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Fluence buys microgrid software platform

Oct 15, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Fluence, the energy storage company backed by Siemens and AES Corp, has acquired Advanced Microgrid Solutions' artificial intelligence-based microgrid software platform.
Highview Power names new CFO

Oct 15, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Highview Power, which is developing the first long-duration liquid air energy storage (LAES) project in the US, has named Nomi Ahmad as its new CFO, effective January 1, 2021.
Ransweiler leaves Onyx for Osaka Gas

Oct 15, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Matt Ransweiler has left his position as senior vice president of finance at Blackstone portfolio company Onyx Renewable Partners for a job at Osaka Gas in New York.
National Grid rebrands competitive renewables biz

Oct 14, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

National Grid has rebranded Geronimo Energy, the wind and solar developer it acquired last year, as National Grid Renewables.
Beowulf ropes in Bitcoin miner for coal-powered data hub

Oct 14, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

US independent power producer Beowulf Energy has reached a deal with a Bitcoin mining company as part of its plans to build a cryptocurrency hub at the site of a coal-fired plant in Montana.
Promotion at Peruvian renewables firm

Oct 13, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Lima-based renewables developer Atria Energia has promoted Fernando Vega to executive director, alongside Guillermo Cox, who has held the same position since 2019.
Brookfield's Peterson heads to deal software firm

Oct 13, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Kristina Peterson, a former banker who spent several years at Brookfield Renewable Partners, has left the Canadian firm for a role at a transaction software company.
Macquarie M&A staffer joins Quantum renewables outfit

Oct 13, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

An M&A staffer at Macquarie Capital has left the firm to take up a new job at 547 Energy, a renewable and clean energy investment portfolio company of Quantum Energy Partners.
PIMCO joins SPAC craze with Crane at helm

Oct 13, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Bond-focused fund manager Pacific Investment Management Co (PIMCO) is the latest sponsor to back a low carbon blank check company, with former NRG Energy leader David Crane as chief executive.
ECP's Kososki heads to Stonepeak

Oct 12, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Trent Kososki, who was until recently a partner at Energy Capital Partners, has joined Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners as a managing director in Houston.
New executive director at DR’s energy commission

Oct 12, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Edward Veras has been appointed to replace Angel Canó as executive director of the Dominican Republic’s National Commission on Energy.
Projects attorneys make partner at W&C

Oct 09, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

White & Case has promoted two US attorneys in its global project development and finance practice to the partnership.
Garvey leaves Leidos

Oct 08, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

John Garvey has left is position as managing director in engineering consultancy Leidos' asset transaction services division after five years with the company.
Quinbrook appoints senior ESG specialist to advisory board

Oct 07, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has appointed Dawn Turner to its investment manager advisory board to bring in an investor's view on environmental, social and governance considerations.
Engie appoints new CEO with oil and gas background

Oct 06, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Catherine MacGregor is set to take over as CEO of Engie in the new year, filling the gap left by the ouster of Isabelle Kocher in February.
True Green deals director heads to solar developer

Oct 06, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

True Green Capital Management's director of deal development and execution, Nicholas Minekime, has taken up a senior position at Altus Power America.
Recurrent project finance official heads to ArcLight

Oct 06, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

A senior project finance official has left solar developer Recurrent Energy for a new job at private equity fund manager ArcLight Capital Partners.
Siemens, Macquarie launch distributed energy JV

Oct 05, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Siemens and Macquarie have formed a joint venture called Calibrant Energy to provide on-site energy services to corporations, municipalities, schools, hospitals and other customers.
Colatrella lands at Fiera

Oct 05, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Paul Colatrella, who departed from Capital Dynamics earlier this year, has secured a new job originating infrastructure debt investments at Fiera Private Debt.
Silver to help Guggenheim shape ESG offering

Oct 05, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Jonathan Silver, who ran the US Department of Energy's loan program before setting up a boutique financial advisory firm focused on tax equity, has joined Guggenheim Securities as a senior adviser.
Oil & gas investor floats energy transition SPAC

Oct 05, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Carnelian Energy Capital Management, a Texan private equity fund manager focusing on oil and gas, has raised $300 million for a blank check company targeting clean transportation and other alternative energy sub-sectors.
New CEO at Brookfield Renewable as Shah takes BAM role

Oct 05, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Brookfield Renewable Partners has promoted its chief investment officer Connor Teskey to CEO, replacing Sachin Shah, who has moved into a senior role at the company’s financial sponsor Brookfield Asset Management.
Mayflower Wind names new CFO

Oct 02, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Mayflower Wind Energy, the offshore wind joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America, has appointed a new CFO.
Orion promotes MDs to partnership

Oct 02, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Orion Energy Partners has promoted a trio of managing directors to the position of investment partner in its New York and Houston offices.
Energy project finance MD exits CoBank

Oct 02, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

A senior managing director recently left CoBank's project finance team in Denver as part of a restructuring of the firm's energy business.
President and CEO of Mayflower Wind to retire

Sep 30, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Mayflower Wind Energy, the offshore wind joint venture between Shell New Energies US and EDPR Offshore North America, has appointed a new CEO.
Power-to-bitcoin start-up gets seed money

Sep 29, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

A company established earlier this year with the aim of deploying cryptocurrency mining technology to solve power generators’ excess capacity problems is working on pilot projects after wrapping its seed funding.
Savion sketches leadership handover

Sep 28, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Solar and energy storage developer Savion has announced several appointments to its top management team, as the leadership duo that steered the business through its sale to Macquarie Capital in 2019 step back from their operational roles.
Apex hires finance official

Sep 28, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Apex Clean Energy has added to its finance team with a new vice president who has 25 years of experience in project development and capital raising.
Eastwick joins Javelin

Sep 28, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Matt Eastwick has returned to investment banking as a managing director at renewable energy and green chemistry boutique Javelin Capital.

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Oct 16, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Delving into the pipeline…

Enterprising energy innovators never tire of coming up with unlikely new locations for power generation – on highways, in roof tiles, at the end of a kite string – with mixed results. Now there’s a start-up producing electrons from municipal water pipes.
Oct 09, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Settle for nothing less: Big data gets smarter on vPPAs

In the world of project finance, power purchase agreements are usually considered from the point of view of the project owner or lender. But in the last few years, more attention has started to be paid to the other end of the contract.
Oct 01, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

The Buzz: PPAs are passé – bring on the Bitcoin!

Take-or-pay busbar power purchase agreements with electric utilities are all well and good, but they’re starting to look a bit old-fashioned. Bitcoin batteries and green hydrogen are where it’s at these days.

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