PLN, the deal will be a test case under the new...

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?

Colombia’s $70 billion infrastructure programme has hit a few bankability hurdles in the past year. But the government has reacted proactively and is generating...

GE Energy Financial Services (GE EFS) is playing a more active role in arranging financings alongside its equity in renewable projects in Asia. Sushil Verma, GE EFS...

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?

Given total dollar volume in the term loan B market was around $11.6 billion in 2016, of all the pipelines looking for B loan debt, the Rover gas pipeline project - which...

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...

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...

Lenders have responded strongly to the new breed of power purchase agreements on offer in Mexican renewables. But the market is only likely to get more merchant. Proximo...

Tajikistan has startled bond investors with its debut Eurodollar issue – a deal designed to finance construction of the 3600MW Rogun hydroelectric power project. But the...

Sembcorp has reached full financial close on a $309 million DFI-backed loan to finance the 414MW Sirajganj IPP. The deal is the longest tenor power financing in...

The US state of Indiana has terminated the contract and paid off the bond debt for the I-69 PPP. Was picking a shaky contractor bad luck or bad judgement? And what...

Financing for the Deutsche Bucht project has neared Borkum II’s benchmark low for the cost of German offshore wind debt. Despite being the last deal structured under the...

Mali’s debut independent power project financing, for a greenfield heavy fuel oil-fired power plant, features a blend of Islamic and DFI debt with tight pricing given the...

Indonesia’s economy is in rude health. Which means time for a refinancing for Paiton, the coal-fired power plant that always captures the zeitgeist in Indonesian power.

Four presidential decrees rifled Indonesia’s private power market this year as PLN was given more powers over developers when awarding IPP concessions. While there is...

Interconnector Italia – a consortium of high-energy-use private sector companies in Italy – has signed a partially EIB-backed financing for its share of the Italy-France...

After a burst of greenfield and brownfield financings in the US PJM power pool - a boom fuelled by cheap gas - recent capacity auctions point to a slowdown. Some bankers...

Sponsors of the 216MW Northwind offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea closed a €525 million ($596 million) ECA-backed refinancing last month - more than halving the...

With Etisalat Nigeria ownership on the verge of being handed over to 13 banks, have African mobile and tower operators taken on more FX risk than they can handle?