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Fred Olsen: UK wind portfolio
Renewables EuropeAn open-end portfolio of UK wind farms owned by Norwegian developer Fred Olsen Renewables reached financial close in October 2008
Paris-Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi PPP
Social & Defence MENAThe closing of the Paris Sorbonne University Abu Dhabi (PSUAD) PPP project in the dying days of 2008 is testament to the importance of and confidence in the PPP model in the Middle East region
Italian wind: Società Energie Rinnovabili
Renewables EuropeDespite tight market conditions in the second half of 2008, a total of 11 banks came onboard for Italy's largest greenfield wind farm portfolio to date
Peru: US$3.8bn Peru LNG Project
Oil & Gas Latin AmericaThe US$2.05 billion debt financing for the landmark Peru LNG project reached financial close on 26 June 2008, marking the largest foreign direct investment in the country's history
Tuin Zonne Spanish solar portfolio
Renewables EuropeWhen the Spanish Government announced in its intention to terminate the existing tariff for solar projects in September 2008, the decision prompted a rush to completion among developers and financiers eager to secure the €0.45 per kW hour tariff
Tanjung Jati - to B or not to B
Power Asia PacificWhen the 1,320MW Tanjung Jati B expansion project in Indonesia reached financial close on 25 December 2008, it brought to an end an exceptionally complex two-year financing process
Canada's Autoroute 30
Transport North AmericaA club of 13 banks successfully closed the Can$1.6 billion debt financing for the Autoroute 30 PPP project in Quebec, Canada in 2008, one of the most important and strategic projects in North American history successfully syndicated in the middle of the g
Virginia I-495 - Capital Beltway
Transport North AmericaVirginia's I-595, or Capital Beltway, HOT lanes PPP - designed to ease congestion on one of the US' most jammed-up arteries - ran into a financing jam of its own at the end of 2007
Lille Stadium PPP
Social & Defence EuropeTowards the end of 2008, in the teeth of the global financial crisis, the unique Lille stadium PPP in France reached financial close - despite, or perhaps because of, a contractual structure which was anything but vanilla