In depth
23 January 2025

Strategic insight: ING’s Rauhala on balancing sweet and sour in structured export finance

In her first interview since taking over as global head of structured export finance at ING, Anna Rauhala discusses finding the right balance between sweet and sour in the recipe to structure export financings, and her undimmed enthusiasm for the bank’s role in the energy transition and projects... More

In depth
17 January 2025

EV gigafactory risk: Who's on the hook?

Between 2020 and Q1 2024, 12 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

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24 January 2025

SkiesFifty and Frontline target SAF production from waste

SkiesFifty and Frontline BioEnergy have joined forces to commercialise waste-to-energy technology, targeting Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production. Together, they will establish a new company, which they will jointly own and invest in. It will combine SkiesFifty’s expertise in... More

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24 January 2025

VALOREM achieves financial close on French wind project

VALOREM Group has reached financial close on the Lavausseau wind farm project, located in Vienne, in France’s Nouvelle-Aquitaine region.The 18.9MW wind farm comprises 5 Nordex N131 turbines. Construction is scheduled to begin in 2025, with commissioning planned for spring 2026.The financial... More

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24 January 2025

Copper 360 agrees to buy Mulilo’s Springbok wind project

Copper 360 has concluded an agreement with Mulilo Renewable Project Developments to acquire 100% of Mulilo Springbok Wind Power (MSWP). MSWP owns a project to establish a 55MW wind farm in the Springbok area of the Northern Cape. The purchase consideration comprises an initial cash payment of... More

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24 January 2025

Oxan wins Estonian auction for Saare 1

Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) has selected Oxan Energy as the winner of the auction of Saare 1. Oxan Energy and its partner SNOW can begin the development of an offshore wind farm in the Saare area, which is located 60km west of Saaremaa Island.... More

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24 January 2025

Gerdau to acquire two hydro plants in Mato Grosso

Brazilian steel producer Gerdau plans to acquire two hydropower plants from renewable energy company Atiaia Energia.Gerdau is purchasing all the shares in the vehicles that control two small hydropower plants, each with a 29MW capacity, for around $73.2 million, to be paid in cash. The renewable... More

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24 January 2025

ExxonMobil signs MoU for Indonesia petchem investments

ExxonMobil has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to invest in carbon capture and storage (CCS) facilities as well as a new petrochemical complex in Indonesia. The Coordinating Ministry for the Economy stated that the project will have an investment value of around $10 billion. ExxonMobil and... More

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24 January 2025

Shell head of downstream and renewables steps down

Huibert Vigeveno, head of downstream and renewables at Shell, will step down after 30 years at the company. Machteld de Haan will take over from 1 April, moving from his current role as executive vice president of chemicals and products. Head of trading Andrew Smith, who previously reported... More

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24 January 2025

Revolve expands partnership with EDC

Revolve Renewable Power has successfully expanded its Account Performance Security Guarantee with Export Development Canada. The facility, which has been upsized from $2.9 million to $4.5 million, is in support of a letter of credit for the 80MWh Vernal Battery Energy Storage System, located in... More

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24 January 2025

Spanish CCS project planned for Sagunto

Enagas, Holcim and Saggas have announced an agreement for the joint development of an innovative project for the decarbonisation of the CO2 intensive process industry.The CO2necta Project will create an integrated capture, transmission and storage value chain in the Valencian municipality of... More

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24 January 2025

Trafigura raises RMB1.5bn Panda bond

Trafigura has issued a RMB1.5 billion ($205 million) Panda bond with a tenor of three years. The news marks Trafigura's first raise from the Chinese debt market in three years. 13 investors took part in the issuance with Bank of China acting as Lead Bookrunner, while Bank of Communications,... More

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24 January 2025

Nala Renewables to buy Finnish BESS

Nala Renewables has entered into an agreement to acquire a 50MW, ready-to-build battery energy storage (BESS) project in Finland from Fu-Gen AG.The project is located in the Southern Ostrobothnia region of Finland, with construction expected to start during Q2 2025 and operations commencing in the... More

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24 January 2025

Germany expands export credit coverage policy

The federal government of Germany has updated the eligibility coverage requirements for export credit guarantees by simplifying application processes, access criteria, and expanding existing product suites. One new approach - 'flex and cover', which focuses on the entire German... More

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Mar 31 - Apr 2, 2025

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24 January 2025

EIB reaches €1bn in green financing for SMEs

The EIB is lending the National Bank of Greece (NBG) €250 million to increase support for green investments made by Greek SMEs and Mid-Caps. The agreement raises the total intermediated lending made available through this EIB facility to back decarbonization investment by smaller Greek... More

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24 January 2025

Meralco to tap $1.28bn loan for LNG venture

Manila Electric Company (Meralco) is set to tap a $1.28 billion credit facility to finance a new LNG venture. BDO Unibank, Bank of the Islands and Metropolitan Bank and Trust Company are acting as lenders. The 12-year facility will be used for acquisitions and general corporate purposes under what... More

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24 January 2025

IDB Invest, Banco W issue social bond for Colombian firms

IDB Invest and Banco W announced the issuance of a social bond aimed at enhancing financial inclusion for microenterprises in Colombia’s Amazon region, including those led by women. This bond is the first of its kind spearheaded by a microfinance institution to support microenterprises in the... More

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24 January 2025

ECI and Reem Finance partner to boost UAE firms   

Etihad Credit Insurance (ECI) has announced the inclusion of Reem Finance from the UAE’s financial services sector into its strategic milieu of Xport Xponential programme partners.  The Memorandum of Understanding between H.E. Raja Al Mazrouei, CEO of ECI, and Seraj Tariq Faidi, CEO of... More

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24 January 2025

Sullivan advises EBRD on two SCF deals

Sullivan & Worcester (Sullivan) has recently advised the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in relation to two innovative supply chain finance (SCF) transactions.In the first transaction, Sullivan advised EBRD in its unfunded risk participation in Türkiye’s Akbank... More

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24 January 2025

Social projects now qualify for the Credendo green package

Credendo has decided to expand the eligibility criteria of its Credendo Green Package to social projects next to environmental projects or transactions.Launched in 2022, the Credendo Green Package aims to support clients in transactions and investments into projects that contribute to achieving the... More