AES Solar Energy secures financing for Spanish projects

Shining through: Spanish solar venture obtains financing for project

AES Solar Energy, a joint venture between US-based AES and the private equity firm Riverstone Holdings, said that one of its units obtained financing for its projects in Spain.

AES Solar, which was formed to develop and operate utility scale solar installations, has eight operating power plants in Spain. The new 70 million-euro non-recourse debt facility is for five of its photovoltaic (PV) projects there.

“We are encouraged by our ability to close the financing in challenging credit markets. This accomplishment is largely the result of the intersection of good projects, good banks, and good people working hard on both sides of the deal,” said Robert Hemphill, AES Solar’s chief executive said.

The solar venture tapped Italy’s UniCredit Mediocredito Centrale and Dutch…

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