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El Salvador's president has revealed plans to power Bitcoin mining operations in the country using geothermal energy produced by volcanoes, shortly after El Salvador became the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender.
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NordLB's Sondra Martinez, CohnReznick Capital's Conor McKenna, Convergent Energy + Power's Frank Genova and Kirkland & Ellis's Brian Greene discuss the latest developments in the energy storage market.
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Several renowned Scotch whisky makers, including Glenmorangie, are working out a spirited plan to power their Highland distilleries with green hydrogen produced using generation from nearby offshore and onshore wind farms.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for its 18th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards.
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In February, for the first time, Power Finance & Risk brought together representatives of the bank loan, private placement, term loan B and tax equity markets with a project sponsor to discuss the state of project finance, how they coped with the Covid-19 pandemic and what is in store for 2021.
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Securitization exists in the public consciousness primarily as a shadowy corner of the capital markets in which out-of-control financial engineering causes global economic meltdowns. Could it be due a reappraisal?
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Recently, it seems that every day brings blank check company news, whether it’s an initial public offering or a merger. But could a privately held renewable energy project developer go public this way by the end of the year?
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Last year, solar ABS faced its first major test in the form of economic disruption wrought by the Covid-19 pandemic. To discuss how the market weathered the storm, PFR brought together a panel of market participants, including both issuers and investors.
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In order to deepen our understanding of the benefits and the pitfalls of advanced hedging and offtake strategies, PFR brought together a group of experienced market participants to share their perspectives and insight.
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The years-long stampede of international capital into the US renewable energy sector has continued unabated in the first few weeks of 2021, as latecomers from around the world have finally got in on the action.
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As we heave a collective sigh of relief at finally putting 2020 behind us, let’s take a moment to reflect on the past 12 months through the lens of Power Finance & Risk’s most read stories of the year.
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#PowerTweets is an occasional feature tracking trends in power finance and investment in the Americas on Twitter.
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Recent announcements show that major institutions are taking more of an interest in the world of community solar.
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The US offshore wind industry is on the cusp of lift-off. To discuss the path forward, PFR and McDermott Will & Emery brought together a group of professionals at the forefront.
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NRG Energy has brought the US capital markets a step forward with its inaugural sustainability-linked bond, introducing a new flavor of greens for its debt investors to chew on. But as usual, European corporations led the way.
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The apparently unstoppable trend of ever-tightening project finance margins finally hit the buffers in March 2020. But now, even as the pandemic continues to rage, the race to the bottom is back with a vengeance.
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When Engie and EDP Renováveis christened their offshore wind joint venture Ocean Winds, you could be forgiven for assuming that it had taken about 10 seconds to come up with the name. But in the branding world, nothing is that simple.
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Enterprising energy innovators never tire of coming up with unlikely new locations for power generation – on highways, in roof tiles, at the end of a kite string – with mixed results. Now there’s a start-up producing electrons from municipal water pipes.
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As Latin America's power sector grapples with the consequences of the pandemic, PFR has brought together a diverse panel to share their perspectives on how the market will move forward.
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In the world of project finance, power purchase agreements are usually considered from the point of view of the project owner or lender. But in the last few years, more attention has started to be paid to the other end of the contract.
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Take-or-pay busbar power purchase agreements with electric utilities are all well and good, but they’re starting to look a bit old-fashioned. Bitcoin batteries and green hydrogen are where it’s at these days.
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IJGlobal’s famed Latin America conference took place virtually on September 15 and 16 this year, after the event originally scheduled for March in Miami had to be canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
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As developers phase out their coal-fired assets in Chile and replace them with renewable projects, sponsors' market shares could change, say attendees at IJLatam 2020, IJGlobal's Latin America energy and infrastructure conference.
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Despite Mexico's regulatory changes in the power market in the past few months, industry insiders claim that the market may have slowed down but is not closed.
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The US International Development Finance Corporation is considering deploying equity in Latin America, as it has done previously in other regions such as Southeast Asia.
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Power purchase contracts with non-utility corporate offtakers are growing in popularity in Latin America but remain an exception to the norm in project finance, said industry insiders at IJLatam 2020, IJGlobal's Latin America energy and infrastructure conference.
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A top law firm for conventional generation in North America requires strong capabilities in the full range of capital markets products as well as syndicated bank loans, and Kirkland & Ellis has all the bases covered, according to PFR’s judging panel.
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Axium Infrastructure and Manulife Financial Corp issued a C$1.08 billion dual-tranche private placement in March 2019 to finance their C$1.39 billion joint acquisition of a 55% stake in the 277 MW Northwestern Hydro portfolio of run-of-river hydro facilities from AltaGas Canada, building on a similar deal the previous year for 35% of the shares.
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Distributed solar is a relatively new asset class in the private placement market and this Goldman Sachs Renewable Power portfolio, clocking in at around 600 MW across 379 sites, is among the largest that bond buyers have seen thus far.
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Invenergy’s head of finance and capital markets, Meghan Schultz, is 2019’s Sponsor Finance Official of the Year, having been singled out by our judging panel for her problem solving ability, strong work ethic and effective management style.
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Prudential was one of the first insurance companies to establish an investment team focused on power and renewable energy credit, and the firm continues to evolve and innovate to maintain its position as the leader in the field.
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BlackRock has been chosen as Institutional Investor of the Year (Equity) having completed a raft of impressive deals in 2019 while enjoying a solid reputation for excellence and thought leadership.
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Marathon Capital maintained its “strong lock” on mid-market power and renewable energy M&A in 2019 while staying ahead of rivals with its expertise in emerging asset classes, according to the judging panel.
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When the Canadian government put the modernization of Ottawa’s district energy system out to tender through the Energy Services Acquisition Program in 2017, it placed restrictions on the use of long-term private capital, which required the winning consortium, Innovate Energy, to structure the project in a way not done before in the Canadian PPP market.
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Since its merger with projects powerhouse Chadbourne & Parke in 2017, Norton Rose Fulbright has gone from strength to strength in renewable energy finance, leading the conversation and advising on many of the most innovative deals in the sector.
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MUFG has once again been recognized as Project Finance Lead Arranger of the Year, having excelled across the gamut of debt products for power and renewables in the US and Canada in 2019.
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MUFG has been recognized as Project Bond Bookrunner of the Year, having excelled across the gamut of debt products for power and renewables in the US and Canada in 2019.
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Investec was on a tear in 2019, sole-underwriting the largest new-build combined-cycle gas-fired deal of the year, leading on several refinancings of marquee power assets in the US, and earning the title of Conventional Power Lead Arranger of the Year.
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Bank of America is not only one of the most prolific tax equity investors in US renewable energy, it is also one of the most creative and client-friendly of the big banks that dominate this lucrative niche within project finance.
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Ares Management Corp’s recognition across three categories in Power Finance & Risk’s 17th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year demonstrates the group’s continued strength across both private equity and credit following the further integration of the group and the launch of its Ares Infrastructure and Power brand under the leadership of Keith Derman and Andrew Pike.
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Ares Management Corp’s recognition across three categories in Power Finance & Risk’s 17th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year demonstrates the group’s continued strength across both private equity and credit following the further integration of the group and the launch of its Ares Infrastructure and Power brand under the leadership of Keith Derman and Andrew Pike.
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Ares Management Corp’s recognition across three categories in Power Finance & Risk’s 17th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year demonstrates the group’s continued strength across both private equity and credit following the further integration of the group and the launch of its Ares Infrastructure and Power brand under the leadership of Keith Derman and Andrew Pike.
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Berkshire Hathaway Energy, the energy division of Warren Buffet’s huge investment company, made a big impact on the tax equity market in 2019, writing sizeable checks to allow market-leading projects to come to fruition.
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The C$1.9 billion Wataynikaneyap transmission project is the first of its kind to be majority-owned by First Nations communities, the largest indigenous-led infrastructure project in Canada, and will be the most far-reaching First Nations grid connection in Ontario when it is completed.
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Christopher Yonan has impressed market participants since moving to Jefferies to relaunch the firm’s power and utilities investment banking franchise in 2018. He was already a well-regarded figure, having established himself as a leading leveraged finance banker in the power sector at Barclays and then at Morgan Stanley, where he became a managing director.
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TerraForm Power became one of the largest distributed generation businesses in the US when it acquired the Arcadia portfolio from AltaGas. Besides a 291 MW distributed solar portfolio, the deal included 10 MW of fuel cells and 21 MW of residential solar. TerraForm took out a non-recourse holdco bridge loan to finance the deal.
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Six months after debuting its first levered convertible equity financing, NextEra Energy Partners designed an even more complex partnership with KKR & Co with a total transaction value of $1.092 billion to fund a 1,192 MW portfolio of ten utility-scale wind and solar projects.
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Laurae Rossi, Winston & Strawn’s project finance powerhouse in Los Angeles, had another impressive year in 2019, cementing her position as one of the leading project finance lawyers in the US.
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High-value investment banking mandates in the power and renewables sector are fiercely fought over by a handful of very capable firms, but Morgan Stanley stood out in 2019 because of its role in several large, complicated or market-shaping transactions and excellent feedback received from clients.
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CCA Group stood out in 2019 among the financial advisory firms that specialize in tax equity transactions for their comprehensive solutions, client service and commercial nous, according to market participants surveyed by PFR.
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For project finance afficionados, the 744 MW West Deptford gas-fired project in New Jersey is historic. In 2012, it was the first merchant gas-fired asset to reach financial close since the 2008 financial crisis, setting down a major milestone for the market.
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The award of Conventional Power Sponsor of the Year to The Carlyle Group reflects the high esteem in which this well-established private equity team, led by Matt O’Connor, is held by market participants, as well as its sophisticated use of the full range of financing markets in 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the winners of its 17th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards for the most impressive renewable energy and power project sponsors, lenders, advisers, investors and transactions of 2019.
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Sondra Martinez was picked out as the leading project finance banker in 2019 thanks to her strong technical knowledge, problem solving skills and commercial acumen.
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CIT continued to be at the forefront of battery storage and cutting-edge solar financing in 2019, winning admiration from clients and peers alike for its “innovative” approach and “reliable” execution.
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The first financing to close in 2019 for a new gas-fired project in PJM Interconnection was not the standard fare. The transaction financed the 485 MW Long Ridge Energy Generation project – also known as Hannibal Port Power – as well as an interest in a gas production field under development in Ohio.
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For private placement investors, pandemic-related disruption created opportunities as well as headaches. To discuss this, PFR brought together a diverse panel to share their perspectives. Sponsored by Fitch Ratings and MUFG.
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As power market and policy experts quarrel over the reasons for California's first rolling blackouts in 19 years, renewable energy project developers and financiers spy opportunities.
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Andy Redinger and Dan Brown, managing directors at KeyBanc Capital Markets, discuss the surge in demand for US renewable energy assets and what global investors need to consider when evaluating opportunities in this sector.
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Greg Wolf, the former CEO of Leeward Renewable Energy, passed away on August 3. He was 50.
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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners portfolio company Primergy Solar has appointed a chief development officer who previously worked at Engie North America.
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Whenever a Department of Energy loan goes bad – as it did in the case of the Crescent Dunes concentrated solar project in Nevada – questions are raised about the program. But how bad is the US government at picking winners, really?
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In July, PFR brought together CoBank's Brian Goldstein, Matthew Wade of IFM Investors, Clearway Energy Group's Johana Afenjar and Sean Yovan from Innergex Renewable Energy to look back on a tumultuous - and memorable - six months in the Midyear Review 2020 roundtable.
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A recent development testifies to solar's lasting appeal, albeit with a controversial twist. Afghan opium poppy growers are among those that have caught on to the increasingly affordable technology, though presumably not with ESG criteria in mind.
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Developers of gas-fired and wind projects were united in their fury and dismay last year when Ohio’s House of Representatives passed House Bill 6 – the state’s nuclear and coal bail-out bill. The recent bribery allegations only add fuel to the sense of righteous indignation.
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Several renewable energy and thermal power project developers made use of federal Paycheck Protection Program funding earlier this year, according to data released by the US Department of the Treasury on July 6.
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Ares Management's Keith Derman, John Drake of Osaka Gas USA, and Daniel Englander from Panamint Capital take you through the latest trends in US gas-fired project finance on PFR's Thermal Power Roundtable 2020.
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After sifting through more than 100 nominations, Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short lists for its 17th Annual Deal of the Year Awards.
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Since the novel coronavirus crashed into the US economy in March, the project finance market seems, for now at least, to have settled into a new groove. But while loan margins have widened versus the exuberant pre-pandemic days, some officials still suspect that the market—especially for renewable energy—may be overheated.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: Transmission Deal of 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: Renewable Energy Deal of 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: Project Bond of 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: Term Loan B of 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: M&A Deal of 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: District Energy Deal of 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: Conventional Power Deal of 2019.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce the short list for the following award: Canadian Deal of the Year 2019.
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The pace at which solar assets are being put on the market shows no sign of slowing down, as auctions for substantial portfolios of development-stage and operational assets continued to be launched in June.
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Last week, we published a case study on the uncertain fate of Engie and Tokyo Gas’s Golden Eagle renewable energy portfolio in Mexico in the context of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial energy policy (PFR, 6/25). But political risk is not confined to Latin America, and project finance bankers may do well to consider the risks in the US, too.
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The anti-racism protests sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis have led, among other things, to increased recognition of Juneteenth, the anniversary of the emancipation of the last enslaved African Americans in the US.
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One of the first pieces of advice a retail stock investor receives after opening their first brokerage account or downloading the Robinhood app is not to try to “time the market.” But in corporate finance – especially during weak markets – timing is everything. If a window of opportunity opens after a period of volatility, you go for it.
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There were signs even before the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic that the dynamic of the market for renewable energy assets had shifted in favor of buyers, and the recent flurry of sale processes kicking off despite travel restrictions and lockdowns will have done nothing to tip the scales in the other direction
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Power Finance & Risk brought together experts to discuss energy storage, one of the hottest topics in the infrastructure investing and project finance world. If you are interested in the future of financing energy storage – and who isn’t? – you will not want to miss it.
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Eleven weeks after bankers and fund managers left Midtown Manhattan for coronavirus lockdown at home, the pace of activity in power and renewable energy finance in the US seems as hectic as ever. Indeed, disruption to the capital markets has created more work for some borrowers and unique opportunities for lenders.
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Doug Egan, the co-founder and former CEO of Competitive Power Ventures, has passed away at the age of 63 after a long illness.
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Experts in distributed solar finance discussed tax equity, the impact of Covid-19, the emerging community solar model and much more.
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The most frequently asked questions regarding nominations for our Deal of the Year Awards.
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Power Finance & Risk is pleased to announce that nominations are now open for its 17th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards.
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Project finance officials are paying close attention to daily headlines as they feel their way through market turmoil and strive to move deals forward, despite headwinds caused by the Covid-19 crisis and oil price slump.
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The Covid-19 panic that has sent markets spiraling has also upended the working conditions and lifestyles of project finance officials, with cancelled conferences, enforced remote working, handshake bans and even the prospect of "virtual closing dinners," however that is supposed to work.
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As lenders and borrowers prepare to say goodbye to Libor, also known as “the most important number in finance,” are project finance professionals ready? Taryana Odayar investigates.
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A panel of solar securitization experts gathered in December to discuss the progress of the solar ABS market and what the future holds for this emerging asset class. Sponsored by Credit Suisse.
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As 2019 draws to a close, we took a look at the stories that captured the attention of PFR subscribers over the past 12 months.
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In October, Power Finance & Risk brought together a group of project finance officials and a partner from Allen & Overy to discuss the latest opportunities and challenges in financing power and renewables across Latin America.
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In September, Power Finance & Risk brought together a panel of project finance officials at insurance companies, asset managers and Fitch Ratings to discuss how U.S. private placement debt investors are viewing the latest innovations in power and renewable energy finance.
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A strong third quarter for Mizuho’s project finance team has propelled the Japanese bank up the North American power and renewables league tables, while Key Bank maintained its position at the head of the pack.
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The annual Siemens Energy Financial Services Oktoberfest bash in New York settled into a new venue this year at the Ziegfeld Ballroom, a recently repurposed former movie theater in Midtown Manhattan.
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In August, PFR hosted a panel discussion on the challenges facing sponsors seeking to finance U.S. wind repowerings.
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In July, Power Finance & Risk teamed up with Bracewell to host a panel on the key project finance trends we saw in the first half of the year. Experts from Capital Dynamics, CohnReznick Capital and NextEra Energy also laid out what the market can expect in the next six months.
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Power Finance & Risk brought together a panel of experts to talk through the changing dynamics of California’s sun-soaked power market and the impact for project financiers. Leaders from Strata Solar, CleanCapital, Capstone Headwaters and Solar Frontier Americas talked through PG&E’s restructuring, pricing of battery storage debt and much more.
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Javier Mateache Sacristán, the co-founder and U.S. CEO of Elawan Energy (formerly Gestamp Wind), passed away on June 25, following the recurrence of a previously treated cancer, at the age of 53.
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Early-stage renewable energy projects exceeding 1 GW were auctioned off at a novel event on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange last Monday, hosted by Akin Gump, Novogradac, DNV GL and FTI Capital Advisors.
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In May, PFR brought together three developers, a private equity investor and a lender for a fascinating and frank discussion about financing battery storage finance.
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Andy Redinger and Daniel Brown, managing directors at KeyBanc Capital Markets, discuss residential solar finance, including the latest trends in M&A and the future of the sector.
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With graduation festivities in full swing across the Golden State, PG&E has begun warning customers about the dangers of helium-filled metallic balloons, using the slogan, ‘Look Up and Live!’
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Ric Abel, managing director and principal at Prudential Capital Energy Partners, the mid-market energy finance business sponsored by Prudential Capital Group, is set to retire in the coming weeks after 30 years with the asset manager.
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PFR is pleased to announce the winners of its 16th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards for the most impressive sponsors, lenders, advisers, investors and deals of 2018.
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Gusts of up to 46 mph in Las Vegas this week did not dampen the spirits of attendees of the S&P Global Platts 34th Annual Global Power Conference, but did put paid to plans for open air cigar parties. PFR editor Richard Metcalf and reporter Taryana Odayar were on hand to chronicle the action, inside and outside the conference hall.
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A bulge-bracket investment bank has begun marketing a district energy business in the U.S. that includes a 256 MW cogeneration plant in Massachusetts.
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As representatives of developers, banks, investment firms and service providers descend on Las Vegas for S&P Global Platts’ 34th Annual Global Power Markets Conference, PFR takes a look at what to expect.
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C2 Energy Capital’s Rich Dovere, Doran Hole from ReneSola, Mike Roth from Ares Management and Soltage cfo Sripradha Ilango joined PFR reporter Shravan Bhat to drill down into the intricacies of financing commercial and industrial solar projects.
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A California grower that recently announced the completion of the cannabis industry’s first commercial-scale solar facility has harsh words for project finance providers.
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Known for undertaking ambitious infrastructure projects such as the world’s largest hydro project, the Three Gorges Dam, China has now embarked on a mission to develop the first utility-scale solar project in space by 2040.
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Power Finance & Risk has launched its annual Deals and Firms of the year poll, which will determine the winners of our highly prized Deal and Firm of the Year Awards, to be announced at the end of April.
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PFR's Deal of the Year Awards are back, recognizing excellence in power project finance and M&A. Check out the shortlisted deals in the North America Conventional Power Project Finance category.
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PFR's Deal of the Year Awards are back, recognizing excellence in power project finance and M&A. Check out the shortlisted deals in the Latin America Mergers & Acquisitions category.
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PFR's Deal of the Year Awards are back, recognizing excellence in power project finance and M&A. Check out the shortlisted deals in the North American conventional power mergers & acquisitions category.
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Having scoured the market for the most impressive and interesting deals of 2018, the editorial team has selected four deals in each of six categories and compiled detailed profiles of each deal, including some previously unpublished material.
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PFR's Deal of the Year Awards are back, recognizing excellence in power project finance and M&A. Check out the shortlisted deals in the North America Renewable Energy Project Finance category.
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PFR's Deal of the Year Awards are back, recognizing excellence in power project finance and M&A. Check out the shortlisted deals in the Latin America Project Finance category.
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An internal memo at Goldman Sachs regarding a new “firm wide flexible dress code” was widely reported this week, but don’t expect the firm’s investment bankers to turn up in sneakers and sweatpants any time soon.
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Kirkland & Ellis attorneys Kelann Stirling and Robert Fleishman, Novartis’ Jim Goudreau, Citi’s Brian Anast and Goldman Sachs’ Cindy Quan joined PFR reporter Shravan Bhat to talk through the challenges and opportunities facing corporate buyers of renewable energy.
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"I am back in Houston,” reads a Jeffrey K. Skilling LinkedIn profile apparently created in September of last year, shortly after the former Enron executive was transferred from a minimum security federal prison camp in Alabama to a halfway house under the supervision of RMM Houston, a residential reentry management field office of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
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So you've left your job at an established financial institution, project developer or energy retailer and decided to set up your own energy investment firm. There are a lot of decisions to make, but first of all, you need a logo. Where do you go?
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On the morning of Feb. 2, sleeping residents of the Rhode Island towns of Cranston and Johnston were rudely awakened by a booming roar.
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CoBank’s Brian Goldstein, KeyBanc Capital Markets’ Andy Redinger and Morgan Stanley’s Michael Kumar joined PFR editor Richard Metcalf in January to review 2018 in power project finance and look ahead to 2019. Check out what they had to say.
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Budweiser’s 2019 Super Bowl ad features all of its classic motifs: Its beloved Clydesdales, a Dalmation mascot, fields of wheat, and—in an unusual twist—wind turbines spinning to the sultry sounds of Bob Dylan.
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A transformer explosion at a ConEdison facility in Astoria, Queens, which took place two days after Christmas, set the New York city skyline ablaze with a dazzling blue glow. The blast caused power outages across the borough, including at LaGuardia airport, and sent social media users into a frenzy about the possibility of an alien invasion.
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In October, PFR teamed up with Fitch Ratings and Orrick to host a candid discussion on the challenges and opportunities for financing America’s nascent offshore wind industry. Experts covered everything from debt pricing to offtake structures and the full report is in this week’s issue.
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Power Finance & Risk is now accepting pitches for Deal of the Year as part of its 16th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards, recognizing excellence in power asset M&A and project finance across the Americas.
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After hurtling 300 million miles through space for almost seven months, NASA’s Insight Lander successfully touched down on the Elysium Planitia region of Mars on Nov. 26 at 2:52 p.m. ET, and will be powered by solar for the next two years.
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Paraguay, home to Jesuit ruins, rainforests and the world’s largest dam, will also soon be home to what is being touted as the world’s largest cryptocurrency mining center and exchange, which will be powered by the massive, state-owned Itaipú hydroelectric project under a 15-year contract.
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Sean Casten, co-founder and former ceo of Recycled Energy Development, won the race to represent Illinois’s 6th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections on Nov. 6.
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As market participants prepare for the U.S. offshore wind industry to take off, PFR is publishing a special report on the topic, featuring a roundtable discussion sponsored by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe and Fitch Ratings.
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In September, PFR and Mayer Brown teamed up to bring together a panel of tax equity experts to review the latest developments and innovations in this fascinating area of renewable energy finance, as well as the outlook for the coming years. Check out the full transcript.
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Con Edison Solutions has installed solar arrays at five Catholic parishes on Staten Island and in Yonkers, N.Y., after signing 20-year power purchase agreements.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends and news in power and energy on Twitter.
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A Oregon solar project operated by Pine Gate Renewables is abuzz with a sweet collaboration involving bees and brews.
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As stories of sexual harassment, intimidation and assault across Hollywood, business and wider society continue to drive the latest push for gender equality, encapsulated in the Me Too movement, the women who work in power finance have spoken to PFR about their experiences, from the pay gap to female representation in leadership positions and their treatment in the workplace.
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As President Donald Trump's grand infrastructure plan hit the buffers earlier this year, his former attorney, Michael Cohen, was allegedly doing his own bit for the cause by seeking government funds for a mothballed nuclear project in Alabama, according to an Aug. 2 report in the Wall Street Journal.
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British bureaucrats have drawn up radical contingency plans to keep the lights on in Northern Ireland—which relies on a shared energy market with the Irish republic—in the case of a “no-deal Brexit”, the Financial Times reported last week.
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Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's the superman-shaped drone that environmental group Greenpeace flew into a wall of EDF's 3,580 MW Bugey nuclear facility on July 3.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter. For more news and coverage, follow @PowerFinRisk on Twitter, as well as editor @richmetcalf and reporters @FotiosEuromoney and @Shravanbhat.
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A 2.6 GW hydro project built in the Soviet Union in the 1950s is partly to blame for the decline of sturgeon that has devastated the Russian caviar industry, according to a British wildlife conservation researcher.
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Using renewable energy to mine cryptocurrency is not a new idea—PFR first reported on it in December, at which point miners in Europe and Iceland were already using hydro and geothermal—but a recent intervention by Star Trek legend William Shatner has thrust the concept squarely into the limelight.
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Brian Daly, a pioneer of mezzanine financing in the power sector, passed away on June 1. He was 53.
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PFR has pored over the results of this year’s JP Morgan Corporate Challenge race in New York’s Central Park to find out which power sector financiers crossed the finish line first.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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PFR is pleased to announce the winners of its 15th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards, with added emphasis this year on the leading investment banks in power across the Americas.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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As the GenOn Energy asset sale spawns several power holding companies with “Kestrel” in the name, an electric utility in California has been busy finding names for a trio of peregrine falcons.
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Calendar clashes, avocado implements and steak—a few notes and observations from the sidelines of the Platts Global Power Markets conference in Las Vegas.
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The Trump Organization is planning to issue a request for proposals for a small-scale coal-fired plant fitted with carbon capture technology to be built on the roof of Trump Tower in Manhattan.
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Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. was sole structurer and bookrunner on a $142 million debt financing for a rural electrification program in Peru that recently closed.
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There are a few days remaining to cast your votes for the best project sponsors, banks, law firms, institutional and tax equity investors and deals in PFR's 15th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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PFR caught up with the great and the good of power project finance as they milled around with wine, cocktails and hors d’oeuvres laid on by Latham & Watkins at New York’s American Museum of Natural History on March 1.
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PFR is pleased to announce the finalists for its 15th Annual Deal of the Year awards. Here is the short list for North America Renewables Project Finance Deal of the Year.
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Following a competitive nomination process and careful deliberation, PFR can now reveal the finalists for its 15th Annual Deal of the Year Awards.
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PFR is pleased to announce the finalists for its 15th Annual Deal of the Year awards. Here is the short list for Latin America Renewable Project Finance Deal of the Year.
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PFR is pleased to announce the finalists for its 15th Annual Deal of the Year awards. Here is the short list for Latin America Conventional Power Project Finance Deal of the Year.
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PFR is pleased to announce the finalists for its 15th Annual Deal of the Year awards. Here is the short list for North America M&A Deal of the Year.
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PFR is pleased to announce the finalists for its 15th Annual Deal of the Year awards. Here is the short list for Latin America M&A Deal of the Year.
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PFR is pleased to announce the finalists for its 15th Annual Deal of the Year awards. Here is the short list for North America Conventional Project Finance Deal of the Year.
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Tesla’s rooftop solar panels and its rechargeable Powerwall battery will soon be available at The Home Depot.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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Participants in solar project finance are beginning to digest the long-awaited announcement that the U.S. will impose a tariff, initially of 30%, on imported solar cells and modules.
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Delegates traveling to Louisiana from frigid northern cities had their hopes of a respite from the cold dashed as temperatures in New Orleans hovered around freezing point for the duration of the conference this year.
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Developers, bankers and other market participants are talking increasingly seriously about the prospect of solar projects in Texas obtaining debt financing on the basis of power hedges, even with a potentially detrimental trade case decision looming in Washington.
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Power Finance & Risk is accepting pitches for Deal of 2017 as part of its 15th Annual Deals and Firms of the Year Awards, recognizing excellence in power asset M&A and project finance across the Americas.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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Whether or not one believes bitcoin is the decentralized future of money or a pyramid scheme masquerading as currency, the reality is that mining bitcoins consumes enormous amounts of energy.
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The first person to walk to both the North and South poles is returning to the Antarctic, this time with his progeny—and some solar panels—in tow.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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Abandoned coal-fired plants may not seem glamorous, but one such structure in New Orleans has developed a secondary career in recent years as a setting on the silver screen and TV.
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M&Ms, Harvey Weinstein and millennials all somehow made it into the reporter’s notebook at this year’s Platts Financing U.S. Power Conference in New York.
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Some of the power finance world’s fresher faces gathered at CohnReznick Capital’s offices in New York’s Credit Lyonnais Building on Oct. 12 for Juniors in Energy Finance's inaugural “30 Under 30” presentation event.
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Shortly after the International Trade Commission's momentous September ruling in a Section 201 trade case concerning solar panel imports, PFR assembled a power and utilities banker, two developers, a project finance attorney and an asset manager who focuses on energy infrastructure debt to discuss the impact of the case and all the latest trends in solar finance.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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The fact that the Suniva 201 trade case is now moving to the remedy phase has the potential to slow or stop solar projects in the works, write John Marciano, Shana Hofstetter and Greg Lavigne of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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As the generation industry eyes developing pockets of demand for the electrons it produces, a report from Barclays highlights a growing source of demand for millions of megawatts: Cannabis farming.
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As astronomy enthusiasts headed for the path of totality on Aug. 21 to witness the first coast-to-coast total eclipse in the U.S. for nearly a century, grid operators from California to the Carolinas braced for a dip in solar generation.
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The #PowerTweets feature tracks trends in power project finance and M&A in the Americas on Twitter.
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Total solar eclipses occur as a result of a peculiar, cosmic coincidence—the sun and moon, because of their relative sizes and distances from our planet, appear the same size in the sky.
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In June, officials from KeyBanc Capital Markets, Prudential Capital Group, Voya Investment Management and BlackRock discussed the latest trends U.S. renewable project finance with PFR.
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For the first time in over three decades, renewables have overtaken nuclear plants in the race to power the U.S.
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