Astris advises Valorem on two portfolio refinancing transactions

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Astris Finance has announced the closing by Valorem of the refinancing of two renewable portfolios. Astris acted as exclusive financial advisor to Valorem.

Project Elcano, involved in the refinancing, is a 165 MW portfolio of 11 onshore wind assets and 2 PV assets in operation located in France. Société Générale, Groupe Crédit Agricole (including CACIB and Unifergie), and BPI acted as Mandated Lead Arrangers for a total debt amount of EUR300 million (US$350.53 million),

Project Clarence consists of mini-hydro assets located in Guadeloupe, France. The portfolio comprises 16 run-of-the-river plants in operation for a total capacity of 10.4 MW. The total debt amounts to EUR52 million (US$60.76 million). La Banque Postale and BPCE acted as Mandated Lead Arrangers.

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