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Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has closed its acquisition of the Phoenix Hydrogen Hub (PHH) from Coolidge, Arizona-based transportation, energy supply, and infrastructure business Nikola Corporation, PFR has learned.
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New Fortress Energy has closed a $700 million loan for its FLNG unit 2 in Mexico.
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Ormat Technologies has executed a 15-year Resource Adequacy Purchase and Sale Agreement (RA Agreement) with the city of Riverside, California, to provide 80MW/320MWh of battery storage through it Shirk BESS project.
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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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Former Winston & Strawn partner Mark Christy has joined Orrick as a renewables tax equity and credit specialist in the Chicago office.
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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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Renewables business Primary Energy has closed its $178 million platform refinancing led by Apterra Infrastructure Capital, PFR has learned.
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Blackstone-owned energy storage business Aypa Power has closed its $650 million pre-notice to proceed development facility, PFR has learned.
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Sempra Infrastructure awaits final Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval, readying itself to secure project financing for its Port Arthur LNG Phase 2, PFR has learned.
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ION Clean Energy has launched headquarters in Boulder, Colorado, and expanded its leadership team.
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Power transition and infrastructure-focused real assets investment firm, Elda River Capital Management, has joined battery storage developer Spearmint Energy’s $200 million credit facility.
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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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Cowboy Clean Fuels (CCF) has closed a $13 million series B financing led by Machan Investments to support its renewable natural gas production technology.
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Copia Power has closed a $135 million tax equity financing from Santander for its 150MW Harquahala Sun 1 project in Arizona.
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Clearway Energy Group has closed on more than $700 million in construction financing for solar and standalone battery projects in California, PFR has learned.
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Utility-scale energy storage developer GridStor has closed its acquisition of the Galveston, Texas-based Evelyn Battery Energy Storage project from Balanced Rock Power, PFR has learned.
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Herbert Longoni, former director at Crédit Agricole CIB, has joined BBVA as the executive director of project finance for the US and Canada.
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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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Dimension Energy has revealed plans to invest $3 billion in solar and storage projects over the next 5 years.
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Commercial solar development, financing, and management platform Sunrock Distributed Generation has named Claire Broido Johnson as its president and head of origination.
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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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Backed by several venture firms, The Nuclear Company, plans to build a fleet of nuclear plants throughout the US.
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Primergy is approaching lenders as it locks in project financing for its 400MW/1600MWh Purple Sage Energy Centre in Nevada, PFR understands.
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Renewables power developer Apex Clean Energy has closed on the sale of 4 Virginia solar PV projects to Summit Ridge Energy, PFR has learned.
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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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FirstEnergy has closed on the final $1.2 billion part of its $3.5 billion sale of a 30% ownership interest in FirstEnergy Transmission (FET) to Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners.
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US Energy Corporation has acquired assets in Montana’s Kevin Dome that will kick-off the company's carbon sequestration efforts as well as producing helium to be sold into the aerospace, semi-conductor, and medical industries.
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Utility data and community solar developer Arcadia has partnered with Crux to integrate its customers on to the company's tax credit transfer platform.
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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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New York City-based battery storage developer NineDot Energy has inked an additional $25 million revolving credit facility from NY Green Bank.
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Intersect Power has closed 2 project financings totalling $837 million for 3 standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Texas.
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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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Peak Energy, a US-based energy storage company, has secured $55 million to launch production of its sodium-ion battery technology.
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North American clean power platform Swift Current Energy has hired Brian Dee as its chief financial officer.
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LevelTen has finalised a $65 million series D funding led by B Capital in order to branch into new markets, such as clean hydrogen.
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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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Renew Energy Partners has sold tax credits from a Manhattan, New York-located combined heat and power system project to a private buyer represented by Foss & Company.
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Connecticut-based Ash Creek Renewables has hired Len Federico as its managing director of trading at its Houston, Texas, office.
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Italy-based Redelfi and Elio Energy Group, a North American utility-scale renewable developer, have launched a joint venture to develop 2.4GW of battery storage projects in the US.
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rPlus Energies has closed a $1 billion construction debt financing for its 400MW/1.6GWh Green River Energy Center project in Utah.
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EQT Corporation’s $5.45 billion all-stock acquisition of natural gas provider Equitrans Midstream faces legal opposition from numerous Equitrans shareholders, PFR has learned.
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The Department of Energy has awarded $1.7 billion in grants to 11 electric vehicle manufacturing projects across the US.
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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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Strata Clean Energy has inked a 20-year tolling agreement with Arizona Public Service (APS) for the Justice Energy Storage project in Phoenix, Arizona.
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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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Cryptocurrency datacentre and power generation company Greenidge Generation will expand the power of its 12-acre Mississippi bitcoin mining site to 25MW.
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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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Della Xu has joined battery energy storage system (BESS) developer, owner and operator GridStor as its senior manager of M&A.
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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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EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has signed a 15-year PPA with a large technology company to sell 90% of the energy produced by a 213MW solar project in Fulton Country, Illinois.
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Blackstone Infrastructure Partners will buy a 30.2% stake in US-based power company Tallgrass Energy Partners from Spanish energy company Enagás for $1.1billion.
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Catalyze has partnered with real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield to develop solar and storage projects across the firm’s network of C&I real estate in the US.
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Onyx Renewable Partners has upsized its 3-year revolving credit facility, led by Investec, to $100 million to support its portfolio of solar projects across the US.
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US-based White River Energy has formed a wholly owned spin-out in the United Arab Emirates' finance centre, Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), named White River International (WRI), PFR has learned.
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Renewable energy developer Green Lantern Solar has closed on the sale of 2 fully contracted community solar projects in Maine to Madison Energy Infrastructure.
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BP’s EV charging business has finalised a partnership with real estate investment trust Simon to develop 75 charging Gigahubs across the US.
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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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Commercial and community solar developer Standard Solar will buy a 4.98MW solar project in Doña Ana County, New Mexico from developer Energy Management, Inc. (EMI).
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Nomura Securities’ global co-head of investment banking, Jeff McDermott, has left the bank for Energy Impact Partners.
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Pennybacker Capital Management will acquire a small-scale Miami-based LNG business from New Fortress Energy.
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US-based solar PV company SolarEdge Technologies has sold an extra $37.2 million in 2.25% convertible senior notes due 2029 to Goldman Sachs & Co.
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Microsoft has agreed to purchase 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits from 1PointFive’s industrial-scale project in Texas.
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The Department of Energy has provided ENTEK Lithium Separators with a $1.2 billion conditional commitment loan for its EV battery factory in Terra Haute, Indiana.
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RNG producer Waga Energy has closed a €100 million (US$108 million) corporate syndicated loan with a group of banks to fund its landfill waste-to-energy projects in the US.
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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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Geothermal technology company XGS Energy has acquired Capuano Engineering Company, a geothermal drilling and completion business.
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Korean EV battery manufacturer SK On has signed a joint development agreement (JDA) with Sakuu, a Silicon Valley-based utility-scale battery provider.
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Lightsource BP has hired former Green Giraffe Advisory managing director Pascal Schoneburg as senior director, structured finance.
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Arevon Energy has hired Nimmi Kavasery as managing director of project finance at its New York City office.
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Ameresco is to build a battery energy storage system (BESS) with a 20-year guaranteed capacity of 25MW and 100MWh for the Snohomish County Public Utility District.
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Denver, Colorado-based Elevation Midstream has merged with Platte River Holdings, a subsidiary of ARB Midstream.
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The Department of Energy will offer up to $100 million to fund pilot-scale long-duration energy storage (LDES) projects using non-lithium technologies.
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Battery storage development company Lightshift Energy will transfer a 50% interest in a 3MW Massachusetts energy storage system to Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM), PFR has learned.
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Zanskar Geothermal & Minerals will acquire the Lightning Dock Geothermal site from Cyrq Energy.
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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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The Governor of Rhode Island, Daniel McKee, has signed an energy storage act into law, as the state aims to develop 600MW of utility-scale energy storage by 2033.
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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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New Fortress Energy (NFE) has reached an agreement to sell its liquefaction and storage facility in Miami, Florida to a US middle-market infrastructure fund.
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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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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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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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NextDecade has issued $1.115 billion in senior secured notes in a private placement to fund outstanding borrowings and commitments for its Rio Grande LNG facility.
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Timo Hellwig has taken over as the head of KfW IPEX-Bank North America and will lead project financing transactions in the US and Canada.
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Distributed generation solar developer Spruce Power Holding Corporation secured a $130 million non-recourse debt facility from global investment manager Barings.
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Apollo Infrastructure-backed Apterra has hired Ashish Gupta as managing director of its core infrastructure business, effective immediately.
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Gore Street Capital will transfer ownership of its 400MWh California-sited BESS site to Imperial Irrigation District (IID).
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Clean fuels technology company Aether Fuels has secured $34 million in Series A financing from a syndicate of global investors.
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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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Great Bay Renewables, jointly controlled by Altius Renewable Royalties and Apollo-managed funds, has signed a $30 million royalty investment with solar developer Nokomis Energy.
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Law firm Barclay Damon has opened a power and energy construction practice area following a merger with Washington DC–based Shapiro, Lifschitz & Schram (SLS).
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Voltera, a developer, owner, and operator of charging infrastructure for EV fleets, has hired Sylvia Hendron as the company’s first chief development officer.
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Axium Infrastructure’s Coachella subsidiary has closed on the sale of its 49% interest in Morongo Transmission to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
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Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has inked a $103 million tax credit agreement with Bank of America for its 160MW North Fork Solar Project in Oklahoma.
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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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American Electric Power (AEP) has hired William Fehrman as president and chief executive, effective 1 August (2024).
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Community solar provider Ampion Renewable Energy has partnered with fast food chain Wendy’s to help source renewable energy for the company’s restaurants.
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Salt River Project (SRP) has issued a request for proposals for long duration energy storage with a capacity of 5MW to 50MW and a duration of 10 hours in Arizona.
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Export Development Canada are some of the latest investors in a $31 million Series A2 financing for energy storage company e-Zinc.
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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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Sumitomo Corporation of Americas has completed a tax equity investment in a portfolio of solar and battery storage projects owned by Pacifico Power.
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Belltown Power has put an 850MW battery energy storage (BESS) portfolio in Texas up for sale.
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Norway’s NorSun is investing $620 million in a 5GW solar manufacturing facility in Oklahoma, its first US-based factory.
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MUFG has joined several other major investors in sustainable aviation fuel producer LanzaJet’s $100 million growth equity funding round.
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Kimmeridge subsidiary Kimmeridge Texas Gas has closed on its follow-on control investment in Commonwealth LNG and hired David Lawler as chief executive to lead the venture.
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CenterPoint Energy subsidiary CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric (CPE Houston) has entered a $300 million term loan to cover damage from category 2 hurricane-like winds and tornadoes in Texas, PFR has learned.
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8 Rivers Capital, the decarbonisation technology developer, has hired Asheley Kinsey as the company’s chief financial officer.
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Cerberus Capital Management has invested $315.5 million in Eos Energy Enterprises, a manufacturer of zinc-based long duration energy storage systems.
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Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital (HASI) has priced its private offering of $700 million in aggregate principal amount of 6.375% green senior unsecured notes due 2034.
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Fervo Energy has signed 2 geothermal PPAs totalling 320MW with Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the US’s largest utilities.
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Carbon capture start-up Heirloom Carbon Technologies is set to develop 2 direct air capture (DAC) facilities in Port of Caddo-Bossier, Louisiana.
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Jupiter Power's partnership with local power provider Consumers Energy is to acquire 100MW of battery energy storage in Coldwater, Michigan.
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Commercial-scale clean electricity provider Altus Power is to acquire an 8.5MW solar array sited in New Jersey.
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Air Liquide has signed an agreement to support ExxonMobil's production of low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia at its Baytown, Texas, facility.
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Philadelphia-based Doral Renewables has secured a $400 million minority equity investment from Netherlands pension APG, a subsidiary of ABP.
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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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Silicon Valley Bank has led the second financing, totalling $230 million, for Sol System's 300MW Eldorado solar project in Illinois, bringing the total financing to $480 million for the project.
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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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CleanSpark’s subsidiary CSRE Properties Sandersville is acquiring 5 bitcoin mining data centers in Georgia for $25 million.
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The Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWH2) has hired Chris Green as its first president.
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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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Catalyst Power is to buy New-York based electricity and natural gas supplier Robison Energy from V3 Commodities Group.
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Several large energy developers have become investors in tax credit transfer platform Crux Climate through a $18.2 million Series A funding round.
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Charles River Associates, the financial and management consultants, has expanded its US energy practice by hiring Christine Oumansour as vice president.
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energyRE has signed a pair of 15-year PPAs to provide solar power to US Department of Defense facilities in the southeastern US.
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Recurrent Energy has secured $513 million in project financing for its 1,200MWh Papago Storage project located in Maricopa County, Arizona.
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Hecate Grid, a joint venture between an InfraRed Capital Partners managed fund and Hecate Energy, has closed a 4-year $125 million Letter of Credit with MUFG.
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Adapature Renewables has signed a 15-year PPA for a 67MW solar facility in Hunt County, Texas with a Fortune 50 offtaker.
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North American solar developer SunEnergy1 will sell a 105MW solar PV portfolio to funds managed by renewables infrastructure private equity firm True Green Capital, PFR has learned.
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Independent Canadian fuel distributor and retailer Parkland Corporation is seeking a buyer for its platform.
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UK electricity provider Octopus Energy has made its first US renewables investment with the acquisition of a pair of solar projects from Vesper Energy.
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Biocarbon producer Aymium has closed a $50 million financing with Fortress Investment Group and Kilonova Capital.
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GoodLeap has closed a $311.6 million securitisation of residential solar loans originated on its platform.
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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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Energy storage and RNG developer Captona has closed a preferred equity investment in a community solar and microgrid portfolio owned by Scale Microgrids.
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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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Middle-market infrastructure investor Tiger Infrastructure Partners is to acquire fully-integrated energy-as-a-service platform Unison Energy.
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Google and NV Energy have formed a partnership to supply the tech giant's Nevada data centres with advanced geothermal electricity.
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Create Energy and RECOM Technologies have formed a joint venture to develop a 5GW solar PV manufacturing plant in Tennessee.
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SLB and Aker Carbon Capture have closed their joint venture after Aker sold 80% of its share in Aker Carbon Capture Holding AS (ACCH) to an SLB subsidiary.
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Washington-based Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has closed on the sale of its $800 million schedule A and B senior notes.
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BP-owned Archaea Energy and Republic Services have partnered to develop 40 landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas plants, completing construction on their first RNG project.
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American Electric Power (AEP) has begun seeking Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval on its $315 million sale of distributed energy business AEP OnSite Partners to funds managed by Basalt Infrastructure Partners (BIP).
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NextDecade has signed a 20-year sale and purchase agreement (SPA) with Aramco to supply LNG from Train 4 at the Rio Grande LNG Facility at the Port of Brownsville, Texas.
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Plus Power has closed a $133 million financing led by First Citizens Bank and NordLB for its 150MW/300MWh Cranberry Point Energy Storage project in Massachusetts.
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Baker Donelson has hired Stephen Luttrell in the firm’s corporate group, based in Baltimore, Maryland.
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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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Export Development Canada (EDC) has led a $136 million equity financing for FLO, a North American EV charging hardware and software provider.
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Swift Solar has closed a $27 million Series A financing round led by Eni and Fontinalis Partners for advanced solar panel manufacturing.
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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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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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EDPR NA Distributed Generation will acquire 4 Illinois community solar projects totalling 20MWac from Renewable Properties.
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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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NextEra Energy has closed on the sale of its 180MW Big Cypress solar PV facility to Crittenden County, Arkansas in a sale-leaseback deal, 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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Con Edison has appointed former Evergy executive Kirkland Andrews as CFO as Robert Hoglund transitions toward retirement.
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Redeux Energy Partners is to sell a 450MWdc solar portfolio to Pine Gate Renewables.
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Solaris Energy has appointed Nick Perugini as chief executive while current CEO, Alex Blackmer, will become president.
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Sunnova Energy International has hired Eric Williams as executive vice president, chief financial officer.
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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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BHE Renewables, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has signed a pair of 20-year power purchase agreements (PPA) with the Clean Power Alliance (CPA) for solar-plus-storage projects in California.
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Independent power producer Silicon Ranch will enter 3 sale-leaseback transactions for 704MW of solar photovoltaic projects in Georgia and Kentucky, PFR has learned.
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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association (Tri-state) will purchase 2 Colorado-based solar projects from JUWI.
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Arevia Power has signed a power purchase agreement with NV Energy for its 700MW/2.8GWh Libra Solar project in Nevada.
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Entergy and NextEra Energy Resources have partnered to develop up to 4.5GW of solar and storage projects over the next 5 years.
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Nexus PMG has made an investment in renewable fuels company Saola Energy.
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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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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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Goldman Sachs has hired a vice president for its energy tax investing group in New York City.
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Black Mountain Energy Storage has put up a late stage 1070MW/2140MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) portfolio up for sale.
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Energy Renewal Partners (ERP) has received an investment from lower middle market-focused private equity firm Rockwood Equity Partners.
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Sunrun, a provider of residential solar, storage and energy services, has priced a $886.3 million securitisation of leases and power purchase agreements, known as Sunrun’s solar-as-a-service offering.
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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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Midstream natural gas company Kinetik has closed on the sale of a 16% equity interest in the Gulf Coast Express pipeline (GCX) to an ArcLight Capital Partners affiliate.
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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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JERA, Japan's prominent power and LNG entity, has agreed to sell down its interest in the Freeport LNG project to Japan Petroleum Exploration Co (JAPEX).
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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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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has signed a 15-year resource adequacy agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric Company for its 112.5MW Sierra Pinta Energy Storage Project in Arizona.
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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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Canadian pipeline and energy company Enbridge has closed on its acquisition of Dominion Energy’s Questar Gas and Wexpro assets for around $4.3 billion.
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Sol Systems has secured an $85 million investment from Macquarie Asset Management to support of the construction and operation of 5 utility-scale solar projects located in Illinois and Ohio.
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BlackRock has closed its $500 million preferred equity investment in Canadian Solar subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, which represents a 20% stake in the solar and energy storage developer.
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SunPower has drawn $50 million from a loan made by its majority shareholder Sol Holding, which is owned jointly by TotalEnergies and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP).
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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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DLL, the Rabobank-owned asset finance company for equipment and technology, has partnered with Sunstone Credit to provide a loan platform for solar and battery storage assets.
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The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has approved PNM Resource's application to integrate 410MW of new solar and energy storage by 2026.
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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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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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EDPR NA DG's head of capital markets, Sam Egendorf, has left his role at the firm.
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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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Clean Energy Fuels has signed an agreement to provide Cemex with 300,000 gallons of renewable natural gas annually.
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Real assets investment management firm Versus Capital Advisors has hired Alicia Chen as director of investments.
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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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Distributed solar and battery development growth platform Apricus Generation has agreed to acquire a controlling interest in Toronto-based Nexus Renewables.
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Global investment firm KKR will acquire Canadian energy and services company Emera’s equity interest in the Labrador Island Link (LIL) transmission site.
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US energy storage solutions provider Torus has been contracted to provide Gardner Group with nearly 26MWh of energy storage capacity across part of the group’s commercial real estate assets.
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NOVA Infrastructure is acquiring listed solar and storage developer UGE International in a deal that values the company at C$72 million.
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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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ArcLight Capital Partners and battery storage developer Elevate Renewables are set to develop a 15MW/60MWh distributed generation-sized battery storage project in Staten Island, New York.
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Energy Capital Partners (ECP) has reached final close on its fifth flagship fund, raising $4.4 billion with $2.3 billion in co-investment capital.
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Quidnet Energy has formed a 300MW Texas energy storage project partnership with Hunt Energy Network (HEN).
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WEC Energy is set to acquire a 90% stake in Invenergy's 298MW Maple Flats solar, PFR has learned.
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Portland General Electric (PGE) has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to acquire a 20% stake in the 3GW North Plains Connector transmission line, developed by Grid United and Allete.
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Ferrovial Energy has invested $72 million in a 257MWdc solar plant in Leon County, Texas.
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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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Clean hydrogen projects across the US are generating enormous interest but many struggle to reach bankability as many risks, such as technology, supply chain, regulation and offtake, are halting progress.
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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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Pine Gate Renewables has finalised an agreement to provide Meta with the renewable attributes from a 200MW solar project in Texas.
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Amazon has entered into a power purchase agreement to offtake the entire capacity of the 150MW Fox Squirrel solar phase 1 plant, in Ohio.
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Sunrock Distributed Generation, a commercial solar and distributed generation developer and asset manager, has hired Alan Robertson as head of development.
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Private equity firm Cresta Fund Management has made a controlling investment in Ocean Pacific, a company that develops compressed natural gas (CNG) and alternative fuel stations.
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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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Ørsted has received a $680 million tax equity financing from JP Morgan for 550MW in solar and solar-plus-storage projects in Texas and Arizona.
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An Entergy subsidiary has received approval from the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) to add 3GW of solar generation to its portfolio.
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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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The $53 billion merger between oil and natural gas giant Chevron and independent energy company Hess faces legal challenges.
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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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Renewable energy provider Pivot Energy has partnered American EV maker Rivian on 60MWdc solar energy projects.
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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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Energy-as-a-service provider Redaptive has extended its warehouse facility to $250 million as it looks to grow its solar, HVAC, LED, and other sustainability projects.
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Geothermal technology company XGS Energy has closed a $20 million Series A financing led by Valo Ventures and VoLo Earth Ventures.
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Energy storage company Peak Energy will see its co-founder Liam O'Connor take on the chief operating officer (COO) role.
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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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QCells' residential solar financing platform EnFin has completed its first asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction totaling $252.86 million.
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Adapture Renewables has made several additions to its team, including Donald Brown as general counsel.
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Advantage Capital has hired Steven Lichtin as chief executive and managing director of Advantage Capital Renewables.
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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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Scale Microgrids and EO Charging have formed a non-exclusive partnership to develop EV fleets, associated charging infrastructure, and on-site microgrid energy systems across high-grid capacity regions in the US.
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LevelTen Energy has launched a tax credit transfer platform, facilitating the sale of various tax Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits between clean energy developers and corporations.
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Renewable developer Green Lantern Solar is selling 8 metered solar projects in Vermont to Sea Oak Capital.
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Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) has acquired an 11.7% stake in phase 1 of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG 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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Global renewables business RWE Clean Energy has acquired a 599MW portfolio from Galehead Development.
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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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Origis Energy has secured a $300 million corporate financing facility from KKR to support solar and storage development.
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Battery storage provider Powin has hired Kirk Fleischhauer as its chief operating officer.
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Investment firm Carlyle has formed a partnership with Sungage Financial and purchased $450 million in newly issued residential solar loans from the company.
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Energy giant AES has issued $950 million aggregate notes due 2055 at 7.6% to fund the development or redevelopment of clean power projects.
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Canadian power company TC Energy is appealing the Delaware Chancery Court ruling to pay $199.2 million in damages as part of an ongoing class action lawsuit related to its 2016 acquisition of Columbia Pipeline.
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Brookfield Asset Management has added an extra $150 million to its investment in PosiGen, a clean power provider for underserved communities in the US.
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Electric infrastructure provider Zeem is set to develop a long-range trucking depot with 84 fast charging stations at the Port of Long Beach, California.
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Correlate Energy and Energetic Capital have launched a partnership to develop distributed energy resources for underserved communities.
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Schneider Electric has purchased 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production tax credits from solar module manufacturer Silfab Solar through tax credit transfer platform Crux.
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Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has submitted a proposal for the Sunnyside Solar Energy System solar-plus-storage project with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW).
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Wisconsin Electric Power Company will issue $350 million 5% debentures due 15 May 2029.
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NextDecade's $18.4 billion Rio Grande LNG project phase 2 is under threat due to funding limitations ahead of a planned Final Investment Decision (FID) in H2 2024.
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Catalyze has secured $100 million in financing from NY Green Bank for its 79MW portfolio of community distributed generation (DG) solar projects across New York.
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Plug Power has received a $1.66 billion conditional commitment loan from the Department of Energy (DOE) to construct up to 6 clean hydrogen facilities across the US.
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Biofuels business Clean Energy Fuels and dairy digester developer Maas Energy Works have entered a joint development agreement to build 9 renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities at dairy farm sites.
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One Energy and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp III have filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission to merge ahead of being publicly traded as One Power Company.
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Apex Clean Energy has closed a $150 million financing with First Citizens Bank for 2 battery storage projects in Texas.
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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a regional transmission policy ruling, Order #1920, creating new interregional lines to accelerate the interconnection of new renewable energy projects.
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The US has raised tariffs on a host of imported goods from China, including solar panels, batteries and EVs.
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Tri-State Transmission has closed on its acquisition of transmission assets from United Power, finalising the split between the electric cooperative and the power distributor, PFR has learned.
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Clenera has entered into a sale-leaseback agreement for its 300MW Aristco battery energy project with the City of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, PFR has learned.
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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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GE Vernova has recommended its shareholders ignore TRC Capital Investment’s mini tender offer of $155 per share for 0.4% of the company's outstanding shares.
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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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BOCA, a joint venture between BrightNight and Cordelio Power, has closed a $414 million project financing for its 300MW/600MW Box Canyon solar-plus-storage project led by Zions Bancorporation.
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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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MUFG has hired the former project finance director of syndications at Crédit Agricole CIB, PFR has learned.
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Oklahoma-based midstream natural gas company ONEOK will acquire 450 miles of natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline from Houston, Texas midstream business Easton Energy.
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Midstream natural gas company Kinetik will sell its 16% equity interest in the Gulf Coast Express pipeline (GCX) to an ArcLight Capital Partners affiliate for $540 million in cash.
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Riley Exploration Permian has closed on its $20.5 million purchase of oil and natural gas properties in Eddy County, New Mexico.
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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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Texas-based CapturePoint and Energy Transfer have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to jointly develop a carbon capture and permanent deep underground storage project in Louisiana.
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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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Massachusetts-based Electric Hydrogen has inked a $100 million corporate financing led by HSBC to grow its production of 100MW electrolyser plants.
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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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Nautilus Solar Energy and TurningPoint Energy (TPE) have partnered on a 29.3MW portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois.
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Carey International Group (CIG) has hired Christopher Kane as its chief investment officer as the company grows its US renewables and real estate portfolio.
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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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Boston Consulting Group has signed a 5-year contract with World Energy to purchase sustainable aviation fuel certificates (SAFc).
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Renewable developers EDF Renewables Development, Naturgy, Candela, and Longroad Energy are seeking regulatory approval for more than 3GW of solar in Nevada’s Esmeralda County.
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TPG Rise Climate has agreed to acquire Southern California-based independent renewable fuels and refined products storage business Olympus Terminals.
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Tax credit transfer fintech company Crux Climate has facilitated the sale of $3.5 million in investment tax credits (ITCs) with enXchange to an undisclosed third party in Oklahoma.
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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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Southern Company has issued $1.1 billion in convertible senior unsecured notes due 15 June 2027 via a private placement.
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Atlas Energy Solutions has appointed Blake McCarthy as its chief financial officer, effective 13 May 2024, PFR has learned.
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Comvest Credit Partners has provided a $70 million senior credit facility to Nationwide Energy Partners (NEP) to pay off debt and develop utility infrastructure projects.
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Eaton has partnered with Endurant Energy to develop 10 battery storage projects in New York City, totalling 150MWh and an estimated $7 million investment.
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Connecticut utility Eversource plans to reduce investments in the state by $500 million as it continues its 3-year rate dispute battle with the State's Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA).
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Zanskar has closed $30 million in a Series B funding round led by Obvious Ventures to scale its AI and data-based platform used for discovering geothermal energy resources.
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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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Cemvita green hydrogen spin-out Gold H2 has hired former NextEra executive Prabhdeep Singh Sekhon as its chief executive.
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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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United Power has closed on the $627million withdrawal payment to Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, though sale of the transmission assets finalizing the split remains delayed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, PFR has found.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has opened the application process for the first round of CO2 transportation infrastructure awards, which totals $200 million.
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Motor fuel giant Sunoco has closed on its $7.3 billion all-equity acquisition of independent pipeline operator NuStar.
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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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Lightshift Energy is set to build up to 50MW of battery storage projects for the Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) grid in a first-of-its-kind program.
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Southern Power has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with a consortium of 7 companies for the renewable energy credits (RECs) produced by the 180MW Millers Branch Solar Facility Phase II in Haskell County, Texas.
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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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Distributed generation platform Aspen Power will partner with a local developer to acquire and manage a portfolio of 20 community solar projects.
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Tax credit transfer platform Crux Climate has secured a partnership with the American Clean Power Association (ACP), connecting more than 800 CPA members to its platform.
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The Bureau of Land Management has opened bidding on 5 lease sales for oil and gas-ready land across the US.
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Troutman Pepper has hired a renewable energy partner to its Capital Projects and Infrastructure Practice at its Los Angeles office.
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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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Utility-scale independent power producer Alternus Clean Energy will acquire more than 80MW of operating solar projects in the US from C2 Energy Capital at a value of $60 million.
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Plus Power has closed a $82 million tax equity investment with Morgan Stanley for its 90MW/360MWh Superstition Energy Storage project in Arizona.
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Carlyle-backed solar and storage developer Copia Power has hired the former Arevon head of project finance as its managing director and head of capital markets.
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Brookfield Asset Management – alongside Brookfield Renewable – and Microsoft have signed a global renewable energy framework agreement to meet the technology company’s sustainability goals.
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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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ITC Midwest has closed on its acquisition of transmission assets from Iowa's Maqouketa Municipal Electric Utility, PFR has learned.
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Colorado-based Humble Midstream II Partners has hired Brian Newmarch and John Shefchik as CFO and VP, engineering and construction, respectively.
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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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Georgia Power Company (GPC) has closed on its $317 million transmission line sale to Georgia Transmission Corporation (GTC), PFR has learned.
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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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WEC Energy Group has agreed to acquire a 90% ownership interest in the 300MW Delilah I Solar Energy Center from Invenergy for $459 million.
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Altus Power has named Gregg Felton as sole chief executive after Lars Norell resigned as co-CEO and director.
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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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energyRE has landed a $240 million financing package for its 108MW/198MWh Lone Star Solar-Plus-Storage project in South Carolina.
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FuelCell Energy has closed a $13 million debt financing with Liberty Bank and Connecticut Green Bank for 2 operating community fuel cell projects in Connecticut.
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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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NextEnergy Capital’s fifth fund has raised $745 million, nearing half of its $1.5 billion target.
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Pine Gate Renewables has closed a $650 million investment round led by Generate Capital, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), and HESTA.
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The US Treasury Department has released the final rules for the transferable tax credits of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
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Duke Energy has sold an aggregate principal amount of $177.3 million Series A storm recovery bonds to fund transmission repairs caused from major storms, PFR has learned.
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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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Alternus Clean Energy CFO, Joseph Duey, has resigned effective 30 April 2024, PFR has learned.
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The US Department of Transportation has awarded $148 million in grants to 16 EV and renewable natural gas (RNG) projects to help reduce air pollution at ports across the US and Puerto Rico.
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Sunpower has closed business units and made layoffs as part of its efforts to secure long-term financial sustainability amid restructuring and refinancing initiatives.
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Agilitas Energy has closed $100 million in debt financing from Nomura to grow its 250MW portfolio of solar and energy projects in the northeast US.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) selected LS Power's Southwest Intertie Project-North (SWIP-North) as a fourth conditional project for the first round of its Transmission Facilitation Program.
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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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Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), a California community choice aggregator, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for clean energy and storage power purchase agreements (PPAs).
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GA Drilling, a deep geothermal company, has closed $15 million in financing from several investors to scale its geothermal technologies.
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BW Solar has agreed to sell 12 New York community solar projects totalling 76.7MW to solar and battery storage developer Catalyze.
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Renewable developer Hecate Energy has secured a siting agreement and conditional use permit for its 150MW solar project from Cumberland County, Virginia.
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The Hyundai Motor Group has signed a 15-year solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with Matrix Renewables.
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Microsoft's Climate Innovation Fund has invested in sustainable fuels technology business and clean fuels producer LanzaJet.
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Renewables infrastructure firm True Green Capital Management has partnered with Qcells to install up to 450MW of solar projects across the US.
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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 University of Dayton and AES Ohio have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a waste-to-energy project that will provide the University with 100% of its power.
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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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Avalon International has agreed to build carbon capture facilities at green hydrogen company Big Hill Materials' planned US production sites.
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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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Avalon International has agreed to build carbon capture facilities at green hydrogen company Big Hill Materials' planned US production sites.
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US-based firm Bernhard has entered a 30-year energy-as-a-service (EaaS) partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), resulting in a $134 million solar energy and battery storage system.
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Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has filed another patent infringement lawsuit regarding its PV solar cell technology in Texas.
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Clifford Chance has hired Joclynn Marsh as counsel in its energy and oil and gas related infrastructure practice.
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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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Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against REC Solar Holdings regarding its PV solar cell technology in Texas.
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Minority stake sales in renewables platforms are becoming more common as sellers look to “recycle capital’, according to Ammad Faisal, senior managing director, Marathon Capital.
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Renewable energy executives – speaking at S&P Global Power Markets – are downplaying the political risk of the November US election on the nation’s energy transition.
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Calibrant Energy has partnered with Ava Community Energy to deploy 75 public EV charging stations across 6 cities in Northern California.
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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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Atlas SP Partners has backed Energy-as-a-Service company Redaptive with a $225 million warehouse financing facility.
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Boeing is buying 9.4 million gallons of blended sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), for its ecoDemonstrator programme and 2024 US commercial operational flights, from Neste as offtake agreements in the sector ramp up.
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ForeFront Power, a commercial and industrial solar energy and storage developer, has hired Ruben Fontes as chief executive.
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The technology venture arm of US-based oil & gas producer Chevron has launched a third fund with $500 million in capital.
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Arevon Energy has inked a long-term tolling agreement with electricity provider MCE for its 250MW Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City, California.
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Battery storage developer Spearmint Energy has hired four senior executives to its project finance, capital markets, regulatory affairs, and commercial operations teams.
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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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Madison Energy Infrastructure has acquired the commercial assets, solar development pipeline, and development team of Sun Tribe Solar.
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Origis Energy has closed a $136 million construction financing facility and a conversion-to-term loan from MUFG for its 75MW Rice Creek Solar project in Florida.
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Lightshift Energy, a utility-scale energy storage developer, has hired Robert Greskowiak as chief commercial officer.
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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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SolaREIT has closed $13 million in real estate financings for several NineDot Energy battery energy storage (BESS) projects in New York City.
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US-based manager Galway Sustainable Capital has made 4 hires across its business following investments from Macquarie Asset Management (MAM) and Aware Super.
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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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Arevon Energy has appointed the former co-president of Starwood Infrastructure Finance as its chief investment officer, based in New York.
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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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Renewables developers are readying themselves for more supply chain disruption as additional tariffs on China-made panels are under consideration from the US government.
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Renewable infrastructure firm Schroders Capital has hired Jason Kezelman and Loren Sageser as head of US sales and senior product strategist in its private debt and credit alternatives (PDCA) team, based in California.
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Commercial solar and clean energy development platform Sunrock Distributed Generation (DG) has entered a tax equity partnership with US student and consumer loan financier Nelnet.
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KKR Infrastructure Conglomerate (K-Infra) and its subsidiaries have signed a $150 million revolving credit facility that allows the company to borrow up to $1 billion.
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Arcadia, a utility data and community solar platform, has closed a $50 million investment round led by a Macquire Asset Management fund to support its community solar program in the US.
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Renewable energy infrastructure investor Excelsior Energy Capital has signed a long-term agreement with solar manufacturer Heliene to acquire 2GW of PV modules.
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Oil, gas and NGL company Chord Energy and Canadian O&G giant Enerplus have cleared the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 for their $11 billion business combination, PFR has found.
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Energy giant Sunoco has exhausted the required waiting period to satisfy a condition of a $7.3 billion deal to acquire independent pipeline operator NuStar Energy.
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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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Verdagy has entered a global strategic agreement to deliver its green hydrogen electrolysis technology to renewables developer Doral in Europe, US, Australia and the Middle East through 2030.
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Riley Exploration Permian has closed on sale of its 2.1 million shares of common stock, netting the company $25.4 million, PFR has learned.
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Community solar developer Nexamp has secured a $520 million investment led by Manulife Investment Management to fund its over 2GW project pipeline in the US.
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Arevon Energy has closed a $352 million credit facility with a consortium of banks led by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) for its 228MW Posey Solar Project in Indiana.
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New Rise Renewables has launched its 3,200 barrel-per-day renewable sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Nevada.
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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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Latham & Watkins has hired Daniel Sinaiko as a partner in the firm’s project development & finance practice and the energy & infrastructure industry group, based in Los Angeles, California.
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Renewable energy infrastructure fund manager Excelsior Energy Capital has launched Lydian Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) specialising in the development, construction, and operation of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects in North America.
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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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Enbridge subsidiaries Enbridge Energy Partners and Spectra Energy Partners have closed on their offering of $3.5 billion in senior notes, PFR has learned.
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ExxonMobil and FuelCell Energy will extend their carbon capture research joint development agreement (JDA), PFR has learned.
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Eco Wave Power, a Stockholm, Sweden-based onshore wave energy technology company, has secured Shell as a co-investor for its Port of Los Angeles pilot wave energy project.
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Chesapeake Energy’s $7.4 billion merger with Southwestern Energy has been delayed following a request from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).
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Utility-scale energy storage developer esVolta has secured a $185 million senior secured credit facility from a consortium of banks led by Nomura Securities International.
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Entergy New Orleans is issuing $150 million in first mortgage bonds with the Bank of New York Mellon, PFR has learned.
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Lightsource BP has proposed the sale of its Happy and Oxbow solar facilities, PFR has learned.
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The Department of Energy (DOE), the US Treasury Department, and the IRS have awarded $4 billion in tax credits to 100 projects across clean manufacturing, critical materials, and industrial decarbonisation.
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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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The Department of Energy (DOE), Treasury Department, and IRS have jointly awarded an $18.3 million transferable tax credit to electrolyser producer Electric Hydrogen (EH2) for its manufacturing plant in Devens, Massachusetts.
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Grid-scale battery company Energy Vault has selected Michael Beer as its chief financial officer.
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Chevron New Energies (CNE) has led a $45 million Series A financing for ION Clean Energy, a carbon capture technology company.
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Carlyle-backed Copia Power has closed a $300 million corporate credit facility to support its 15GW solar and storage pipeline.
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Tri-State Generation will replace retiring chief operating officer (COO) Billy Ingold with 2 internal promotions, PFR has learned.
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TortoiseEcoFin has hired Courtney Gengler as the chief executive of Tortoise's closed-end funds effective 1 April, 2024, PFR has learned.
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United States Steel (US Steel) and carbon capture technology business CarbonFree have signed an agreement to capture CO2 emissions generated from US Steel’s Gary Works Blast Furnaces.
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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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Independent natural gas and oil company HighPeak Energy will up its existing $75 million credit agreement to $100 million, PFR has learned.
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Law firm Akin has hired Ian Goldberg, a former Hunton Andrews Kurth energy transactions lawyer, as a partner at its Houston, Texas, office.
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International capital is heading to US renewables at what many in the space are calling “record breaking” pace.
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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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Public Services Company of New Mexico (PNM) and its subsidiaries, PNM Resources and Texas-New Mexico Power Company (TNMP), have entered extended 3 revolving credit facilities, PFR has learned.
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Renewable fuels company Raven SR has closed $15 million in an investment round led by Ascent Funds to grow its production of synthetic fuels, hydrogen, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
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Renewables focused-asset manager Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM) has expanded its team with the hire of Evan Sherman as head of real estate acquisitions.
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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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Maxeon Solar Technologies US has appointed Vikas Desai as its chief financial officer in the San Jose, California office.
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Mitsubishi Power Americas-owned battery business Prevalon Energy has agreed to develop a 328MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) signed to a long-term service agreement with Idaho Power.
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Solar and storage developer MN8 has closed a private placement at $325 million from Mercuria Energy Group and Ridgewood Infrastructure to grow its US pipeline of solar, storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging projects.
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Enbridge has closed on the sale of its 50% stake in the Alliance Pipeline and its 42.7% stake in Aux Sable to Pembina Pipeline.
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Renew Energy Partners has completed financing on its fourth investment vehicle, Renew Energy Efficiency Projects 4 (EEP4), and signed a master revolving loan and security agreement with Mitsubishi.
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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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Carbon removals and renewables company Drax Group has entered a CO2 capture deal with Karbon-X.
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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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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has signed 2 power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 200MW with Microsoft.
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Vision RNG is to develop, build, own, and operate 3 landfill gas (LFG) to renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities at privately-owned landfills located in Alabama and Tennessee.
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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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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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Walmart has made a tax equity investment in a Pivot Energy community solar project portfolio, reaching its goal of supporting 1GW of renewable capacity across the US.
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Renewable energy and decarbonisation platform Origis Energy has promoted Vikas Anand to chief executive.
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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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FirstEnergy has closed its $3.5 billion sale of an additional 30% ownership interest in its FirstEnergy Transmission subsidiary to Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners.
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Clean power developer Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has appointed Nate Graham as chief technology officer.
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Renewables developer NextEra Energy will sell its 180MW Big Cypress solar photovoltaic facility to Crittenden County, Arkansas in a sale-leaseback deal, PFR has learned.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $6 billion to 33 projects that aim to decarbonise some of the largest industrial sectors and communities in the US.
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Aemetis, a renewable natural gas (RNG) and fuels company, has been approved by the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for a $200 million EB-5 investment program for several RNG projects.
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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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SunPower has fallen foul of Nasdaq listing rules amid debt restructuring caused by higher than expected losses in 2023.
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Doral Renewables has closed a $144 million project financing with HSBC for its Great Bend Solar project in Meigs County, Ohio.
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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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Renewable energy developer and producer RIC Energy will sell 7 photovoltaic plants in upstate New York to distributed energy platform Radial Power.
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Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners portfolio company Primergy Solar has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with local utility San Diego Community Power (SDCP) for its 400MW/1.6GWh Purple Sage Energy Center, a solar-plus-storage project.
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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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Cheniere Energy has closed the sale of a $1.5 billion aggregate principal senior notes offering, PFR has learned.
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Investment firm KKR has acquired a majority stake in utility-scale solar and storage developer Avantus, joining existing investor EIG in a $1 billion investment.
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The Lancaster, California city planning commission has approved Element Resources' renewable hydrogen and solar facility, taking the next step in the partnership after signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the developer in 2023.
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An Eagle Creek Renewable Energy affiliate has acquired US-based community solar developer and owner Lightstar Renewables.
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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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Renewable natural gas (RNG) platform Viridi Energy has acquired a legacy biosolids digester plant in Brunswick, Maine.
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The US Department of Energy's Loan Programs Office (LPO) and UK Export Finance (UKEF) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for cooperation on joint financing for energy and green infrastructure projects.
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EDP Renewables North America has partnered with Volt Energy Utility to develop the 110MW Hickory Solar Park, which has secured an agreement with Microsoft to purchase electricity and renewable credits (RECs).
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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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Renewables developer Arevon Energy has entered into a 15-year energy storage service agreement with local utility San Diego Community Power (SDPC) for its Avocet Energy Storage Project.
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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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Sunrise Mountain Partners and CleanCapital, a C&I and distributed generation (DG) solar owner and operator, have extended their co-development partnership.
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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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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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CapturePoint has sold 100% of the 45Q tax credits generated by carbon dioxide (CO2) capture at its Arkalon CO2 facility near Liberal, Kansas to an unnamed buyer in a 12 year agreement.
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