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Project debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
Project debt [Abstract] |
Project debt | The breakdown of project debt for both non-current and current liabilities as of March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018 is as follows:
|  | Balance as of March 31, |  |  | Balance as of December 31, |
|  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Non-current |  |  | 4,769,119 |  |  |  | 4,826,659 |
Current |  |  | 307,233 |  |  |  | 264,455 |
Total Project debt |  |  | 5,076,352 |  |  |  | 5,091,114 |
Repayment schedule for project debt | The repayment schedule for project debt in accordance with the financing arrangements, as of March 31, 2019 is as follows and is consistent with the projected cash flows of the related projects:
Remainder of 2019 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment of interests accrued as of March 31, 2019 |  |  | Nominal repayment |  |  | Between January and March 2020 |  |  | Between April and December 2020 |  |  | 2021 |  |  | 2022 |  |  | 2023 |  |  | Subsequent Years |  |  | Total |
($ in thousands) |
| 64,135 |  |  |  | 226,100 |  |  |  | 16,998 |  |  |  | 236,207 |  |  |  | 265,416 |  |  |  | 296,067 |  |  |  | 321,564 |  |  |  | 3,649,865 |  |  |  | 5,076,352 |

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