Sergipe aims for Q4 financial close
Centrais Electricas de Sergipe’s (Celse) Porto de Sergipe LNG-to-power project near Aracaju will see its debt financing in the fourth quarter this year, according to the company.
Fenix prices bond refi
Fenix Power Peru has priced US$340m of 144A/Reg S 10-year senior notes refinancing debt.
Green bonds for PV project
The Province of Jujuy has issued US$210m of green bonds in part to co-finance the 300MW Cauchari solar cluster that won a contract during the first RenovAr auction. It is expected to require some US$400m in total.
Broadband PPP opens up
Private investment promotion agency ProInversion has opened up bidding for the installation of broadband in the Amazon, Ica, and Lima regions.
Chinchero reboot begins
Compensation talks have kicked off as the Peruvian government begins a plan to revive the troubled Chinchero airport concession.
Huge interest in rekindled auctions
More than 77GW of renewable energy projects have registered for the new A-4 and A-6 energy auctions to be held on December 18 and 20 this year.
ACS to sell highway stake
Spanish company ACS through subsidiary Iridium has signed an agreement to sell a 51% stake in the Ruta del Canal for roughly US$170m.
Water projects seek private partner
The government of Peru is looking to bring in private investors to help extend potable water and sewerage services to 100% of the country by 2021.
Highway project out to tender
The Argentine government has launched a tender for the development of a new 38km stretch on the Lujan-Palmira highway or Sistema Cristo Redentor.
Airport concession package to open
The Ministry of Transport & Communications (MTC) will soon open up a tender process for the concession of a group of eight regional air terminals. They are part of a third airport infrastructure package that it is hoped will modernise regional facilities.
Amazon PPP signed
The Ministry of Transport & Communications (MTC) has signed a 20-year public-private partnership agreement with Concesionaria Hidrovía Amazónica for the Hidrovía Amazónica public-private partnership project.
Grenergy agrees renewables sale
Grenergy has agreed to the sale of ten solar photovoltaic facilities across Chile to an unnamed Chilean investment fund for US$75m, according to a statement to Spain’s Mercado Alternativo Bursátil (MAB).
CNNC pens another agreement
Brazil has once again turned to Chinese expertise and financing to complete the Angra 3 nuclear power project.
Canadian Solar buys PV project
Canadian Solar has acquired the 80.6MW Guimarania photovoltaic project in the state of Minas Gerais from NSG Industria de Construcao e Participacoes Eireli.
Mega rail tender due in 2018
Peru is set to open up a tender and award in 2018 a contract for a multi-billion dollar coastal light rail project.
CC&L makes maiden solar investments
Canadian group Connor Clark & Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L Infrastructure) has entered into binding agreements to acquire 15 construction-stage, ground-mounted solar projects in Chile totalling 65MW of capacity.
Invepar returns highway concession
Infrastructure group Invepar has officially entered a request to return the 937km BR-040 concession. The roadway goes from the Distrito Federal to Juiz de Fora in Minas Gerais.
Olmos sale gets boost
Brazilian construction company Odebrecht has seen an appeals court rescind a ban on its proposed sale of the Olmos irrigation business to a consortium led by Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and featuring Suez.
Enel funds maiden wind project
Enel Green Power Peru (EGPP) has kicked off construction of its 132MW Wayra I wind project in the Ica region.
Michiquillay award set for November
Peru will award the rights for the Michiquillay copper mine in the Cajamarca region on November 15, according to private investment promotion agency ProInversion. The US$2bn project is expected to produce around 80,000 tonnes of copper per day.
UKEF on Sea Lion
Premier Oil and Rockhopper Exploration are talking to UK export credit agency UKEF about a US$800m senior debt financing on the US$1.5bn Sea Lion oil field development.
Lower house approves DG bill
Argentina’s lower house of parliament has approved a bill to promote a net metering scheme that will support distributed generation, residential, and commercial solar projects.
IDB and World Bank create fund
Finance Minister Luis Caputo and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) president Luis Moreno held a joint press conference in Buenos Aires to announce increased support from the multilateral for the country and the creation of a roughly US$1bn fund.
