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Nature of the business (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Nature of the business [Abstract] |
Overview of concessional assets | The following table provides an overview of the concessional assets the Company owned as of September 30, 2018:
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-/A2/A- |  | 4Q 2013 |  |  |  | 26 |
Mojave | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 100 | % | California (USA) | USD | 280 MW | BBB/Baa1/BBB+ |  | 4Q 2014 |  |  |  | 22 |
Solaben 2 & 3 | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 70 | %(2) | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  |  | 3Q 2012 & 2Q 2012 |  |  |  | 20&19 |
Solacor 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 87 | %(3) | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  |  | 1Q 2012 & 1Q 2012 |  |  |  | 19 |
PS10/PS20 | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 100 | % | Spain | Euro | 31 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  |  | 1Q 2007 & 2Q 2009 |  |  |  | 14&16 |
Helioenergy 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 100 | % | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  |  | 3Q 2011& 4Q 2011 |  |  |  | 19 |
Helios 1 & 2 | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 100 | % | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  |  | 3Q 2012& 3Q 2012 |  |  |  | 20 |
Solnova 1, 3 & 4 | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 100 | % | Spain | Euro | 3x50 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  |  | 2Q 2010 & 2Q 2010& 3Q 2010 |  |  |  | 17&17&18 |
Solaben 1 & 6 | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 100 | % | Spain | Euro | 2x50 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  | 3Q 2013 |  |  |  | 21 |
Seville PV | Renewable (Solar) |  |  | 80 | %(7) | Spain | Euro | 1 MW | A-/Baa1/A- |  | 3Q 2006 |  |  |  | 18 |
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 |
Mini-Hydro | Renewable (Hydraulic) |  |  | 100 | % | Peru | USD | 4 MW | BBB+/A3/BBB+ |  | 2Q 2012 |  |  |  | 15 |
ACT | Efficient natural gas |  |  | 100 | % | Mexico | USD | 300 MW | BBB+/Baa3/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+/Baa1/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 |
(1) | On September 30, 2013, Liberty Interactive Corporation invested $300,000 thousand in Class A membership interests in exchange for the right to receive between 54.06% and 61.20% of taxable losses and distributions until such time as Liberty reaches a certain rate of return, or the “Flip Date”, and 22.60% of taxable losses and distributions thereafter once certain conditions are met.
(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 Sadyt (Sociedad Anónima Depuración y Tratamientos) owns the remaining 16.83%.
(6) | Algerian Energy Company, SPA owns 49% of Honaine and Sadyt (Sociedad Anónima Depuración y Tratamientos) 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.

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