Renewables
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ACP Capital Markets has hired former Bank of America managing director Asit Sen as head of its energy transition and industrial decarbonisation team.
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Pacifico Energy has hired Los Angeles-based Leon Persaud as managing director to focus on alternative investments within the renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure sectors.
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Mining company Codelco has launched a renewables power procurement process in Chile.
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M&A and tax advisory firm Leo Berwick has launched its infrastructure, renewables and energy transition financial advisory group, led by former Deloitte partner Colin Schmidt.
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Renewables developer Auren Energia has concluded its acquisition of energy trading company Esfera Energia.
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Power generation company Celepsa has landed a $100 million sustainability-linked loan to support the development of renewable energy in Peru.
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Distributed US solar asset owner and operator Spruce Power has hired Richard DiMatteo as senior vice president, head of Spruce Pro.
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Brazilian renewables developer 2W Ecobank has appointed Ricardo Levy as chief executive officer.
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The tax equity market was changed forever with the introduction of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). As the last of the guidelines for these renewables tax breaks – specifically transferability rules – are ironed out the market has already found innovative ways to take advantage of the new regime.
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US-based bitcoin mining company CleanSpark has merged with data centre company GRIID in an $155 million all-stock transaction.
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Corporación Interamericana para el Financiamiento de Infraestructura (Cifi) has issued a series of green bonds totalling $10 million to finance renewable projects in Latin America.
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Nuclear Fuels has appointed Gregory Huffman as chief executive officer, president and director, effective immediately.
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The UK's Octopus Energy Group has continued to push into North America with the hire of Nick Chaset as executive vice president.
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State-owned power and telecommunications provider Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has signed a letter of interest for financing from the European Investment Bank (EIB).
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Iberdrola has signed a PPA to supply renewable power to food and beverage manufacturer Millfoods in Mexico.
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Actis has launched energy platform Orygen in Peru following the company’s acquisition of Enel’s Peruvian generation business.
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Strategic Value Partners (SVP) and EverGen Power have launched a partnership to invest in North American natural gas generation.
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Brazilian renewables developer Serena Energia (formerly Omega Energia) is issuing R$400 million (74m) in debentures.
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Brazil’s competition regulator CADE has approved the sale of AES’s Brazilian portfolio to renewables developer Auren Energia.
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Middle-market infrastructure investor Tiger Infrastructure Partners is to acquire fully-integrated energy-as-a-service platform Unison Energy.
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Oil and gas company Ultragaz has acquired a majority stake in renewable energy services and commercialisation platform Witzler Energia.
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PEI Global Partners has hired Eric Berlinger, the former head of US renewables and energy transition at RBC Capital Markets, as the managing director of its investment banking team in New York.
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Clean Power Alliance (CPA), the California electricity provider, has issued an RFO for energy generation and storage to meet its portfolio needs and achieve compliance with California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) procurement orders and resource adequacy requirements.
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Renewables business Primary Energy has tapped Apterra Infrastructure Capital for the refinancing of its platform, PFR has learned.
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Brazilian development bank BNDES has signed agreements with China Development Bank and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) to finance sustainable projects in Brazil.
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YPF Luz, the power generation arm of YPF, is planning to issue up to $50 million in bonds in Argentina.
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) has named 3 regional heads to cover Europe and North America for its sustainable energies team.
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The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed an agreement with the government of El Salvador to finance a biogas power plant.
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Brazilian utility Copel has hired Rodolfo Lima to head its energy trading and commercialization business.
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Renewables developer Auren Energia has agreed to acquire energy trading company Esfera Energia.
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Turlock Irrigation District (TID) has issued a request for proposals to offtake renewable energy and storage in California.
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The investment team behind the Aegon Climate Capital strategy at Aegon Asset Management has launched CurvePoint Capital, an independent firm dedicated to advancing climate finance.
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One Energy Enterprises has sold additional shares of its Series A convertible preferred stock, bringing the company’s fundraising to more than $35 million.
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Chile’s Ministry of Energy and Mines has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Republic of Korea’s Energy Agency to cooperate on renewable energy.
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Brazilian sugar, ethanol and renewable power producer Grupo Zilor has requested financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for the expansion of 1 of its plants.
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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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Large-scale, US-based renewables EPC business Signal Energy is up for grabs with the sale process launched last week.
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Brazilian utility Alupar has signed a power purchase agreement to supply renewable energy to São Paulo-based real estate company JFL Living.
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Adapture Renewables has made several additions to its team, including Donald Brown as general counsel.
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Power generation company Pacific Hydro has renewed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with mining company Codelco.
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AES has agreed to sell its Brazilian portfolio totalling 5.2GW of capacity to renewables developer Auren Energia.
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Renewables developer Genneia has inked a power purchase agreement with PVC and polymers producer Grupo Princz-IPASA in Argentina.
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Brazilian renewable developer 2W Ecobank is evaluating a proposal to sell a controlling stake in the company.
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Aiga Capital Partners has raised $208 million for its inaugural climate fund, surpassing the halfway mark towards its $400 million target.
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Spanish clean energy-focused fund manager Qualitas Energy has closed on its controlling stake in Heelstone Renewable Energy from Ares Management for around $850 million, PFR has learned.
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KKR and Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) have partnered on a $2 billion investment vehicle for sustainable infrastructure projects.
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Brazil is already the leader in the energy transition. The country’s power matrix stands out in its composition with close to 90% coming from renewable sources including hydroelectricity. Yet, growth opportunities remain vast in the renewable sector and beyond. According to the Brazilian Association of Infrastructure and Base Industries (ABDIB), Brazil is looking to bridge a $50 billion a year gap in infrastructure investments.
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Independent power producer Atlas Renewable Energy has hired Carlos Freitas as chief financial officer, based in Miami, US.
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Great Bay Renewables has appointed Peter Leahey as its chief financial officer and Josh Levine as chief commercial officer.
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Clean power developer Vesper Energy has appointed co-founders Mark Rostafin and Juan Suarez as co-chief executive officers.
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