Deal details

220 MW Bhola II Gas-Fired Combined Cycle Project - MIGA covered Financing

Description

Project refinancing of a 220MW Combined Cycle Gas Turbine power plant in the Bhola region of Bangladesh. The refinancing is in connection with the acquisition of a 49% shareholding in the project by Actis, a leading global investor in sustainable infrastructure, through Bridgin Power, a newly formed platform pursuing gas-fired power projects generation business in Southeast Asia. Bridgin acquired this stake from India’s Shapoorji Pallonji group. Bridgin Power is funded through Actis Energy Fund 5.The project has a 22-year PPA with Bangladesh Power Development Board and achieved commissioning in June 2021.The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency issued guarantees for the refinancing of the Bhola II in August 2022.

Assets involved

Companies involved

  • MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency
  • PMC Treasury, Standard Chartered, Riverstone Holdings
  • DBS Bank, Mizuho, Societe Generale, ING Bank, Bank of China, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC)
  • Shearman & Sterling, DFDL, Farooq and Associates
  • Societe Generale
  • Mizuho
  • Bangladesh Power Development Board
  • Actis, Shapoorji Pallonji Group
  • Clifford Chance, DFDL Bangladesh

Key information

Nutan Bidyut Bangladesh

210$m

25-08-2022

Power / Gas-fired combined cycle

Bangladesh

Project & Infrastructure Finance

Not PPP

Tranche information

DFI/MDB-backed Loan

210$m

US Dollar - USD

0

18.0 years

MIGA - Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency

SOFR

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