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Cover story! CASALE’s Giovanna Roviello and Francesco Baratto provide an update on the Villeta 'green' fertilizer project in Paraguay.
Cover story! CASALE’s Giovanna Roviello and Francesco Baratto provide an update on the Villeta 'green' fertilizer project in Paraguay.
ATOME says that the European Investment Bank (EIB), the lending arm of the European Union, has approved financing in-principle of up to $135 million for the company’s flagship Villeta Project. EIB is one of ATOME’s senior debt providers for Villeta and the announcement follows the Green Climate Fund approval earlier this month. Details of the financing will be finalised in early course, following closing of the debt package with the consortium of leading international development finance institutions. Based on the progress with financing, ATOME is projecting a final investment decision by the end of September 2025.
ATOME has signed a definitive engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract with Casale for its Villeta project in Paraguay.
Casale’s technologies are transforming hydropower into green fertilizers for ATOME’s Villeta project in Paraguay.