Hornsdale Wind Farm
- AUD285m debt financing for an SA wind farm project comprised long-term senior debt facility from German and French banks and junior debt from Investec; one of few renewables projects in Australia to benefit from long-term debt financing
- complex given it involves staged development and shared approvals; European banks provided long-term financing comprising a term and bank guarantee facility, the first of its kind in Australia
- deal will deliver more than $10 million in economic benefits to the ACT