Asset financing, including project financing, self-funded, tax equity, lease and bond financing, and bridge loans for new builds, acquisitions, and refinancing of assets, recorded a decrease in the number of deals and an increase in deal value with 217 deals worth US$65.7 billion in Q2 2015, as compared to 221 deals worth US$48.8 billion in Q1 2015. On year-on-year basis, asset financing recorded a decrease in the number of deals and an increase in deal value in Q2 2015, as compared to 256 deals worth US$57.1 billion in Q2 2014.
The solar energy segment registered an increase in the number of deals and a decrease in deal value with 86 deals worth US$7.9 billion in Q2 2015, as compared to 85 deals worth US$8.2 billion in Q1 2015. On the other hand wind energy segment reported a decrease in the number of deals and deal value with 35 deals worth US$4.5 billion in Q2 2015, as compared to 41 deals worth US$5.1 billion in Q1 2015.
North America accounted for 33% of the total deals and 16% of the deal value followed by Asia-Pacific with 32% of the total deals and 41% of the total deal value and Europe with 16% of the total deals and 5% of the deal value in the asset finance segment for Q2 2015.
