ALISIOS HOLDINGS S.A. (FMO-47818)

Countries
  • Costa Rica
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Guanacaste
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Financial Institutions
  • Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Approved
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
B
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Voting Date
Apr 13, 2016
Date when project documentation and funding is reviewed by the Board for consideration and approval. Some development banks will state a "board date" or "decision date." When funding approval is obtained, the legal documents are accepted and signed, the implementation phase begins.
Borrower
Globeleq MesoAmerica
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Energy
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 11.24 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 102.18 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ FMO website

Updated in EWS Jun 26, 2018

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Project Description
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FROM FMO:

"FUNDING OBJECTIVE

The investment is to develop, construct, and operate four 20MW wind projects each held in a separate across two locations in Guanacaste Province in Costa Rica.

WHO IS OUR CLIENT

GME (Globeleq MesoAmerica ) is a joint venture between GGL (Globeleq Generation Ltd) and MesoAmerica Power. It is an experienced power company active in emerging markets both in Latin America and in Africa.

WHY WE FUND THIS PROJECT

The project will provide additional clean and reliable energy to the country. Through the provision of a 18 years tenor instrument that is not yet available in the market, FMO supports bankability of the project."

Investment Description
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The FMO will be investing USD 11.24 million in this project. This is in addition to the USD 90.94 million the bank invested in October 30 2015.


Contact Information
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FMO
The Netherlands
+31 70 314 96 96
info@fmo.nl

Anna van Saksenlaan 71
2593 HW, The Hague
The Netherlands

ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF FMO

Communities who believe they will be negatively affected by a project funded by the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) may be able to file a complaint with the Independent Complaints Mechanism, which is the joint independent accountability mechanism of the Dutch Development Bank (FMO) and the German Investment Corporation (KfW) . A complaint can be filed in writing, by email, post, or online. The complaint can be filed in English or any other language of the complainant. The Independent Complaints Mechanism is comprised of a three-member Independent Expert Panel and it can provide either problem-solving, compliance review or both, in either order. Additional information about this accountability mechanism, including a guide and template for filing a complaint, can be found at: https://www.fmo.nl/independent-complaints-mechanism

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