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January 2012
China Huadian has closed a $330.6 million refinancing for the Asahan 1 hydroelectric plant in Indonesia.
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Credit Suisse expects to price and close a $600 million bond refinancing for Abengoa and GE Energy Financial Services' 300MW Nuevo Pemex
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Abengoa has closed a $344 million limited recourse debt refinancing for the 916km Transmission Sur
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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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HSBC has signed a $464 million 12-year buyer credit on behalf of Pakistan state utility firm Central Power Generation Company to purchase a 747MW gas turbine combined power plant at Guddu in the Sindh province of Pakistan.
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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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State-owned Tanzania Electricity Supply Co (Taneco) is in talks with a Citi-led group of banks for a TZS408 billion ($257 million) loan to fund emergency power projects contracted last year after drought caused a 264MW deficit in hydro generation.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority has closed a $1 billion leveraged lease financing for its 880MW John Sevier combined-cycle gas-fired plant
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Korea Electric Power Corp (Kepco) has announced plans to build and finance a 250MW $582 million coal-fired power plant in Senegal
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Enbridge has closed a C$500 million preferred share issue to fund capital projects, refinance existing debt, and for general corporate purposes.
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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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The developers of the Eu450 million ($575 million) Noordoostpolder wind farm in the Netherlands have approached the European Investment Bank
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ACWA Power’s ability to win an independent power project in Saudi Arabia – its own back yard – is undisputed, but in winning its latest 3,927MW project, the largest IPP in the world, the ACWA Power-led consortium beat its rivals by a considerable distance.
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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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Standard Bank has applied to the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency for $106.8 million in 15-year political risk insurance
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Austrian export credit agency OeKB has underwritten a Eu127.8 million ($163.389 million) UniCredit loan to RusHydro.
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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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First Reserve’s Energy Infrastructure Fund has bought a majority stake in the 225MW Trinity Power natural gas-fired power plant
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Colombian utility Empresas Públicas de Medellín has closed a $349 million A/B loan financing with the International Finance Corporation.
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FirstEnergy's Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company could be a candidate for a possible bond refinancing
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Competitive Power Ventures has closed a $262.8 million financing for its Cimarron wind
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Greece's Hellenic Republic Asset Development Fund is understood to be considering using asset-backed bond issues to monetise state assets
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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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Samruk Energy has approached the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development for Eu50 million in debt
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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 Blackstone Group is seeking approvals for its $1.9 billion Champlain-Hudson Power Express transmission line
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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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Israel Corporation has bought a 75% stake in the Central Tierra Amarilla diesel-fired power plant in Chile.
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An Khanh Electricity has closed a $143 million 10-year loan with sole bookrunner and mandated lead arranger Bank of China
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SPI Solar and its majority owner LDK Solar have closed $64 million in construction financing for solar photovoltaic projects
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Oakey Power Holdings (OPH), owner of the 300MW Oakey Power Station in Australia, has agreed a A$20 million ($20.5 million) refinancing with Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA)
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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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AES Entek, a 50/50 joint venture between AES and Koc, has brought in Turkish pension fund Oyak as 50% sponsor of the Ayas coal-fired project
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Mitsui has agreed to make a $12 million equity investment in the Tres Amigas power transmission project in New Mexico.
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The Nevada Public Utility Commission has approved an amendment and restatement to the power purchase agreement
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The government of Indonesia has closed a Y3.48 billion ($45 million)Japanese export finance loan to fund the purchase of a sub-sea electricity transmission cable
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AES Sonel has closed the Eu198 million debt financing for the $350 million Kribi gas-fired power project in Cameroon.
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AES Eastern has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as part of an agreement with coal portfolio's bondholders.
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A joint venture of ACS subsidiary Urbaser and Balfour Beatty has been named preferred bidder for the Essex waste PPP contract