Projecting returns for Asia's financed electricity infrastructure developments

摘要

The project finance scene is seeing some revitalisation following the financial crises that plagued Asian countries in the late 1990s. However, governments still need to do more to structure finance programmes that will attract more private funding for new infrastructure. Faced with unprecedented growth and rapidly developing economies, many Asian countries are embarking on ambitious modernization and expansion programmes for their existing infrastructure, notably in the energy and power sectors. Not surprisingly, the funding of such projects has become a source of great opportunity, igniting the interest of many foreign players in the form of banks, law firms, equity investors, contractors, property developers, trading companies, equipment suppliers and independent power companies.