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September 2010
Peruvian concessions and investment promotion agency ProInversion has shortlisted Duke Energy Egenor, Empresa Electrica de Piura, Enersur and Samay
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Northland Power has closed a C$580 million debt package for its 265MW combined-cycle North Battleford Energy Centre in Saskatchewan.
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August 2010
Abengoa has signed a $190 million 1.5-year bridging loan for its Chilca-Marcona-Montalvo transmission line - a 30 year BOT concession for a new 872km 500kV line connecting Lima and Moquega region in Peru.
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ACWA Power International has completed the purchase of a 58% stake in the Barka 1 IWPP in Oman from AES and IDB Infrastructure Fund.
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China Huaneng Group is in advanced talks to purchase GMR Infrastructure’s 50% stake in InterGen for around $1.2 billion.
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Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley’s $335 million B loan financing for Eastern Power’s Greenfield South power plant has been withdrawn
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NRG Energy has priced $1.1 billion in senior corporate unsecured notes to finance its proposed $1.36 billion acquisition
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Energy private equity sponsor First Reserve has failed to get lender consent for a partial refinancing amendment
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The award of the 400-450MW Bizerte IPP is not expected until mid-September at the earliest as the process is held up by holidays and Ramadan.
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Independent power producer Dynegy has agreed to be bought by private equity firm Blackstone
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ISA and Empresa de Energía de Bogotá have won the 30-year concession to design, build, finance, and operate a transmission line between Pomacocha and Carhuamayo in Peru.
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Power storage technology developer Beacon Power has closed a $43 million loan guarantee with the US Department of Energy for its flywheel power storage in Stephentown, New York.
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International Power (IP) and GDF Suez Energy have agreed their merger plan
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Constellation Energy has bid $1.1 billion for US Power Generating's Boston Generating assets.
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A nine-strong club of Thai banks has signed the $2.7 billion debt financing of the Hongsa lignite coal-fired independent power project in Laos
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Capital Power has agreed to pay C$207 million to buy Kelson Canada's Vancouver Island gas-fired power plant.
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PetroVietnam has signed a $470 million 12 year two-tranche ECA-backed facility for the 750MW combined cycle Nhon Trach 2 power project, located south of Ho Chi Minh City in Dong Nai province
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GECAD and Aldwych International are close to closing the financing for the $128 million Tema Osonor independent power project in Ghana.
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The RFP for the 2,000MW oil-fired Qurayyah IPP in Saudi is expected to be launched to the market imminently as the indicative launch date of 31 July has slipped slightly.
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July 2010
The financing for the CEZ/MOL 830MW Dufi CCGT is progressing despite the Hungarian government rejecting the International Monetary Fund and EU’s $26 billion bailout plan.
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Tenaska's Taylorville integrated gasifcation combined cycle power plant has won a $417 million investment tax credit from the US government.
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The three bidding groups for the 400-450MW Bizerte IPP in Tunisia are expecting to find out which is the preferred bidder for the project within the next week.
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Abengoa and GE closed the $632.4 million financing for the Nuevo Pemex cogeneration project on 18 June. The deal is notable as the first power procurement for Mexico’s state oil company, Petroleos Mexicanos, one of the first deals for Mexico’s state development bank, Bonbras, in the privat...
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Cirincione moves to Siemens as Dexia reshuffles
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Power
29 July 2010
Sines CCGT RFP out
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The $2.1 billion financing of the PP11 gas-fired independent power project in Saudi Arabia is the first time international banks have taken on uncovered risk on a project since the country’s Ministry of Finance stopped providing a direct guarantee to offtaker Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). Th...
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Credit Suisse and Morgan Stanley have launched the $335 million B loan financing for Eastern Power' Greenfield South
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Less than 9% separates the five bidders for Abu Dhabi’s Shuweihat 3 IPP.
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Uncertainty in the capacity auction process in New England means Boston Generating is likely to file for bankruptcy before October
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Galp Energia and International Power have launched a request for proposals for a Eu500-Eu600 million ($640 - $780 million) debt package to support their 800MW Sines CCGT project in Portugal.
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The $2.1 billion financing of the PP11 gas-fired independent power project in Saudi Arabia
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The US Ex-Im has approved a preliminary review of Reliance's re-submitted application for the Sasan coal plant in India.
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China Huadian has closed a $412 million project financing with China Ex-Im for its Orussei hydroelectric power plant
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Dubai Water and Electricity Authority (DEWA) has appointed HSBC, Mott Macdonald and Clifford Chance for the financial, technical and legal advisory mandates for its first IWPP
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Lanco has signed a Rs55.4 billion ($1.18 billion) 15 year project financing for its 1320MW Babandh power project in, Dhenkanal, Orissa, India.
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ArcLight Capital has closed the $129.3 million acquisition of the Sandersville gas-fired power plant
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ArcLight Capital is out to banks with a $370 million debt package for its 512MW gas-fired peaker in Bayonne, New Jersey
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Reliance Power has closed syndication of the Rs132 billion ($2.83 billion) of debt for its Rs175 billion 3960MW Krishnapatnam UMPP in Andhra Pradesh.
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Hinduja National Power Corp has signed a Rs41.6 billion ($892 million) 14.75-year project loan for its 1040MW Vizag coal-fired thermal power project in Andhra Pradesh
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AES has agreed to buy the Ballylumford group of generating plants in Northern Ireland.
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Larsen & Toubro has signed a Rs7.83 billion ($169 million) 14-year-and-eight-month loan for its Singoli Bhatwari hydro-electric project.
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Disappointing capacity market auction results could hit the debt for the Tenaska-managed TPF II generation company.
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Spanish national grid operator Red Electrica (REE) is financing a Eu1.48 billion takeover of some of Endesa’s power transmission assets with a Eu1.7 billion bridge loan
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CLP Power India is out to the international bank market for up to $300 million of dollar denominated funding for its 1.32GW Jhajjar IPP.
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India's Power Finance Corporation has extended the request for qualification deadline for the 4000MW Chhattisgarh UMPP by another two months to September 5.
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Macquarie Power & Infrastructure Income Fund has reached financial close on a C$96.2 million ($94 million) five-year construction loan for the $131.9 million 20MW Helios Solar Star A1 PV project in Amhertsburg, Canada.
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Conduit Capital has approached the International Finance Corporation for up to $30 million in senior and subordinated debt
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ContourGlobal Kivuwatt is in the process of getting principal approvals for financing of phase 1 of its two-phase 100MW integrated methane extraction/cogeneration project at Lake Kivu in Rwanda.
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Harbinger and PSEG are examining financing options for an expansion of one of the plants in the GWF Energy peaker portfolio
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The board of US Ex-Im rejected Reliance Power's application for a $560 million loan for its Sasan coal-fired power project