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Virtual Power Plant Auctions
Power EuropeHaving successfully completed the second of five virtual power plant (VPP) auctions last week, Spain's Iberdrola and Endesa look set to meet their target of freeing up a maximum of 3,825MW capacity. As Germany's E.ON Energie follows suit with its 250MW ba
Hope Hospital Salford PFI
Social & Defence EuropeThe Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority in conjunction with Balfour Beatty's specialist concession company Consort Healthcare has reached financial close on the long-delayed £178 million PFI project to redevelop Hope Hospital in Salford
Fujian Refining and Ethylene - China
Oil & Gas Asia PacificFujian Refining and Ethylene is the second multi-billion dollar petrochemicals project financing to close in China in the past six months, following April's US$2.8 billion refinancing of Shell and CNOOC's Nanhai complex. The US$6 billion Fujian complex wi
Ambatovy nickel mine - Madagascar
Oil & Gas Sub-Saharan AfricaSub-Saharan Africa's largest project financing to date has signed, setting a landmark in not only the mining sector and debt markets, but acting as a pathfinder deal for mega projects in the region
Qatalum: the world's largest aluminium smelter
Power MENAWith no history of metal production, Qatar is now giving birth to the world's largest aluminium smelter. Riz Malik dissects the US$4.7bn Qatalum project, explains why it is symptomatic of Middle East project finance and traces its meandering history thro
Trinergy: the good, the bad and the epilogue
Renewables EuropeOver the past year, the 648MW Trinergy wind portfolio has twice drawn a collective 'ooh' and 'aah' from renewable project finance community - first for its €1.13 billion refinancing with Royal Bank of Scotland last December and, more recently, for the €1.