Renewable Energy Financing Documents

Renewable Energy Financing Documents

Lachlan Tait

15 years: Renewable energy & project finance lawyer

This video highlights some key examples of the other type of document involved here, the financing documents under which renewable energy projects are financed.

This video highlights some key examples of the other type of document involved here, the financing documents under which renewable energy projects are financed.

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Renewable Energy Financing Documents

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Overview

This video highlights some key examples of the other type of document involved here, the financing documents under which renewable energy projects are financed.

Key learning objectives:

  • Highlight the financing documents used to fund renewable energy projects

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Summary

Finance documents

The main loan contract - the centrepiece of any project financing - is the main document that will form the basis of any long-term financing deal. It will include a range of different structures, depending on whether there is a single lender, multiple lenders or a syndication.  Each structure will include certain key features: 

  • They will provide construction debt facilities, available to be drawn progressively during an availability period broadly aligned with the expected construction period.
  • The loan contract will contain various financial covenants, designed to regulate the financial health of the SPV, as the borrower.
  • As borrower, the SPV will be required to provide various reports and other information as well as representations and warranties regarding the project’s status, progress and any problems it faces.
  • The loan contract will also include a list of events of default. These may be triggered by breaches of the financial covenants we mentioned or of the representations and warranties or other material obligations under the loan contract.

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Lachlan Tait

Lachlan Tait

Lachlan Tait is a lawyer specialising in renewable energy and project finance, and has been for 15 years. For the last 5 years he has worked in-house with renewable energy developers active across a range of jurisdictions, including both developed and emerging markets. He has participated in the negotiation, documentation and closing of numerous renewables project financings, involving a wide range of lenders including smaller national banks and international commercial banks.

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