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10 January 2024
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Renewables

High hopes for hydrogen: Climbing the ladder to bankability

Dr Sebastian Hofert von Weiss and Patrick Gonzalez Tilemann (University of Surrey) share their latest research on the challenges facing hydrogen production. Financial and...

05 January 2024
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Metals and Mining

Argentinian lithium mine progresses financing

The ECA-covered loan backing Lake Resources’ Kachi lithium project in Argentina is due to close in Q1 2025 and will mark UKEF’s first project in the South American...

08 December 2023
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Renewables

US offshore wind: There's trouble at mill

Hiccups or long-term project stasis – can the US offshore wind market overcome the cost increases dogging its troubled birth?

07 December 2023

CGI: Green light on trade digitisation, how banks can avoid stalling

Recent legislative developments on trade digitisation in the UK and long-awaited API standards for guarantees and standby LCs from SWIFT and ICC, have given banks the...

08 November 2023

Keynote: EKN’s Jatko on the wisdom of cooperation

As EKN passes its 90th anniversary milestone, celebrating its ‘wise old lady’ status, CEO Anna-Karin Jatko reflects on risks and the need for more cooperation in an...

02 November 2023

How do carbon markets work? Part 2

As with any type of valuable asset, owners of emission allowances and voluntary carbon credits may wish to use them to obtain finance. This asset class is increasingly...

18 October 2023

EKN: Nimble at ninety

There has been much to celebrate in what has been another record year for EKN at its 90th birthday in a venue that provided plenty of metaphors for the themes of...

13 October 2023
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Chemicals/Petrochemicals, Other, Renewables

ChemOne nears close on petchem project debt

Singapore-based ChemOne Group is progressing towards financial close on the ECA-backed project debt funding its PEC petrochemical scheme while separate financing will be...

09 October 2023
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Renewables

Anma: A Korean offshore wind test case

Sponsors of the 532MW Anma offshore wind farm in South Korea are sounding out banks to fund the scheme despite the financial headwinds faced by some projects in Asia.

06 October 2023

TXF Asia 2023: Meeting at the crossroads

TXF has returned to Singapore for its annual Asia event. Read on to find the key takeaways after two days of networking and industry insights from the export, project and...

29 September 2023
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Renewables

ECA collaboration in Hai Long offshore wind pays off

The 20-year debt facilities for the largest non-recourse offshore wind financing in Asia may not have been possible without the support of seven ECAs.

25 September 2023
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Renewables

Baltic Power: A blended finance first for Poland

The global backdrop to wind has been looking shaky of late. Project financing backing the Baltic Power project has just signed – but the rest of the first wave of...

13 September 2023

Keynote: ECIC’s expanded mandate in focus with acting CEO Maphula

TXF speaks to Ntshengedzeni Gilbert Maphula, acting CEO of Export Credit Insurance Corporation of South Africa (ECIC), about South Africa’s export credit agency’s...

04 September 2023

Keynote: Financing the energy transition, how ECAs can become change makers

Eric Usher, head of the UNEP Finance Initiative, discusses how government, multilateral agencies, corporates, and financial institutions can help realise emission...

14 August 2023
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Oil & gas

ECAs and banks mull Papua LNG project

The roughly $3-5 billion financing backing TotalEnergies’ large-scale LNG project in Papua New Guinea is progressing, with lenders expected to show interest in the scheme...

09 August 2023
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Infrastructure, Manufacturing & equipment, Power

WEXIF: Women in export and infrastructure finance buzz with energy

On the sidelines of TXF Global in Lisbon, the inaugural women in export and infrastructure finance (WEXIF) session was abuzz with energy. Here are a few of the main...

28 July 2023
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Renewables

Yunlin: Cash or collapse

ECA-backed lenders and sponsors to the Yunlin offshore wind farm in Taiwan need to stump up €1.7 billion of new debt and equity to prevent the collapse of the scheme as...

05 July 2023

ECA debt volumes up in 2023 – so far

The ECA-backed debt market has witnessed depressed volumes since the turn of the decade amid the economic bulldozer of the pandemic and ominous energy security clouds...

27 June 2023
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Renewables

ECAs poised to rescue world's largest biomass plant

ECA-backed lenders to the world’s largest biomass power station in Teeside, England, are poised to inject £80 million of rescue financing into the project.

15 June 2023
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Oil & gas, Renewables

A greener direction for UKEF?

UKEF is ready for a reset with a new CEO in office and a new set of priorities, including a focus on opportunities for green exports. But how can ECAs ensure that their...