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Ormat is considering developing solar projects in the U.S. and abroad. The Reno, Nev.-based company is investing in research and development for solar thermal and is also considering solar photovoltaic, CEO Dita Bronicki, told PFR.

Power companies Absaroka Energy and Rocky Mountain Power and Spanish engineering firm Elecnor are planning on financing the Wind Spirit transmission project in the Western U.S. with a combination of debt and equity.

BrightSource Energy has hired Natalie Schaefer as v.p. of project and structure finance in Oakland, Calif., as the company works toward financing and building a 2.6 GW solar pipeline over the next eight years.

Atlanta-based Southern Co. plans to finance a $134 million conversion of a coal-fuelled plant to biomass with debt and equity at subsidiary Georgia Power Company. The company announced in August that it would convert the 155 MW Plant Mitchell near Albany, Ga. to a 96 MW wood biomass plant. The plant is the first conversion from coal to biomass in the state, though at least five other biomass plants have been permitted for greenfield construction, says a spokesman at the Georgia Department of Natural Resources. It is expected to begin operations by June 2012.

Royal Bank of Scotland has added four leads for the estimated $750 million, 144A private placement rounding out a $3.45 billion refinancing supporting the 226-million, two billion cubic feet per day Dolphin pipeline. Advisor to the sponsor RBS along with BNP Paribas, National Bank of Abu Dhabi and Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank are joint lead managers for the sale which will take place this month.

Tucker, Ga.-based Oglethorpe Power Corp. will likely finance two planned 100 MW biomass power plants using Department of Agriculture Rural Utilities Service loans, but it could tap the capital markets if those funds are not available in time. “If they don’t have funds available, or the timing didn’t mesh with our needs, we’d certainly go to the capital markets,” says Anne Appleby, v.p. and treasurer. The two plants are slated for operation in 2014 and 2015.

Virgin Green Fund, a private equity fund focused on investing in supply side renewable energy and resource efficiency, is looking to diversify its portfolio. The fund is seeking investments in the transmission and grid sectors, efficiency arena and small run-of-river hydro, says Evan Lovell, partner in San Francisco.

Clipper Windpower is aiming to deploy recent hire Andrew Mathews to ease the financing process for users of its wind turbines. “The primary goal is to facilitate financing of Liberty turbines by providing timely and updated information to the market,” Mathews told PFR.

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Merrill Lynch launched its Americas Clean Energy Committee, a clean energy coverage team, anticipating an increase in deal flow amid pending carbon legislation...