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Carlisle Northern Development Route PFI

The UK's third road PPP project to close in 2009 fought its way through months of financial and procurement challenges as it progressed along the bumpy road from tender launch to financial close

Rabigh IPP

In 2007, the Saudi Electric Company launched a programme to procure three greenfield IPPs - with a total capacity of 5,200MW. The first of those, Rabigh IPP, has now reached financial close - setting a number of hopeful precedents not just for the SEC pro

Tariff cuts spark secondary solar boom

Tariff cuts spark secondary solar boom

Where next for reserves-based lending?

Where next for reserves-based lending?

Astoria II: Size mattered

Astoria II: Size mattered

BRSP: Out of the frying pan?

BRSP: Out of the frying pan?

A2: Crowd control?

A2: Crowd control?

Al Dur: Enter the mini-perm

Al Dur: Enter the mini-perm

Kosmos Energy: Jubilation

Kosmos Energy: Jubilation

Lakatabu: Cementing liquidity

Lakatabu: Cementing liquidity

Elections create Portugal's latest PPP headache

Elections create Portugal's latest PPP headache

Nord Stream leaves the crunch - and Ukraine spat - the winner

Nord Stream leaves the crunch - and Ukraine spat - the winner

Latin miners dash for stronger lenders

Latin miners dash for stronger lenders

Etesco Drill Ship

Financing for an ultra deepwater drill ship to be used by Brazillian oil and gas firm PetroBras reached its US$820 million close last month. The Etesco drill ship deal raised US$650 million in debt to fund the construction of a vessel capable of drilling

Israel - Hadera desal plant extension

Israel's Hadera desalination plant extension project was a challenging transaction to bring to financial close, but clearly demonstrates a growing confidence for the PPP model in the Middle East

Togo's Centrale Thermique de Lomé (CTL)

The first significant foreign investment in Togo in more than a decade was concluded last month when ContourGlobal's independent power project in the West African country of Togo reached financial close