U.S.-Indian solar developer Astonfield Renewables has secured the first A class credit rating for a solar plant in India.
Astonfields' plant in Rajasthan, which has been operational since 2011, has had its long term loan facility rated ‘A-/stable' by a company in which international ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has a major stake.
Credit Rating Information Services of India Ltd. (CRISIL), a division of the McGraw Hill Corporation of which S&P is a major stakeholder, awarded the rating in part thanks to the plant's 25-year PPA with NTPC Vidyut Vyapar Nigam Ltd.
The rating also cited the ‘comfortable financial risk profile, marked by healthy debt protection metrics' of New York and Mumbai headquartered Astonfields.
A lack of affordable finance has frequently been considered one of the biggest hurdles for solar developers to overcome in India.
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