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Project debt (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Project debt [Abstract] |
Project debt | The detail of project debt of both non-current and current liabilities as of September 30, 2018 and December 31, 2017 is as follows:
|  | Balance as of September 30, |  |  | Balance as of December 31, |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Non-current |  |  | 4,908,678 |  |  |  | 5,228,917 |
Current |  |  | 305,997 |  |  |  | 246,291 |
Total Project debt |  |  | 5,214,675 |  |  |  | 5,475,208 |
Repayment schedule for project debt | The repayment schedule for Project debt in accordance with the financing arrangements, as of September 30, 2018 is as follows and is consistent with the projected cash flows of the related projects:
Remainder of 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment of interests accrued as of September 30, 2018 |  |  | Nominal repayment |  |  | Between January and September 2019 |  |  | Between October and December 2019 |  |  | 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | Subsequent Years |  |  | Total |
($ in thousands) |
| 61,715 |  |  |  | 126,694 |  |  |  | 117,588 |  |  |  | 130,802 |  |  |  | 257,180 |  |  |  | 269,347 |  |  |  | 299,370 |  |  |  | 3,951,979 |  |  |  | 5,214,675 |

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