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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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The New York Energy Research and Development Authority has opened the state’s fifth offshore wind solicitation.
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The Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast (Sudene) has provided financing for 4 renewables projects in Brazil.
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For more than 7 months the government of Alberta paused the approval of new renewable energy projects causing a multi-gigawatt logjam with upwards of $25 billion of investment sat idle.
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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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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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Atlantic Shores, Attentive Energy, and Community Offshore Wind are the 3 bidders in New Jersey’s fourth offshore wind solicitation.
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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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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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Dominion Energy has purchased the Kitty Hawk North Wind offshore lease area from Avangrid for $160 million.
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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 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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ContourGlobal has completed the sale of a portfolio of wind projects in Brazil to alternative asset manager Patria Investimentos and Invenergy.
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Chilean power company Colbún has agreed to acquire Inversiones Latin America Power (ILAP) following ILAP’s restructuring process completed earlier this year.
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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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Renewable developer Genneia raised $60 million in green bonds to support the development of renewable projects in Argentina.
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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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Neoenergia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Ceará to develop offshore wind generation.
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Renewables developer Genneia is planning to issue green bonds for renewable projects in Argentina.
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Energy company Pampa Energía has signed a power purchase agreement with beverage company Coca-Cola Andina Argentina.
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Canadian pipeline and energy company Enbridge has partnered with Six Nations Energy Development, an energy investment-focused consortium of 6 First Nations, to build a 200MW wind project in Weyburn, Saskatchewan.
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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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Brazilian oil and gas giant Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Rio de Janeiro for the development of offshore wind in the state.
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Pattern Energy has signed a 30-year PPA with Hydro-Québec for its 150MW Broughton Wind project, located in Québec.
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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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Abraxas Power has selected McDermott as its EPC contractor for the Exploits Valley Renewable Energy Corporation (EVREC) project in Newfoundland and Labrador, which will be Canada's first commercial green hydrogen project.
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Renewables developer Casa dos Ventos has inked a long-term power purchase agreement for one of the company’s wind projects in Brazil.
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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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EDF Renewables has issued debentures for the expansion of the Serra do Seridó wind complex in Brazil.
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China’s State Power Investment Corporation (SPIC) is planning to develop a 105MW wind complex in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
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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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Engie is planning to issue up to R$2 billion ($381m) in debentures to finance a wind complex the company is developing in Brazil.
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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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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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Miami-based Atlas Renewable Energy is planning to develop a 304MW wind project in Chile.
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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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Hydro-Québec has revealed plans to add 10GW of wind generation over the next decade, including several First Nations-owned 1GW-sized projects.
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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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Oil and gas company Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia (PCR) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with BBVA in Argentina.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Hydro-Québec has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the full capacity of electricity generated by the 300MW Peshu Napeu wind 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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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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Brazilian utility Copel is planning to divest from a portfolio of small generation assets the company owns through its subsidiary Copel Geração e Transmissão.
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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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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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Telecom Argentina has signed 2 power purchase agreements (PPA) to supply its operations and Pacheco datacenter with renewable power.
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Renewables developer Auren Energia has raised R$400 million ($79m) to refinance assets in Brazil.
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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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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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Brazilian developer 2W Ecobank has reached financial close on phase 2 of its Kairos wind project located in the state of Ceará.
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AES Brasil has raised R$900 million ($176m) in debentures for projects belonging to the company’s Cajuína wind complex.
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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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Norwegian power company Statkraft will invest R$926 million ($178m) to transform 2 wind projects into hybrid complexes.
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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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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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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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Petrobras has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil for offshore wind generation.
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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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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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YPF Energía Eléctrica (YPF Luz) is planning to develop the company’s fifth wind project in Argentina.
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Axium Infrastructure’s Coachella subsidiary will sell its 49% interest in Morongo Transmission to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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Consumers Energy – Michigan’s largest power provider – has entered an agreement to provide electricity to 44 Walmart stores in the State.
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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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Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) is readying 26 renewable energy projects to be built in the coming years.
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Denmark's Investment Fund for Developing Countries (IFU) is providing an additional €7 million ($7.6m) to the 94MW Ouro Branco and Quatro Ventos wind complex in Brazil, due to an expansion of the project and unexpected delays.
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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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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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Spanish infrastructure builder and operator Elecnor won approval to build a 284MW wind farm and associated infrastructure in the Chilean region of Los Lagos.
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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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EDF Renewables Brasil and Serena Geração have completed the share swap of their stakes in the Pirapora Solar Complex and the Ventos da Bahia wind farm.
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Brazilian utility Cemig is selling its 45% share in power generation company Aliança Energia to mining company Vale, making Vale the sole owner of Aliança.
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Brazilian developer 2W Ecobank has secured long-term financing for the second phase of its Kairós wind complex located in the state of Ceará.
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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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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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Neoenergia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the government of Rio de Janeiro to support the development of offshore wind projects.
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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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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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Elawan Energy landed financing from the Northeast Development Fund (FDNE) for a wind project the company is developing in Brazil.
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Clean power developer Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has appointed Nate Graham as chief technology officer.
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Spanish developer Grenergy has completed the sale of wind assets in Peru to Engie Energía Perú.
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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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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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Chilean developer Viento Verde is planning to expand an existing wind project that was approved in 2015.
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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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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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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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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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King & Spalding has hired an energy-focused tax partner for its New York-based corporate practice group.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalised a Wind Energy Area (WEA) in the Gulf of Maine, which has a potential 32GW capacity.
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French energy company Engie has received the approval to move ahead and start construction of its Pemuco wind project in Chile.
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Sempra Infrastructure has reached a final investment decision (FID) for the $550 million Cimarron wind project the company is developing in Baja California, Mexico.
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Ørsted's 132MW South Fork Wind is the first utility-scale offshore wind project to become fully operational in the US. The achievement comes after nearly a decade of industry struggles since the first large-scale transmission farm, Cape Wind, failed in 2015.
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Spanish renewable developer Solarpack has appointed José Luis García Pérez as chief executive for Latin America, based in Santiago, Chile.
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Danish developer Ørsted has agreed to sell its stakes in a 957MW operating wind portfolio in the US to Stonepeak for about $300 million.
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The former co-founder and chief financial officer of OKRA Finance has been appointed as the head of transactions and finance at renewable energy tax credit marketplace Reunion.
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Renewables developer Genneia is planning to issue green bonds for a duo of solar and wind projects in Argentina.
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Canadian power company TransAlta has signed 10-year tax credit transfer agreements for 2 Oklahoma-based wind projects totalling 500MW.
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Engie North America has signed 3 tax equity financing agreements totalling $1 billion with JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, and BNP Paribas. The financing covers 6 renewable energy projects, including 950MW of solar and 353MW of wind.
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The largest clean energy infrastructure project in US history was closed just before we started the new year. Pattern Energy inked $11 billion in financing for its 500+ mile transmission line connecting more than 3.5GW of stranded wind resources – SunZia.
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