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By Nick Flitterman

Portland wins first mandate to advise US Ex-Im Bank

Portland Advisers has been appointed as financial adviser to the US Export-Import Bank in connection with its support for the financing of the 4,000 MW US$ 4.7bn Sasan Ultra Mega Power Project in Madhya Pradesh, India being sponsored by Reliance Power Limited.

Sasan UMPP is an integrated power and coal-mining project covering the open-cast mining of coal from a dedicated coal block using mining equipment from Bucyrus, Inc of Winsconsin, USA and power generation in 6 x 660 MW super-critical units supplied by Shanghei Electric Corporation of China.

US Ex-Im Bank is the official export credit agency of the United States of America. Reliance Power is a major developer, owner and operator of private power projects in India. It is part of the ADA Reliance Group, one of India’s largest business groups.

For further information, contact Portland’s Head of Energy at geoff.knox@portlandadvisers.com

By Nick Flitterman

Portland “Thought Leadership” highlighted in PFI Magazine

Demonstrating the continued thought leadership of Portland Advisers, Geoff Knox, our Head of Energy, recently had his article on Hydro Power published in the leading Project Finance journal, “Project Finance International”. It can be found in the printed edition of the August 2009 issue, however we are pleased to provide it through the link below.

Geoff Knox on HydroPower Article (PFI Aug ‘09)

For further information on the article or its content, or for enquiries relating to Energy sector projects, please contact Geoff directly at geoff.knox@portlandadvisers.com

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