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May 2012
Kenyan independent power producer Gulf Power has lined up Eu60 million ($76 million) in debt commitments towards its Eu80 million Athi River project.
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European leaders are expected to finalise plans for the 2020 Bond Initiative at the special summit on growth on 23 May
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Kabel Deutschland has raised a Eu600 million ($764 million) one-year loan to back its acquisition of rival German cable company Tele Columbus
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Peru-focused oil and gas independent BPZ Energy is paying down debt at its BPZ E&P unit with the $150 million in proceeds
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Delmi, an investment vehicle controlled by Italian utility A2A, has signed the Eu1.25 billion ($1.6 billion) loan to finance its acquisition of Italian energy company Edipower and refinance existing debt held by the target company.
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Fairstar Heavy Transport has closed a $247 million one-year loan to finance outstanding payments for the construction of its Finesse and Forte semi-submersible vessels.
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Peru's state oil company, Petroperu, is evaluating a mixture of bank, export credit agency and multilateral debt for its $1.7 billion Talara refinery upgrade
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MTN Ghana has closed a $278 million local currency and US dollar financing to fund an expansion to its mobile network.
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Shale gas explorer Transeuro Energy has closed a $31.6 million combination of debt, convertible debt and equity to fund development of its properties in Canada and Ukraine.
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Uz-Kor Gas - a joint venture between - Korean Gas Corporation (Kogas), Uzbekneftegaz and Honam Petrochemical Corporation and STX Energy - has signed $2.54 billion of 16 year limited recourse debt with ECAs and commercial banks for its Ustyurt gas chemical complex in Surgil, Uzbekistan.
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SunEdison has closed a $65 million loan with the North American Development Bank for its Picture Rocks solar photovoltaic
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Barclays Capital has closed a R650 million ($320 million) bond refinancing and capital expenditure financing for Ascendi and Bertin's Concessiona´ria Rodovias do Tiete
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BC Petroleum - a joint venture between Roc Oil (48%), Dialog Group (32%) and Petronas Carigali (20%) - has raised a $162 million 2.5-year loan for the pre-development phase of its Balai Cluster (a marginal offshore oil field in Malaysia) risk service contract (RSC)
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Tenaska's TPF Generation power portfolio no longer has any first lien term debt outstanding after closing the sale of the 800MW Rio Nogales plant
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The Vancouver School Board has issued a request for qualifications for the Kitsilano secondary school design-build project
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Western Wind will pay $20 million in its own shares to buy a 4,000MW wind pipeline from Champln/GEI Wind Holdings.
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The Breeze Two wind securitisation could require a debt-for-equity swap covering its subordinated bonds
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The debt backing Eurus Energy's acquisition of the 53MW Hallet 5 wind farm from AGL Energy has closed.
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Bank of America Merrill Lynch has closed the $229.4 million bond issue to finance the construction of a portfolio of health projects in Peru.
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Orange City Water has signed a Rs2.21 billion ($40 million) 14-year project financing with sole bookrunner and mandated lead arranger IDBI to back development of a PPP water supply project in Nagpur City.
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Africa Clean Energy Developments hopes to close the financing for its R2.4 billion Cookhouse wind project in South Africa by 19 June
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E.ON has agreed to sell its Open Grid Europe gas distribution network to a Macquarie-led consortium for Eu3.2 billion
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Japanese oil and gas producer INPEX has agreed to transfer a 0.73% stake in the Ichthys liquefied natural as project to Chubu Electric
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Spanish construction firm FCC is forming a new holding company for its emerging markets water business.
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St Hilliers Group has placed the holders of a construction contract for the Ararat prison PPP into liquidation.
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Enerfin Energy has closed a C$250 million construction and term loan facility for its 100MW l'Erable Wind Farm project in Quebec.
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The preliminary information memorandum for the debt backing the $20 billion Saudi Aramco and Dow's Sadara petrochemical project will be out to the bank market at the end of May.
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Ecuador's Manta port authority, APM, has launched the tender for the 25-year concession to expand and operate the port
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Hastings Funds Management and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan have assembled a A$1.6 billion ($1.6 billion) club financing in support of their A$2.3 billion acquisition of Sydney Water's Kurnell desalination
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Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) will use a competitive dialogue process to fine-tune the details of the concession contract for its Eu380 million ($482.6 million) university hospital PPP
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A consortium of FIGG Bridge Companies, Lane Construction and American Infrastructure MLP Funds has signed an agreement in principle to build a $250 million toll bridge over the Indiana Harbor Canal
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The Long Beach Board of Harbor Commissioners has approved the $649.5 million design-build contract to replace the Gerald Desmond Bridge
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Reliance Industries has closed a $2 billion corporate debt package for a series of petrochemicals expansion projects in Jamnagar, Hazira, Silvassa and Dahej in India
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SBI Capital is leading a Rs24 billion ($440 million) loan to finance Damodar Valley Corporation's 500MW Bokaro coal-fired power plant replacement project.
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Delmi, an investment vehicle headed by Italian utility A2A, has raised commitments from nine banks for a Eu1.25 billion ($1.59 billion) loan to finance its acquisition of 70% of Italian energy company Edipower for Eu804 million.
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Autostrade and BIIS, the sponsors of the BreBeMi motorway toll concession, are on course to close financing by the middle of this year
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DEG, Proparco and FMO have taken out $80 million of the $200 million seven-year debt signed last year with commercial banks for the 120MW expansion of the Sengkang CCGT power project in South Sulawesi, Indonesia
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HgCapital and its portfolio company RidgeWind have financial close on the £36 million ($57.3 million) debt for the 20.5MW Wandylaw wind project in Northumberland
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The project company for the Eu585 million ($745.4 million) AP-41 Madrid-Toledo toll road has filed for bankruptcy protection
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Denver's Regional Transportation District has issued a request for proposals on a design-build-finance contract for the I-225 light rail
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Australian fund manager Challenger plans to launch a A$250 million debt fund to exploit weak bank interest for various assets in the Australian market.
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Australian superannuation fund Westscheme plans to sell down a 49% stake in the Rowville transmission and transformer project to a third party
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GE Energy Financial Services is likely to take control of the Homer City coal-fired power plant in exchange for financing the installation of new pollution control equipment.
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Proparco is providing an Eu15 million ($19.5 million) 15 year loan to AERIA, operator of Houphouet-Boigny Airport in Abidjan
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E.ON Climate & Renewables has obtained building permits for proposed wind projects across Indiana.
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Quebec-based wind developer Eolectric is set to close the debt financing for its C$340 million ($340 million) Vents du Kempt
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Bids have been received for the first road PPP in the western Balkans.
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Dana Gas has mandated Deutsche Bank, Blackstone and Latham & Watkins to advise it on negotiating with the holders of a convertible sukuk
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Chesapeake Energy's $3 billion refinancing comes with pricing that steps up over time or increases if the borrower does not share the proceeds of asset sales with lenders.
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AES has closed the debt financing for the £24 million Yelvertoft wind farm in Northamptonshire, UK.
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International Power and its 70% owner GDF Suez have sold a 40% stake in the Hidd power and water project in Bahrain to Malakoff
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Qualification documents have been submitted for the C$3 billion ($3.01 billion) Turcot Interchange Project in Quebec
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Thai independent power producer EGCO has agreed to pay $375 million to InterGen to take full control of the Quezon Power project
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Canadian hydroelectric developer Riverbank Power has closed a $26 million construction-to-term loan financing
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The US state of Georgia has launched a new procurement process for the Northwest Corridor managed lanes project as a design-build-finance contract.
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The UK’s Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (Ofgem) has named Transmission Capital Partners preferred bidder for the transmission link for Centrica’s 270MW Lincs offshore
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The state of New York will not use a PPP for the replacement of the Tappan Zee bridge.
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Pattern Energy's 315MW Ocotillo wind project has won the approval of the US Bureau of Land Management
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The two bidders for the Canal Seine-Nord water transport project are entering the final phase of competitive dialogue
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CIBC and National Bank have priced the C$535 million bond financing for the Anthony Henday NE PPP.
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Five of the six pre-qualifiers for the Rs88 billion ($1.64 billion) Mumbai Trans-Harbour Link PPP project have been shortlisted by the MMRDA.
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Universitaetsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH) has launched a request for proposals for the refurbishment of the university hospital’s main buildings
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EDF's sale of the Sutton Bridge combined-cycle power plant may struggle in the face of poor merchant market conditions in the UK
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Press Metal Bintulu has raised a RM350 million ($114 million) eight-year facility to part finance phase 2B of its aluminium smelting project in Samalaju Industrial Park, Bintulu, Malaysia
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ReNew Wind Power - an Indian renewables start-up founded by ex-Ceo of Suzlon Energy Sumant Sinha, and in which Goldman Sachs has taken a majority stake with a $200 million investment
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Yeongju SMC II - a special purpose vehicle sponsored by Taeyoung and Kolon Engineering & Construction - has signed a W50 billion ($43 million) 20-plus year facility via Korea Development Bank
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Canadian-listed infrastructure fund Capstone Infrastructure has agreed to sell a 20% stake in Bristol Water to Itochu
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The city of Brussels is expected to launch a request for proposals shortly for a PPP concession for the renovation of an existing tunnel
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The Indonesian government is finally putting in place compulsory purchase regulation, the lack of which to date has hindered the development of the infrastructure market
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Curis Resources has signed a two-year $40 million senior secured loan and an offtake agreement with RK Mine Finance Trust (Red Kite).
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ConocoPhillips is examining selling its assets in Nigeria, as it looks to focus its development expenditure on more developed markets.
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Northampton Generating has succeeded in cancelling its power purchase agreement with its two offtakers, and is now set to run on a merchant basis
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Crosstex Energy has launched a $250 million ten-year bond issue
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The Spanish regional government of Castile–La Mancha is still falling behind on its shadow toll payments
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Tasnee and Sahara Petrochemical Company have signed the long-term debt financing for the Jubail Acrylates project
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SteelRiver Infrastructure Partners will wait for the conclusion of a regulatory review of its acquisition of Patriot Rail
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Concessionarie Autostrade di Piedmontese is expected to formally award the Gavio group the concession for the Pedemontana Piemontese real toll project
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Damage to a boiler has pushed back the completion date of the Sandy Creek coal-fired power project
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The sponsors of the Milan Metro 5 project are negotiating with the municipality of Milan over an extension of the existing line and a refinancing of the debt for the original
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The sponsors of the $600 million Panama Colon Container Port are likely to approach outside equity investors to recycle their funding commitments
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Pattern Energy has reached financial close on a $245 million financing backing its 115MW Parque Eolico El Arrayan wind project.
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Singapore Power has mandated six banks to lead a S$1.5 billion ($1.2 billion) project loan to fund construction of cross-island transmission
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The Mexican state of Puebla has canceled OHL's concession for a northern bypass
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The bookrunners for the C$535 million ($533 million) bond financing for Capital City Link General Partnership are pitching pricing for the bonds
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The three bidders vying for the long-term lease of Sydney Water's Kurnell desalination plant have submitted their final bids.
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Socar and Turcas are holding talks with the export credit agencies supporting the different bidders for the $5 billion Star refinery
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AES has signed two agreements to sell its interests in 2727MW of conventional and renewable power capacity in China
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Aldwych International and IDC are likely to approach commercial banks and development finance institutions in June
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Regenter, a consortium comprising John Laing (50%) and Pinnacle (50%), has closed the financing for the £85 million ($137.1 million) Lambeth Housing redevelopment
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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) aims to close the financing for its acquisition of Edinburgh Airport by the end of the month
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Baja Mining has started discussions with minority shareholders in its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc-manganese project about using subordinated debt to fund a $246 million cost overrun
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Trafigura has bought a 24% stake in Nagarjuna Oil Corporation, which is developing a refinery in India's Tamil Nadu state, for $130 million.
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Five banks – Bankia, BBVA, Caixabank, Deutsche (facility agent) and Societe Generale – are in place to fund an 8.5 year, Eu345 million ($454 million) loan to the Venezuelan Ministry of Finance for the Caracas Metro extension
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The three shortlisted bidders for the Eu150 million ($196 million) N33 PPP project are still negotiating with the authorities about a potential institutional investor tranche
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Heijmans, the Dutch-based construction company, hopes to close the financing for the Eu100 million ($130 million) National Military Museum PPP
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Hamburg-based asset manager Luxcara has signed a Eu130 million ($172 million) loan backing the acquisition of part of the Eu200 million 91MW Briest Solar Park in Brandenburg-Briest, Germany.
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The regional governments of Brussels, Flanders and Wallonia are planning on launching a joint tender for a toll collect system for heavy goods vehicles in early 2013
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The Belgian Building Agency, the granting authority for the Eu300-500 million ($393 million - $655 million) Haren prison PPP project, has shortlisted four bidders
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Centro has named Balfour Beatty as preferred bidder to build the infrastructure for the Midland Metro Extension project in the UK.
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Cogentrix and Quantum Utility Generation are out to the bank market for a debt refinancing for their 135MW Portsmouth Genco coal-fired plant in Virginia
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The transport authority for the Perm Krai government plans to issue the tender for the RUB20 billion ($678 million) Perm Eastern bypass project in July
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NIBC is due to issue a preliminary information notice (PIN) in the next two weeks for the 40MW Brigg biomass project
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The Puerto Rico Public Private Partnerships Authority and Port Authority have shortlisted two consortiums for the final round of bids on the 40- to 50-year concession of Luis Munoz Airport.
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K Road Power has completed the financing for, and acquisition of, the $150 million 25MW McHenry solar
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Abengoa has signed a Eu1.566 billion ($2.05 billion) refinancing, leaving the developer with no significant outstanding maturities until 2014
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The Texas Transportation Commission has authorised the Texas Department of Transportation to issue a request for qualifications for a PPP contract for the state's SH-288
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The city of Nancy has cancelled the tender for the upgrading of the Eu60 million ($78.9 million) Marcel Picot a Tomblaine stadium
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Madhucon Projects' special purpose company PT Madhucon Sriwijaya Power has signed a 25 year power purchase agreement with PLN, at $5.8 cents per kWh
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A G4S-led consortium is expected to close its 20-year E£6 billion ($1 billion) hospital concession in Alexandria by the beginning of next year.
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The Vancouver Island Health Authority will shortly issue a request for qualifications for the C$600 million North Island hospitals PPP.
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Tajikistan is set to use sovereign borrowing to help finance its proposed $200 million upgrade of part of the road between its capital Dushanbe and its border with Uzbekistan
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The Finnish Transport Authority is considering procuring its next stretch of the E18 as a PPP concession.
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CIBC and National Bank Financial have launched the C$535 million bond financing for Canadian PPP project company Capital City Link General Partnership
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Cardinal Gas Storage has closed $115 million of debt for its 17 billion cubic feet Cadeville gas storage project in Louisiana.
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The Dutch government buildings agency (Rijksgebouwendienst) has launched the tender for the renovation of central government offices in Den Haag under a 30 year availability-based PPP concession
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New Zealand-based utility TrustPower is looking for an outside investor to buy 126MW of its planned 270MW Snowtown II wind
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The Overseas Private Investment Corporation has applied to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency for $150 million in reinsurance
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Invenergy has closed a combined bank and bond financing for its $350 million 200MW California Ridge wind project.
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Woodside has agreed to sell a 14.7% stake in its $31 billion Browse liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Australia.
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Cleanairtech Sudamerica - owned by CAP and Mitsubishi - has closed debt financing for a $183 million water desalination project in Chile
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Kazakh railway operator Eastcomtrans is expanding its BNP Paribas-arranged $100 million April 2011 loan - which financed the acquisition of 1,000 new Ukrainian freight wagons - with a top-up financing of up to $120 million.
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Merrill Lynch is in the process of pricing a $230 million 17-year bond issue that securitises Peruvian social security payments to fund construction of three healthcare projects
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French developer Sarreole is holding a meeting with the Senegalese Ministry of Energy next week with the aim of finalising its power purchase agreement for the proposed 125MW Taiba N’Diaye onshore wind farm.
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Mahindra Group and Kiran Energy are looking for funding for three solar projects at an estimated cost of $105 million
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Pattern Energy is expected to close the $220 million financing backing its 115MW El Arrayan wind project this week
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Bids are due this month for Oman Oil Refineries Petroleum Industries Company's (ORPIC) twofold debt advisory package
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Norway’s new state-funded export credit company Eksportkreditt Norge will be official established on 1 July 2012, replacing bank-owned Eksportfinans which, last year, was unable to form a competitive recapitalisation plan, forcing the government to step in.
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April 2012
OPIC’s senior management has recently approved a new project insurance product for the cover of changes to feed-in-tariffs (FIT) in the renewables sector
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Eco-Optima has raised Eu13.3 million ($17.6 million) in financing from the EBRD for a 12.3MW wind project in the Staryy Sambir region of western Ukraine
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Abu Dhabi Water and Electricity Authority (ADWEA) is expected to appoint advisers for its resurrected Mirfa IWPP in the coming months.
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Australian junior gold miner Reed Resources has mandated Barclays as arranger for a $20 million two-year revolver and a $3 million performance bond.
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Turkey's Privatisation Administration (OIB) has announced another amendment to the bid timetable for the Turkish roads privatisation.
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Duke Energy Renewables and Sumitomo have finalised a joint venture agreement and signed a $353 million financing package for the construction and operation of two wind farms in Kansas.
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ANAS, the Italian state road authority, has set a deadline of 9 May for prequalified bidders to submit proposals for the Eu500 million ($662.5 million) Campogalliano-Sassuolo real toll road.
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Enerjisa has confirmed offers of debt from 11 banks for its 450MW lignite-fired Tufanbeyli (Enerjisa 2.5) power project in south-east Turkey.
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The French Ministry of Education has appointed Eiffage preferred bidder for the Eu185 million University of Grenoble campus PPP project.
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Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement System (OMERS), Japan's Pension Fund Association and a consortium led by Mitsubishi Corporation have started a new $20 billion (targeted fundraising) infrastructure fund - Global Strategic Investment Alliance (GSIA) -
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King & Spalding has been appointed international legal counsel to the Greek Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (YPEKA) for the tender for oil exploration and production licenses in the Patraikos Gulf, Katakolo in the Ilia region and in Ioannina, Epirus
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Enerjisa has closed a Eu135 million ($178 million) EBRD A/B loan facility for its 142.5MW Bares (sometimes known as Balikesir 1) wind project - the largest single site wind project in Turkey to date.
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Globeleq has raised $91.5 million in debt financing for the acquisition of the 44MW Eolo wind project in Nicaragua.
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PPP Canada, an independent institution set up by the Canadian government to advise on PPP projects, has formally asked provinces and municipalities to submit proposals for a fourth round of funding from the C$1.2 billion ($1.22 billion) P3 Canada fund
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The final two banks in the prospective lender line-up for the Eu600 million-plus ($790 million-plus) 17 year (15-plus-2-year construction) debt financing for Colruyt's 216MW Northwind offshore wind project have committed.
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Biomass developer Helius Energy is working with a club of banks led by Lloyds, RBS and Santander on the debt financing for its £300 million Avonmouth project.
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Indonesian telecom tower operator Tower Bersama has launched a $325 million loan into general syndication. Around 10 banks are considering joining with $5-10 million commitments.
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Six bidders have pre-qualified for a P12 billion ($280 million) school infrastructure PPP project in the Philippines
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The EIB is looking to the Eu300-500 million ($396.7-661.2 million) A7 PPP project in Germany as a possible pilot project for its ‘2020 Project Initiative.
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Two consortia have submitted bids for the A$1 billion ($1.03 billion) fully integrated convention, exhibition and entertainment precinct PPP based in Darling Harbour, Sydney.
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Australian miner ZYL Limited has selected Standard Chartered and Nedbank Capital as preferred bidders to provide between A$60-75 million of project financing for its Mbila Anthracite Project
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NCC and Gayatri have launched a Rs52.8 billion ($1 billion) debt financing for a 1,320MW coal-fired power plant
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The United States Department of Transportation's Federal Highway Administration has invited five projects to apply for Transportation Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act loans.
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Hungarian national oil company MOL has refused to approve its 2012 budget for the Nabucco gas pipeline
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OHL has signed a letter of intent to swap its Brazilian and Chilean toll road assets for a 10% stake in Abertis.
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Canadian-listed developer Baja Mining faces cost increases of $246 million at its Boleo copper-cobalt-zinc project in Mexico.
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Zawiercie council in Poland has launched a PPP concession for the Zawiercie waste-to-energy concession
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The tender for the A45 St Etienne-Lyon motorway PPP has been launched.
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EIG Global Energy Partners has filed a lawsuit against the project company for the Greenfield South power project,
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Canada Lithium has signed the C$92 million ($93 million) debt financing for its lithium mine and processing plant
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Turkey's General Directorate of Highways has received four bids for the $2.5 billion 3rd Bosphorus Bridge project - part of the $5 billion North Marmara Highway project.
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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) - with advisory from RBS and legal counsel from Slaughter & May - has won the competition for the acquisition of Edinburgh Airport from BAA with a bid of £807.2 million ($1.3 billion).
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Bicent Power has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the US bankruptcy court in Delaware
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Avanti Mining has mandated five lead arrangers for up to $640 million of project financing for its Kitsault molybdenum mining project.
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Leicester Miller Education Company (LMEC) - a partnership between Miller Construction, Leicester City Council, Semperian, G4S and BSFi - has reached financial close on a £45 million ($72.5 million) BSF for new facilities at City of Leicester College and Crown Hills Community College.
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The Moroccan Agency for Solar Energy (MASEN) is expected to name a preferred bidder on the Ouarzazate solar project within the next few months, with bids having been submitted last month.
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Cascade Hydro (50% owned by Rurelec) is acquiring the 255MW Santa Rita run-of-river hydro development project in Peru for $10 million, plus up to $5 million if performance targets are met
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Indiana Finance Authority (IFA) and Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) have shortlisted four prequalified bidders for the Ohio River Bridges Project’s East End Crossing.
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International Public Partnerships, the close-ended infrastructure investment fund, has reported a 3.8p increase in net asset value (NAV) per share from the 12 months ending 31 December 2011
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GDF Suez has commitments from 15 banks for a Eu6 billion ($7.9 billion) loan to back its £6.8 billion ($10.9 billion) acquisition of the remaining 30% of International Power in a club deal that it is self-arranging.
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First Wind has closed a $70 million non-recourse construction loan and $6 million in letters of credit for its Bull Hill Wind project in Hancock county, Maine
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The three remaining bidders on the Eu170 million ($223 million) availability-based Livan tram PPP project have submitted best and final offers
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Six bidders have submitted offers for the Monza hospital PPP project in Lombardy. The bidders are Astaldi, Condotte, Guerrato, Impregilo, Impresa Pizzarotti and Manutencoop
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Kuwait Energy is looking to secure funding to aid its exploration and development investments over the coming year.
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The Moroccan national electricity office (ONE) has selected an EDF/Mitsui consortium as the preferred bidders for the 150MW Taza wind project
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Italian toll road operator Atlantia has agreed to sell a 49.9% stake in Grupo Costanera - a holding company for five Chilean toll roads - to Canada Pension Plan Investment Board for Eu857 million ($1.1 billion).
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Edison Mission Group has closed the $114 million project financing for its Crofton Bluffs and Broken Bow wind projects in Nebraska
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Delek Drilling, Avner Oil and Dor Gas Exploration have signed a $902 million eight-year facility to back development of their share in the Tamar gas field project off the coast of Israel.
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The four member-owned electrical cooperatives developing the Plant Washington coal-fired power project have agreed to sell a 40% stake in the plant to the Taylor Energy Fund
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Eaton Towers has expanded its mobile operations in Uganda with the $153 million purchase of 694 mobile towers.
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Gulbarga Power Private Limited has raised a Eu12 million ($15.8 million) 13-year loan from Proparco for an energy efficiency project in the Indian cement sector.
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Vinci is looking to close the Eu755 million ($1.02 billion) A355 real toll deal in May.
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Bouygues, the lead sponsor for the Eu1.83 billion ($2.4 billion) Nimes-Montpellier high-speed rail project, is aiming to close the financing in May.
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The February settlement of a lawsuit from the Osage Nation failed to give Wind Capital Group enough time to revive the financing
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The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority has postponed plans to develop the Hassyan power project,
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The French state investment fund, FSI, says it opposes a move by Séché Environnement to take control of water utility Saur
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Bidders for lots A and B of the French prison PPP tenders have submitted best and final offers.
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Spanish infrastructure developer Copasa is suing Scotia Capital for at least $80 million in damages in connection with its failed bid for the Ruta 5 La Serena-Vallenar toll road concession in Chile.
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Rio Tinto, the majority shareholder in Ivanhoe Mines, has reached a financing agreement on Ivanhoe's flagship Oyu Tolgoi copper and gold project in Mongolia.
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Amey has been named preferred bidder on the £2 billion ($3.1 billion) - cost over project lifetime - Sheffield highway maintenance project
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RP Global, the Austrian independent power producer, is seeking financing for its 43.7MW Danilo wind farm in the Dalmatia region of Croatia.
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An-EDF led consortium emerged as the clear winner in the first round of French offshore tenders, after winning three out of the four projects on offer.
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Constructora Norberto Odebrecht has closed a $567 million revolving facility for the Balboa Avenue
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AES has completed the sales of the Red Oak and Ironwood power projects, bringing in $320 million in equity proceeds.
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The sponsors of the 600MW Dutch offshore wind park, Gemini, have appointed Siemens as preferred turbine supplier.
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At least five bidders have submitted offers for the Monza hospital PPP project in Lombardy
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The government of Aruba has shortlisted three consortiums for its $100 million Green Corridor road PPP concession.
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Russian mobile operator MegaFon has raised a $2 billion six-month (with further six month extension option) club loan from Barclays, BNP Paribas and Citi.
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The Solid Waste Management Corporation Serres Development Company Limited
has issued an EOI for a waste processing PPP in Serres, Greece
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Edison Mission Energy is expected to close $113 million in construction and term debt for the 80MW Broken Bow and 40MW Crofton Bluffs wind plants in the coming weeks
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Terra-Gen Power has closed $650 million in debt financing for the 300MW Alta VII and IX wind projects.
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Canadian Solar and SkyPower have formed a joint venture to develop solar projects.
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US Ex-Im has approved an $80 million loan to Reliance Power's 100MW concentrating solar project in Jaisalmer district, Rajasthan, India.
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Eight banks have signed a commitment letter with the sponsors of Aeroporti di Roma
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EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg, the sponsor of the 288MW Baltic 2 offshore wind farm project, is likely to approach the wider bank market
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The Maryland Public Service Commission has ordered the state's three large investor-owned utilities to sign a long-term power purchase agreement with Competitive Power Ventures
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Cheniere Energy Partners has mandated eight joint lead arrangers for the $4 billion debt financing of its Sabine Pass natural gas liquefaction project
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Grupo Omega has agreed to sell the 104km Barranca Larga-Ventanilla toll road concession to Empresas ICA
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EIF is keeping the debt service coverage for the Windsor Financing power portfolio close to 1x
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Australian gas pipeline operator Epic Energy closed the A$1.375 billion refinancing of its senior and mezzanine debt facilities on 26 March
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Eiffage has closed the financing for two batches of school PPP deals, located in the French department of Seine-Saint-Denis.
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Lead arrangers for the $1 billion-plus Bonny Gas Transport six tanker project in Nigeria are expected to be appointed at the end of the second or third quarter
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Canadian mining developer Alderon Iron Ore has signed an agreement with Hebei Iron & Steel covering debt and equity for Alderon's Kami project
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The Dutch Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport has launched the tender process for a PPP concession for an office for the National Institute for Health and Environment
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Anadarko Petroleum, Enterprise Products and DCP Midstream have agreed to partner on the 696km Front Range natural gas liquids pipeline
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Macquarie and Skanska-owned Elizabeth River Crossings has priced $663.75 million in senior secured bonds for the Midtown tunnel concession
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The board of directors of International Power has agreed an offer from GDF suez to buy the remaining 30% of IP it does not own
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The Indiana Finance Authority has received six responses to the request for qualifications for the $1.45 billion Ohio River Bridges east end crossing concession
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Terminales Portuarios Euroandinos has priced a $110 million senior secured bond issue for its Paita container terminal concession
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Lend Lease-owned Rest Easy has closed a $275 million senior secured private loan to refinance its 50-year US Army lodging concession
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Mangalore Refinery & Petrochemicals - a subsidiary of ONGC - has signed a $250 million dual-tranche term loan through sole bookrunner SBI Capital Markets.
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Bookrunners on the Tours-Bordeaux HSR financing - BBVA, BNP Paribas, Credit Agricole, Dexia and Societe Generale - are looking to close syndication on the Eu7.8 billion ($10.26 billion) project by the end of this month.
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International Power (IP) and Viking Energy have been given the go-ahead for their respective wind projects on the Isle of Lewis and Shetland in Scotland.
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Swedish wind developer Svevind plans to submit its application for the construction of the second phase of the Markbygden wind farm in the next quarter.
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Adani Hazira Port has signed a $108.69 million 13-year project financing to back development of its multipurpose container and coal port facility at Hazira in Gujarat
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The Philippines and Qatar have agreed on the creation of a $1 billion investment fund to help finance Philippine PPP deals and other projects
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Shanghai Disney - sponsored by Walt Disney (43%) and Shanghai Shendi Group (57%) - has raised a Rmb12.915 billion ($2.047 billion) syndicated loan from 12 Chinese banks - including Bank of Communications, China Development Bank and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank - for the first phase of its Rmb29 billion two-phase theme park project
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Twelve banks have responded to a request for expressions of interest in financing the Rs150 billion ($2.952 billion) Ahmedabad metro project
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Financial close on the bond and bank debt refinancing of the $2.2 billion Shuweihat 2 independent water and power project (IWPP) is now likely to be pushed to the third quarter of this year, despite attempts by arrangers for a second quarter close.
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Zagreb Airport International Company (Zaic) - a consortium comprising Aeroports de Paris, Bouygues and Viadukt - has signed the concession agreement for the Eu324 million ($427 million) Zagreb Airport 30-year DBFO scheme
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Odebrecht hopes to close on the debt financing for its $777 million Cinta Costera III turnkey project in Panama
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Future Capital Partners plans to close the debt and equity financing for the £200 million ($318 million) Vireol bioethanol project in Grimsby
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The Eu1.29 billion ($1.69 billion) 288MW Butendiek offshore wind project in Germany is unlikely to close until late June.
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The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has approved Wisconsin Power and Light's proposed purchase of the Riverside power project
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Cibe Investimentos e Participacoes and Ascendi International have launched a R650 million ($354.3 million) bond issue for the 417km Rodovias do Tiete
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Partnerships BC and the provincial Interior Health Authority have selected Plenary as the preferred bidder for the C$135 million ($134.5 million) interior heart and surgical centre
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Aviva is providing the debt financing for the £110 million ($174.9 million) West Yorkshire PFI project.
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The government of Panama-owned Empresa Nacional de Autopista (ENA) has agreed to buy the 14km Corredor Norte
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A joint venture between Abengoa and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) is looking to raise funding for its $1.3 billion 150MW solar CSP project in South Africa.
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Eight groups have been long-listed for a 15-year organic waste deal with Cardiff city council.
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Saudi Electricity Company has completed allocations for a $1.75 billion sukuk issue, which will support its capital expenditure programme.
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Lenders to the $900 million 18-year debt facility for the Bosphorus tunnel project are having their final due diligence meeting next week.
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The remaining bidders for the Eu350 million ($457.4 million) A11 PPP project are due to submit first offers on 24 May
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Invenergy has closed debt financing for the 20MW Grand Ridge solar project in Illinois.
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Australian lenders are looking to re-establish a presence in the Middle East project finance market
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The three remaining bidders on the Eu170 million ($222 million) availability-based Livan tram PPP project will submit best and final offers in the week beginning 9 April.
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J-Power's Thai independent power venture, Gulf JP, has mandated six lenders on its $1 billion 1,600MW U-Thai combined-cycle gas turbine
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Ryuichi Kaga is returning to Tokyo after two years and nine months as the resident executive officer for Asia and Oceania at the Japan Bank for International Cooperation
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The Scottish government has approved the procurement of a new £50 million ($80 million) campus for Kilmarnock College under the non-profit distributing model.
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Lenders to the Bicent Power portfolio are now deciding whether to call for an acceleration of its debt
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IFM has renamed the holding company for its portfolio of power generation assets in the north-eastern US and put in place new hedges
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Kyocera, IHI and Mizuho Corporate Bank have signed an agreement covering the development and construction of a 70MW solar photovoltaic plant
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The International Finance Corporation will provide a R$100 million ($54.9 million) corporate loan to AEGEA Sanemento for water and sanitation concessions in Brazil.
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Stonebridge Financial has closed the C$150 million ($150.5 million) Stonebridge Infrastructure Debt Fund I.
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Terra-Gen Power has agreed to sell the 150MW Alta phase VI wind plant to EverPower Wind.
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Arcapita, the Bahrain-based Islamic-compliant investment manager, has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New York.
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Tenaska Solar Ventures has closed about $500 million in debt financing for the 130MW Imperial solar energy center south project.
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OHL Environment Inima has been named preferred bidder on a $240 million sewage PPP in Sertaozinho, Brazil.
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Tanzania focussed gold explorer and mine developer Shanta Gold has closed a $25 million (£16 million) convertible bond financing of its New Luika gold project.
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The IADB is preparing up to $200 million in debt financing for AES Gener’s 531MW Alto Maipo hydro project.
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The two remaining consortiums bidding to acquire the Edinburgh airport – JP Morgan/Incheon International Airport/TIAA-Cref and GIP – are due to submit final bids in the week beginning 9 April.
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The government of the Philippines has signed a concession agreement with Ayala Corporation for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Daang Hari-South Luzon Expressway Link Road project.
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Dubal and Mubadala plan to issue preliminary information memorandum to potential commercial lenders for the second phase of the Emirates Aluminium complex at the end of May.
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The Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine and Infrastructure Quebec have selected SNC-Lavalin as the preferred bidder for the C$995 million ($1 billion) Sainte-Justine design-build-finance project.
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Australia Pacific LNG is targeting a May close for its $12 billion liquefied coal seam gas project.
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Triunfo Participacoes e Investimentos has closed R$300 million ($163.8 million) in commercial paper to partially finance its equity in the Viracopos-Campinas International Airport concession.
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Dubal and Mubadala are once again considering a bond refinancing for the Emirates Aluminium 1 (Emal 1) smelter project.
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The Inter-American Development Bank has approved up to $600 million in debt financing for Braskem and Grupo Idesa’s $4.72 billion Etileno XXI petrochemical project in Mexico.
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CCR has issued R400 million ($218.7 million) in commercial paper for its $214.5 million purchase of equity stakes in three airports
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The Lower Colorado River Authority has reached commercial close with Corix Infrastructure on the sale of 20 water and wastewater systems
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Conduit Capital has sold its remaining 49% equity stake in the $3 billion Gasoducto Andina del Sur (Kuntur) pipeline to Odebrecht
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has shortlisted all four of the interested bidding groups for the $180 million I-77 high occupancy toll lane project.
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Prequalified bidders on the Eu175 million ($230 million) Toulouse Mirail university PPP project are expected to submit best and final offers by mid- June
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3SE - a consortium comprising Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) and Shanks - has closed the financing for the Barnsley, Doncaster & Rotherham (BDR) waste PFI project
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The first true non-recourse deal for a wind farm in Turkey is expected to close in the coming months.
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PLUS Expressways and PT Baskhara Utama Sedaya are looking to raise $986 million in financing for the $1.36 billion Cikampek-Palimanan toll road project.
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Vinci wants to close the financing for the A355 before the first round of the French presidential elections
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South Stream Transport has appointed Credit Agricole, ING and RPFB Project Finance as joint financial advisers
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GDF Suez has made an offer to take full control of International Power at a price of £3.90 ($6.20) per share.
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Spain's Ministerio de Fomento has named the Cintra, Acciona and Meridiam consortium as preferred bidder for the Eu998 million ($1.3 billion) - cost over the life of the concession - A66 Benavente-Zamora highway PPP.
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Delays to the permitting process for First Solar's ABW photovoltaic portfolio have pushed back close on its proposed US Ex-Im-backed bond financing
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The World Bank Group's Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency has issued a $57 million guarantee for the debt financing for Max Rise Envirogroup's acquisition of three waterwater treatment plants
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Yonkers Public Schools has mandated Macquarie Capital, URS and Freshfields to be its financial advisers on its proposed $1.7 billion schools public-private partnership
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Enel Green Power has sold a 51% stake in its 235MW Chisholm View wind project to GE Energy Financial Services.
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Vietnam's Ministry of Industry and Trade has appointed Marubeni/Kepco, with SMBC as financial adviser, as sole qualifying bidder for the 1200MW coal-fired Nghi Son 2 IPP project.
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First Reserve has closed $243 million in senior secured debt for its purchase of a 1,068MW thermal power plant portfolio from ArcLight Capital
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Atlantic Power has closed on $670 million in debt financing for the 298.45MW Canadian Hills wind project.
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FCC Medio Ambiente, Urbaser, Veolia Environmental Services Aurora Ltd and Viridor Waste Management Services have been shortlisted for Edinburgh and Midlothian Council's Millerhill joint waste procurement concession.
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Wampu Electric Power – a special purpose company owned by Korea Midland Power, Daewoo Engineering and Mega Power Mandiri – has closed a $130 million 16-year-and-four-month term loan for its 45MW hydropower plant project in North Sumatra, Indonesia
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The Arizona Department of Transportation has released a request for qualifications and conceptual proposals for its Flagstaff offices relocation public private partnership.
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Globeleq Generation and Industrial Promotion Services (West Africa) are looking to raise financing for a $412 million power plant expansion to the 290MW Azito plant in Cote d'Ivoire
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Macquarie and Skanska's Elizabeth River Crossings OpCo has launched $675 million in senior private activity bonds for the $2.1 billion Midtown Tunnel concession
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Arcus Infrastructure and Jose de Mello have launched a mandatory tender offer for the outstanding shares of Portuguese toll road operator Brisa.
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Sweett Group has agreed to sell a 15% stake in the Dumfries & Galloway schools PPP to Cygnet Investments for £2.175 million ($3.5 million).
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Horizon oil has closed a $160 million financing for the development of oilfields in China, New Zealand and Papau New Guinea
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Eurus has closed a Y2 billion ($24.25 million) financing for its 10MW wind project in Hokkaido, Japan.
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Deutsche Bank, BayernLB, Helaba and KfW have provided Eu118 million ($157 million) of loans for the 48MW Serenissima photovoltaic project in Italy.