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Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens had launched a self-financed campaign to replace gas-fired generation with wind as his company Mesa Power geared up to develop a 4 GW wind farm, the largest in the U.S., in the Texas Panhandle...

Students at the University of Kansas in Lawrence are gearing up to battle climate change and avoid gaining the Freshman 15, this fall.

Banks have submitted bids to lead financing for Hudson Transmission Partners' proposed eight-mile, 345 kV line between Ridgefield, N.J., and midtown Manhattan.

Merchant Energy Partners is planning to hire banks at year-end or the beginning of next year to finance its East Cheyenne Gas Storage facility in development in Logan County, Colo., expected to cost roughly $250 million.

Dexia Credit Local and Unicredit HVB have wrapped a construction and term loan backing Eurus Energy’s 63 MW expansion of its Combine Hills II wind farm in Umatilla County, Ore. Bank officials either declined to comment or did not return calls. Details of the financing, such as the size of the deal, pricing and tenor could not be immediately learned.

Morris Energy Group, an independent power producer, is planning to buy two tri-fuel plants from Renewable Power & Light, according to a Monday Federal Energy Regulatory Commission filing. Auctioneer Fieldstone Private Capital Group took indicative bids for the facilities Feb. 4 (PFR, 4/17).

WestLB has hired Gabriela Sarafjan as a director on the structured finance and global energy team in Milan. Sarafjan was a director on the energy team at Fortis in Milan where she worked on various energy deals including the Maestrale wind portfolio.

E.ON has agreed to make its first solar acquisition—French solar developer Société Conilhac Energies—for an undisclosed sum as it targets 10 GW of renewable generation capacity by 2015. “It’s the right time to invest in solar,” says Herve Tuarti, who is responsible for the energy company’s solar business and climate protection projects in Düsseldorf, Germany. “We feel that both the market and technology need investment by strong players now.”

Raser Technologies is talking to lenders to lead a $152 million financing backed by a U.S. Department of Energy loan guarantee, ahead of submitting applications to the program for its more than 300 MW development pipeline. “We hope that completing the financing process will be quicker and easier with the guarantee,” says Marty Petersen, cfo in Provo, Utah, declining to identify potential lenders. Developing geothermal typically costs $3,000 to $4,500 per kW, Petersen notes, bringing the pipeline’s value to roughly $900 million to $1.35 billion.

Lead arrangers Dexia Crédit Local and Unicredit HVB have wrapped $118 million in financing backing Invenergy’s 100.5 MW Grand Ridge expansion in La Salle County, Ill.