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February 2012
Geothermal developer Earth Heat Resources has mandated Corporacion Interamericana para el Financiamento de Infraestructura (CIFI) as lead arranger of a $22.5 million loan
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NRG Energy has mandated four lenders to arrange a club loan for its 66MW Alpine solar photovoltaic plant
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Structural changes are afoot in both the Canadian and US power finance markets. To attract more participants, and newer types of provider, debt structures will need to get more conservative.
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Banco Santander is arranging a sale-leaseback financing for enXco's 102.5MW Shiloh III wind plant
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Centrica, Dong and Siemens are aiming to reach close on the £1 billion ($1.58 billion) Lincs UK offshore wind farm by 22 February
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Chinese-base solar photovoltaic module manufacturer Trina Solar has closed a $100 million three-year loan
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Invenergy has agreed to sell the tax equity in the 110.4MW Gratiot I wind plant to GE Energy Financial Services
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NStar and Northeast Utilities have signed a memorandum of understanding for a 15-year 129MW power purchase agreement with the 486MW Cape Wind
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ERG has signed a Eu126 million ($165 million) 14-year facility for its Eolica Fossa del Lupo wind farm
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MidAmerican Energy has priced an $850 million senior secured bond issue for the 550MW Topaz solar project.
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The sponsors of Jaeren Energi have closed a Eu30 million ($40 million) phase two financing for the Hog Jaeren wind farm in Norway
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Borrego Solar Systems has closed an additional $47 million fund to finance solar photovoltaic projects in the US
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Tata Power Renewable Energy has commissioned its INR3.65 billion ($73 million) 25MW Mithapur solar PV project in Gujarat
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Recent financings of Canadian wind projects provide a clue as to how sponsors can cope with the effects of the European sovereign and bank crisis. By Bhaswar (Joy) Chatterjee, head of project finance, North America, Deutsche Bank.
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Power project sponsors and lenders are pessimistic about the state of the project financing market in the US in 2012.
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RES has closed the financing for its £35 million ($55.11 million) Roos wind farm project in East Riding, Yorkshire.
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Australia's ministry for resources energy and tourism will reopen the bidding for its solar flagships programme after its preferred bidder failed to meet a financing deadline
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French semiconductor manufacturer and solar developer Soitec has mandated Investec as lead arranger
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Rockland Capital plans to buy the 225MW Eagle Point Cogeneration combined cycle natural gas-fired plant in New Jersey from Sunoco Power Generation
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Invenergy Wind has sold the tax equity in its 200MW Bishop Hill wind plant to US Bancorp.
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Brookfield Asset Management has bought the 150MW Alta VIII wind project from Terra-Gen Power.
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JP Morgan and Wells Fargo have closed a $122.2 million tax equity investment in E.ON Climate & Renewables’ 150MW Settlers Ridge
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MidAmerican Energy is participating in roadshows this week for a $700 million senior secured bond issue for its 586MW Topaz solar project
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Finavera Wind Energy expects to close the debt financing for its 47MW Tumbler Ridge and 77MW Wildmare wind projects
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Switzerland-based Capital Dynamics has bought a 5.7MW solar photovoltaic plant in Massachusetts.
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Atlantic Power has agreed to buy a 51% equity stake in the 298.45MW Canadian Hills wind project in Oklahoma from Apex Wind Energy
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China Everbright Environmental Energy has raised a $100 million five-year facility for waste-to-energy projects in the Yangtze River Delta.
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BNP Paribas has arranged a ¥7.1 billion ($91.85 million) loan for the 78MW Nam Na3 hydropower power station being built by Hung Hai Construction Company in Lai Chau province, Vietnam.
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EPV Energy and Pohjolan Voima have closed an Eu18 million loan with the Nordic Investment Bank for to help fund construction of a biomass gasification plant
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Antofagasta Minerals has bought a 30% equity stake in the 115MW El Arrayan wind project from Pattern Energy for $4.5 million in Chile.
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The first stage of the 4GW Markbygden wind farm has won planning permission but faces delays to its financing while an appeals process runs its course.
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January 2012
Thailand's Electricity Generating Public Company has bought the 6MW SPP4 photovoltaic solar tracker project from MEMC
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Canadian power project developers are turning to private placements, pension fund debt and mezzanine financing to take up the slack as European project finance banks rein in lending.
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Wells Fargo will make a $100 million tax equity investment in distributed photovoltaic solar projects developed by Enfinity America
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Bilgin Enerji has signed a Eu39.125 million ($30 million) 10-year buyer credit loan with BayernLB to help build its Zeytineli wind farm
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Orient Green Power, via its subsidiary Beta Wind Farm, has signed a $134 million term multi-currency term loan backing the commissioning of 155.6MW of wind power in Tamil Nadu
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ANZ Infrastructure Services signed a A$165.6 million ($169 million) 3.25-year acquisition refinancing for its 91 MW Wattle Point wind farm
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EDP Renewables North America will sell a 21.35% stake in 25 US wind projects to China Three Gorges
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Invenergy has agreed to sell its 81MW Bishop Hill II wind farm in Illinois to MidAmerican Energy.
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US-listed developer SPI Solar has bought the development rights to a 2MW solar photovoltaic project in Evros
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Brazilian utility Energisa has closed $200 million in perpetual bonds to help fund a proposed R1.6 billion ($900 million) investment programme
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The North American Development Bank has approved a $13.5 million loan for the construction of a 6.1MW solar photovoltaic plant.
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Edison Mission Energy has mandated three banks to arrange $113 million in debt for the 80MW Broken Bow and 40MW Crofton Bluffs
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Starwood Energy has bought a 40% equity stake in the 100MW Gainesville biomass project from Tyr Energy
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BP Wind Energy and Sempra US Gas & Power have agreed to jointly develop two wind plants in Kansas and Pennsylvania.
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Norwegian developer Scatec has sold a 9MW Italian solar photovoltaic portfolio to a fund managed by UK-listed asset manager Impax Asset Management
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Nevada Geothermal Power has appointed Canaccord Genuity as financial adviser on the restructuring of its mezzanine debt and recapitalisation
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The developers of the Eu450 million ($575 million) Noordoostpolder wind farm in the Netherlands have approached the European Investment Bank
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AES Wind Generation has closed a £30 million ($46 million) financing for its 20.5MW Sixpenny Wood wind farm in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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LS Power is out to the debt markets for around $400 million for its $550 million 127MW Arlington Valley Solar Energy II (AVSE II) PV project in Arizona.
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Vinci, GDF Suez and a subsidiary of Caisse des Depots et Consignations, have submitted a bid as a joint venture for four offshore wind farms
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Deal flow in Turkey is booming, but so is bank cost of funding and project debt margins. Demand for liquidity is also beginning to outstrip supply. The Turkish market is the place to lend, but it is not without problems. By Sean Keating.
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Competitive Power Ventures has closed a $262.8 million financing for its Cimarron wind
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Ortiz, Ibereolica and Fondo FES have signed the debt financing for their 50MW Velez Rubio wind project in Andalusia, Spain
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Colombia’s Ministry of Mines and Energy has awarded five projects with a total capacity of 575MW long-term offtake contracts.
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NaturEner has closed a $320 million construction loan for the 189MW Rim Rock wind energy project in Montana
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AEI and Pattern Energy are expected to close about $200 million in debt for their 115MW El Arrayan wind plant in Chile
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Enova Energy and NuPower have closed about $125 million in debt for the 37.5MW Plainfield biomass project
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The insolvency administrator of bankrupt solar developer Solar Millennium is seeking buyers for its portfolio
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Kansas City Power & Light has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with enXco
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EverPower Wind is is set to close on $180 million in debt financing for its 139.4MW Twin Ridges wind plant
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Wind Capital has closed a $293 million one-year construction loan for its 201MW Post Rock wind project in Kansas.
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E-CL has received environmental approvals for its 100MW Calama wind farm in Chile.
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First Wind has closed or is near close on financings for two wind plants in Hawaii.
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9Ren Espana has reached financial close on the 11.4MV Parco di Stalla photovoltaic plant in Italy
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JBIC has signed a $100 million loan agreement with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei, or BCIE, according to its Spanish initials) to fund renewables projects in countries where the bank operates.
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The Nevada Public Utility Commission has approved an amendment and restatement to the power purchase agreement