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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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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has issued conditional agreements for 2 offshore wind projects in its fourth offshore wind solicitation: 810MW Equinor-owned Empire Wind 1 and Ørsted & Eversource-developed 924MW Sunrise Wind.
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Renewables developer Casa dos Ventos has contracted an offtaker for the operational Rio do Vento wind complex in Brazil.
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Colombia power company Celsia is considering selling a duo of wind projects located in the department La Guajira, Colombia.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released the final environmental review of the 2.6GW New England Wind project off Massachusetts. The project is owned by Park City Wind, a subsidiary of Avangrid, and is expected to power over 900,000 homes.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the construction and operations plan (COP) of 800MW Empire Wind 1, an offshore wind farm owned by Equinor in the New York Bight region. The BOEM's decision was the final step before the project could commence construction.
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Infrastructure and real assets-focused investment firm Stonepeak will acquire a 50% interest in Dominion Energy’s Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project.
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NorthRenew Energy is to sell its Arco Wind and Solar facility to US-based grid operator PacifiCorp.
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The Federal Economic Competition Commission (Cofece) has conditionally approved the acquisition of a majority stake in Iberdrola's Mexican portfolio by government-backed Mexico Infrastructure Partners (MIP).
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Allete has expanded its 5-year US green energy investment plan by $1 billion alongside its successful 2023 revenue reports. The plan now includes $4.3 billion for its utility division, Minnesota Power, to grow its renewable energy exposure.
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Against challenging clean energy targets the US offshore wind energy continues to forge ahead. Since the start of the Biden-Harris administration, the Department of the Interior has approved the nation's first 6 commercial-scale offshore wind energy projects.
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A subsidiary of the Spain-based renewables developer Greenalia has closed $200 million in 3-year credit facilities to support its US solar and wind project pipeline.
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Allete Power has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for up to 400MW of wind energy to come online by the end of 2027.
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Asset management firm Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure (CC&L Infrastructure) will acquire a majority stake in the Sharp Hills wind farm from EDP Renewables subsidiary EDP Renewables Canada (EDPR Canada).
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated 2 final Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) offshore Oregon as it moves closer to a lease sale.
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Eversource Energy has agreed to divest to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) its 50% stake in its remaining 2 offshore projects that are co-owned with Ørsted.
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Amazon has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to source energy from an Avangrid wind farm located in Gilliam County, Oregon.
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To bolster California's offshore wind industry state legislators proposed a $1 billion bond act to help pay for the expansion of ports.
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Portland General Electric (PGE) closed on its acquisition of a 208MW stake in the Clearwater Wind Farm from developer NextEra, PFR has learned.
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Industrial power company One Energy Enterprises has appointed Tom Russell as its chief financial officer (CFO) ahead of its New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listing.
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Portland General Electric (PGE) has called for bids on clean dispatchable capacity via an all-source request for proposal (RFP).
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Renewables company BrightNight has made 2 senior-level appointments to its asset management and construction teams.
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Serena - formerly Omega Energia - has received financing from Sudene’s Northeast Development Fund (FDNE) for its Assuruá 5 wind project in Brazil.
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Scout Clean Energy, a Brookfield Asset Management portfolio company, has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with not-for-profit healthcare system manager AdventHealth for 90MW from a Texas wind farm.
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Avangrid is readying its first renewable energy project in Oklahoma, the 147.5MW Pontotoc Wind project.
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Swedish industrials business SKF has signed 2 Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) purchase agreements in North America.
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Spanish renewable developer Grenergy is offloading 174MW of wind and solar assets the company owns in Peru.
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Dominion Energy has secured final approval from the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) for the construction and operations of its 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project.
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Canadian independent power producer Innergex Renewable Energy, along with its community partners, has won 2 wind projects totaling 400MW in Hydro-Québec's request for proposals (RFP).
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Utility-scale developer RedWind Renewables has sold 2 250MW solar PV and BESS projects to global renewable energy business Greenvolt Power.
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Danish energy company Ørsted has terminated its offtake agreement with the state of Maryland for its 2 Skipjack Wind projects as it re-evaluates project plans amid current market conditions.
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BP and Equinor have divided their offshore wind joint venture projects with BP claiming full ownership of Beacon Wind and Equinor taking ownership of Empire Wind.
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has closed its solicitation process for its fourth offshore wind auction. Several companies have announced their proposals, including Equinor, RWE, National Grid, and Ørsted.
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Renewables developer Swift Current Energy has upsized its $225 million revolving credit facility to $312.5 million to fund its US project pipeline.
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Potengi Holdings, a joint venture between AES Brasil and food processing company BRF, is planning to issue bonds for wind projects in Brazil.
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Ørsted is to become the sole owner of the 924MW Sunrise Wind project after buying out joint venture partner Eversource Energy.
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Consortiums led by Invenergy and TotalEnergies were awarded offshore wind projects with conditional contracts of 3.74GW capacity as the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) closes its third-round tender.
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Chilean utility Colbún is planning to add a 360MW wind project to its development pipeline in Chile.
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Chile’s Inversiones Latin America Power (ILAP) has successfully completed its Chapter 11 restructuring process.
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RWE Clean Energy has promoted Andrew Flanagan, the company's former chief development officer, to chief executive.
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Argentine renewables developer Hychico has submitted a wind project for environmental review in Chile.
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Partners Group subsidiary Exus North America has agreed to purchase Dutch commodity trader Vitol’s 244MW Pennsylvania-based 3-project wind portfolio, PFR has learned.
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Casa dos Ventos and ArcelorMittal have landed financing from development bank BNDES for a wind complex they are co-developing in Brazil.
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Macquarie-backed Galehead Development has hired Dru Steubing, the former vice president of development at Apex Energy, as chief development officer.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has drafted the environmental review of future development on the six lease areas awarded in the New York Bight tender in 2022.
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Investment firm Fibra Orión has acquired a wind project located in Mexico, marking the firm’s first energy investment.
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Green data center developer Digital Power Optimization (DPO) has closed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with an unnamed multinational renewables developer with over 150MW wind farms in Texas.
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Miami-based Atlas Renewable Energy is adding a wind project to its renewable development pipeline in Chile.
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Pan American Energy (PAE) has secured a R$1.1 billion ($224 million) long-term debt package for the company’s Novo Horizonte wind complex in Brazil.
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Energy giants Equinor and BP have canceled their power purchase agreement (PPA) with New York to provide 1.26GW from the proposed Empire Wind 2 project.
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Renewables operator ERG has agreed to partner with independent US green power company Apex Clean Energy Holdings to manage and potentially expand a currently operating portfolio of wind and solar projects.
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The state of Delaware has begun official negotiations with offshore wind developer US Wind, which is developing two wind farms off Maryland, to provide lease areas for the farms' undersea cables and onshore substations.
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Electricity distributor and hydro developer Luz del Sur has agreed to acquire a pair of operational wind projects in Peru.
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Spain’s Grenergy and Germany’s Energy Kitchen are growing their renewable capacity in Chile by adding solar and wind projects to their respective pipelines.
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US-based utility and renewable energy developer Allete is contemplating the sale of its business, and has enlisted JP Morgan Chase for the potential sale process.
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Renewables and utility project developer Invenergy has opened a regional office in Montreal, becoming the company’s Quebec-based hub for Eastern Canada.
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The state of Louisiana has approved its first-ever offshore wind farm agreements for projects in state waters, inking contracts with Vestas and Mitsubishi subsidiaries.
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French renewable developer Voltalia has agreed to sell a wind site in its Serra Branca complex in Brazil to Japanese conglomerate TODA.
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YPF Luz has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply renewable energy from its latest wind project in Argentina.
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Utility Hawaii Electric Company is negotiating final terms with various developers to add 15 renewable generation projects to its grid, which will aid the state’s retirement of 6 fossil fuel-powered generators.
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Shell subsidiaries Shell Wind Energy and Savion Equity will sell partial ownership stakes in two US-based renewable energy projects to international infrastructure investment manager InfraRed Capital Partners (InfraRed).
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has proposed a Central Atlantic offshore wind lease sale for over 277,000 acres in the waters off of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia. The sale is expected to take place in 2024.
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Canadian province Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the federal government to become a lead regulator on offshore wind projects in 16 inland bays in the province.
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Renewable and utility developer Invenergy has acquired the Atlantic Power Transmission (APT) project from Blackstone, relaunching the New Jersey transmission initiative as Jersey Link, to support New Jersey’s offshore wind goals.
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Washinton state-based utility Puget Sound Energy (PSE) will construct a 248MW wind farm in Stillwater County, Montana. The project is expected to become operational in 2025.
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Ørsted’s 132MW South Fork project has become the first offshore wind farm to plug into New York’s power grid, and Vineyard Wind completed its first five wind turbines as the projects go head-to-head to become the first full utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US.
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Norwegian energy company Statkraft is planning to develop a hybrid solar and wind project, adding 440MW to its renewable pipeline in Chile.
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London-based electricity generation company ContourGlobal has agreed to offload a portfolio of wind farms in Brazil.
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Renewables developer energyRe has raised a $1.2 billion capital package to develop and construct its 10.5GW solar, wind, and storage portfolio, as well as 500 miles of transmission.
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The former chief executive of FirstLight Power, Alicia Barton, will join Vineyard Offshore as chief executive on January 1, 2024.
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Although an issue facing the whole energy sector, transmission and grid connectivity for the offshore wind industry has reached a whole new level of complexity.
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Chile’s Inversiones Latin America Power (ILAP) filed for Chapter 11 in the Southern District of New York on November 30 2023 in a voluntary restructuring process.
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Boston-based Álvaro Ortega has joined innovative floating offshore wind (FLOW) company Gazelle Wind Power as chief financial officer.
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Offshore wind developer Attentive Energy is preparing two investments to help grow the industry's supply chain and support ocean-based technology startups in New Jersey.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the 816GW Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project, owned by Equinor and BP. Empire Wind marks the sixth offshore wind project approved by the Biden-Harris administration in its goal to reach 30GW of offshore generation by 2030.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has launched a platform for the development and realization of renewable projects in Canada, Horizon New Energy, as part of the firm's expansion into the Canadian market.
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Eversource and Ørsted's jointly owned Revolution Wind, a 704MW offshore wind project located off Rhode Island, has received final Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM) approval for its construction and operations plan.
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Canada-based green hydrogen developer EverWind Fuels has secured a C$125 million (USD $ 91.2 million) debt facility from Export Development Canada (EDC) to put toward its Tupper Point, Nova Scotia-based green hydrogen and ammonia project.
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Among the many hurdles the offshore wind sector is facing, the lack of guidelines for tax credits guidelines remains one of the most convoluted.
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New York will release requests for proposals (RFPs) for offshore wind and onshore renewable energy projects on November 30, 2023.
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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has closed on $580 million of tax equity commitments and debt facilities for its White Wing Ranch Solar and GSG Wind projects located in Yuma County, Arizona, and LaSalle County, Illinois, respectively.
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Oceanic Wind Energy has renegotiated its agreements with green power developer Northland Power, taking back its 400MW Hecate Strait offshore wind project in British Columbia.
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Ørsted's chief financial officer and chief operating officer have left after the company announced $5 billion in impairments, canceling its 2.3GW Ocean Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms off New Jersey, and pulling out of a consortium due to bid on offshore wind projects in Norway.
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Online retail giant Amazon is expanding the company’s renewable energy portfolio with the company's first wind project in South America.
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Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has pulled out of its $200 million Portsmouth, Virginia, offshore wind blade manufacturing facility, citing turbulence in the industry.
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Austin, Texas-based developer Cielo Wind has landed approval for a wind project the company is working on in Chile.
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Renewables developer Genneia is issuing a $15 million green bond, with a capacity to grow to $30 million, for a pair of solar and wind projects in Argentina.
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French energy company Engie is issuing R$2.5 billion ($507 million) in debentures to refinance assets in Brazil.
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Eversource Energy is looking to sell its 50% stake in its offshore wind joint venture with Danish energy giant Ørsted, which includes three projects totaling 1.7GW.
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The seas have been rough for the offshore wind sector, and projects are repeatedly being hit by rising interest rates, supply chain disruptions, local unrest, and political opposition. Financing issues and heavy losses in the past quarter have unraveled the traditional project process. The key economic burden on these projects is, by far, the power purchase agreement (PPA) gap.
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Canadian power company TransAlta will acquire Heartland Generation and Alberta Power (collectively, Heartland) from an affiliate of Heartland’s parent company, Energy Capital Partners.
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Energy giant BP has declared impairments of $540 million related to its New York offshore wind projects, Empire Wind 1 and 2 and Beacon Wind. BP owns the projects off the New York and Massachusetts coasts in a 50:50 joint venture with Equinor.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has finalized four Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) with the potential to supply 3GW of energy for another Gulf of Mexico lease sale.
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Despite earlier announcements of large impairments and project cancellations for offshore wind, joint-venture partners Ørsted and Eversource have taken the final investment decision (FID) in their 704MW Revolution Wind, commencing the construction of the utility-scale offshore wind farm.
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The world's largest offshore wind developer, Ørsted, has stopped development of its 2.3GW Ocean Wind 1 and 2 offshore wind farms off New Jersey after announcing impairments of over $5.5 billion.
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US maritime and logistics company Crowley has hired a former GE Offshore Wind executive as vice president of business development for its Wind Services group.
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France's Engie has signed an agreement that will see the energy company acquire four wind projects in Peru.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved Dominion Energy's 2.6GW Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) project, the largest offshore wind project in the US. Construction will begin in Spring 2024 and is expected to take around 3 years, bringing CVOW online in late 2026.
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After New York state rejected a request from offshore wind developers to raise prices, Norwegian energy giant Equinor has recorded a $300 million impairment on its US offshore wind projects.
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Renewables company and Iberdrola Group member Avangrid and green energy investment firm Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have closed a $1.2bn first-of-its-kind tax equity package for their jointly owned Vineyard Wind 1 offshore wind project.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has revealed a new renewable investment plan for the state, announcing conditional offtake agreements to three offshore wind projects and 22 onshore projects.
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Rise Light & Power and Corio have purchased stakes in TotalEnergies's 3GW Attentive Energy offshore wind farm, paying a total of $420 million.
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul has vetoed an Equinor and BP-endorsed bill to build underground transmission lines from its offshore wind projects into the city of Long Beach. Hochul's rejection of the Planned Offshore Wind Transmission Act strikes another blow to the industry a week after the state government shot down a financial relief bill for offshore wind developers.
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Vineyard Wind, owned by Avangrid and CIP, has installed the first turbine of its Vineyard 1 project, a landmark milestone for the 800MW project, which will be the first utility-scale offshore wind farm in the US. Once complete, Vineyard Wind will power nearly half a million Massachusetts homes.
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Oil and gas company Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia (PCR) has brought online a trio of wind farms in Argentina.
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Australia’s Fortescue has secured rights to develop a wind farm in the Rio Negro province of Argentina.
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New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has unanimously rejected a request from a group of offshore wind developers to provide financial relief for four projects on the New York coast and 86 onshore projects. The relief would have come from increasing prices for customers, totaling $12 billion.
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Rhode Island Energy has issued a request for proposal (RFP) for an additional 1.2GW of offshore wind power.
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Braya Renewable Fuels has named former Delek executive, Todd O'Malley, as chief executive.
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France’s Engie and Spain’s Opdenergy are planning to develop wind and solar projects in Chile.
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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has begun the construction of two projects, GSG Wind and White Wing Ranch Solar, as well as reaching commercial operations for Big Plain Solar.
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National Renewable Solutions (NRS) has hired Bill Whitlock to take over as chief executive as Patrick Pelstring begins retirement.
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North Carolina, the Commonwealth of Virginia, Maryland and Delaware have started a workforce to further offshore wind development.
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French utility EDF Renewables is planning a 144MW wind project in the region of Bío Bío in Chile.
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Dominion Energy is set to add 772MW of solar generation in Virginia through six Dominion-owned or acquired solar farms and 13 power purchase agreements (PPAs) with independently owned projects.
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AES Brasil has started commercial operations of its Tucano wind farm located in the state of Bahia.
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Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have entered into an offshore wind partnership to solicit larger wind farms with the goal of curbing prices. The states had previously scheduled individual solicitations for January 2024 but will now run a 6GW offshore wind energy tender together.
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Brazilian renewables developer Omega Energia has signed a bidding share exchange agreement with EDF Renewables to swap stakes in renewable assets they co-own.
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Iberdrola-subsidiary Avangrid has terminated its 20-year power purchase agreements (PPA) with Connecticut utilities, Eversource Energy, and United Illuminating, for its proposed 804MW Park City Wind offshore generation project.
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The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has agreed to finance a wind project in the province of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina.
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Peninsula Clean Energy has signed a 15-year agreement with the SunZia Wind farm, Pattern Energy’s largest renewable energy procurement project contract to date.
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Iberdrola-owned Avangrid has reached a transfer tax credit agreement for over $100 million of 2023 production tax credits (PTCs) with oil and power multinational Vitol, one of the first transferable credit agreements created by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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Engie Energía Chile has received the greenlight to proceed with a $645 million wind and storage project in Chile.
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Ørsted has begun operations on its 13th US wind farm, Sunflower Wind, which is a 200MW wind project located in Marion County, Kansas. The Danish energy giant now operates 832MW of wind energy in the Southwest Power Pool.
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Cubico Sustainable Investments has acquired a trio of operational renewable projects totaling 121MW in Uruguay.
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Renewables developer Casa dos Ventos has received financing for a pair of wind farms the company operates in Brazil.
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Equinor has hired former operations and maintenance executive at Vestas Wind Systems, Samuel Byrne.
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Gibson Energy has entered a 15-year power purchase agreement with Capstone Infrastructure and Sawridge First Nations to take power from the Buffalo Atlee 2 and 4 wind farms.
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The exhaustive push to deploy the 468MW Cape Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts came to a halt in early January 2015. Power purchase agreements (PPAs) fell through; banks fell away (PFR, 1/7/15). The $1.95 billion deal, the first offshore wind farm to be fully permitted by the BOEM, died after 14 years.
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Petrobras is planning to develop 23GW of offshore wind projects along the Brazilian coastline.
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UK-based energy producer Sonnedix is planning a wind project in the region of Coquimbo, Chile.
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Ocean Winds has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with transportation and energy conglomerate Prumo Logística to collaborate on offshore wind generation in Brazil.
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Ørsted has completed its $625 million all-cash purchase of Eversource Energy's share in 175,000 acres of an offshore lease area that covers three ongoing offshore wind projects, becoming the sole owner of the land.
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EDF Renewables has started construction on the company’s third wind farm in the state of Bahia.
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Renewable energy company RWE Clean Energy has commenced construction on its 200MW Montgomery Ranch Wind Farm in Foard County, Texas.
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The offshore wind troubles continue as Danish firm Ørsted has delayed its first US offshore wind project, Ocean Wind I, until 2026. Additionally, oil giants Equinor and BP are seeking to increase the power price of all three of the US wind farms in their partnership by over 50%.
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AES Brasil has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply Microsoft. Under the 15-year agreement, the energy company will supply renewable output from the Cajuína wind complex to the tech company starting July 2024.
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SouthCoast Wind, formerly known as Mayflower Winds, has terminated its power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Massachusetts utilities Eversource, Unitil, and National Grid for its offshore wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts.
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EDF Renewables has started commercial operations of Phase 1 of its Serra do Seridó wind farm in Brazil.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) closed its first-ever offshore wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico with only one lease awarded: RWE Offshore US Gulf won with a bid of $5.6 million for a 1.24GW project.
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Norway’s Statkraft Energías Renováveis has agreed to purchase a duo of operational wind farms totaling 260MW in Brazil.
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Apex Clean Energy has signed its first power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google for the full 189 MW capacity of the Timbermill Wind project to be sited in North Carolina.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the fourth US commercial-scale, offshore wind project, Revolution Wind, a 704MW offshore wind farm located southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island.
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Enel Green Power has started commercial operations on a utility-scale wind project in Chile.
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The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) approved the Eversource PPA termination for Avangrid Renewable's Commonwealth Wind project and revealed the final rules for the state's offshore wind procurement.
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Morgan Stanley Investment Management (MSIM), through Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP), has entered a joint venture with US maritime and logistics company Crowley to repurpose US port facilities with offshore wind developers.
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Celsia has agreed to acquire a wind project in Peru, marking the company’s entry in the Peruvian renewable market.
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Pampa Energía has completed swapping one of the company’s wind farms for stakes in an oil and gas concession.
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American Electric Power (AEP) has completed the sale of its 1,365MW unregulated and contracted renewables business to IRG Acquisition Holdings, a consortium owned by Invenergy, CDPQ, and funds managed by Blackstone Infrastructure.
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On-site industrial energy developer One Energy and SPAC, Tortoise Acquisition Corp. III (TRTL), have entered into a merger agreement to become the publicly listed company One Power Co. The new firm has an enterprise value of $300 million, with common stock valued at $10 per share.
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Clean energy platform Peregrine Energy Solutions has signed an agreement with environment-focused investment firm Greenprint Capital to sell multi-year production tax credits (PTC) from the Old Gold Energy Center.
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Engie Energía Chile has submitted the Loma Verde wind project for environmental review in Chile for a second time.
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GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions will install a connection bay at the Santa Luzia substation as part of its contract with Brazilian renewable energy company Casa dos Ventos.
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Three joint ventures (JV) for New Jersey's third offshore wind solicitations have been identified.
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The environmental protection agency of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil, FEPAM, has issued a preliminary license for a 643.5MW wind project.
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Domestic steel producer Steel Dynamics has signed a Renewable Product Purchase Agreement (RPPA) with a NextEra Resources subsidiary for its 308MW wind farm in Scurry County, Texas.
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The Bureau of Ocean Management (BOEM) has finalized the Wind Energy Areas (WEAs) for its Central Atlantic offshore wind auction. The three areas are located off Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, and can support approximately 4GW to 8GW of energy production once completed.
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Desjardins Group Pension Plan and DGAM Global Private Infrastructure Fund II have together acquired 37.5% ofCanadian wind farms Cypress 1 & 2 from EDF Renewables.
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Iberdrola-owned Avangrid has completed its offshore substation for the 800MW Vineyard 1 wind project, off the coast of Massachusetts.
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Omega Energia and EDF have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to exchange interests in renewable assets they co-owned in Brazil.
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The Department of the Interior will hold an auction in August (2023) for the first-ever offshore wind energy lease in the Gulf of Mexico. The areas will have the potential to generate 3.7GW of power.
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Rhode Island Energy has dropped its long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Ørsted and Eversource for the developers’ joint proposal of offshore project Revolution Wind 2.
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Innergex Renewable Energy has secured a $534 million construction loan and term financing and $49 million letter of credit facility for its 329.8MW Boswell Springs wind project in Wyoming.
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EverWind Fuels, Canada-based green hydrogen producer, has acquired three wind farm developments totaling 530MW to power green hydrogen and ammonia projects.
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Alaska Renewables, a start-up developer, is negotiating with the Alaska Mental Health Trust to develop a 235MW wind farm on trust land.
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Pattern Energy has completed construction and begun operation at its 150MW Lanfine Wind power project in Alberta, Canada.
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RWE has announced Amanda Lefton, former tenured director of the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), as the vice president of development, East, a position that will see Lefton in the driver’s seat of RWE’s offshore development on the east coast of the US.
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Invenergy, a Chicago-based green energy developer, has signed a 15-year PPA with Puget Sound Energy (PSE), the largest utility in Washington State.
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Spanish infrastructure firm ACS has signed a concession for the construction of the largest wind project in Ecuador.
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Electric-electronic equipment manufacturer WEG has signed a pair of power purchase agreements (PPA) in Brazil.
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signed a bill that will expand federal tax credits to Ørsted, the Danish energy giant building the largest offshore wind project in the US along the coast of New Jersey.
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YPF Luz has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply renewable energy to a fertilizer producer.
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American Electric Power company Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) has received approval from the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) to proceed with its fuel-free initiative to acquire 999MW of renewable generation resources.
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Financial details have emerged on Macquarie’s Green Investment Group (GIG) and Hydro Rein’s 456MW Feijão Wind Farm – part of a 586MW combined wind and solar project in northeastern Brazil.
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PPG has entered an agreement with NRG Energy’s brand Direct Energy that will sell renewable energy certificates (RECs) generated by the Crockett County wind facility to four of PPG paints and coatings manufacturing facilities and 62 PPG PAINTS stores in Texas.
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Pampa Energia is parting with one of the company’s wind farms in Argentina for stakes in an oil and gas concession.
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Engie Energía Chile is planning a $230 million wind project in the region of Biobío.
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Canada-based EverWind Fuels Company is supportive of Nova Scotia's recently published Offshore Wind Roadmap and the province's efforts to become a global leader in renewable energy.
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Omega Energia has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the White Martins group, an industrial gas manufacturer in Brazil.
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Itaú Unibanco has acquired interests in the Serra do Assuruá wind complex developed by Engie Brasil Energia.
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The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) is interested in providing financing for Solarpack’s 200MW El Aromo solar farm in Manabí, Ecuador.
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Spanish infrastructure firm ACS is expected to reach FC on a wind project in Ecuador before the end of 2023, according to a source familiar with the matter.
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Canadian-based power producer Codelio Power has secured construction loan financing and tax equity for its 171MW Moraine Sands wind project in Mason County, Illinois.
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Ørsted has agreed to acquire Eversource Energy’s 50% interest in the uncontracted federal offshore wind lease, jointly owned by the 2 companies, for $625 million.
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Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems has secured a 72MW wind project supply order with an undisclosed customer in Argentina.
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Latin America Power is planning a 73MW expansion to the company’s San Juan wind project in Chile.
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Scout Clean Energy and Elawan Energy’s joint venture has finalized the sale of its 199MW Persimmon Creek wind farm in western Oklahoma to utility company Evergy for $250 million.
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AES Andes has received environmental approval to develop a massive hybrid complex in Chile after submitting the project almost three years ago.
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Renewable developer Omega Energia has landed R$415.32 million ($83.6 million) for a wind complex the company is developing in Brazil.
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Pattern Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with both Shell Energy North America and all Regents of the University of California for part of the energy generated from its SunZia Wind Project.
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Sequitur Renewables purchased an operating wind farm in the Almont Pass area of California on May 16.
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Parque Eolico Arauco (PEA) is partnering with IMPSA on a solar project in the province of La Rioja in Argentina.
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YPF Luz has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Cementos Avellaneda to jointly develop a wind project in Argentina.
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AES Brasil has entered a power purchase agreement with an undisclosed offtaker for one of the company’s wind farms.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has sold 2 wind farms in Texas to Canadian energy infrastructure company TC Energy.
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Pampa Energía is planning to issue green bonds to finance the construction of a wind project the company is developing in Argentina.
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Pan American Energy (PAE) has signed power purchase agreements for the output of the company’s first project in Brazil.
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Luxembourg steel and mining firm ArcelorMittal’s Brazilian subsidiary will form a JV with Casa dos Ventos, one of Brazil’s largest renewables developers.
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Allete Clean Energy has closed its sale of the 91.6MW Red Barn wind project in Grant County to WEC Energy Group utility, Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), and Madison Gas and Electric Co (MGE).
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Offshore wind in Latin America is generating conversation, if not power, as its governments attempt to meet ambitious energy transition goals. According to the World Bank, the region holds 8,000GW of potential technical capacity, with Brazil, Colombia, Chile and Mexico offering some of the best resources for implementation.
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Iberdrola has agreed to sell more than 8.5GW of assets it operates in Mexico, in a transaction valued at around $6 billion.
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Brazilian developer Casa dos Ventos has landed a loan from BNDES to support the construction of the Umari wind complex.
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Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas will supply turbines to the 162MW La Eltiba wind farm in the province of Buenos Aires in Argentina, owned by local renewable energy producer Genneia.
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RWE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Entergy to jointly evaluate the delivery of clean energy from offshore wind to industrial customers in Texas and Louisiana.
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Casa dos Ventos has signed a power purchase agreement with Brazilian petrochemical company Braskem.
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Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed an agreement with Brazilian developer Casa dos Ventos to supply wind turbines to two mega wind farms.
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The governments of Canada, Nova Scotia, and Newfoundland and Labrador have begun regional assessments for offshore wind development.
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Enel, through its business Enel Trading, has signed a power purchase agreement with gold mining company Equinox Gold in Brazil.
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Engie has received the greenlight to turn on the first unit of its Santo Agostinho wind project in Brazil.
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Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Tech will invest R$150 million ($29m) to create a production base in Brazil’s Bahia state.
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Two organizations have joined forces to collaborate on advancing the development and deployment of projects in the rapidly scaling North American offshore wind industry.
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ACEN, the listed energy platform of the Ayala group, has signed a purchase and sale agreement with GlidePath to acquire a portfolio of eight operating wind projects totaling 136MW in northern Texas.
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Public utility Hydro-Québec has selected three EDF Renewables North America wind projects for wind energy supply contracts under two calls for tenders launched in December 2021.
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Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has signed two turbine supply contracts with utilities in Argentina and the US for a total capacity of 151MW.
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Norwegian oil & gas group Equinor and Brazilian state-run oil & gas firm Petrobras have announced a collaborative initiative to study the potential for over 14GW of offshore wind projects in Brazil.
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Data center provider Odata has acquired a minority stake in a wind project in Brazil for an undisclosed amount.
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Grupo Ibereólica has received environmental approval to develop a massive wind project after waiting for more than two years.
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AES Andes is planning to develop and build a hybrid project, the company's first in Chile.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has taken its next step toward its wind energy auction in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Power generation company Genneia has secured financing for three renewable projects it is developing in Argentina.
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French-based renewables producer Total Eren will construct its first project in Honduras, a 122MW wind farm.
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Spanish joint venture partners Repsol and Ibereolica Renovables have officially turned on their 165.3MW Atacama wind farm.
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Omega Energia has signed a power purchase agreement for one of the company’s wind projects in Brazil.
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Argentine energy company Pampa Energía is adding a new wind project to its development pipeline.
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Brazil's EDP Renewables' (EDPR) 580MW wind farm complex in Rio Grande do Norte state has been inaugurated.
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YPF Energia Electrica is set to issue bonds to finance a new solar project the company is developing in Argentina.
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Genneia is issuing green bonds for up to $80 million to finance a pair of renewable projects the company is developing in Argentina.
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YPF’s power generation arm YPF Luz is set to start construction on the company’s fourth wind project in Argentina.
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EDP Renováveis has concluded the sale of two operating wind farms in Brazil.
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The deadline to submit bids for New York’s third competitive offshore wind solicitation passed on 26 January, with Ørsted and BP among the bidders.
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North American alternative investment manager Fengate Asset Management has reached financial close on the 160MW Prairie Switch Wind project near Houston.
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Ørsted has signed an agreement to acquire Public Service Enterprise Group’s (PSEG) 25% equity stake in Ocean Wind 1, a 1.1GW offshore wind energy project.
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An evergreen renewable energy platform with a global strategy has launched with news of its first acquisition – a construction-ready wind farm in Canada – and a keystone investor.
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EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has secured financing to support the construction of 2 wind farms that the company is developing in Brazil.
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Brazilian development bank BNDES has agreed to finance the development of 1.5GW of renewable energy in Brazil.
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SPIC Brasil has landed financing for 3 wind projects the energy generation company is planning in the country.
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Engie Energía Chile has completed the acquisition of a portfolio of wind projects.
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Oil and gas groups Eletrobras and Shell have signed an agreement to cooperate on offshore wind generation in Brazil.
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German wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has been contracted to equip a 94.4MW wind farm owned by construction firm TODA in Brazil's Rio Grande do Norte state.
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Brazilian developer Casa dos Ventos has inked a power purchase agreement to supply Vestas with renewable energy.
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A major regulatory milestone for Dominion Energy’s 2.6GW offshore wind project off coastal Virginia was reached on December 12 (2022) as the power giant eyes construction in 2024.
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Pampa Energía has acquired a state-owned wind project located in the province of La Rioja in Argentina.
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Brazil’s competition regulator (CADE) has approved a deal between pharmaceutical company Eurofarma Laboratórios and energy firm Omega Energia 4 related to the 211.5MW Assuruá 4 wind project.
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The provisional winning bids for the first offshore wind auction held on the US’ west coast totaled more than $700 million on December 7.
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Electric vehicle (EV) maker Rivian Automotive has signed a PPA with Apex Clean Energy for 50MW of renewable electricity from the proposed Goose Creek Wind farm in Piatt County, Illinois.
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Bleutec Industries – builder, owner and operator of offshore wind turbine installation vessels – has secured a capital commitment from private equity firm EnCap Investments.
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AES Brasil, and its subsidiary AES Operações, have completed the acquisition of a trio of wind farms totaling 460MW.
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Enel Green Power Chile has commenced construction on the 105.6MW La Cabana Wind Farm which includes a 34.3MW energy storage system using lithium batteries.
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Nova Scotia-based financial advisory firm Northgreen Capital has appointed Philip Bassil as managing director and head of global offshore wind M&A.
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Vestas has received a 178MW order to power an undisclosed wind project in the US.
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Brazilian renewable developer Casa dos Ventos has inked a power purchase agreement (PPA) with a fertilizer producer in Brazil.
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Engie Energía Chile is planning to develop a new utility-scale wind project in the Antofagasta region.
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France’s TotalEnergies has agreed to develop a wind project off the coast of the state of Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
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Pattern Energy has received key approvals that will allow the construction of the SunZia transmission project and the SunZia wind projects next year (2023).
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Francis Slingsby has been appointed chief executive of Mayflower Wind – a JV between Shell New Energies US and Ocean Winds North America.
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ClearGen, a clean energy investor backed by private equity powerhouse Blackstone, has invested in a portfolio of partnership interests in 25 wind farms totaling 1.4GW of existing generation capacity throughout the US.
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Argentine developer Genneia is issuing local green bonds to finance solar and wind projects the company is developing in the country.
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Steel producer Ternium has acquired a greenfield wind project in Argentina.
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North American alternative investment manager Fengate Asset Management has acquired the Prairie Switch Wind Project in Texas from Triple Oak Power and signed a PPA with Meta Platforms.
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Brazil's Cemig Geração e Transmissão (Cemig GT) has attracted interest from projects totaling 7GW in installed capacity for its upcoming power auction.
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Energy company Allete has agreed to sell a more than 100MW wind project in Wisconsin to a pair of publicly owned utilities.
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Swift Current Energy has secured project financing for an almost 200MW wind project the company is developing in Texas.
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Eolica Coromuel – a Eurus Energy America Corporation subsidiary – has started commercial operation of Baja California Sur’s first wind generating facility.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has designated 2 Wind Energy Areas (WEA) ahead of the leasing process later this year or early next year.
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Boralex has agreed to acquire a 50% stake in a pair of wind projects in New Mexico, totaling almost 300MW, from EDF Renewables.
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Brazilian renewable developer Casa dos Ventos has landed financing for a portfolio of wind farms in the state of Bahia.
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PPL Corporation, the Pennsylvania-headquartered transmission and distribution company, and Belgian transmission operator Elia Group have agreed to develop innovative transmission solutions to integrate future offshore wind capacity with the onshore grid in the New England region.
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The energy company Invenergy has secured a deal to sell a pair of wind projects in Texas and Oklahoma, totaling almost 800MW in generation, to a utility company.
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Brazilian electric utility Copel, through its subsidiary Copel Geração e Transmissão (Copel GeT), has started commercial operations of its Jandaíra wind complex.
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International renewable energy producer Sonnedix has acquired a 290MW solar and wind platform in Chile – the most recent of many purchases made in the country.
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Engie Energía Chile has submitted a new wind project that the company is planning to develop for environmental review.
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Molly Morris will succeed Siri Espedal Kindem as the new president of Equinor Wind US, effective 1 January 2023.
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Rhode Island Energy has issues the RFP to solicit an additional 600-1,000MW of offshore wind to boost the state’s energy needs.
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Brookfield Renewable has agreed to partner with InterEnergy Group to develop renewable energy across Latin America.
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Engie has received environmental approval for the expansion of a wind project the company is planning in Chile.
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Clearway Energy Group has signed a fresh set of power purchase agreements (PPAs) with PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway.
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2W Energia has won a contract to supply Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Banrisul) with clean energy.
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Editor's Note: This article has been amended since publication to include a statement given by Guzman Energy that was issued after press time.
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Enel Green Power has withdrawn the Faro del Sur wind project the company is developing in Chile from environmental review.
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Electric utility Copel, through its subsidiary Copel Geração e Transmissão, is set to acquire a pair of wind farms in Brazil.
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EDP Renewables North America (EDPR) has commenced the construction of its 202MW Indiana Crossroads II Wind Farm in White County, Indiana.
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Canadian Utilities has agreed to acquire a Canada-based renewables portfolio from Suncor Energy for $730 million.
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German renewables developer Energy Kitchen has received the greenlight to proceed with a duo of wind projects the company is planning in Chile.
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InfraRed Capital Partners has entered into an agreement to purchase stakes in four wind projects in the US and Canada from Canadian outfit Algonquin Utilities & Power Corp.
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Engie Energía Chile has agreed a deal to acquire an operational wind project in Chile.
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Engie Brasil Energia has hired Vestas for the initial supply, installation, operation and maintenance on parts of Latin America’s largest wind project.
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Neoenergia is the latest company to subscribe to the green hydrogen agenda of the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
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The renewables platform of Brookfield Asset Management has splurged on the US renewable energy market with the addition of 2 new renewable platforms to its portfolio.
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Japanese conglomerate ORIX Corporation has invested in a 150MW Texan wind power farm via its US Strategic Solutions group – following up last year’s foray into US wind energy.
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Berkshire Hathaway Energy (BHE) has agreed a deal to purchase an almost 400MW portfolio of wind projects in Montana from an affiliate of Morgan Stanley.
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Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia’s renewable business, Luz de Tres Picos, plans a bond issuance to finance a pair of Argentinian wind farms the company is developing.
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The Canadian province of Nova Scotia has set a goal of reaching 5 GW of offshore wind generation by 2030, outlining plans for an offshore leasing process.
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Engie North America has signed an agreement with a home appliances company to sell 53 MW of wind generation.
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Oil and gas company BP Energy has struck a deal to purchase the remaining 50% stake of a 470 MW wind project in Kansas that the company co-owns with American Electric Power (AEP).
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co has purchased a 54 MW wind project in Illinois from a national renewable energy project developer.
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Brazil’s National Electric Energy Agency (ANEEL) has approved the results of the A-4 New Energy auction held in May.
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Slate Asset Management has entered into a strategic partnership with a Canadian renewables developer through the purchase of a minority stake in the platform.
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A Chilean sponsor is planning a 95.2 MW wind project in the region of Ñuble.
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Argentina’s Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia (PCR) is expanding a wind project the company is developing with steel manufacturer ArcelorMittal Acindar.
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EDF Renewables has inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Prumo Logística, a transportation and energy conglomerate in Brazil.
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Neoenergia has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil for the development of green hydrogen and offshore wind.
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Cordelio Power and Tenaska have entered into a joint development agreement which will see the two companies co-originate wind projects in the US and Cordelio purchase 1 GW of renewable generation.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy and Management (BOEM) has opened the environmental impact statement for an offshore wind project being developed by Orsted North America and Eversource up for public comment.
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Colbún is seeking environmental approval for a 472.5 MW wind project the independent power producer will develop in Chile.
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Clearway Energy Group (CEG) has closed its purchase of a 413 MW portfolio of wind projects from a subsidiary of Edison International Co, having agreed a deal earlier this year.
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Dominion Energy has threatened to withdraw its planned 2.6 GW wind project 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach after state regulators set a performance guarantee for the project.
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A regional subsidiary of Eletrobras has begun construction on a wind farm located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul after receiving approval from Brazil’s power regulator ANEEL.
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AES Brasil and Grupo Unipar have completed their joint venture agreement that will see the pair develop a wind project in Brazil.
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KKR & Co has led a structured investment, along with GCM Grosvenor, in a California-based renewables developer.
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The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued requests for interest (RFI) and competitive interest (RFCI) for the development of offshore wind in the Gulf of Maine.
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A joint venture between Repsol and Ibereólica has secured a project finance debt raise for the construction and operation of a wind project the platform is developing in northern Chile.
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A subsidiary of the utility Xcel Energy has entered into a revised agreement with Allete’s renewables subsidiary to purchase a repowered wind project totaling 120 MW in Minnesota.
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Enel Green Power Chile has begun commercial operations for the first hybrid renewable project in Chile.
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Canadian renewable power producer Innergex has found an offtaker for a wind farm the company is developing in the state of Wyoming.
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Pampa Energía has acquired the remaining 50% stake in Greenwind, making the company the sole owner of the platform.
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Engie Energía Perú has secured financing from IDB Invest for a wind farm the French renewable company is developing in Peru.
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The State of Michigan has penned an offtake agreement with Consumers Energy that will see the state procure 68 MW of renewable generation for state government buildings.
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Colombian energy distributor Air-e has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with France's EDF Renewables that will see the two companies co-develop wind projects in the country.
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Activate Renewables, a newly-formed renewable energy platform, has purchased a 115 MW portfolio of renewable assets from Ares Management Corp.
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AES Brasil has acquired a trio of wind complexes totaling 456 MW in capacity in Brazil, a transaction valued at R$2.03 billion ($397 million).
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The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) has given its approval for Dominion Energy to construct a 2.6 GW wind project 27 miles off the coast of Virginia Beach.
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Colombia is moving forward with its plans to promote offshore wind energy after releasing the country's roadmap earlier this year.
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Enel Green Power and HIF Energy have submitted a wind project that the duo is developing in Chilean Antarctica for environmental review.
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BASF, a German multinational chemical company, has secured 250 MW of solar and wind generation through virtual power purchase agreements across the US.
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Chile’s National Energy Commission (CNE) has selected winners in the renewable power auction the government launched in February.
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Brazilian developer 2W has secured long-term financing for its Kairós wind complex located in the state of Ceará.
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Sequitur Renewables, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, has agreed to acquire a 185 MW portfolio of wind projects from GlidePath Power Solutions.
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German renewable developer ABO Wind has sold its Buffalo Plains wind farm located in Alberta, Canada.
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Invenergy has struck a deal with a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP) whereby the company will sell a 204 MW wind project it is developing in Illinois.
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The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has identified two potential wind energy areas (WEAs) off the coast of the Gulf of Mexico that it is now taking public comment for.
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Cubico Sustainable Investments has bought two wind projects located in Uruguay from construction company Grupo ACS.
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Atlas Renewable Energy has submitted a wind project located in the region of Maule to Chile’s Environmental Evaluation Service.
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FGE Power, an Austin, Texas-based renewables developer, has agreed to sell a 531 MW wind project in Texas to a Brazilian energy company.
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Brazilian renewables developer 2W Energia has secured an offtaker for the 261 MW Kairós wind complex in Ceará.
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Enel’s Peruvian subsidiary has signed a 12-year PPA with Siderperu, the country’s largest steel manufacturer.
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Argentina’s Pampa Energía has signed a power purchase agreement for one of its wind farms located in the province of Buenos Aires.
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NextEra Energy Resources has inked a power purchase agreement with a US retailer for the output of a 300 MW wind project the sponsor is developing in Texas.
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The governor of Rhode Island has signed a bill into law that will see the state procure up to 1 GW of offshore wind generation.
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Iberdrola subsidiary Neonergia has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Ambev, a Brazilian brewery.
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Entergy Arkansas has issued a request for proposals for 1 GW of solar and wind generation to help support the state’s power needs.
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Clearway Energy Group (CEG) has agreed to purchase a 413 MW portfolio of wind projects from a subsidiary of the public utility Edison International Co.
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The AES Corporation has purchased a wind project located in Mississippi from Danish manufacturer and developer Vestas.
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LyondellBasell has inked two power purchase agreements, marking the petrochemical company’s first renewable PPAs.
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Elera Renováveis has started construction on its Oeste Seridó wind complex that the company is developing in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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Summit Power has agreed to sell the White Creek Wind I project to Excelsior Energy Capital.
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Capstone Infrastructure has secured a renewable attributes purchase agreement for the output of its 192 MW wind project in Alberta, Canada.
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Engie has completed its acquisition of an 882 MW portfolio of development-stage wind assets in Brazil.
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Miami-based developer Atlas Renewable Energy has submitted the Los Alpes wind project, located in the Araucanía region, to Chile’s Environmental Evaluation Service.
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AES Dominicana, a subsidiary of AES Corp, has acquired a wind project in the Dominican Republic from Inkia Energy.
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Brazilian renewable developer Lisarb Energy has launched an offshore wind joint-venture with UK financial advisory firm Prosperity Energy.
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Atlas Renewable Energy has acquired a wind project from French energy producer Voltalia, the developer's first wind project in Brazil.
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Ocean Winds (OW), the offshore wind joint-venture between EDPR and Engie, is expanding its activities in Brazil through the outfit's new subsidiary OW Brasil.
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Corio Generation is eyeing more than 5 GW in wind capacity off the coast of Brazil, marking the company’s first offshore wind development in the Americas.
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Brazilian renewable developer Omega Energia has inked a power purchase agreement with food producer M. Dias Branco.
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Innergex has closed its acquisition of Aela Energía, adding 332 MW of wind capacity to the Canadian developer’s renewables portfolio in Chile.
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ReVolve Renewable Power has signed land option agreements with private landowners in Mexico to develop a wind project.
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EDF Renewable Brasil has inked a letter of intent with the state of Paraíba to expand its Serra do Seridó wind complex.
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Enel Peru has started construction of the Wayra expansion project, making the Wayra complex the largest wind project in Peru.
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FDNE, a fund managed by the Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast (Sudene), is disbursing a R$698 million ($146 million) loan to finance wind projects in Brazil.
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The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced its plan to hold offshore wind leasing auctions in two areas in the outer continental shelf offshore California, the first offshore wind auction held in the west coast.
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French energy company TotalEnergies has agreed to purchase a 50% stake in renewables developer Clearway Energy Group for $1.6 billion and a minority stake in SunPower Corp.
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Canadian developer BluEarth Renewables has purchased a 1 GW combined solar and wind project in Colorado from NorthRenew Energy.
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Engie Energia Peru has requested an up to $300 million corporate loan from development finance institution IDB Invest to support the construction of a wind farm.
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NextEra Energy Resources has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Ball Corporation for new wind energy to be developed in Texas.
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Goldwind has completed a $270 million refinancing for a portfolio of five Argentine wind farms.
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The US Department of the Interior has announced the winners in the Carolina Long Bay wind energy auction which attracted bids totalling $315 million.
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Spain’s Elecnor has begun the permitting process for a wind project located in the region of Los Lagos in Chile.
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A subsidiary of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp has entered into a power purchase agreement to sell the output of a 112 MW wind project it is constructing in Michigan.
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy has acquired a 55 MW wind farm located in the state of New York.
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Casa dos Ventos, through its subsidiary RDVE Subholding, has issued R$430 million ($87.4 million) in debentures to finance the expansion of its Rio do Vento wind complex, located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte.
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BlueFloat Energy has announced plans to develop 5.2 GW of offshore wind projects off the coast of Colombia after the government unveiled its roadmap for project development.
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Galp has agreed to purchase 4.8 GW of wind and solar projects across Brazil, doubling the capacity of its global renewable portfolio.
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Monómeros, the Colombian agricultural and industrial group, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with public lighting company APBAQ to develop green ammonia in the country.
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Enel Green Power North America has signed a virtual power purchase agreement for a portion of the output of its 250 MW wind farm in Oklahoma.
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Argentina’s Petroquímica Comodoro Rivadavia (PCR) is planning to issue two green bonds for a combined $70 million on May 3 through its renewable energy subsidiary, Luz de Tres Picos.
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Colbún, the Chilean independent energy producer, has added a new wind park in the region of Biobío to the company's project pipeline.
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AC Energy (ACEN), a Philippines-based developer, has entered a partnership to repower wind farms in the United States, thus marking its entry into the US renewable energy market.
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Brazilian power regulator Aneel has approved bid documents for the country’s next power auction, due to be held on 27 May.
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2W Energia, a Brazilian energy company, has a new hybrid project in the pipeline to be developed in the country’s northeast.
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Enel Green Power’s Brazilian subsidiary has brought a 99 MW wind park online.
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CMPC – the wood and paper products manufacturing company – is sponsoring a 144 MW wind farm in Chile through its energy subsidiary Bioenergias Forestales.
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Eolian, a subsidiary of Global Infrastructure Partners, has closed on a bespoke financing that will support the company’s investment and development of renewable energy projects across the US.
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Atlas Renewable Energy has signed its first wind power purchase agreement with Enel Generacion Chile, marking its entry into the Chilean wind power market.
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Tech company Amazon has procured 3.2 GW worth of renewable energy generation in the US to support the company’s operations in the country.
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AES Chile, a subsidiary of AES Corp, has commissioned its 110 MW wind project in Chile.
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Aluar Aluminio Argentino, the Argentine aluminum company, has announced it is expanding its 164 MW wind farm by adding 18 new turbines.
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Dutch energy company Vitol has agreed to buy three wind farms totaling 244.4 MW from a BlackRock-managed fund for an undisclosed sum.
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Genneia, the Argentine renewable developer, will invest $200 million to finance new renewable energy projects.
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Ørsted has agreed to buy a 121 MW wind farm from Ford Ridge Wind Equity Holdings which is owned by asset manager Ares Management.
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Brazilian power company Cemig has launched a request for proposals for solar and wind projects it wants to acquire.
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Enel, the European Investment Bank (EIB) – through its development branch EIB Global – and SACE are supporting renewable energy and energy efficiency programs in Brazil, Colombia and Peru.
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Argentina’s Pampa Energía has inked a $20 million letter of credit to finance the expansion of its Pampa Energía III wind project in Buenos Aires.
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AES Andes, the Chilean clean energy developer, has signed a power purchase agreement with Microsoft for a datacenter in Chile.
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Enel Colombia has committed to invest COP3.1 billion ($827,000) in its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power over the next three years.
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TransAlta Corp has signed a power purchase agreement to sell the output of a 200 MW wind farm in Oklahoma.
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Toronto-based developer, Potentia Renewables, has secured financing for a 548 MW portfolio of wind projects the company is developing in the Canadian province of Alberta.
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AEP Energy Partners, a subsidiary of American Electric Power, is issuing a request for proposals for renewables projects in the PJM Interconnection market.
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Engie has secured common equity and tax equity financing for a trio of renewables projects totaling 665 MW that are spread across Texas, Kansas and North Carolina.
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Sempra Infrastructure, the manufacturing subsidiary of Sempra, has drafted two memoranda of understanding with France’s TotalEnergies, expanding their cooperation in North America.
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Vestas and Tenaris have inked a deal in which the Danish renewable manufacturer will supply 103 MW of wind turbines to the Argentinian subsidiary of Techint.
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The French energy company, Voltalia, has begun construction on its Solar Serra do Mel 3 to 6 (SSM 3-6) projects in Brazil.
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The US Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has completed its environmental review of a pair of wind leasing areas off the coast of the Carolinas, triggering an auction process.
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EDF Renewables has submitted for environmental approval a 614 MW solar and wind complex in Chile, in what could be the company's largest in the region.
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Brazilian renewables developer Renova Energia has brought a portion of its Alto Sertão III wind farm online.
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Shell has filed environmental permits with the Brazilian Institute of Environment and Renewable Natural Resources (IBAMA) for its first offshore wind projects in the region.
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Ørsted has brought online a wind project in Nebraska, adding 298 MW to its US portfolio.
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The Dominican ministry of mines and energy has signed a trio of renewable energy power purchase agreements totaling 128 MW of generation.
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AES Brasil has won the auction to acquire a 305 MW wind portfolio in Rio Grande do Norte, having emerged as a stalking horse bidder for the asset last January.
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Scout Clean Energy, a Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners portfolio company, has closed a $250 million revolving credit facility to support the platform’s pipeline of wind, solar and storage projects.
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An American Electric Power (AEP) subsidiary has issued a request for proposals to procure 1,300 MW of renewable energy generation in Indiana and Michigan.
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AES Brasil has closed its joint venture with local food company BRF to develop a 165.3 MW wind farm in Rio Grande do Norte.
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BHE Canada, the Canadian subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, has signed power purchase agreements with three corporate offtakers for a 130 MW wind project in Alberta.
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Omega Energia is planning to take full control of the Assuruá renewables complex in Bahia, Brazil.
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) is expected to ink a memorandum of understanding this week to develop the first large-scale offshore wind farm in Latin America.
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Equatorial Energia has completed its acquisition of Actis-owned renewables platform Echoenergia Participações.
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A consortium of sponsors has secured environmental approvals for the first utility-scale wind farm in Guyana.
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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has postponed its third offshore wind solicitation in order to weigh transmission proposals that would interconnect offshore wind generation to the state's grid, and to allow the recent winners of the NY Bight offshore wind auction more time to prepare their project proposals.
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American Electric Power (AEP) has announced plans to offload its roughly 1.6 GW portfolio of unregulated renewable energy projects.
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German utility EnBW, which partnered with French oil and gas company TotalEnergies on one of the winning bids in last week's New York Bight offshore wind lease sale, has decided to sell its interest in the concession to its partner.
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The provisional winners of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s (BOEM’s) New York Bight offshore wind auction have been revealed, concluding the highest-grossing competitive offshore wind area lease sale in US history.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management's auction of offshore wind lease areas in the New York Bight has carried over into a second day of bidding, with six lease areas still up for grabs.
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Steel manufacturer Tenaris is planning to build a 100.8 MW wind farm in Argentina to power its local manufacturing operations.
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Acciona Energía is entering the Peruvian market with the purchase of a 131.1 MW wind farm in the Ica region.
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Innergex has completed a bought deal equity offering and a concurrent private placement to fund its purchase of a Chilean wind platform.
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The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has launched its highly anticipated auction for offshore wind leasing areas in the New York Bight, taking in bid offers totaling more than $1.3 billion.
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Sempra Infrastructure has started operations at the 108 MW Sierra Juárez II wind farm in Baja California – the first cross-border renewable energy project between Mexico and the US.
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Brazilian power regulator Aneel has opened a public consultation for its A-4 power auction, which is scheduled to take place on May 27.
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Norwegian renewables developer Aker Offshore Wind has found a buyer for a portion of its 47% stake in Californian floating offshore wind platform designer Principle Power.
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Eversource Energy and Orsted’s offshore wind joint venture, South Fork Wind, has reached a final investment decision on its namesake offshore wind farm off the coast of New York state.
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JP Morgan has launched a sale process for a wind farm in Texas that is the subject of litigation proceedings over its force majeure claim during winter storm Uri.
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Innergex has inked a deal to purchase a platform of newly-built wind projects in Chile, which would make it one of the largest renewables-focused independent power producers in the country.
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Axium Infrastructure has secured financing for its acquisition of a 49% stake in a roughly 1.4 GW portfolio of wind and solar projects in the US.
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The state of Louisiana has outlined plans to develop 5 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2035 under its Climate Action Plan.
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Vineyard Wind, the offshore wind joint venture between Avangrid Renewables and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), has appointed a new CEO.
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Neoenergia has signed a green financing agreement with the European Investment Bank (EIB) to fund renewable energy projects in Brazil.
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DTE Energy has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for solar and wind projects, with or without storage, totaling 500 MW.
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Brazilian development bank BNDES is providing an up to R$655 million ($124 million) debt package to finance the construction of the Ventos de São Vítor wind complex in Bahia.
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Total Eren has commissioned the Terra Santa and Maral wind farms in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil.
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PJM Interconnection and the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) have outlined plans to interconnect about 7.5 GW of offshore wind generation to the grid by 2035, through proposed transmission projects.
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AES Corp has emerged as the stalking horse bidder for a 305 MW portfolio of wind farms owned by Renova Energia in Brazil.
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Invenergy has closed construction financing for a 250 MW wind project in Illinois.
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NextEra Energy Resources has inked a power purchase agreement with an Arizona utility for the output of a hybrid wind, solar and energy storage project in the state.
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NextEra Energy Resources has struck a deal to sell a 62.4 MW wind project in North Dakota to a Minnesota-based utility.
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Brazil's Equatorial Energia has announced a follow-on share offering, with plans to use the proceeds to fund its purchase of Actis-owned renewables developer Echoenergia Participações.
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EDP Renewables has repowered a merchant wind farm in Oklahoma, making it the first repowering project to be completed by the Spanish firm in the US.
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Apex Clean Energy has secured a power purchase agreement for a 225 MW wind project in central Iowa.
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The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has approved the construction and operations plan (COP) of the South Fork wind project off the coast of Rhode Island.
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Sempra Infrastructure Partners – a recently-created subsidiary of Sempra Energy active in LNG and associated infrastructure in the US and Mexico – has completed its inaugural private placement.
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Leeward Renewable Energy has signed four power purchase agreements for up to 640 MW of renewables-powered generation with telecommunications company Verizon.
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