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Nature of the business (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Nature of the business [Abstract] |
Overview of concessional assets | The following table provides an overview of the concessional assets the Company owned as of December 31, 2017 (excluding the 12.5% interest in the transmission line in the U.S. acquired in February 2017):
Assets | Type | Ownership | Location | Currency(8) | Capacity (Gross) | Counterparty Credit Ratings(9) | COD* | Contract Years Left (12)
Solana | Renewable (Solar) | 100% Class B(1) | Arizona (USA) | USD | 280 MW | A-/A3/A- | 4Q 2013 | 26
Mojave | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | California (USA) | USD | 280 MW | A-/A3/A- | 4Q 2014 | 22
Solaben 2 & 3 | Renewable (Solar) | 70%(2) | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 3Q 2012 & 2Q 2012 | 20&19
Solacor 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) | 87%(3) | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 1Q 2012 & 1Q 2012 | 19
PS10/PS20 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 31 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 1Q 2007 & 2Q 2009 | 14&16
Helioenergy 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 3Q 2011& 4Q 2011 | 19
Helios 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 3Q 2012& 3Q 2012 | 20
Solnova 1, 3 & 4 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 3x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 2Q 2010 & 2Q 2010& 3Q 2010 | 17&17&18
Solaben 1 & 6 | Renewable (Solar) | 100% | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 3Q 2013 | 21
Kaxu | Renewable (Solar) | 51%(4) | South Africa | Rand | 100 MW | BB/Baa3/BB+(10) | 1Q 2015 | 17
Palmatir | Renewable (Wind) | 100% | Uruguay | USD | 50 MW | BBB/Baa2/BBB-(11) | 2Q 2014 | 16
Cadonal | Renewable (Wind) | 100% | Uruguay | USD | 50 MW | BBB/Baa2/BBB-(11) | 4Q 2014 | 17
ACT | Efficient natural gas | 100% | Mexico | USD | 300 MW | BBB+/A3/ BBB+ | 2Q 2013 | 15
ATN | Transmission line | 100% | Peru | USD | 362 miles | BBB+/A3/BBB+ | 1Q 2011 | 23
ATS | Transmission line | 100% | Peru | USD | 569 miles | BBB+/A3/BBB+ | 1Q 2014 | 26
ATN 2 | Transmission line | 100% | Peru | USD | 81 miles | Not rated | 2Q 2015 | 15
Quadra 1 | Transmission line | 100% | Chile | USD | 49 miles | Not rated | 2Q 2014 | 17
Quadra 2 | Transmission line | 100% | Chile | USD | 32 miles | Not rated | 1Q 2014 | 17
Palmucho | Transmission line | 100% | Chile | USD | 6 miles | BBB+/Baa2/BBB+ | 4Q 2007 | 20
Skikda | Water | 34.2%(5) | Algeria | USD | 3.5 M ft3/day | Not rated | 1Q 2009 | 16
Honaine | Water | 25.5%(6) | Algeria | USD | 7 M ft3/ day | Not rated | 3Q 2012 | 20
Seville PV | Renewable (Solar) | 80%(7) | Spain | Euro | 1 MW | BBB+/Baa2/A- | 3Q 2006 | 18
(1) | On September 30, 2013, Liberty Interactive Corporation invested $300,000 thousand in Class A membership interests in exchange for a share of the dividends and taxable loss generated by Solana. As a result of the agreement, Liberty Interactive Corporation will receive between 54.06% and 61.20% of both dividends and taxable loss generated, additional amounts until the date Liberty reaches a certain rate of return or the “Flip Date”, and 22.60% of both dividends and taxable loss generated thereafter.
(2) | Itochu Corporation, a Japanese trading company, holds 30% of the shares in each of Solaben 2 and Solaben 3.
(3) | JGC, a Japanese engineering company, holds 13% of the shares in each of Solacor 1 and Solacor 2.
(4) | Kaxu is owned by the Company (51%), Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa (29%) and Kaxu Community Trust (20%).
(5) | Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Skikda and Valoriza Agua, S.L. owns the remaining 16.83%.
(6) | Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Honaine and Valoriza Agua, S.L. owns the remaining 25.5%.
(7) | Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía (“Idae”), a Spanish state owned company, holds 20% of the shares in Seville PV.
(8) | Certain contracts denominated in U.S. dollars are payable in local currency.
(9) | Reflects the counterparty’s credit ratings issued by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, or S&P, Moody’s Investors Service Inc., or Moody’s, and Fitch Ratings Ltd, or Fitch.
(10) | Refers to the credit rating of the Republic of South Africa. The offtaker is Eskom, which is a state-owned utility company in South Africa.
(11) | Refers to the credit rating of Uruguay, as UTE (Administración Nacional de Usinas y Transmisoras Eléctricas) is unrated.
(12) | As of December 31, 2017.
* Commercial Operation Date (“COD”).

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