The “End Game” For Merchant Power
Many merchant power companies in the United States appeared to be barely hanging on financially early in the year. Three are currently in bankruptcy...
“Dash Six Liability” Problems In Deals
Concerns about “dash six liability” are cropping up in many project sales and foreclosures this year...
Sales of Distressed Assets | Norton Rose Fulbright
Chadbourne hosts an annual conference for top people in the independent power industry. The conference this year was in June in San Diego...
Using RECs To Finance Projects | Norton Rose Fulbright
Renewable energy credits, or RECs, are becoming an additional source of financing for windpower, biomass and other renewable energy projects...
Renewables To The Fore? | Norton Rose Fulbright
The following are excerpts from a discussion that took place in San Diego in June...
Merchant Transmission Projects | Norton Rose Fulbright
The following are excerpts from a discussion about potential opportunities in the project finance market. The discussion took place in San Diego in June...
Iraqi Oil Cranks Up
Iraq’s execution of term contracts in late July for the export of oil with 10 international oil companies signals a level of stability in Iraqi petroleum production that many in the industry doubt...
Financing LNG Terminals | Norton Rose Fulbright
Spiraling natural gas prices led Alan Greenspan, the US central banker, to call in June for construction of more terminals for receiving liquefied natural gas, or LNG...
How To Construct a “Ring Fence”
Many distressed power and telecoms companies are looking for ways to protect their profitable businesses and projects from the reach of creditors of the other parts of the company that are in dist...
Environmental Update August 2003 | Norton Rose Fulbright
Mercury Mercury standards are on the horizon for coal and oil-fired power plants in a number of states. Federal standards will also be proposed by year end...