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Freeport LNG train three, Texas
Oil & Gas North AmericaExport liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects in the US have gradually added new complexities to the financing structures
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The rise of the green bond
Asia PacificGreen bond issuers are no longer limited to development finance institutions
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Portsmouth Bypass PPP, Ohio
Transport North AmericaBefore the $550 million Portsmouth Bypass PPP in Ohio closed in April 2015, only one US PPP had obtained a partial wrap from monoline Assured Guaranty in the aftermath of the 2008 financial collapse
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Q1 2015 League Tables Analysis: US LNG
Oil & Gas North AmericaExport liquefied natural gas (LNG) continued to dominate privately financed US power and energy debt volumes in the first quarter of the year but a slowdown is coming
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Tilbury biomass project, UK
Renewables EuropeSponsors of UK biomass projects are rushing to close financings and complete commissioning before the 31 March 2017 sunset of the country’s renewable obligation certificate (ROC) scheme
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China's Asian development bank
Asia PacificThe AIIB continues to attract more and more backers in spite of some early opposition from the US government. Those joining will hope they can steer the bank's objectives more towards their own goals
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Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement PPP, US
Transport North AmericaThe Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s first PPP – the $1.12 billion Pennsylvania Rapid Bridge Replacement project – is also the first US PPP to bundle a large group of assets in a single transaction
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US water infrastructure financing
Water North AmericaEven though the US government has introduced various new loan programmes to support water infrastructure financing recently, ongoing projects continue to rely on the existing municipal or tax-exempt bond market
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Peru nears a renewables break-through
Renewables Latin AmericaPeru continues to favour baseload fuels, but has enacted a renewables mandate and international sponsors and lenders are eager to participate
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Data Analysis: Merchant's staying power in the US
Power North AmericaUS electricity demand growth has been limited since the 2008 financial collapse, and few utilities have been willing to sign new power purchase agreements (PPAs) with independent power projects
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Milan Metro, Italy
Transport EuropeTwo availability-based PPP concessions for the Milan Metro are nearing close on debt financings with tenors of up to 21 years
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Usolsky potash, Russia
Mining EuropeRussian project financings were rare in 2014, and are likely to become more so in 2015. International political tensions will make oil and gas financings - the market’s backbone - hard to pull off.
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Cape Wind's last stand
Renewables North AmericaThe Cape Wind offshore wind project has overcome many hurdles in its 14-year development history
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Antin solar portfolio refinancing, Italy
Renewables EuropeAntin Solar Investments’ refinancing of a portfolio of 66MW of solar photovoltaic plants in Italy brings the portfolio under a single umbrella structure and also marks a return of investor confidence in the country
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Castor gas storage project, Spain
Oil & Gas EuropeEscal fully redeemed the bonds for its troubled Castor gas storage project in Northern Spain late last month, with an outstanding principal and interest totalling €1.41 billion ($1.72 billion)
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Cameron LNG and Freeport LNG, US
Oil & Gas North AmericaThe developers of US liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminals turned out to be wrong when they predicted that persistently high US gas prices would attract LNG cargoes from overseas
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Across party lines
Transport North AmericaWhat does the recent Republican victory in the US mid-term elections mean for the country's PPP pipeline?
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Abengoa green bond issue sparks recourse questions
Renewables EuropeSpanish infrastructure developer Abengoa has been forced to defend the way it accounts for its projects’ debt, after a green bond issue led to questions from nervous bond investors
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Bundling PPP projects
Transport North AmericaBundling projects has its efficiencies on both the procurement and financing side, but it also carries certain challenges for the public and private sector