These are testing times for energy company financing. Some US power producers that avoided bankruptcy in 2003 by refinancing debt, for example, could still struggle to survive over the next decade as $65 billion of loans come due, according to a report released by Standard & Poor’s last month.

But Dutch bank ABN Amro is hoping that it will be able to stave off bankruptcy for its clients through the utilisation of innovative financing arrangements.

ABN’s integrated energy team has had a busy