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Earlsburn onshore wind
Renewables EuropeScotland's Earlsburn wind farm is at first sight a thoroughly ordinary project financing. Yet closer inspection reveals clues as to the future of onshore wind in the UK. And the deal was not completely devoid of surprises - the power purchase agreement sa
M6 Budapest-Dunaujváros wrapped bond refinancing
Transport EuropeAfter the political wrangles and hasty re-nationalisations of the last decade, Hungary's road privatisation programme finally seems to have come of age.
Castellon Airport - Spain's first airport PPP
Transport EuropeCastellon's Airport scheme breaks new boundaries in the Spanish market, being the first greenfield airport deal to be procured as a PPP
Plum Point coal-fired power plant
Power North AmericaDuring the initial merchant power boom at the start of the millennium, coal had become a dirty word - write Vander Caceres and Simon Ellis.
TermoFortaleza CCGT
Power Latin AmericaThe landslide victory of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in the 2002 Brazilian presidential election, with more than 60 per cent of the vote, was a surprise to many investors and sent shockwaves through the energy market, concerned about fiscal irresponsibility
Aspire Defence's Allenby Connaught MoD PFI
Social & Defence EuropeFinancial close for the UK MoD’s Allenby Connaught project sponsored by Carillion, KBR and HSBC has taken longer than anticipated, but the size and structure of the bonds have broken new grounds and will serve as a benchmark transaction
Highland closure - the region's second schools PFI
Social & Defence EuropeScotland's second Highland Schools PFI project - a deal that stands out as the largest Scottish school-building programme and the biggest UK bond-financed education PPP to date - has closed
Ajman - the Middle East's first wrapped refinancing
Water MENAThe Arab emirates have a growing and deserved reputation as an investment hotspot and the tiny city-state of Ajman is no exception. But business conditions are not quite yet optimal - it took a hastily concluded refinancing to save Ajman's wastewater proj