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25 August 2020
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Renewables

Japan’s fledgling offshore wind sector takes flight

Japan will launch its first general round of offshore wind auctions to set feed-in-premium tariffs imminently. And with one precedent financing blueprint - the Akita...

24 August 2020
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Renewables

JERA kicks off Ishikari Bay offshore wind environmental assessment

JERA has submitted its planning phase environmental impact statement – the first of four phases stipulated under Japan’s Environmental Impact Assessment Law...

19 August 2020

Export finance in the Covid-19 epoch

TXF’s editor Max Thompson takes a look at how the export finance landscape - including the super low CIRR rate on offer - is faring amid the crisis, and what the market...

11 August 2020
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Infrastructure, Oil & gas, Other, Transport, Waste and water

BNDES: A little more like other DFIs

BNDES is shifting its mandate, with project origination and structuring now higher on the corporate agenda, as Brazil’s DFI looks to attract other sources of financing...

07 August 2020
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Renewables

Statkraft awarded 330MW in Irish RESS-1

Statkraft Ireland has secured contracts for over 330MW of wind and solar capacity in Ireland's inaugural Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS-1) auction. Awards...

06 August 2020
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Power

BnetzA tenders compensation for coal-fired capacity

Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BnetzA) has launched a tender to reduce coal-based electricity generation. Operational hard coal plants and small brown coal...

06 August 2020

EIB and Afreximbank extends €300m of support to African Covid response

The EIB and the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) are directing €300 million ($355 million)of financing to support the resilience and recovery of African...

03 August 2020
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Renewables

Al Kharsaah: How low can solar tariff bids go?

The first phase of the 800MW Al Kharsaah solar PV project in Qatar has reached financial close despite the Covid-19 crisis. The project is backed by a world record low...

28 July 2020
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Oil & gas, Power, Renewables

Shop talk: VTB on combating trade loan turbulence

TXF spoke with Anna Ponomareva, head of ECA and agency finance at VTB to discuss the challenges the Russian bank has faced in responding to the Covid-19 crisis, as banks...

28 July 2020

TXF TV: The Libor transition

TXF’s co-founder Dominik Kloiber is joined by Ashley Mcdermott, a partner at Mayer Brown, and Aida Topcagic, VP for global export finance at JP Morgan to outline the...

28 July 2020
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Renewables

Scottish Power seeks tweaks to East Anglia 3 consents

ScottishPower Renewables is seeking approval from the UK's Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy to modify the existing consents awarded in 2017 for...

23 July 2020
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Metals and Mining

Karora Resources sells 28% interest in Dumont Nickel Project

Toronto-headquartered Karora Resources has agreed to sell its 28% interest in the Dumont Nickel Project in Quebec to two private funds advised by Waterton Global Resource...

23 July 2020

DFC aims to finance $1bn of private sector investment in Honduras

The International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) has unveiled plans to finance $1 billion of private sector investment over three years in Honduras.DFC will...

22 July 2020

TXF-ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance 2020

The 11th edition of the ICC Global Survey on Trade Finance incorporates the views of 346 respondents in 85 countries - from international banks to regional and local...

21 July 2020
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Renewables

Strong response for NTPC's 1.2GW solar tender

NTPC's tender for 1.2GW of ISTS-connected solar projects has been oversubscribed by 500MW. ReNew Power, Tata Power, O2 Power, Sungrow, Azure Power, and AMP solar have...

21 July 2020
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Renewables

Maxeon Solar raises $325m

SunPower Corp (SPWR) spin-off Maxeon Solar Technologies has raised $200 million from a 6.5% green convertible senior note offering due in 2025. The solar cell and panel...

20 July 2020

Shop talk: EIB ups impact finance ingenuity

Guido Clary, head of Slovenia and Western Balkans unit at EIB, outlines the DFI’s response to the Covid-19 crisis and explains how its new impact financing initiative, a...

09 July 2020
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Oil & gas

Mexico's Pemex, Talos Energy told to seek deal on shared oil find

Mexico’s state oil company Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) and a private consortium led by US-based Talos Energy have been instructed to come to an agreement detailing...

08 July 2020
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Power, Renewables

Mexican renewables: Can DFIs remedy investors’ woes?

A stack of Mexican government policies in the energy space - supposedly implemented in response to the Covid-19 pandemic by Lopez Obrador's government - has forced...

08 July 2020
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Infrastructure, Transport

Dow agrees sale of rail assets to Watco

Dow has signed a definitive agreement to sell its rail infrastructure assets and related equipment at six North American sites to transportation firm Watco Companies....