v3.23.1
Project debt
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Project debt [Abstract]  
Project debt
Note 15. - Project debt

This note shows the project debt linked to the assets included in Note 6 of these Consolidated Condensed Interim Financial Statements.

Project debt is generally used to finance contracted assets, exclusively using as guarantee the assets and cash flows of the company or group of companies carrying out the activities financed. In addition, the cash of the Company´s projects include funds held to satisfy the customary requirements of certain non-recourse debt agreements and other restricted cash for an amount of $202 million as of March 31, 2023 ($208 million as of December 31, 2022).

The breakdown of project debt for both non-current and current liabilities as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 is as follows:

   
Balance as of
March 31,
   
Balance as of
December 31,
 
   
2023
   
2022
 
   
($ in thousands)
 
Non-current
   
4,252,226
     
4,226,518
 
Current
   
344,397
     
326,534
 
Total Project debt
   
4,596,623
     
4,553,052
 


During the first quarter of 2023, the Company refinanced Solaben 2&3 assets, entering into two green senior euro-denominated loan agreements for the two assets with a syndicate of banks for a total amount of €198.0 million. The new project debt replaced the previous project loans and maturity was extended from December 2030 to June 2037.

The repayment schedule for project debt in accordance with the financing arrangements as of March 31, 2023 is as follows and is consistent with the projected cash flows of the related projects:

Remainder of 2023
                                           
Interest
payment
   
Nominal
repayment
   
Between
January
and
March 2024
   
Between
April
and
December 2024
   
2025
   
2026
   
2027
   
Subsequent years
   
Total
 
($ in thousands)
 
 
52,924
     
269,208
     
22,265
     
289,308
     
434,937
     
344,987
     
490,139
     
2,692,855
      4,596,623
 

The repayment schedule for project debt in accordance with the financing arrangements as of December 31, 2022, was as follows and was consistent with the projected cash flows of the related projects:

2023
   
2024
   
2025
   
2026
   
2027
   
Subsequent years
   
Total
 
Interest
payment
   
Nominal
repayment
                                     
 
15,053
     
311,481
     
323,731
     
442,920
     
358,444
     
504,954
     
2,596,469
     
4,553,052