Sempra Infrastructure awaits final Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval, readying itself to secure project financing for its Port Arthur LNG Phase 2, PFR has learned.

Mexico’s renewables market had been described by some industry professionals as at “rock bottom” but with a change at the political top the market is bracing for a rebound.

London Economics International is overseeing the sales process of 7 hydro plants sited throughout New York and New Hampshire for a northeast US-based renewables developer.

ION Clean Energy has launched headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, and expanded its leadership team.

Peru’s ProInversión has prequalified 3 bidders in an upcoming auction that will see the agency award 5 transmission projects totalling $441 million.

Power transition and infrastructure-focused real assets investment firm, Elda River Capital Management, has joined battery storage developer Spearmint Energy’s $200 million credit facility.

Renewables developer Sphera Energy is planning to develop a pair of standalone battery energy storage projects in Chile.

Tenaska will sell its 229MW Berkshire Combined Cycle Power Plant in Massachusetts to investment firm Gate City Power (GCP), PFR has learned.

Cowboy Clean Fuels (CCF) has closed a $13 million series B financing led by Machan Investments to support its renewable natural gas production technology.

Copia Power has closed a $135 million tax equity financing from Santander for its 150MW Harquahala Sun 1 project in Arizona.

Clearway Energy Group has closed on more than $700 million in construction financing for solar and standalone battery projects in California, PFR has learned.

Generac Power Systems has been awarded a grant of up to $200 million from the US Department of Energy for residential solar and battery storage systems in Puerto Rico.

Utility-scale energy storage developer GridStor has closed its acquisition of the Galveston, Texas-based Evelyn Battery Energy Storage project from Balanced Rock Power, PFR has learned.

Herbert Longoni, former director at Crédit Agricole CIB, has joined BBVA as the executive director of project finance for the US and Canada.

Macquarie Asset Management’s sale of the entire 940MW Lordstown Energy Center to ArcLight Capital has been held up by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Dimension Energy has revealed plans to invest $3 billion in solar and storage projects over the next 5 years.

Commercial solar development, financing, and management platform Sunrock Distributed Generation has named Claire Broido Johnson as its president and head of origination.

ACP Capital Markets has hired former Bank of America managing director Asit Sen as head of its energy transition and industrial decarbonisation team.

The US Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has agreed to a loan guarantee of up to $861.3 million to finance solar and storage projects in Puerto Rico.

Renewable developer RZK Energia has raised R$165 million ($30m) in debentures for a portfolio of distributed solar generation projects in Brazil.

Backed by several venture firms, The Nuclear Company, plans to build a fleet of nuclear plants throughout the US.

Primergy is approaching lenders as it locks in project financing for its 400MW/1600MWh Purple Sage Energy Centre in Nevada, PFR understands.

Renewables power developer Apex Clean Energy has closed on the sale of 4 Virginia solar PV projects to Summit Ridge Energy, PFR has learned.

Ørsted is looking to sell a portion of the 924MW Sunrise Wind project off New York, PFR has learned.

FirstEnergy has closed on the final $1.2 billion part of its $3.5 billion sale of a 30% ownership interest in FirstEnergy Transmission (FET) to Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners.

US Energy Corporation has acquired assets in Montana’s Kevin Dome that will kick-off the company's carbon sequestration efforts as well as producing helium to be sold into the aerospace, semi-conductor, and medical industries.

Utility data and community solar developer Arcadia has partnered with Crux to integrate its customers on to the company's tax credit transfer platform.

Fortescue is moving forward with its $6 billion green hydrogen plant in Brazil as the company’s board of directors made an early investment decision.

The New York Energy Research and Development Authority has opened the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation.

Atiaia Renováveis is planning to issue R$215 million ($39m) in debentures for a hydroelectric project the company is developing in Brazil.

New York City-based battery storage developer NineDot Energy has inked an additional $25 million revolving credit facility from NY Green Bank.

Intersect Power has closed 2 project financings totalling $837 million for 3 standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Texas.

Waga Energy is commissioning a renewable natural gas (RNG) production unit at a landfill site in Quebec, Canada.

Pacifico Energy has hired Los Angeles-based Leon Persaud as managing director to focus on alternative investments within the renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sectors.

Peak Energy, a US-based energy storage company, has secured $55 million to launch production of its sodium-ion battery technology.

North American clean power platform Swift Current Energy has hired Brian Dee as its chief financial officer.

LevelTen has finalised a $65 million series D funding led by B Capital in order to branch into new markets, such as clean hydrogen.

LS Power has closed on its acquisition of its 810MW natural gas-fired power plant sited in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from an affiliate of Platinum Equity, PFR has learned.

Orizon has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Edge Comercialização for the supply of biomethane in Brazil.

Renew Energy Partners has sold tax credits from a Manhattan, New York-located combined heat and power system project to a private buyer represented by Foss & Company.

Brazilian power generator Eneva has agreed to acquire a portfolio of thermal power plants from BTG Pactual.

Connecticut-based Ash Creek Renewables has hired Len Federico as its managing director of trading at its Houston, Texas, office.

Italy-based Redelfi and Elio Energy Group, a North American utility-scale renewable developer, have launched a joint venture to develop 2.4GW of battery storage projects in the US.

rPlus Energies has closed a $1 billion construction debt financing for its 400MW/1.6GWh Green River Energy Center project in Utah.

Copec and Transelec have signed an agreement to partner on the implementation of a battery energy storage system in Chile.

The Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast (Sudene) has provided financing for 4 renewables projects in Brazil.

EQT Corporation’s $5.45 billion all-stock acquisition of natural gas provider Equitrans Midstream faces legal opposition from numerous Equitrans shareholders, PFR has learned.

YPF Energía Eléctrica (YPF Luz) is planning to develop a solar project in Argentina, the company’s second project in the country.