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Pennsylvania state senator Gene Yaw has proposed a bill that would create a development fund based on the $10 billion Texas Energy Fund (TEF) for dispatchable energy to support the state's grid.
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The Public Utilities Commission of Texas (PUCT) has selected 17 projects totalling $5.38 billion to advance to the next round of the review process for the Texas Energy Fund (TEF) grant program.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised 2 floating offshore wind areas off Oregon and announced the date for its upcoming auction in October.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is exploring offshore wind options off the coast of Hawaii and the US territory of Guam.
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Eneva has secured R$1 billion ($177 million) in financing for a gas-fired power plant the company is developing in Brazil.
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American Electric Power subsidiary Public Service Company of Oklahoma has an agreement with J-Power to acquire a 795MW combined-cycle power generation facility, PFR has learned.
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Scala Data Centers has signed the Latin America's largest renewable energy supply agreement with Serena Energia.
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TCW Group has closed on the sale of its 19.64% stake in the Homer City Generation project to funds managed by distressed asset-focused investor Knighthead Capital Management, PFR has learned.
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Nu:ionic Technologies and HybriGenix Futures have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a clean power and hydrogen facility in Edmonton, Alberta.
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The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) board of directors has approved an additional $150 million to fund TVA’s small module nuclear reactor (SMR) initiative at its Clinch River site in Tennessee.
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Offshore wind port infrastructure developer Clean Energy Terminals (CET) has hired Sloane Perras as its chief legal officer.
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Georgia electricity cooperative Oglethorpe Power has closed on its acquisition of the Walton County Power Plant from Carlyle affiliate Mackinaw Power, PFR has learned.
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Israeli renewable-focused fund Windin Capital is set to close financing for a wind farm the company owns in Chile, PFR understands.
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Vestas and Brazilian renewables developer Renobrax are planning to develop a wind project in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
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Boralex has closed a $95 million financing for the 52MW Témiscouata II wind farm in Quebec.
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Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) Group will sell 33% of its affiliate CPV Renewable Power to real assets-focused investment management firm Harrison Street for $300 million, PFR understands.
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Eversouce Energy’s Huntsbrook Offshore Wind (OSW) Hub project has been awarded a Department of Energy (DOE) grant of $89 million.
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Corio Generation has signed a memorandum of understanding with offshore construction business Estaleiros do Brasil (EBR) for the development of offshore wind generation in Brazil.
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Renewable operator and developer Deriva Energy has hired John Clapp, the former chief financial officer of Scout Clean Energy, as its chief executive.
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Avangrid has executed its second short-term virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Statkraft for a 35MW wind farm in Pennsylvania.
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Danish energy giant Ørsted reported $575 million in impairment losses during Q2 2024, partially caused by the construction of its 704MW Revolution Wind project and the cancellation of New Jersey Ocean Wind projects.
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Equinor and Dominion have been named the provisional winners of the Central Atlantic offshore wind lease area tender, totalling $93 million.
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Brazilian utility Cemig has closed the sale of its 45% stake in energy company Aliança Energia to mining company Vale.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised its environmental assessment of the lease areas in the upcoming Oregon floating offshore wind energy auction.
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EmberClear Management has submitted loan applications for 1.8GW peaking plants to the Texas Energy Fund.
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Marubeni Power Corporation will sell its 25% stake in a 775MW Maryland gas-fired combined cycle plant to OPC Energy, PFR has learned.
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AES Indiana plans to invest $1.1 billion in repowering energy projects throughout the state by 2026, including replacing 2 coal-fired units at the Petersburg Generating Station.
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Argentine aluminum producer Aluar is expanding its wind farm with 336MW of additional capacity.
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Leonid Capital Partners, a credit investment manager, has provided a $12 million revolving line of credit to nuclear waste-to-energy developer Zeno Power.
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Southeast PowerGen has closed on sale of its MPC Generating and Sandersville gas-fired sites to Gulf Pacific Power, PFR has learned.
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Ares Management is selling the St Joseph Energy Center a greenfield natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in New Carlisle, Indiana, PFR has learned.
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Bernhard Capital Partners (BCP) yesterday (5 August) agreed to acquire New Mexico Gas Company (NMGC) from Emera in a deal worth $1.25 billion.
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J-Power is selling its stake in the Tenaska Virginia Generating Station, PFR has learned.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) is set to release $30 million in funding opportunities for clean energy projects that will support Native American tribal communities and universities by the end of August (2024).
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Carlyle has agreed to sell Cogentrix Energy, a US independent power producer, to Quantum Capital for around $3 billion.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has chosen Hecate Energy to develop a 1GW solar farm on the site of the Manhattan Nuclear Project in Washington State.
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Great Bay Renewables (GBR) has closed its $30 million royalty investment in Nokomis Energy, a distributed generation developer in the Midwest.
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Hull Street Energy has agreed to acquire 4 New York thermal power plants from J-Power USA.
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The PJM grid operator received dramatically higher prices in its 2025/2026 power market auction, indicating how decreased power supply is causing reliability concerns.
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Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) portfolio company Eolian has closed a $390 million financing facility for a portfolio of renewable energy assets across the US.
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The Nuclear Company, a utility-scale nuclear developer, has appointed Joe Klecha as chief nuclear officer.
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Paraguay’s National Electricity Administration (ANDE) has received bids from 11 interested parties to sell output on the free market in Brazil.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has released its final environmental impact (EIS) statement for US Wind’s proposed Maryland Offshore Wind Project.
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Hecate Energy Gulf Wind has made an unsolicited lease request with the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management for 2 offshore wind energy areas (WEAs) previously identified for the 2021 Gulf Coast tender.
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Casa dos Ventos, through its subsidiary Ventos de São Rafael Renováveis SA, has issued R$2.5 billion ($442m) in debentures in Brazil.
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Great Bay Renewables has provided Nova Clean Energy with an additional $40 million loan to advance its 6.5GW of wind, solar, and battery projects across North America.
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Spanish oil company Repsol is in early conversations to acquire the remaining 60% of US renewables developer Hecate Energy.
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Clearway Energy Group has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Puget Sound Energy (PSE) for its 315MW Montana wind farm.
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Greenbacker Capital Management has executed a novel wind proxy hedge risk transfer for its Maine wind farm and raised additional debt for the project with MUFG.
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AEP subsidiaries Public Services of Oklahoma (PSO) and Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) have jointly transferred 100% ownership of the $12 million Dover Substation to the Western Farmer’s Electric Cooperative (WFEC), PFR has learned.
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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.
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Tenaska will sell its 229MW Berkshire Combined Cycle Power Plant in Massachusetts to investment firm Gate City Power (GCP), PFR has learned.
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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).
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Backed by several venture firms, The Nuclear Company, plans to build a fleet of nuclear plants throughout the US.
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Ørsted is looking to sell a portion of the 924MW Sunrise Wind project off New York, PFR has learned.
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The New York Energy Research and Development Authority has opened the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation.
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Atiaia Renováveis is planning to issue R$215 million ($39m) in debentures for a hydroelectric project the company is developing in Brazil.
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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.
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Orizon has signed a sale and purchase agreement with Edge Comercialização for the supply of biomethane in Brazil.
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The Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast (Sudene) has provided financing for 4 renewables projects in Brazil.
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For more than 7 months the government of Alberta paused the approval of new renewable energy projects causing a multi-gigawatt logjam with upwards of $25 billion of investment sat idle.
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Leeward Renewable Energy has closed a $1.25 billion construction warehouse facility to develop a 1GW portfolio of wind, solar and battery storage projects.
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The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is seeking more information before advancing ConocoPhillips’ $22.5 billion all-stock buy of Marathon Oil.
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NexEra Energy will sell 100% of the class B preferred interest in its clean power subsidiary Nitro Renewables to Blackstone.
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The California Energy Commission (CEC) has adopted a finalised plan for offshore wind development through 2045.
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Atlantic Shores, Attentive Energy, and Community Offshore Wind are the 3 bidders in New Jersey’s fourth offshore wind solicitation.
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State governments across the Northeast have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to coordinate interregional transmission planning.
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Ørsted has closed on its 50% stake in the 924MW offshore Sunrise Wind project from co-developer Eversource Energy.
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Rockland Capital is to acquire the 54MW Ellwood natural gas power station in California from independent power producer GenOn, PFR has learned.
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Clearway Energy Group has closed a $261 million project financing by a consortium of banks to repower its 160MW Cedro Hill wind farm in Texas.
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Holland Industrial Group will auction off the coal-fired units of the 700MW AB Power Plant in Evansville, Indiana ahead of the plant's conversion into a natural gas asset.
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Dominion Energy has purchased the Kitty Hawk North Wind offshore lease area from Avangrid for $160 million.
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Delaware will run a 1.2GW offshore wind solicitation after the state passed the highly-debated Energy Solutions Act of 2024.
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Management firm Riverview Investment Holdings will buy 100% of the interest in subsidiary UGI Development Company from parent UGI Energy Services.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind a Record of Decision (RoD) for its 2 projects totalling 2.8GW off the coast of New Jersey. This approval marks the ninth offshore wind farm approved by the Biden-Harris administration.
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ContourGlobal has completed the sale of a portfolio of wind projects in Brazil to alternative asset manager Patria Investimentos and Invenergy.
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Oglethorpe Power will acquire a 465MW peaking power plant in Georgia from global investment firm The Carlyle Group’s affiliate Mackinaw Power Holdings.
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Chilean power company Colbún has agreed to acquire Inversiones Latin America Power (ILAP) following ILAP’s restructuring process completed earlier this year.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has announced the date of the first Central Atlantic offshore wind lease sale, which could total 6.3GW of generated capacity.
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California-based asset management firm TCW Group will divest its 19.64% ownership of Pennsylvania’s Homer City Generation to funds managed by distressed asset-focused investor Knighthead Capital Management, PFR has learned.
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Renewable developer Genneia raised $60 million in green bonds to support the development of renewable projects in Argentina.
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Ørsted’s 924MW Sunrise Wind project was given its final approval by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM).
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Neoenergia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Ceará to develop offshore wind generation.
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Renewables developer Genneia is planning to issue green bonds for renewable projects in Argentina.
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Energy company Pampa Energía has signed a power purchase agreement with beverage company Coca-Cola Andina Argentina.
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Nuclear Fuels has appointed Gregory Huffman as chief executive officer, president and director, effective immediately.
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Canadian pipeline and energy company Enbridge has partnered with Six Nations Energy Development, an energy investment-focused consortium of 6 First Nations, to build a 200MW wind project in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
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A stalled bill to extend tax breaks for data centres in Michigan has been touted as the bellwether for a co-generation comeback.
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The New York State Energy Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) has launched its 8th annual request for proposals for onshore, large-scale renewable energy projects.
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Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rio de Janeiro for the development of offshore wind in the state.
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Pattern Energy has signed a 30-year PPA with Hydro-Québec for its 150MW Broughton Wind project, located in Québec.
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Biocarbon producer Aymium has closed a $50 million financing with Fortress Investment Group and Kilonova Capital.
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energyRe has submitted proposals to the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) to develop transmission systems bringing offshore wind power to New York City.
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Centrais Elétricas de Santa Catarina (Celesc) has landed financing from Brazilian development bank BNDES.
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Abraxas Power has selected McDermott as its EPC contractor for the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) project in Newfoundland and Labrador, which will be Canada's first commercial green hydrogen project.
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Renewables developer Casa dos Ventos has inked a long-term power purchase agreement for one of the company’s wind projects in Brazil.
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NRG Energy has submitted 3 loan proposals to the Texas Energy Fund (TEF) for 1.6GW of natural gas-powered ERCOT projects.
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Japanese corporate Itochu has made the first investment from its North America renewables-focused fund Overland Capital Partners.
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EDF Renewables has issued debentures for the expansion of the Serra do Seridó wind complex in Brazil.
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Alliant's midwestern utility company Wisconsin Power & Light has completed its nearly $127 million sell-down of the West Riverside Energy Center, PFR has learned.
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DTE Energy is planning to convert a portion of its retired Trenton Channel coal power plant in Michigan to a 220MW/800MWh battery energy storage system.
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China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) is planning to develop a 105MW wind complex in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
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Eletrobras has completed the sale of a portfolio of gas-fired power plants in Brazil to Âmbar Energia.
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As the Lone Star State begins to face the climbing summer temperatures, intense weather events, specifically Winter Storm Uri, remain at the top of Texans' minds.
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Lotus Infrastructure Partner has closed its acquisition of PNE USA, with the developer rebranded as Allium Renewable Energy.
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Entergy has submitted proposals for 2 natural gas power plants to the Public Utility Commission of Texas (TPUC) as the state pushes for new generation as energy demand intensifies.
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Engie is planning to issue up to R$2 billion ($381m) in debentures to finance a wind complex the company is developing in Brazil.
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Biocarbon producer Aymium has closed a $210 million financing from Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and ECP ForeStar for its Williams production facility at a former California coal plant.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved an Environmental Assessment (EA) for potential offshore wind development off the Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia coasts.
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Louisiana power company Cleco Corporate Holdings has closed on the $600 million sale of its unregulated electric utility business, Cleco Cajun, to private equity firm Atlas Holdings, PFR has learned.
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Sindicato Energético (Sinersa) has completed the acquisition of a hydroelectric asset from Glencore-owned mining company Volcan in Peru.
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Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed an agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy to convert a former coal-fired power plant to a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage facility.
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The $10 billion Texas Energy Fund (TEF) opened its loan program on 1 June with more than 65 applicants submitting proposals totalling 48GW.
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Avangrid has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with CPS Energy for 161MW of the Peñascal I wind farm in Kenedy County, Texas.
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Miami-based Atlas Renewable Energy is planning to develop a 304MW wind project in Chile.
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Equinor and Ørsted have secured final purchase and sale agreements (PSAs) with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for 2 offshore wind projects, totalling 1.734GW.
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Canadian power provider Hydro One has hired Harry Taylor as executive vice president and chief financial and regulatory officer, effective 10 June (2024).
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SIBA Energy Corporation has landed long-term financing for a combined-cycle gas fired power plant in the Dominican Republic.
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Hydro-Québec has revealed plans to add 10GW of wind generation over the next decade, including several First Nations-owned 1GW-sized projects.
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The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has approved Otter Tail Power's long-term electric generation and investment plan after the utility agreed to exit the Coyote Station coal plant by 2031.
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Brazilian utility Copel and Petrobras have concluded the sale of the Araucária gas-fired power plant they co-owned in Brazil.
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Vistra will add 2GW of dispatchable, natural gas-fuelled power capacity throughout west, central, and north Texas.
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Duke Energy has signed memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Nucor to develop power contract terms with electric utilities in North Carolina and South Carolina, with the goal of lowering the cost of building new nuclear technologies and batteries.
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Oil and gas company Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia (PCR) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with BBVA in Argentina.
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Danish energy giant Ørsted has agreed to pay New Jersey and its Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) $125 million to settle claims made against its decision to cancel offshore wind projects Ocean Wind 1 and 2 in late 2023.
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Homecoming Capital has invested $50 million in Clean Energy Terminals (CET) which is developing offshore wind port infrastructure projects on the east and west coasts in the US.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the Final Environmental Assessment for the floating offshore wind research project in the Gulf of Maine.
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The California Independent Systems Operator (CAISO) has approved 2 major transmission initiatives for the state: 26 projects to help support the state's offshore wind capacity and Pattern Energy's SunZia Project tie-in to the state's grid.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind Project 1 and 2 in New Jersey.
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Argentine power generator Grupo Albanesi, through its subsidiaries Generación Mediterránea and Central Térmica Roca, is planning to issue bonds in the local market.
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Microsoft has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with RWE to offtake power from 2 onshore wind farms in Texas with a 446MW total capacity.
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Renewables development and repowering company PivotGen has named former GE executive Dennis Ford as its senior vice president (VP) of operations.
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Conduit Power and Riley Exploration Permian are expanding their joint venture, RPC Power, to develop power generation and storage assets for ERCOT, the Texas grid operator.
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Green data centre developer Soluna Holdings has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with EDF Renewables and Masdar for its 166MW Project Kati in Texas.
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Soluna Holdings, a green data centre developer, has closed a $30 million financing from Spring Lane Capital (SLC) for its 50MW Project Dorothy 2, which is co-located with a 150MW wind farm, in Texas.
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Rockland Capital is to acquire electric power generation and distribution company Lanyard Power from Olympus Power, PFR has learned.
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Hydro-Québec has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the full capacity of electricity generated by the 300MW Peshu Napeu wind project.
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Equinor can now begin construction of the 810MW Empire Wind 1 project in the New York Bight region, after receiving final approval from the New York State Public Service Commission.
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Verde Resources and western Australia-headquartered Green Carbon Industries (GCI) have terminated their memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop US-based biomass facilities, PFR has learned.
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Engie has requested permission to cease operations of its remaining coal-fired power plants in Chile.
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Nuclear fission company Oklo has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Atomic Alchemy to produce isotopes, necessary for creating and recycling fast reactors.
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) in April cancelled contracts for 4GW of offshore wind projects after GE Vernova "caused material changes" by scrapping its turbine design for the projects.
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Brazilian utility Copel is planning to divest from a portfolio of small generation assets the company owns through its subsidiary Copel Geração e Transmissão.
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Bitcoin mining company Genesis Digital Assets has signed a power purchase agreement with YPF Luz in Argentina.
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Investment and asset management firm Exus Management Partners has hired former Crédit Agricole CIB director as head of project finance for North America.
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Hydropower redeveloper Relevate Power has added 2 executives to its leadership team with Ian Finlay joining as CFO and Antonio Zarrella as VP of engineering and operations.
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AltC, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) run by former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, has purchased and combined with nuclear technology company Oklo for $306 million.
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Atlantic Shores and Dominion Energy are facing lawsuits from several non-profit organizations, which claim the companies' offshore wind projects violate environmental protection laws.
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Former Ørsted executives have merged their independent development companies, Cold Water Renewables and Greenbelt Renewable Energy, to create a utility-scale wind, solar, and storage company.
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Telecom Argentina has signed 2 power purchase agreements (PPA) to supply its operations and Pacheco datacenter with renewable power.
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Renewables developer Auren Energia has raised R$400 million ($79m) to refinance assets in Brazil.
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CPS Energy has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Constellation for 200MW of capacity beginning summer 2024.
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Brookfield portfolio company Scout Clean Energy has closed a $100 million equipment supply loan with Rabobank for its pipeline 2.2GW of late stage of wind, solar, and energy storage projects.
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Renewables operator ERG has closed on its acquisition of a 75% stake in a 317MW solar and wind portfolio with Apex Clean Energy.
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Brazilian developer 2W Ecobank has reached financial close on phase 2 of its Kairos wind project located in the state of Ceará.
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Alberta, Canada-based Capital Power has cancelled its $2.4 billion Genesee carbon capture and storage (CCS) project after determining the project was not financially viable.
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AES Brasil has raised R$900 million ($176m) in debentures for projects belonging to the company’s Cajuína wind complex.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released 2 proposed sales for 18GW of offshore wind energy areas off the coast of Oregon and the Gulf of Maine.
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Norwegian power company Statkraft will invest R$926 million ($178m) to transform 2 wind projects into hybrid complexes.
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Former Fengate Asset Management director Vince Castranovo has been hired by Calpine as vice president, corporate development.
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Houston-based independent power producer WattBridge Energy has hired Steven Sneed as commercial director.
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The New Jersey Board of Utilities (NJBPU) has opened the application process for its fourth offshore wind solicitation, targeting up to 4GW.
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The New York State Energy Research Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded conditional agreements to utility-scale onshore renewables projects totalling 2.4GW.
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The Nordex Group and has appointed Manav Sharma as chief executive, North America to lead the wind turbine maker’s expansion in the US.
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Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil for offshore wind generation.
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Ocean Power Technologies’ corporate controller, treasurer, and principal accounting officer, Joseph DiPietro, has left the company, PFR has learned.
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Construction and development firm Skanska has been awarded an $861 million contract to develop an offshore wind port at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal (SBMT).
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The Governor's Energy Office of Maine has released a request for information (RFI) regarding the state's first utility-scale offshore wind auction, totalling 3GW.
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YPF Energía Eléctrica (YPF Luz) is planning to develop the company’s fifth wind project in Argentina.
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Evergy has closed on the acquisition of a 22.2% stake in the 655MW natural gas-fired Dogwood Energy facility.
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Axium Infrastructure’s Coachella subsidiary will sell its 49% interest in Morongo Transmission to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued a 5-year offshore wind leasing schedule that will see 12 offshore wind energy lease sales through 2028.
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company has closed its sale-leaseback deal with Huntington National Bank, securing $437 million to finance the repowering of a 3 asset wind portfolio.
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) plans to deploy $500 million in investment commitments to establish an offshore wind supply chain in New York State.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.93 billion in qualifying advanced energy project tax credit allocations – known as 48C tax credits – to 35 projects focused on renewable manufacturing and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
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Southwest Gas has closed on its near $300 million initial public offering (IPO) of subsidiary Centuri Holdings.
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Brazilian conglomerate Brasal is issuing R$170 million ($33 million) in debentures for a hydroelectric project in Brazil.
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The Government of São Paulo has sold its shares in Empresa Metropolitana de Águas e Energia (Emae) placing the power company in private ownership.
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Clearway Energy Group has closed a $174 million project financing and finalised a power purchase agreement (PPA) for its Dan's Mountain wind farm in Western Maryland.
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has closed its 2022 solicitation tender with no final awards given after GE Vernova "caused material changes" by changing its turbine design for the projects.
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New England states have jointly-submitted applications to compete in the second round of the Department of Energy (DOE)’s Grid Innovation Program (GIP) which has $1.82 billion to award.
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An Arizona federal judge has rejected a request by Native American tribes and environmental groups to halt the construction of Pattern Energy's SunZia project.
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Asset management firm Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L) has closed on the acquisition of an 80% stake in the Sharp Hills wind farm from EDP Renewables Canada (EDPR Canada).
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Engie North America has inked an agreement to develop 12 renewable projects totalling 15GWh to power the facilities of technology and science company RTX.
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HASI has amended and extended its corporate unsecured credit facility with 14 banks to $1.65 billion, including a revolving line of credit, term loan A, and Green Commercial Paper Note Program (CarbonCount Green CP).
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Colorado-based renewables company Scout Clean Energy has signed a 12-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Zoetis for a 50MW portion of its Heart of Texas wind farm.
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PPL Corporation's CEO told the room of power executives at S&P's Global Power Market Conference 2024 that more natural gas power is needed despite a focus on renewables.
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Brazilian power generator Eneva will issue R$2.5 billion ($475 million) in debentures to refinance assets.
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Nova Clean Energy has acquired HyFuels, a 1GW mid-to-late-stage wind and solar development that also contains an early-stage green ammonia project on the Texas Gulf coast.
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NextEra Energy has entered into an offtake agreement with wholesale power provider Guzman Energy and local electric cooperative Holy Cross Energy (HCE) for 100% of the capacity of its 200MW Bronco Plains II wind project in Colorado.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired Liberty Renewables and its 1.3GW pipeline of onshore wind projects in New York State.
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Vinci Group has acquired a minority stake in NatPower SA, a renewable energy developer which operates in Italy, the UK, and the US, in a deal valued at €50 million ($53m).
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Consumers Energy – Michigan’s largest power provider – has entered an agreement to provide electricity to 44 Walmart stores in the State.
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California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has announced that 2 of the offshore wind-related transmission processes will be part of a May 2024 competitive transmission procurement.
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The US offshore wind sector continues to gain momentum with the latest round of regulatory approvals as financiers begin to prep the paperwork to fund these mega projects.
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Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) is readying 26 renewable energy projects to be built in the coming years.
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Denmark's Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) is providing an additional €7 million ($7.6m) to the 94MW Ouro Branco and Quatro Ventos wind complex in Brazil, due to an expansion of the project and unexpected delays.
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Engie has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Sonoco, a sustainable packaging company, for 140MW of its 270MW Big Sampson Wind Project, which is under construction in Texas.
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Nuclear technology company Oklo has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) for a 50MW project with major oil producer Diamondback Energy.
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Alternus Clean Energy, a utility-scale independent power producer, has entered a joint venture partnership with Acadia Energy to develop 200MW of microgrid projects in New York State.
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Spanish infrastructure builder and operator Elecnor won approval to build a 284MW wind farm and associated infrastructure in the Chilean region of Los Lagos.
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Granite Shore Power has announced the retirement of its 439MW Merrimack coal plant in 2028, marking the end of the last operating coal plant in New England.
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Rockland Power will up its stake in the 237MW Eagle Point Power Generation plant by 13%, PFR has learned.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has given a Record of Decision (ROD) to Avangrid for its New England Wind lease area, the penultimate permit approval needed to construct its 2.6GW offshore wind projects.
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EDF Renewables Brasil and Serena Geração have completed the share swap of their stakes in the Pirapora Solar Complex and the Ventos da Bahia wind farm.
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Natural gas utility Atmos Energy has entered into 2 revolving credit facilities totaling $3 billion, PFR has learned.
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Natural gas giant CPS Energy will acquire Talen Energy Corporation’s approximately 1,710MW generation portfolio, including natural gas plants in Corpus Christi and Laredo, Texas.
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Brazilian utility Cemig is selling its 45% share in power generation company Aliança Energia to mining company Vale, making Vale the sole owner of Aliança.
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Brazilian developer 2W Ecobank has secured long-term financing for the second phase of its Kairós wind complex located in the state of Ceará.
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Shell North America has sold its 50% stake in the 2.4GW proposed SouthCoast Wind project with its joint venture partner Ocean Winds North America.
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Ørsted, Avangrid, and Vineyard Offshore among bidders of the 6GW to Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island for the states' combined New England auction.
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The Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) has awarded energy equipment supplier Holtec $1.52 billion to restore its 800MW Palisades nuclear-generating station in Michigan.
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Neoenergia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Rio de Janeiro to support the development of offshore wind projects.
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Southeast PowerGen will sell both its 386MW MPC Generating Power Plant and its 692MW Sandersville gas-fired sites to Gulf Pacific Power, PFR has learned.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved Ørsted's 924MW Sunrise Wind project off the coast of New York, making it the seventh utility-scale offshore wind project approved under the Biden-Harris administration.
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Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has closed a $900 million letter of credit with Invenergy to fund its project development pipeline of utility-scale wind and solar projects, as well as battery storage systems.
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EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and superstore megachain Walmart have inked a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for part of a 180MW solar project in Texas.
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Elawan Energy landed financing from the Northeast Development Fund (FDNE) for a wind project the company is developing in Brazil.
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Clean power developer Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has appointed Nate Graham as chief technology officer.
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Spanish developer Grenergy has completed the sale of wind assets in Peru to Engie Energía Perú.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $475 million in funding for 5 projects that feature renewable development on former mining lands. The projects are located across Arizona, Kentucky, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
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Invenergy has closed $1.27 billion in construction financing with Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (CIB) on 4 renewables projects in Kansas and Texas, totalling 677MW.
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Ørsted continues leadership changes after suffering significant impairments in 2023 from US offshore wind projects with the hire of Rasmus Errboe as deputy chief executive officer and chief commercial officer.
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InfraRed Capital Partners has closed its purchase of shares in 2 utility-scale onshore renewables projects from Shell's US subsidiaries, Shell Windenergy and Savion, for $166 million.
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Chilean developer Viento Verde is planning to expand an existing wind project that was approved in 2015.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed a second offshore wind lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico. The sale includes 4 sites off Louisiana and Texas which have the potential to power up to 1.2 million homes.
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New Fortress Energy (NFE) has completed the acquisition and transfer of a 1.6GW capacity reserve contract from Ceiba Energy, a company of Denham Capital.
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UAE state-owned developer Masdar is set to acquire a 50% stake in US-based independent renewable energy power producer Terra-Gen Power from Energy Capital Partners (ECP).
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Fiera Infrastructure Private Debt has joined Nomura Securities in a $200 million financing for Spanish developer Greenalia's 3GW wind and solar project pipeline in the US.
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Babcock & Wilcox's (B&W) thermal subsidiary has signed a $246 million agreement to complete a 1GW coal-to-natural gas conversion project.
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New Fortress Energy has sold a pair of emergency gas-fired power plants the company built last year on behalf of US Army Corps of Engineers.
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Partners Group subsidiary Exus North America has closed on its acquisition of onshore wind projects from Dutch commodity trader Vitol and Oppidum Green Energy.
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King & Spalding has hired an energy-focused tax partner for its New York-based corporate practice group.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised a Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine, which has a potential 32GW capacity.
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French energy company Engie has received the approval to move ahead and start construction of its Pemuco wind project in Chile.
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Power producer SCC Power has completed the expansion and conversion to combined cycle of the San Pedro power plant in Buenos Aires province.
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Sempra Infrastructure has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the $550 million Cimarron wind project the company is developing in Baja California, Mexico.
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Ørsted's 132MW South Fork Wind is the first utility-scale offshore wind project to become fully operational in the US. The achievement comes after nearly a decade of industry struggles since the first large-scale transmission farm, Cape Wind, failed in 2015.
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Reformed Energy is to receive a strategic investment from Riot Platforms to fully commercialise its waste-to-energy technology.
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Spanish renewable developer Solarpack has appointed José Luis García Pérez as chief executive for Latin America, based in Santiago, Chile.
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Nuclear power plant operator Constellation Energy has offered $900 million in green senior notes due 15 March, 2054, PFR has learned.
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Enel Americas and Enel Perú have landed approval for the $1.4 billion sale of their Peruvian generation assets to Actis-owned Niagara Energy.
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Danish developer Ørsted has agreed to sell its stakes in a 957MW operating wind portfolio in the US to Stonepeak for about $300 million.
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Vistra Corporation has closed on the sale of the Richland and Stryker power plants to Rockland Capital, one of the final puzzle pieces in the closing of its $6.3 billion merger with Energy Harbor.
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The former co-founder and chief financial officer of OKRA Finance has been appointed as the head of transactions and finance at renewable energy tax credit marketplace Reunion.
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A consortium of insurance companies has agreed to acquire a 76.5MW biomass-fuelled power plant sited in Berlin, New Hampshire, PFR has learned.
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Mining company SolGold has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with renewables developers to construct a 200MW hydro-solar project to power its Cascabel Project in Northern Ecuador.
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Renewables developer Genneia is planning to issue green bonds for a duo of solar and wind projects in Argentina.
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Canadian power company TransAlta has signed 10-year tax credit transfer agreements for 2 Oklahoma-based wind projects totalling 500MW.
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Chevron New Energies is set to develop a 5MW hydrogen production and solar project on its existing oil field in California's Central Valley.
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The Government of Canada has closed its second green bond issuance, a C$4 billion ($2.9 billion) 10-year green bond, becoming the first sovereign borrower to issue a green bond that includes nuclear expenditures.
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Engie North America has signed 3 tax equity financing agreements totalling $1 billion with JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and BNP Paribas. The financing covers 6 renewable energy projects, including 950MW of solar and 353MW of wind.
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The largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history was closed just before we started the new year. Pattern Energy inked $11 billion in financing for its 500+ mile transmission line connecting more than 3.5GW of stranded wind resources – SunZia.
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has issued conditional agreements for 2 offshore wind projects in its fourth offshore wind solicitation: 810MW Equinor-owned Empire Wind 1 and Ørsted & Eversource-developed 924MW Sunrise Wind.
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Renewables developer Casa dos Ventos has contracted an offtaker for the operational Rio do Vento wind complex in Brazil.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has conditionally awarded $366 million to 17 projects that aim to improve the transmission and electrical distribution of power in rural and remote areas across the US.
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The government of Mexico and Iberdrola have formally closed government-backed Mexico Infrastructure Partners’ (MIP) $6.2 billion acquisition of a majority stake in the Spanish company’s Mexican portfolio.
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Colombia power company Celsia is considering selling a duo of wind projects located in the department La Guajira, Colombia.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the final environmental review of the 2.6GW New England Wind project off Massachusetts. The project is owned by Park City Wind, a subsidiary of Avangrid, and is expected to power over 900,000 homes.
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Capital Power has closed on its acquisition of 2 contracted combined-cycle US gas generation facilities from Beal Financial Corporation subsidiary CSG Investments.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the construction and operations plan (COP) of 800MW Empire Wind 1, an offshore wind farm owned by Equinor in the New York Bight region. The BOEM's decision was the final step before the project could commence construction.
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Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) has closed on the first of 3 project acquisitions totaling 339 MW natural gas-fired capacity, from numerous utilities, PFR has learned.
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Infrastructure and real assets-focused investment firm Stonepeak will acquire a 50% interest in Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project.
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NorthRenew Energy is to sell its Arco Wind and Solar facility to US-based grid operator PacifiCorp.
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The Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) has conditionally approved the acquisition of a majority stake in Iberdrola's Mexican portfolio by government-backed Mexico Infrastructure Partners (MIP).
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French energy business TotalEnergies has closed on the $635 million acquisition of 3 gas-fired power plants in Texas from TexGen, PFR has learned.
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Allete has expanded its 5-year US green energy investment plan by $1 billion alongside its successful 2023 revenue reports. The plan now includes $4.3 billion for its utility division, Minnesota Power, to grow its renewable energy exposure.
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Against challenging clean energy targets the US offshore wind energy continues to forge ahead. Since the start of the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of the Interior has approved the nation's first 6 commercial-scale offshore wind energy projects.
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A subsidiary of the Spain-based renewables developer Greenalia has closed $200 million in 3-year credit facilities to support its US solar and wind project pipeline.
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Macquarie Asset Management has today (20 February) agreed the sale of Lordstown Energy Center to Arclight Capital vehicle ArcLight Fund VII.
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Electricity and power generation company Vistra has received approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to acquire Energy Harbor. It is the final approval needed in a $6.3 billion merger that will rebrand Vistra as renewables mega firm Vistra Vision.
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Allete Power has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 400MW of wind energy to come online by the end of 2027.
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Asset management firm Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L Infrastructure) will acquire a majority stake in the Sharp Hills wind farm from EDP Renewables subsidiary EDP Renewables Canada (EDPR Canada).
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated 2 final Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore Oregon as it moves closer to a lease sale.
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Eversource Energy has agreed to divest to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) its 50% stake in its remaining 2 offshore projects that are co-owned with Ørsted.
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Amazon has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to source energy from an Avangrid wind farm located in Gilliam County, Oregon.
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Sandow Lakes Energy Company is preparing to construct a 1.2GW natural gas-fueled power plant in Texas.
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To bolster California's offshore wind industry state legislators proposed a $1 billion bond act to help pay for the expansion of ports.
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Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin Utility, Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), has closed on the sale of an 18% ownership stake in the 723.2MW natural-gas combined-cycle generation and 4MW solar hybrid project West Riverside Energy Center, PFR has learned.
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Portland General Electric (PGE) closed on its acquisition of a 208MW stake in the Clearwater Wind Farm from developer NextEra, PFR has learned.
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Industrial power company One Energy Enterprises has appointed Tom Russell as its chief financial officer (CFO) ahead of its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing.
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Argentine power generator Albanesi Energía is planning to issue bonds in the local market, scheduled for 14 February 2024.
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Portland General Electric (PGE) has called for bids on clean dispatchable capacity via an all-source request for proposal (RFP).
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Renewables company BrightNight has made 2 senior-level appointments to its asset management and construction teams.
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Serena - formerly Omega Energia - has received financing from Sudene’s Northeast Development Fund (FDNE) for its Assuruá 5 wind project in Brazil.
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Scout Clean Energy, a Brookfield Asset Management portfolio company, has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with not-for-profit healthcare system manager AdventHealth for 90MW from a Texas wind farm.
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Avangrid is readying its first renewable energy project in Oklahoma, the 147.5MW Pontotoc Wind project.
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Swedish industrials business SKF has signed 2 Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) purchase agreements in North America.
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Renewable energy provider Cordia has closed on its acquisition of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-sited energy systems from Essential Utilities for $165 million.
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Spanish renewable developer Grenergy is offloading 174MW of wind and solar assets the company owns in Peru.
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Dominion Energy has secured final approval from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the construction and operations of its 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
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Nuclear company Westinghouse has hired former vice president of strategy and innovation at Kairos Power, Lou Martinez Sancho, as its chief technology officer.
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Canadian independent power producer Innergex Renewable Energy, along with its community partners, has won 2 wind projects totaling 400MW in Hydro-Québec's request for proposals (RFP).
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Utility-scale developer RedWind Renewables has sold 2 250MW solar PV and BESS projects to global renewable energy business Greenvolt Power.
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Danish energy company Ørsted has terminated its offtake agreement with the state of Maryland for its 2 Skipjack Wind projects as it re-evaluates project plans amid current market conditions.
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BP and Equinor have divided their offshore wind joint venture projects with BP claiming full ownership of Beacon Wind and Equinor taking ownership of Empire Wind.
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has closed its solicitation process for its fourth offshore wind auction. Several companies have announced their proposals, including Equinor, RWE, National Grid, and Ørsted.
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Renewables developer Swift Current Energy has upsized its $225 million revolving credit facility to $312.5 million to fund its US project pipeline.
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Potengi Holdings, a joint venture between AES Brasil and food processing company BRF, is planning to issue bonds for wind projects in Brazil.
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Ørsted is to become the sole owner of the 924MW Sunrise Wind project after buying out joint venture partner Eversource Energy.
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Alliant Energy’s Wisconsin Utility, Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL), is diluting its interest in the 723.2MW natural-gas combined-cycle generation and 4MW solar hybrid project West Riverside Energy Center, PFR has learned.
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Consortiums led by Invenergy and TotalEnergies were awarded offshore wind projects with conditional contracts of 3.74GW capacity as the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) closes its third-round tender.
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Actis-backed power generation company Valia Energía has issued $530 million in project bonds in Mexico.
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Chilean utility Colbún is planning to add a 360MW wind project to its development pipeline in Chile.
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Chile’s Inversiones Latin America Power (ILAP) has successfully completed its Chapter 11 restructuring process.
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RWE Clean Energy has promoted Andrew Flanagan, the company's former chief development officer, to chief executive.
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Large nuclear plants may overtake previously trending small modular reactors (SMRs) in the market as both private and federal funds are zeroing in on the sector to meet ever-growing grid demand.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will begin the first of 8 oil and gas lease sales this year with the auction of 19 Wyoming-sited parcels covering 13,858.91 acres on 5 March.
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Capital Power Corporation and Ontario Power Generation (OPG) have joined forces to assess the development of grid-scale, small modular reactors (SMR) in Alberta, Canada.
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Argentine renewables developer Hychico has submitted a wind project for environmental review in Chile.
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Partners Group subsidiary Exus North America has agreed to purchase Dutch commodity trader Vitol’s 244MW Pennsylvania-based 3-project wind portfolio, PFR has learned.
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LS Power has agreed to acquire an 810MW natural gas-fired power plant sited in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania from an affiliate of Platinum Equity.
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Casa dos Ventos and ArcelorMittal have landed financing from development bank BNDES for a wind complex they are co-developing in Brazil.
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Macquarie-backed Galehead Development has hired Dru Steubing, the former vice president of development at Apex Energy, as chief development officer.
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GE-owned power plant EFS Parlin has closed on the sale of all of its interconnection rights and started the decommissioning process of its 123.5MW natural gas facility following bankruptcy.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has drafted the environmental review of future development on the six lease areas awarded in the New York Bight tender in 2022.
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Investment firm Fibra Orión has acquired a wind project located in Mexico, marking the firm’s first energy investment.
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Meridian Clean Energy has upped its stake in 850MW simple-cycle natural gas plant Sentinel Energy.
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Green data center developer Digital Power Optimization (DPO) has closed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an unnamed multinational renewables developer with over 150MW wind farms in Texas.
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Miami-based Atlas Renewable Energy is adding a wind project to its renewable development pipeline in Chile.
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Pan American Energy (PAE) has secured a R$1.1 billion ($224 million) long-term debt package for the company’s Novo Horizonte wind complex in Brazil.
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Energy giants Equinor and BP have canceled their power purchase agreement (PPA) with New York to provide 1.26GW from the proposed Empire Wind 2 project.
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Renewables operator ERG has agreed to partner with independent US green power company Apex Clean Energy Holdings to manage and potentially expand a currently operating portfolio of wind and solar projects.
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Brazil’s Eletrobras has closed the sale of the last coal-fired power plant the company owns in the country.
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Capital Power has completed its $97.5 million acquisition of the Frederickson 1 Generating Station from Atlantic Power & Utilities.
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New Fortress Energy (NFE) has entered a definitive agreement to acquire a 1.6GW capacity reserve contract — PortoCem PPA — from Denham Capital-backed Ceiba Energy.
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Eneva has landed more than R$1 billion ($206 million) in financing for a gas-fired power plant the company is developing in Brazil.
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Global Partners has completed the acquisition of 25 liquid energy terminals from Saudi Aramco-subsidiary Motiva Enterprises.
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The state of Delaware has begun official negotiations with offshore wind developer US Wind, which is developing two wind farms off Maryland, to provide lease areas for the farms' undersea cables and onshore substations.
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Siemens Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Santa Clara, California-based fast fission clean power company Oklo to become its preferred supplier as it scales up its advanced fission power plants.
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Hull Street Energy has closed on a $160 million credit facility to finance its 855 MW Milepost Power Texas portfolio, Mesquite Generation.
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Crescent Point Energy has closed on its acquisition of Canadian Riverstone Holdings-owned oil and gas business Hammerhead Energy.
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Spanish independent power producer Ecoener has signed power purchase agreements with the government of Ecuador, marking the firm’s entry into the Ecuadorian market.
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Cadiz has received the final regulatory nod from the US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to complete its acquisition of the 220-mile pipeline from El Paso Natural Gas (EPNG).
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Electricity distributor and hydro developer Luz del Sur has agreed to acquire a pair of operational wind projects in Peru.
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Spain’s Grenergy and Germany’s Energy Kitchen are growing their renewable capacity in Chile by adding solar and wind projects to their respective pipelines.
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Ardian has acquired full ownership of the Peruvian subsidiary of Latin America Power from funds managed by BTG Pactual, Patria Investments and GMR Holding.
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Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power Company (GPC) will sell multiple specified transmission lines to Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC), PFR has learned.
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Brazilian utility Copel and Petrobras have agreed to sell the Araucária gas-fired power plant they co-owned in Brazil.
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US-based utility and renewable energy developer Allete is contemplating the sale of its business, and has enlisted JP Morgan Chase for the potential sale process.
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Renewables and utility project developer Invenergy has opened a regional office in Montreal, becoming the company’s Quebec-based hub for Eastern Canada.
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The state of Louisiana has approved its first-ever offshore wind farm agreements for projects in state waters, inking contracts with Vestas and Mitsubishi subsidiaries.
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Unit Corporation has completed its previously announced sale of certain non-core oil and gas assets sited in the Texas Panhandle for net cash proceeds of $50 million at closing.
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Grant County, Washington’s Public Utility District No. 2 (Grant PUD) has begun an all-source request for proposals (RFP) to fulfill its supply need of 300MW of firm capacity and energy.
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French renewable developer Voltalia has agreed to sell a wind site in its Serra Branca complex in Brazil to Japanese conglomerate TODA.
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YPF Luz has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply renewable energy from its latest wind project in Argentina.
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The US Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Directorate has selected Westinghouse to power its advanced space research program.
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Utility Hawaii Electric Company is negotiating final terms with various developers to add 15 renewable generation projects to its grid, which will aid the state’s retirement of 6 fossil fuel-powered generators.
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Shell subsidiaries Shell Wind Energy and Savion Equity will sell partial ownership stakes in two US-based renewable energy projects to international infrastructure investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed).
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed a Central Atlantic offshore wind lease sale for over 277,000 acres in the waters off of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The sale is expected to take place in 2024.
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Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the federal government to become a lead regulator on offshore wind projects in 16 inland bays in the province.
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Renewable and utility developer Invenergy has acquired the Atlantic Power Transmission (APT) project from Blackstone, relaunching the New Jersey transmission initiative as Jersey Link, to support New Jersey’s offshore wind goals.
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Washinton state-based utility Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will construct a 248MW wind farm in Stillwater County, Montana. The project is expected to become operational in 2025.
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Ørsted’s 132MW South Fork project has become the first offshore wind farm to plug into New York’s power grid, and Vineyard Wind completed its first five wind turbines as the projects go head-to-head to become the first full utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US.
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Small modular nuclear reactor and fuel business X-Energy Reactor Company (X-energy) has completed a $80 million Series C financing round.
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Norwegian energy company Statkraft is planning to develop a hybrid solar and wind project, adding 440MW to its renewable pipeline in Chile.
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London-based electricity generation company ContourGlobal has agreed to offload a portfolio of wind farms in Brazil.
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Energy and storage provider FirstLight has signed a 5-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) to provide 14 state municipal utilities with 69GWh of hydropower.
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Renewables developer energyRe has raised a $1.2 billion capital package to develop and construct its 10.5GW solar, wind, and storage portfolio, as well as 500 miles of transmission.
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The former chief executive of FirstLight Power, Alicia Barton, will join Vineyard Offshore as chief executive on January 1, 2024.
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Although an issue facing the whole energy sector, transmission and grid connectivity for the offshore wind industry has reached a whole new level of complexity.
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Ares Management has acquired organic waste management and biogas company Burnham RNG (Burnham) from Edge Natural Resources.
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Chile’s Inversiones Latin America Power (ILAP) filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of New York on November 30 2023 in a voluntary restructuring process.
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is set to conduct three oil and gas development lease sales in the states of Wyoming, Mississippi, Nevada, Oklahoma and New Mexico.
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Boston-based Álvaro Ortega has joined innovative floating offshore wind (FLOW) company Gazelle Wind Power as chief financial officer.
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Offshore wind developer Attentive Energy is preparing two investments to help grow the industry's supply chain and support ocean-based technology startups in New Jersey.
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The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has halted the May 2025 retirement of four peaker plants to keep New York City’s grid reliable.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the 816GW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project, owned by Equinor and BP. Empire Wind marks the sixth offshore wind project approved by the Biden-Harris administration in its goal to reach 30GW of offshore generation by 2030.
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Capital Power has acquired two contracted combined-cycle US gas generation facilities from Beal Financial Corporation subsidiary CSG Investments.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a platform for the development and realization of renewable projects in Canada, Horizon New Energy, as part of the firm's expansion into the Canadian market.
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Eversource and Ørsted's jointly owned Revolution Wind, a 704MW offshore wind project located off Rhode Island, has received final Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM) approval for its construction and operations plan.
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Independent power producer NRG’s president and chief executive officer Mauricio Gutierrez has departed the company and resigned from its board, leaving Lawrence Coben in the role for the interim.
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Canada-based green hydrogen developer EverWind Fuels has secured a C$125 million (USD $ 91.2 million) debt facility from Export Development Canada (EDC) to put toward its Tupper Point, Nova Scotia-based green hydrogen and ammonia project.
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Among the many hurdles the offshore wind sector is facing, the lack of guidelines for tax credits guidelines remains one of the most convoluted.
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New York will release requests for proposals (RFPs) for offshore wind and onshore renewable energy projects on November 30, 2023.
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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has closed on $580 million of tax equity commitments and debt facilities for its White Wing Ranch Solar and GSG Wind projects located in Yuma County, Arizona, and LaSalle County, Illinois, respectively.
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Canadian independent power producer Innergex Renewable Energy has closed a $185 million financing deal for three unlevered hydro assets in Quebec and British Columbia, totaling 107MW.
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Oceanic Wind Energy has renegotiated its agreements with green power developer Northland Power, taking back its 400MW Hecate Strait offshore wind project in British Columbia.
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Ørsted's chief financial officer and chief operating officer have left after the company announced $5 billion in impairments, canceling its 2.3GW Ocean Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms off New Jersey, and pulling out of a consortium due to bid on offshore wind projects in Norway.
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Online retail giant Amazon is expanding the company’s renewable energy portfolio with the company's first wind project in South America.
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Energyquil has signed a concession agreement for the installation, operation and maintenance of a gas-fired power plant in Ecuador.
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has pulled out of its $200 million Portsmouth, Virginia, offshore wind blade manufacturing facility, citing turbulence in the industry.
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French energy company TotalEnergies is to buy three gas-fired power plants in Texas from TexGen for $635 million.
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Austin, Texas-based developer Cielo Wind has landed approval for a wind project the company is working on in Chile.
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Renewables developer Genneia is issuing a $15 million green bond, with a capacity to grow to $30 million, for a pair of solar and wind projects in Argentina.
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French energy company Engie is issuing R$2.5 billion ($507 million) in debentures to refinance assets in Brazil.
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The Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) and NuScale Power Corporations (NuScale) have terminated their Carbon Free Power Project (CFPP) located at the Idaho National Laboratory.
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Electricity utility Eletrobras and Brazilian development bank BNDES have agreed on a restructuring of the debts of hydro firm Santo Antônio Energia (SAESA) – an indirect subsidiary of Eletrobras.
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New Fortress Energy has secured financing for its 630MW Barcarena power plant in Brazil.
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Eversource Energy is looking to sell its 50% stake in its offshore wind joint venture with Danish energy giant Ørsted, which includes three projects totaling 1.7GW.
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Uranium mining company Cameco Corporation and Brookfield Renewable Energy have closed on the joint acquisition of nuclear services business Westinghouse Electric Company on November 8, 2023.
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Nuclear power plant operator Constellation has completed the $1.75 billion acquisition of its 44% ownership stake in NRG Energy’s South Texas Project Electric Generating Station (STP).
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The seas have been rough for the offshore wind sector, and projects are repeatedly being hit by rising interest rates, supply chain disruptions, local unrest, and political opposition. Financing issues and heavy losses in the past quarter have unraveled the traditional project process. The key economic burden on these projects is, by far, the power purchase agreement (PPA) gap.
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Brazilian power generator Eneva has received financing for one of its Parnaíba gas-fired power plants located in the state of Maranhão.
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Canadian power company TransAlta will acquire Heartland Generation and Alberta Power (collectively, Heartland) from an affiliate of Heartland’s parent company, Energy Capital Partners.
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Energy giant BP has declared impairments of $540 million related to its New York offshore wind projects, Empire Wind 1 and 2 and Beacon Wind. BP owns the projects off the New York and Massachusetts coasts in a 50:50 joint venture with Equinor.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized four Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) with the potential to supply 3GW of energy for another Gulf of Mexico lease sale.
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Despite earlier announcements of large impairments and project cancellations for offshore wind, joint-venture partners Ørsted and Eversource have taken the final investment decision (FID) in their 704MW Revolution Wind, commencing the construction of the utility-scale offshore wind farm.
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The world's largest offshore wind developer, Ørsted, has stopped development of its 2.3GW Ocean Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms off New Jersey after announcing impairments of over $5.5 billion.
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US maritime and logistics company Crowley has hired a former GE Offshore Wind executive as vice president of business development for its Wind Services group.
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France's Engie has signed an agreement that will see the energy company acquire four wind projects in Peru.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved Dominion Energy's 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, the largest offshore wind project in the US. Construction will begin in Spring 2024 and is expected to take around 3 years, bringing CVOW online in late 2026.
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X-Energy Reactor Company (X-energy) has reached the joint decision with publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company Ares Acquisition Corporation (Ares) to drop their previously announced acquisition, effective October 31, 2023.
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Fortune 500 power firm Entergy is to sell its gas distribution business to private infrastructure equity management company Bernhard Capital Partners.
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Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) has brought online its 1.25GW natural gas fired Three Rivers Energy Center in Grundy, Illinois.
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After New York state rejected a request from offshore wind developers to raise prices, Norwegian energy giant Equinor has recorded a $300 million impairment on its US offshore wind projects.
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The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (PRC) has approved Xcel's early closure of its 1.067GW coal-fired Tolk Generating Station in 2028.
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Renewables company and Iberdrola Group member Avangrid and green energy investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have closed a $1.2bn first-of-its-kind tax equity package for their jointly owned Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has revealed a new renewable investment plan for the state, announcing conditional offtake agreements to three offshore wind projects and 22 onshore projects.
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Rise Light & Power and Corio have purchased stakes in TotalEnergies's 3GW Attentive Energy offshore wind farm, paying a total of $420 million.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed an Equinor and BP-endorsed bill to build underground transmission lines from its offshore wind projects into the city of Long Beach. Hochul's rejection of the Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act strikes another blow to the industry a week after the state government shot down a financial relief bill for offshore wind developers.
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Vineyard Wind, owned by Avangrid and CIP, has installed the first turbine of its Vineyard 1 project, a landmark milestone for the 800MW project, which will be the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US. Once complete, Vineyard Wind will power nearly half a million Massachusetts homes.
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Oil and gas company Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia (PCR) has brought online a trio of wind farms in Argentina.
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Australia’s Fortescue has secured rights to develop a wind farm in the Rio Negro province of Argentina.
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New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has unanimously rejected a request from a group of offshore wind developers to provide financial relief for four projects on the New York coast and 86 onshore projects. The relief would have come from increasing prices for customers, totaling $12 billion.
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Rhode Island Energy has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for an additional 1.2GW of offshore wind power.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom has approved AB1172 on fusion energy policy as one of the 900 bills that came across his desk this week, all of which require signature or veto by Saturday.
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Enel Americas is looking to sell its Peruvian power generation businesses, Enel Generación Perú, Enel Generación Piura and Compañía Energética Veracruz.
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Companhia Energética de Minas Gerais (Cemig) has concluded the sale of its shares in a hydroelectric power plant in Brazil.
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Braya Renewable Fuels has named former Delek executive, Todd O'Malley, as chief executive.
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France’s Engie and Spain’s Opdenergy are planning to develop wind and solar projects in Chile.
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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has begun the construction of two projects, GSG Wind and White Wing Ranch Solar, as well as reaching commercial operations for Big Plain Solar.
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National Renewable Solutions (NRS) has hired Bill Whitlock to take over as chief executive as Patrick Pelstring begins retirement.
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North Carolina, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have started a workforce to further offshore wind development.
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French utility EDF Renewables is planning a 144MW wind project in the region of Bío Bío in Chile.
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Dominion Energy is set to add 772MW of solar generation in Virginia through six Dominion-owned or acquired solar farms and 13 power purchase agreements (PPAs) with independently owned projects.
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AES Brasil has started commercial operations of its Tucano wind farm located in the state of Bahia.
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