A Scatec-led consortium has refinanced the non-recourse project debt of the 380MW Benban solar portfolio in Egypt through the issuance of a $334.5 million green project bond

The government of Pakistan and the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have signed a financing package for a PRs309 billion ($2.17 billion) hydropower dam project in northwestern Pakistan

Thailand-based Energy Absolute (EA) has signed a Bt600 million ($17.4 million) loan package to fund marine public transport that uses electric ferries in Bangkok

Japan-based Jera has partnered with Thai power producer Egco to explore developing a supply chain of LNG, hydrogen, and ammonia in domestic and international markets

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has increased its trade finance offer by €100 million to Ukraine to support trade and food security amid the invasion by Russia

The state government of São Paulo has suspended bidding for the Rodoanel Norte highway PPP – for which an auction had been expected today

PTT Exploration and Production is partnering with two Japanese companies to study the development of carbon capture and storage in Thailand

US telco real estate investment trust SBA Communications has received the green light to develop 1,470 telecoms towers in the country with a total investment value of P10.76 billion during the next 5 years

IFC and the Maharashtra government have joined forces to prioritise health care PPPs in the central west Indian state

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved an additional 2 loans worth $180 million for a rural electricity access project in Rwanda

IFC has signed an agreement to support Uzbekistan as it develops utility-scale wind farms across the Central Asian state

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has invited EoIs for the technical advisory services on a 9MW solar IPP scheme in the West Bank

The municipal government of Curitiba – the state capital of Paraná, Brazil – has published a tender for the city’s public lighting PPP

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to help the Government of Jamaica (GoJ) improve transport and strengthen tourism via a P3

Asian Development Bank (ABD) has shortlisted advisers to conduct studies for addressing the barriers to private sector climate adaptation financing among its developing member countries vulnerable to climate risk

The European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) have signed a mutual reliance agreement, allowing the multilaterals to improve cooperation on climate-resilient infrastructure and energy projects in Latin America

The government of Iraq has approved a NID1 billion ($685.3m) fund by the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) to support private sector developers of renewable energy in the Middle Eastern state

Deutsche Bank has appointed Atul Jain and Oliver Resovac to head the institution’s trade finance and lending business as co-head structure to reflect the growing importance of Asia and structuring

Mubadala’s renewables arm Masdar and Egyptian infra developer Hassan Allam Utilities have signed 2 MoUs with the government of Egypt for green hydrogen projects at the Suez Canal Economic Zone