Emerging Markets
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The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has sued a former Goldman Sachs banker over his role in an alleged scheme to obtain a power purchase agreement for a Ghanaian power plant through bribery.
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Chile’s National Electric Coordinator (NEC) has asked power companies in the country to submit plans to confront possible disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as Chile sees the number of patients rise.
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Brazilian state-controlled Petrobras is studying the creation of a subsidiary for some of its power plants with a view to divesting them through an initial public offering.
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Argentine construction company Genergíabio has signed financing with a syndicate of banks for an 18 MW biomass project in the province of Corrientes.
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Solar and wind project owner sPower has appointed a bank to privately place a second project bond with a similar structure to a transaction that closed last year.
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Brazil has received more than a thousand applications to participate in its next power auction, scheduled for Aug. 31, with wind projects making up the bulk of the submissions.
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Voltorantim Energia, a subsidiary of São Paulo-based Voltorantim Group, have launched a joint venture focusing on Brazilian generation assets—and lined up its maiden acquisitions.
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Greenwind has signed $104 million in debt for its 100 MW Corti Wind Farm in Argentina, which the lenders say has the longest tenor of any project finance deal to emerge from the country’s RenovAr program and is the first to involve international banks.
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Brazilian regional development lender Banco do Nordest has agreed to finance 482 MW of renewable projects in the country, at a time when asset managers are once again bullish on real-denominated assets.
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Invenergy has bought an operational 64 MW solar project in Salto, Uruguay from developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures.
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