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18 January 2018

ADB agrees additional funds to support SMEs in Sri Lanka

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved $75 million in additional financing to continue support toward the development of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)....

18 January 2018

2018 African Economic Outlook: AfDB make case for Africa's industrialisation

The President of the African Development Bank, citing data from the Bank's 2018 African Economic Outlook, has made a case for accelerating Africa's...

18 January 2018
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Infrastructure, Transport

Trenitalia signs €4.5bn regional rail operation contract for the Veneto

Trenitalia and the Italian regional government of the Veneto have signed a 15-year contract for the operation of the regional rail system. The €4.5 billion deal...

18 January 2018

SACE backs Deutsche Bank loan to pasta producer

SACE and Deutsche Bank have finalised a €5 million loan in favour of Campania-based pasta producer Pastificio Di Martino. The loan, issued by Deutsche Bank and...

18 January 2018
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Renewables

Masdar to buy stake in Krnovo wind farm in Montenegro

Abu Dhabi-based renewable energy company Masdar has enetered into an agreement with French developer Akuo Energy to buy a 49% stake in the 72MW operational Krnovo wind...

18 January 2018
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Power, Renewables

Masdar and EDF plan sub-Saharan off-grid power projects

Abu Dhabi renewable energy company Masdar and France's EDF SA have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop and invest in off-grid power projects and...

17 January 2018
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Power, Renewables

Opportunity of the day: Shuifa Group arm seeks finance to build two hydropower plants totaling 206MW in Nepal

Sichuan Hechuan Investment Co Ltd is planning to construct two hydropower plants totaling 206MW in Nepal, according to Wan Xiumei, project manager at the company's...

17 January 2018
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Agri/Soft Commodities

COFCO hires ex-ADM manager to head new Asia zone

Chinese agri-trader COFCO International has hired former Archer Daniels Midland Co manager Frederik Groth as head of the Asia-Pacific region excluding China. Based in...

17 January 2018
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Metals and Mining

Mining for more margin

In conjunction with an uptick in industrial metals pricing, more mining companies are beginning to consider commodity trading for themselves.

17 January 2018

Voskuyl promoted to partner at DIF

DIF has appointed Gijs Voskuyl as a partner. Voskuyl has been with DIF since 2008. From 2008 to 2012 he worked on primary and secondary PPP projects in the UK and...

17 January 2018
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Renewables

Maas Capital refinances Italian PV portfolio

Maas Capital Renewables has closed a €38 million refinancing for a 15.6MW solar PV portfolio comprising six ground-mounted PV plants in the Molise, Puglia and Lazio...

17 January 2018
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Renewables

BayWa r.e. sells stake in Lacedonia wind farm back to developer

German renewable energy company BayWa r.e, which in 2014 bought a 65% stake in the project to develop the 41.7MW Lacedonia wind farm in the Campania region of Italy, has...

17 January 2018
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Power, Renewables

Tadweer commits to first landfill WtE project

The Abu Dhabi waste management centre Tadweer has signed five waste management contracts worth DH165 million, including an agreement with Green Energy Solutions &...

17 January 2018
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Renewables

Cubico closes on Benevento wind debt

Cubico Sustainable Investments has raised €50 million ($61 million) of project debt for its 27MW Benevento greenfield wind project in southern Italy. Closed last...

17 January 2018
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Renewables

Quinbrook reaches financial close on Persimmon wind first phase.

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, through the Quinbrook Low Carbon Power Fund, has closed the construction and tax equity financing of the first 200MW stage of the 365MW...

17 January 2018
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Infrastructure, Transport

Bretagne-Pays de la Loire HSL repriced and closed

The repricing of the commercial tranche from the original Bretagne-Pays de la Loire (BPL) high-speed rail project financing (sponsored by Eiffage and which reached...

17 January 2018
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Renewables

Saudi Arabia to tender 4GW of renewables in 2018

The head of the Saudi Renewable Energy Project Development Office (REPDO) has stated the intention of tendering 3.25GW of solar power and around 800MW of wind through...

17 January 2018
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Infrastructure, Transport

ARTESP announces highest bid for Sao Paulo Ring Road concession auction

The Sao Paulo State Public Transport Regulatory Agency (ARTESP) has announced that the highest offer at the auction of the 30-year concession for the 47.6 km Northern...

17 January 2018
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Infrastructure, Other

Houston awards FCC city recycling contract

Houston City Council has awarded the US subsidiary of Spain's FCC Group, FCC Environmental Services, the contract to recycle the city's waste. The 15-year...

17 January 2018
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Renewables

Innogy buys 23 German wind projects from Primus Energie

German energy company Innogy has acquired a 23-project pipeline portfolio representing 400MW of onshore wind projects based in the German state of Thuringia from...