WFW advises IKAV on €65M pre-construction debt financing for 767 MW Spanish renewables portfolio13 July 2023
The portfolio comprises twelve wind farms and seven solar photovoltaic plants.
The portfolio comprises twelve wind farms and seven solar photovoltaic plants.
The nine plants currently under construction in Cuenca and Toledo provinces are expected to be operational by end 2022 or early 2023.
The fourteen plants are all located in the Spanish regions of Aragon and Castilla-La Mancha.
The financing, which has a maximum maturity term of 15 years, is the largest ECA-backed green loan Iberdrola has ever signed.
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This financing follows Noy Fund’s recent acquisition of a majority stake in the Olmedilla plant, on which WFW also advised. The acquisition was Noy Fund’s first investment in Spain.
The portfolio, comprising five Spanish plants currently under construction with a 50 MW nominal capacity, is located in Spain’s Albacete region.
The financial entities involved include CaixaBank and BNP Paribas Fortis as global coordinators, bookrunners, and mandated lead arrangers (“MLAs”) for the long-term bank debt facilities.
As ADIF-AV is part of the Spanish Ministry of Public Works, this represents Spain’s first green bond issuance by a publically-owned entity.
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