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Evercore Partners, an investment banking boutique, has hired Robert Pacha, former managing director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in Houston, as senior managing director to establish an office in Houston and lead the firm’s midstream energy practice.

Biomass Group is planning to relaunch financing in the next couple of months for a 200 MW biomass project in South Point, Ohio.

PPL Electric Utilities has satisfied its funding needs for this year and likely for next with a $300 million issue of 6.25%, 30-year first mortgage bonds, says Jim Abel, v.p. of finance and treasurer in Allentown, Pa., at parent PPL. The deal was priced May 19 and closed May 22.

Horizon Wind Energy is seeking approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a tax equity investment for its planned 101 MW Rail Splitter wind farm in Tazewell and Logan Counties, Ill.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China and Standard Bank are planning to wrap financing for the planned $1.6 billion, 1.2 GW expansion at the 132 MW coal-fired Morupule plant near Palapye, Botswana, within two months.

Société Générale is set to join the $165 million financing of El Paso’s Elba Express natural gas pipeline to bring the total amount of commitments to roughly $200 million, says a project financier familiar with the matter. Mark Leland, cfo in Houston, confirmed that at least one other bank was working to get into the deal but declined to identify the lender. “It’s closed and funding but we’re still open, if you know what I mean,” he says. SG officials did not return calls. The deal is slated to close this week.

CODELCO, Chile, AES, Endesa, GDF Suez

The $343 million financing backing NextEra Energy Resources Heartland II wind portfolio has wrapped.

San Mateo, Calif.-based Tioga Energy is talking to lenders and equity investors for $250-500 million to fund a pipeline of solar projects with more than 100 MW of combined capacity.

Transportadora de Gas de Perú has sent out a call to 16 banks to lead a $320 million financing for the second phase of its pipeline expansion.