In depth
17 January 2025

EV gigafactory risk: Who's on the hook?

Between 2020 and Q1 2024, 11 EV gigafactory project financings signed globally, according to Exile Intelligence. But amid ongoing financial woes, how much exposure do ECAs, DFIs and banks have to this once nascent sector? More

In depth
10 January 2025

Non-banks or none at all? Alternative financing steps up

The commodity finance industry's well-documented flight to size has left trading houses stranded. Alternative financiers have struggled to fill the gap, but could a new non-bank borrowing base establish a template for the future? More

News
20 January 2025

US Treasury issues additional domestic content bonus guidance

The US Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are releasing additional guidance on the domestic content bonus for tax credits.The domestic content bonus boosts American manufacturing of iron, steel, and manufactured products used in clean energy projects like solar and wind... More

News
20 January 2025

Malta extends window for floating wind pre-qualification

Malta has extended the deadline for pre-qualification applications for the country’s first floating wind tender. The pre-qualification period was initially set to run until March 28 and has now been extended until June 6, 2025. The floating wind tender comprises three stages: the... More

News
20 January 2025

Kexim agrees $905m to fund Laguna Lakeshore road project

The Philippine government has secured a $905.26 million loan to finance the initial implementation of the Laguna Lakeshore Road Network project. The official development assistance loan was granted through the Export-Import Bank of Korea.The project is one of the government's flagship... More

News
20 January 2025

Ioneer's Rhyolite Ridge project receives $996m DOE support

The US Department of Energy has signed a $996 million loan guarantee - including $968 million of principal and $28 million of capitalised interest - to Ioneer Rhyolite Ridge to develop a domestic supply of lithium carbonate for EV batteries.The Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project in Esmeralda... More

News
20 January 2025

Korea braces for Trump's policies with record export finance support

South Korea has pledged a record amount of financing support for exporters to mitigate any negative impact from changes in US trade policies as Donald Trump takes charge.Sectors particularly under threat of new US policies are semiconductors and rechargeable batteries, the finance ministry said,... More

News
20 January 2025

Orano to develop $1.6bn Mongolia uranium mine

French multinational company Orano has been given the go-ahead to develop and operate a major uranium mine, in Mongolia.Under an investment agreement signed, Badrakh Energy, a joint venture between Orano and Mongolia's State-owned MonAtom Group, will be responsible for the industrial operation... More

News
20 January 2025

Montenegro to cover shipping firms' loan payments to Chexim

The Montenegrin government will cover loan installments owed by state-owned shipping companies Crnogorska Plovidba and Barska Plovidba to the Export-Import Bank of China, used for the purchase of four ocean cargo ships.Barska Plovidba currently owes around €7.7 million ($7.9 million) to the... More

News
20 January 2025

Australia plans $1.2bn credit for green aluminum industry

Australia will introduce a new green aluminum production credit to assist aluminum smelters to switch to renewable electricity by 2036.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the outlay would cost about A$2 billion ($1.2 billion) over ten years. Once producers make the switch to green energy, they will... More

News
20 January 2025

DOE releases study and action plan for West Coast offshore wind transmission

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has released a study and an offshore wind action plan for the development of transmission for the West Coast Region.A new report shows that floating offshore wind could bring 33GW of energy to the western US by 2050. The additional transmission that would be built... More

News
20 January 2025

New EDC CEO to take up position in February

Export Development Canada has appointed Alison Nankivell as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective February 5, 2025.Nankivell has more than 25 years of experience in international investments and finance, strategic planning and leading teams through transformation. She joins EDC from MaRS... More

News
20 January 2025

BOEM approves COP for SouthCoast Wind

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the Construction and Operations Plan for the SouthCoast Wind Project. This is the final approval needed for the project from BOEM following the Department of the Interior’s December 2024 Record of Decision. The project, located... More

News
20 January 2025

Estonia invites offshore wind proposals for Saare 7

Sunly Wind has applied for a superficies licence with Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) for a project in the Saare 7 area. The Saare 7 site is located west of Saaremaa, in an area suitable for the development of wind energy set by the Estonian... More

Event
Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2025

Americas 2025: Agency, Energy & Infrastructure Finance

EAST Miami Hotel, MIAMI, US

Get ready to spice up your pipeline - join us in Miami to blaze a trail with the biggest dealmakers in the industry.

Full details
News
20 January 2025

Fossil fuel financing pledge dies with incoming Trump administration

A deal on ending public financing for foreign fossil fuel projects has died in the face of key holdout countries and the incoming administration of US president-elect Donald Trump.Canada, along with the UK and EU, proposed in 2023 to end financing through export credit agencies for oil and gas... More

News
20 January 2025

US Ex-Im and NEXIM deepen cooperation

The Export-Import Bank of the United States has signed an MoU with the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM) that will deepen collaboration and trade ties between the two nations. The MOU will promote trade and economic cooperation between the two countries, especially in sectors like clean... More

News
20 January 2025

Plug Power receives DOE backing for green hydrogen projects

The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office has closed a $1.66 billion loan guarantee - $1.55 billion in principal and $107 million in capitalised interest - to Plug Power to help finance the construction of up to six facilities across several states that will produce clean... More

News
20 January 2025

Silica secures new offtake term sheets for Arrowsmith North

VRX Silica has signed additional nonbinding offtake term sheets for the supply of silica sand from its Arrowsmith North project, in Western Australia. The agreements target the foundry industries in South Korea, Japan, and Taiwan.The South Korean partners include Namgwang Casting Materials and Woori... More

News
20 January 2025

Masdar and Lhyfe to partner on green hydrogen projects

Masdar and French renewable hydrogen producer Lhyfe have signed an MoU to explore potential co-development opportunities in large-scale green hydrogen production projects in Europe.Masdar is aiming for a renewable energy portfolio capacity of 100GW by 2030, supporting the target set in the UAE... More

News
20 January 2025

Renewable energy platform is launched

PowerGen Renewable Energy is partnering with international investors to establish a scalable, distributed renewable energy platform targeting the deployment of 120MW of renewable power, including battery energy storage solutions across Africa.The platform is a collaboration between PowerGen and the... More