Conference Buzz

Infocast's Projects & Money 2015

Jan 14, 2015 -- by Sara Rosner

Projects & Money 2015: Utilities Grapple With Industry Pressures

The proliferation of distributed generation, energy efficiency measures and technologies that enable demand conservation, are putting significant pressure on the traditional utility business model.
Jan 14, 2015 -- by Olivia Feld

Projects & Money 2015: Players Scope Next Gas Opportunities

Sponsors, investors and financiers are looking for the next slate of opportunities in gas-fired projects and gas-related infrastructure.
Jan 15, 2015 -- by Sara Rosner

Projects & Money 2015: Institutional Investors Scout Direct Investments

Institutional investors are increasingly looking to make direct investments in generation and gas-related infrastructure, according to panelists at Infocast’s 7th Annual Projects & Money conference in New Orleans.
Jan 16, 2015 -- by Sara Rosner

Projects & Money 2015: Power Players Ponder Growth, Transition

Financiers, investors and developers are considering a bevy of changes in the power industry at a time when capital continues to flow into the sector. Yield companies, emissions regulations, natural gas supply, distributed generation and adjustments in capacity markets are among the catalysts that are shifting the power project finance and M&A landscape.
Jan 16, 2015 -- by Olivia Feld

Projects & Money 2015: More Lenders Eye DG Growth

Project finance lenders are increasingly looking to expand into solar distributed generation, as the cost continues to decline and deals gain traction in the market, said panelists at Infocast’s 7th Annual Projects & Money in New Orleans.

Mexican Energy And Infrastructure Finance Forum

Opportunities in booming renewable and pipeline markets were tempered by concerns about governmental support and regulatory issues at Euromoney Seminars’ 9th Annual Mexican Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum. Roughly one hundred bankers, investors and developers gathered at the JW Marriott in Mexico City for the conference June 25-26. Senior Reporter Nicholas Stone filed the following stories.

Jun 25, 2013 -- by Nicholas Stone

MEIFF: Mexico Expected To Detail Energy Plan

Mexico is expected to detail energy infrastructure plans and if it does industry watchers are predicting a strong flow of power and energy projects, according to panelists at Euromoney’s Mexican Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum at the JW Marriott in Mexico City on June 25.
Jun 26, 2013 -- by Nicholas Stone

MEIFF: Mexico Gas Pipelines To Need Capital

Capital will be needed to develop natural gas pipelines in Mexico, a move arising out of the country looking to import shale gas from the U.S., said panelists at Euromoney’s Mexican Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum at the JW Marriott in Mexico City on June 25.
Jun 27, 2013 -- by Nicholas Stone

MEIFF: Renewable Project Bonds Enter Mexican Financing Mix

Sponsors and bankers are working to develop renewable project bond structures to appeal to foreign and domestic institutional investors.
Jun 27, 2013 -- by Nicholas Stone

MEIFF: Gauss To Bring Three Solar Projects To Market

Gauss Energia, a Mexico City-based energy company, is looking to bring three new solar projects to market in the coming months, CEO and President Hector Olea told PFR on the sidelines of Euromoney’s Mexican Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum at the JW Marriott in Mexico City on June 26.

Platts 14th Annual Financing US Power

Oct 24, 2012 -- by Nicholas Stone

Merchant Financing Rebirth To Stoke M&A

Investors are looking to invest in merchant facilities to take advantage of shrinking reserve margins and increasing power demand and prices, according to participants at the Platts Financing U.S. Power conference in New York on Oct. 18 and 19.
Oct 03, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Bankers: Prep For IPOs Now

Renewable developers waiting to make a move toward an initial public offering should begin preparing even when the markets are not ideal, bankers said at Euromoney’s Renewable Energy Financing Forum-West in San Francisco.
Oct 23, 2012 -- by Nicholas Stone

European Lenders Re-Start Some Activity

European banks are taking steps again in North American project financing, attendees heard at the Platts Financing U.S. Power conference in New York on Oct. 18 and 19.
Oct 02, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Solar Players Scope Tax Equity

Solar developers are beginning to plan for how to incorporate tax equity financings into projects once the U.S. Department of Treasury Sect. 1603 cash grant program ends.
Oct 23, 2012 -- by Nicholas Stone

Natural Gas Prices Nibbles At Coal Plant Economics

Natural gas prices are pushing coal plants into early retirement, said attendees at the Platts Financing U.S. Power conference in New York on Oct. 18 and 19.
Oct 01, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

U.S. Army To Take Developer Pitches For 1 GW Initiative

The U.S. Army is preparing to take applications from developers vying to be on a list of preferred venders under an initiative to bring 1 GW of renewables online by 2025.
Oct 23, 2012 -- by Nicholas Stone

Risk, Yield Open Up Mezz, B Debt

Demand for what financiers are calling riskier capital is on the increase.

REFF Wall Street 2012

Jun 21, 2012 -- by Sara Rosner

REFF: Asian, U.S. Banks Step Up PF Efforts

Asian and U.S. lenders are stepping up project finance activity as European players scale back their efforts or step out of the market.
Jun 21, 2012 -- by Sara Rosner

REFF: Roughly $2B Tax Equity Deals Pending

About $2 billion in tax equity investments are making their way through the market.
Jun 20, 2012 -- by Sara Rosner

REFF: Investors Hunt For Project Bonds

Institutional investors in the capital markets are showing an increasing appetite for bonds backing project finance deals, financiers told attendees at 9th annual REFF-Wall Street conference in New York.
Jun 19, 2012 -- by Sara Rosner

REFF: Time To Move On From Subsidy Reliance?

The political uncertainty on Capitol Hill and the uncertainty over expiring renewable tax credits has some players questioning whether production tax credits are a good thing for the industry.

Renewable Energy Finance Forum Latin America & Caribbean

Apr 27, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Reporter’s Notebook

Salvador Escobedo, founding partner of Latin American solar management firm SOLAM, on the need for strong, transparent competition in the region: “The conquest of Latin America happened 500 years ago.”
Apr 26, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

REFF LatAm & Caribbean: Inkia Circles Peruvian Hydro Commitments

Inkia Energy is close to sealing commitments from 12 lenders participating in a roughly $600 million financing backing its $900 million, 500 MW hydro project in Peru, Pablo Eguiluz, project finance manager, said on the sidelines of Euromoney Energy Events’ Renewable Finance Forum – Latin America and Caribbean.
Apr 26, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

REFF LatAm & Caribbean: Development Banks Filling LatAm Financing Holes

Development and local banks are filling gaps in the Latin American renewables market as the landscape shifts from a corporate and equity financings to project level debt, said panelists at Euromoney Energy Events’ Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Latin America and Caribbean in Miami.
Apr 25, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

REFF LatAm & Caribbean: Foreign Developers, Manufacturers Eye LatAm

A coterie of overseas sponsors and manufacturers are targeting project pipelines in Latin America, driven in part by renewable portfolio standards and new auctions for power purchase agreements, said attendees at Euromoney Energy Events’ Renewable Energy Finance Forum – Latin America & Caribbean in Miami.
Apr 25, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

REFF LatAm & Caribbean: BNDES To Continue Dominating LatAm Renewables

Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social will remain the dominant renewables investor in Latin America and the Caribbean in 2012, boosted by local content rules and a pipeline of wind projects being developed from a 2009 tender.
Apr 25, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

REFF LatAm & Caribbean: Fla. Co. Plots Honduras Biomass

Renewables sponsor Green Valley Energy of Bonita Springs, Fla., is targeting a roughly $65 million financing backing it maiden project, a $100 million, 35 MW biomass project in Santa Barbara, Honduras.
Apr 25, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

REFF LatAm & Caribbean: Spanish Sponsor Targets Peru Solar Debt

Vizcaya, Spain-based Solarpack is talking to European and Japanese lenders about securing roughly $120 million in debt to back two solar photovoltaic projects in Peru.

Platts 27th Annual Global Power Conference

Uncertain federal energy plans and transmission were a few of the hot topics discussed by the roughly 700 bankers, developers and power executives at Platts 27th Annual Global Power Markets Conference at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas April 1-3. Senior Reporter Holly Fletcher filed the following stories:

Apr 05, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Platts Conference: NatGas To Be Dominant, Available For Decades

The domestic reserves of natural gas should reduce the commodity’s price volatility and propel it into being more than just a renewable bridge fuel for decades to come, proponents of the natural gas told attendees at Platts 27th Global Power Markets conference.
Apr 05, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Platts Conference: Execs Hope For Wind Tax Credits

Industry officials at Platts 27th Global Power Markets conference appeared guardedly optimistic that the production tax credits for wind would be extended at some point, although the 2013 wind market could still suffer if the extension comes late in the year.
Apr 05, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Platts Conference: First Solar, Exelon Near Finalization Of DOE Loan

First Solar and Exelon are in the last stages of finalizing documentation with the U.S. Department of Energy for a loan guarantee for the 230 MW solar project, Frank De Rosa, senior v.p. of First Solar, told PI on the sidelines of the Platts 27th Global Power Markets conference.
Apr 04, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Platts Conference: IFM-Backed Shop Eyes Expansion

Essential Power, the U.S. power platform company of Industry Funds Management, has an eye on buying contracted assets to grow its generation platform—although it’s in no rush to buy facilities that don't fit its model.
Apr 04, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Platts Conference: ECP, Exelon Shop For Transmission Opportunities

Energy Capital Partners and Exelon are looking for opportunities to invest in, or buy, transmission projects, officials told attendees at Platts 27th Global Power Markets conference in Las Vegas.
Apr 03, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Platts Conference: Power Generation Diversity Beats Subsidies

Power companies should look for ways to drive consumers toward a cleaner, more diverse generation mix given the absence of a federal long-term energy blueprint, according to speakers at Platts 27th Global Power Markets conference in Las Vegas.

6th Annual Latin American Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum

Mar 01, 2012 -- by Sara Rosner

Challenges Persist For Project Bonds In LatAm

Project finance bonds are facing many hurdles despite their favor among developers and financiers, according to attendees of the 6th Annual Latin America Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum in Miami.
Mar 01, 2012 -- by Sara Rosner

Social Hurdles Loom For Renewables

Social concerns are impeding wind project development in Mexico and large hydro projects in Peru and Brazil.

Infocast’s Solar Power & Investment Summit 2012

Mar 02, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Long Tenors Still Available

At least two lenders are capable of offering 18-year tenors in this contracted bank market, said Elizabeth Waters, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ director of project finance, at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit in San Diego, pointing to BTMU and Mizuho Corporate Bank.
Mar 02, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Bid Prices For Solar PPAs Continue To Drop

Solar sponsors short-listed in 2011 request for offers in California have bid $73-78 per MWh before applying time-of-day factors, said attendees at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2012 in San Diego.
Feb 29, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Abengoa To Hunt Tax Equity

Abengoa Solar will look to snag up to $400 million in tax equity for its $1.6 billion, 250 MW Mojave concentrating solar power project in San Bernardino County, Calif., in 2013 or 2014.
Mar 02, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Oslo Developer Preps 2012 U.S. Financings

Scatec Solar North America, an arm of Oslo developer Scatec Solar, is talking to lenders about financings backing almost $165 million of solar projects in the U.S. this year.
Mar 01, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Chevron To Join Tax Equity Mix

Chevron affiliate Chevron Energy Solutions is expected to emerge as a player in tax equity this year, according to multiple renewables leaders at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2012 in San Diego.
Mar 02, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Financiers: DG Needs Scale

Solar distributed generation sponsors must achieve scale in financings to ensure financial efficiencies if the rapidly growing market is to mature, said panelists at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2012.
Mar 02, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Election Uncertainty To Hang Over Renewables

Uncertainty over U.S. energy policies will endure through at least election day as presidential aspirants and their backers continue to position about the government’s role in subsidizing renewables—and solar in particular, said attendees of Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2012 in San Diego.
Mar 01, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

GE EFS Lands LS Ariz. PV Stake

GE Energy Financial Services has invested $100 million in LS Power’s $550 million, 127 MW Arlington Valley II solar photovoltaic project in Maricopa County, Ariz., said Kevin Walsh, managing director and leader of power and renewable energy, on the sidelines of Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2012.

7th Annual U.S. Power and Renewable Conference

Feb 15, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Developer Plots N.Y. Transmission Timeline

Anbaric Transmission, an affiliate of the sponsors behind the Neptune and Hudson transmission projects, anticipates a four-year development period preceding financing for its proposed 80-100 mile transmission line from upstate New York to near West Point, N.Y.
Feb 15, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Expired DOE Program Continues To Buttress Solar

Sponsors of mammoth solar projects in the U.S. seeking financing are indirectly benefiting from the U.S. Department of Energy’s expired loan guarantee program, said panelists at Euromoney Seminar’s 7th Annual U.S. Power and Renewable Energy Conference said.
Feb 15, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Summit Shoots For Q3 Close On Clean Coal

Summit Power is looking to close a roughly $1.3 billion debt financing backing its $2.4 billion, 400 MW integrated gasification combined-cycle project this summer.

3rd Annual Canadian Power Finance Conference

Hundreds of bankers, developers, lawyers and investors convened for Euromoney Seminar’s 3rd Annual Canadian Power Finance conference at the Fairmont Royal York in Toronto Jan. 25-26. Big transmission targets, wind development and Ontario’s feed-in tariff program created the buzz. Senior Reporter Holly Fletcher filed the following stories.

Jan 27, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Alberta Transmission Call To Lure Big Players

The Alberta Electric System Operator will launch in July a call for transmission developers to build a 248-280 mile, 500 kV transmission project in Alberta.
Jan 27, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Gas-Fired Gen Could Replace Some Nuclear

Ontario is likely to turn to developing more natural gas-fired projects as the province moves toward the retirement of several gigawatts of nuclear facilities, said Jason Chee-Aloy, managing director at Power Advisory at the Euromoney Seminar’s Canadian Power Finance Conference in Toronto.
Jan 26, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Advisory Shop Chases LifeCos For Distributed Gen

Travelers Capital Corp., a Burnaby, B.C.-based advisory shop, is working with developers of rooftop, distributed generation and hydro projects to line up financing from Canadian life insurance companies and pension plans.
Jan 26, 2012 -- by Holly Fletcher

Wind Tipped For Consolidation

Market players in Canada anticipate consolidation of wind developers or sales of projects in the coming year as smaller developers find it difficult to line up the early development capital needed to push toward construction.

Infocast's Projects & Money 2012

Jan 18, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Canadian Solar Prepares U.S. Foray

Canadian Solar expects to develop 50-100 MW of commercial and small utility-scale solar projects in the U.S. in 2012—its first foray in the country.
Jan 18, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Canadian Provinces To Seek New Gen

Utilities in two Canadian provinces may seek up to 5 GW of new generation via solicitations by 2020, said Brian Vaasjo, Capital Power president and ceo, on the sidelines of Infocast’s Projects & Money 2012 conference in New Orleans.
Jan 19, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Demand For Mezz Debt, Equity Mounts

The power sector is shifting to a project finance model increasingly dependent on a larger equity component and mezzanine debt, especially for merchant projects, said panelists at Infocast’s Projects & Money 2012 in New Orleans.
Jan 19, 2012 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Sponsors, Banks See Gas Opportunities

Developers and financiers are bullish on the long-term potential of new gas-fired projects in the U.S., despite the expected slow 2012 for project financings and an oversupply of existing capacity across the U.S.

4th Annual Brazilian Energy and Infrastructure Finance Forum

Nov 14, 2011 -- by Sara Rosner

Pricing Pressure Looms For Brazil Wind

Wind developers looking to bid into Brazil’s next auction for generation are worried that the downward trend in pricing in contracts will make many projects unfeasible.
Nov 14, 2011 -- by Sara Rosner

Peruvian Hydro Deal Details Surface

The financing package backing Odebrecht’s $1.25 billion Chaglia hydro project in central Peru is slated to close in February.
Nov 14, 2011 -- by Sara Rosner

Banks, Developers Circle Colombia

Sponsors and relationship lenders are targeting Colombia for power project development as the country plots a multi-billion dollar infrastructure program and enjoys investment grade credit ratings for the first time in over a decade.

46th Annual EEI Financial Conference

Nov 08, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

KEPCO Targets North America Wind, Solar Spree

Korea Electric Power Co. is looking for wind and solar project acquisitions in the U.S. and Canada as a way to meet its domestic renewable portfolio standard.
Nov 11, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

Fortis Scopes U.S. Utility Acquisitions

Fortis, the St. John, Newfoundland-based utility holding company, is scouting for acquisition opportunities of power and gas utilities in the U.S.
Nov 08, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

AES Eastern Debt Payment Looms, Buyer Talks Continue

Talks are continuing between AES and prospective buyers for its AES Eastern Energy subsidiary even as the coal-fired unit anticipates challenges in making its next debt payment.
Nov 11, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Distributed Solar Growth Reshapes Demand

The expansion of distributed solar generation is contributing to decreased demand from major users for traditional wholesale power providers, said Glen Grabelsky, Fitch Ratings managing director, at the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Nov 08, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Westar To Scout Transmission Funds

Westar Energy and a joint venture of American Electric Power and MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company will look for construction financing for the $225 million Prairie Wind Transmission project late next year.
Nov 10, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

PG&E Readies Capital Markets Foray

Pacific Gas & Electric plans to tap the capital markets in 2012 to help finance its heavy capital expenditures program, Kent Harvey, senior v.p. and cfo, told PI at the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Nov 09, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

EPA To Hit Small Coal Plants

Coal-fired plants generating under 400 MW are most vulnerable to forced retirements under upcoming U.S. Environmental Protection Agency emissions regulation.
Nov 10, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Wave Of Deregulation Seen

The U.S. utilities industry may be in the midst of a second-wave of deregulation and competition and the first since the late 1990s, said Brian Hayduk, the former president of one-time PNM Resources subsidiary First Choice Power, at the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference in Orlando, Fla.
Nov 08, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

PGE Preps Gas RFP

Portland General Electric is readying a request for proposals for 500-700 MW of gas-fired generation.
Nov 10, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

PSEG Preps Transmission Project

Public Service Enterprise Group is readying $750 million in transmission lines from Warren County, N.J., through Morris County to Essex County.
Nov 11, 2011

Seen ’N Heard

Observations from around the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference.
Nov 11, 2011

Reporter’s Notebook

A round-up of news from the Edison Electric Institute Financial Conference about companies including Southern Co., American Electric Power, Black Hills Corp., CH Energy Group and FirstEnergy.

Platts 14th Annual Financing U.S. Power

Oct 28, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Solar Bidders To RFPs Pitch Low Prices

Solar photovoltaic sponsors are pitching extremely low prices to utilities as the sponsors face a paucity of power purchase agreements and robust competition.
Oct 28, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Lenders: PF Deals Will Still Get Done

The European sovereign debt crisis may have sidelined some project lenders, compressed tenors and widened spreads, but there is appetite to wrap deals, said Matt O’Connor, leader of GE Energy Financial Services’ financial institutions group, at Platts’ 13th Annual Financing US Power in New York.
Oct 28, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

Bankers, Execs Spy B-Loan Window

A rally in stock markets has opened a window for securing term B loans, bankers and executives said at the conference.
Oct 28, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

Coal-Fired Gen Lures, Stumps Financial Players

Financial players have an eye out for coal-fired generation investments, but opportunities are difficult to value.
Oct 27, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

ECP Circles First Close On Mezz Fund

Energy Capital Partners is nearing the first close on its maiden mezzanine debt fund.

6th Annual North American Infrastructure & Energy Finance Forum

Sep 23, 2011

Reporter’s Notebook

A collection of interesting tidbits picked up at, and behind, the scene of the conference.
Sep 23, 2011

Reznick: New Investors Eye Tax Equity Mart

New tax equity players may emerge to take advantage of tax credits even after the expected sunset of the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant on Dec. 31, said Robert Sternthal, president of Reznick Capital Markets.
Sep 23, 2011

PPA Scarcity Haunts Developers

Renewables developers are concerned about a paucity of power purchase agreements and uncertainty surrounding those contracts in the U.S. and Canada.
Sep 22, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Hudson, Neptune Developer Plots Projects

PowerBridge, the Fairfield, Conn.-based transmission developer behind the Neptune and Hudson lines, is planning early-stage projects in northern New England, Hawaii and upstate New York.
Sep 22, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

La Caixa Readies U.S. PF Operation

La Caixa expects to relocate four existing project financiers from Spain to staff an office in New York that it aims to open within three months, said an industry observer.

Acore and Euromoney's Renewable Energy Finance Forum--Wall Street

Jun 22, 2011

REFF-Wall Street: Utility, Funds Plot Edison Investment

Marathon Capital is working with a utility and pension funds to establish a vehicle that will co-invest in Edison Mission Energy’s wind portfolio.
Jun 22, 2011

Starwood Closes Solar, Storage Deals

Starwood Energy Group has wrapped a roughly $40 million financing backing 10 MW at a solar photovoltaic project in Sault Ste.
Jun 23, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

Reznick Plots Boutique Growth

Reznick Capital Markets is in the market to expand its capital advisory practice into a full boutique investment bank.
Jun 22, 2011

REFF-Wall Street: Push Made For MLP Renewables

The geothermal, hydro, solar and wind industries are lobbying Congress to allow master limited partnerships to invest in renewables projects, said Keith Martin, Chadbourne & Parke partner, on the sidelines of the REFF-Wall Street conference in New York City hosted by the American Council on Renewable Energy and Euromoney Energy Events.
Jun 21, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

EverPower Looks To Finance Merchant Wind

EverPower is targeting roughly $45 million in debt to support two merchant wind farms it is developing
Jun 22, 2011

Chinese Co. Eyes Solar PV Financing

ENN Group North America, an affiliate of Chinese solar manufacturer ENN Solar, is looking to finance 20 MW of solar photovoltaic projects in New Jersey by year-end to qualify for the U.S.

Platt's Global Power Markets Conference

Apr 12, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

The Vegas Line: Tenaska Tracks Ill. Legislation

Tenaska is monitoring whether a bill in the Illinois legislature will put its $3.5 billion, 600 MW Taylorville integrated gasification combined cycle project back on track.
Apr 14, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

The Vegas Line: Safety Concerns, Costs Cut Nuke Push

The nuclear renaissance that was taking hold in the U.S. is expected to be stopped in its tracks—at least temporarily—as a result of the ongoing crisis at Tokyo Electric Power Co.’s earthquake and tsunami-battered Fukushima nuclear plant.
Apr 15, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

The Vegas Line: NRG Scopes Solar Securitization

NRG Energy is in the early stages of an initiative to securitize portions of the revenue from its solar portfolio as a way to diversify its access to capital.
Apr 14, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

The Vegas Line: New Gas Build Take Backseat To M&A

New natural gas-fired projects will continue to take a backseat to asset M&A as low power demand and pricing signal that new build is not yet required.
Apr 13, 2011 -- by Holly Fletcher

The Vegas Line: Guatemalan Cos Prep RFP

Empresa Electrica de Guatemala, a distribution company based in Guatemala City, is teaming up with two other local distribution companies on an 800 MW request for proposals that will bring in 480 MW of renewable power.
Apr 11, 2011

The Vegas Line: CPV Finds Bank Hunger For Sentinel

Competitive Power Ventures expects to finalize the $400 million financing backing its 850 MW Sentinel combined-cycle facility in the middle of next month.
Apr 15, 2011

The Vegas Line: Coal To Creep Into M&A, Financing

Coal-fired plants are expected to trickle into the financing and M&A markets as developers get more clarity on regulations from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Infocast's Solar Power & Investment Summit

Mar 23, 2011

Conference Coverage: RPS, Technology Hurdles Remain For Solar

Solar generation is in growth mode, but technology and a lack of federal renewable portfolio standards continue to dog the sector, according to panelists at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2011 in San Diego, Calif.
Mar 25, 2011

Conference Coverage: Overseas Arrivals Seek North American Solar Debt

A new raft of international developers are seeking financing for $600-830 million of North American solar projects.
Mar 24, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Conference Coverage: MetLife Takes Stake In BP Solar Project

MetLife has bought in to BP Solar’s 32 MW Long Island Solar Farm as an investor and partner, said Jim Shandalov, BP senior director of solar development in San Francisco, on the sidelines of Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2011.
Mar 24, 2011

Conference Coverage: Financiers Divide On DOE Guarantee Impact

Financiers at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2011 are split over the merits of the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program for commercial-ready technologies.
Mar 25, 2011

EDF Targets May For Ontario Solar Debt

EDF Energies Nouvelles aims to wrap a financing backing its roughly $48 million St. Isidore B solar plant in May.
Mar 25, 2011

DOE To Process 25 More Loan Guarantees

The U.S. Department of Energy is expected to process at least 25 more applications in the queue for federal loan guarantees.
Mar 24, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Conference Coverage: Citi Readies Two Solar Thermal Deals

Financiers at Infocast’s Solar Power Finance & Investment Summit 2011 are split over the merits of the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program for commercial-ready technologies.

Geothermal Energy Association's Geothermal Energy Finance Forum 2011

Feb 11, 2011

Republicans Target Loan Guarantee Cuts

Republicans in the House of Representatives are proposing to slash $1.4 billion from the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program as part of a plan to cut billions from this year’s federal budget.
Feb 11, 2011 -- by Brian Eckhouse

Raymond James Preps Geo Financing

Raymond James is readying a $184 million bond issue backing a geothermal plant in North America, said Jimmy Leung, a Toronto-based managing director at the Geothermal Energy Association’s Geothermal Energy Finance Forum 2011 in New York.
Feb 11, 2011

Icelandic JV Preps Advisory Shop

Hannon Armstrong Capital of Annapolis, Md., and Glacier Geothermal and Seafood Corp., a New York-based subsidiary of Icelandic bank Islandsbanki, have launched GeoBanc, a joint venture to advise geothermal sponsors on development and financing.
Feb 11, 2011

Drilling Risks Loom Large For Geo Financing

Geothermal financing is available, but investors remain wary of drilling risks, said multiple financiers, advisors and developers.
Feb 11, 2011

Congress Unlikely To Extend Grant Beyond 2011

Congress is unlikely to extend the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant beyond its scheduled expiration of Dec. 31, attorneys and lobbyists said Feb. 9 at the Geothermal Energy Association’s Geothermal Energy Finance Forum in New York.

SNL Exnet's Power & Utilities M&A Symposium

Jan 26, 2011

TransCo. Sees Utility Status As Development Driver

Clean Line Energy Partners is applying for utility status make it easier to recover costs on its transmission projects and access rights to the land.
Jan 24, 2011

New Power Investors On The Horizon

Auto manufacturers and tech companies, like Cisco Systems and Google, are being tipped as likely power investors that move their products into the realm of energy efficiency or balancing.
Jan 26, 2011

Google Maps Pre-Construction Renewables Prowl

Google will consider making investments in pre-construction stage wind, solar or geothermal projects.
Jan 28, 2011

Direct Energy Eyes NatGas Buys In Northeast

Direct Energy is on the prowl for natural-gas fired generation acquisitions in the Northeast to support its demand requirements in the region.

Euromoney's 2nd Annual Canadian Power Financing Conference

Jan 21, 2011

SkyPower Targets $700M PV Funds

SkyPower will look to the project finance market for up to $720 million to support roughly one-fifth of its 1.2 GW solar photovoltaic pipeline in Ontario this year.
Jan 21, 2011

Solar Industry Cooperates For OPA Reqs

Developers, lenders and solar manufacturers are working together to meet local content requirements under the Ontario Power Authority's feed in tariff program and to ensure financing for projects.
Jan 21, 2011

Sea Breeze Takes Next Step On DOE Guarantee

Sea Breeze Power has filed the second part of its loan guarantee application with the U.S. Department of Energy.
Jan 21, 2011

OPA Preps NatGas Call

The Ontario Power Authority is planning to kick off a new request for proposals to ink power purchase agreements for up to 500 MW of generation.
Jan 21, 2011

Ontario Seeks Private Developers For Transmission

The Ontario Energy Board is inviting private companies to compete for the right to build a roughly $550 million transmission line.
Jan 21, 2011

Finavera Circles Equity

Finavera Renewables is close to locking in equity via a partner for a portion of its $800 million wind pipeline before targeting a debt financing.
Jan 19, 2011

Canada Loan Mart To Feel U.S. Demand

Canadian sponsors are not likely to find cheaper pricing this year because U.S. developers will be looking north of the border for lenders to finance a slew of projects, bankers said on a panel at Euromoney's 2nd Annual Canadian Power Finance conference in Toronto.

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