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Nov 25, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Chilean generator wins energy supply agreement

Chilean firm Energia Llaima has signed a four-year energy supply agreement with household products company Compañías CIC to power its plants in Santiago and Chillán.
Nov 25, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Apollo SPAC IPO grows to $300m

Apollo Global Management's latest energy transition and sustainability-focused blank check company has raised $300 million with its initial public offering, $50 million more than expected.
Nov 25, 2020 - Richard Metcalf, Taryana Odayar

SB Energy racks up project financings in US

Since entering the US market in 2019 with the acquisition of a pipeline of projects in California and Texas, SB Energy – the renewables division of SoftBank – has put together a string of project finance deals including a loan to finance late-stage development.
Nov 25, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Sonnedix bags solar project in Chile

Independent power producer Sonnedix has acquired a 160 MW solar project in the Chilean region of O'Higgins.
Nov 25, 2020 - Juliana Ennes

AES Tietê rebrands as AES Brasil

AES Corp has changed the name of its Brazilian subsidiary from AES Tietê to AES Brasil after solidifying its grip on the company earlier this year.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Sonnedix bags solar project in Chile

Nov 25, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Independent power producer Sonnedix has acquired a 160 MW solar project in the Chilean region of O'Higgins.
Boralex to take full ownership of Québec wind projects

Nov 24, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Boralex is buying Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec out of its stake in a 296 MW portfolio of three wind projects in Québec to become their sole owner.

EDP signs PPA for North Carolina solar

Nov 25, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

EDP Renewables has signed a power purchase agreement for a 74 MW solar project in North Carolina.
Chilean generator wins energy supply agreement

Nov 25, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Chilean firm Energia Llaima has signed a four-year energy supply agreement with household products company Compañías CIC to power its plants in Santiago and Chillán.

FirstEnergy disclosure trips anti-corruption reps and warranties

Nov 20, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

FirstEnergy Corp's lenders have signed waivers and amended the terms of its loans to cure compliance breaches stemming from the disclosure of a roughly $4 million payment that was uncovered as part of an internal bribery investigation.
FirstEnergy disclosure breaches anti-corruption reps and warranties

Nov 20, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

FirstEnergy Corp's lenders have signed waivers and amended the terms of its loans to cure compliance breaches stemming fromthe disclosure of a roughly $4 million payment in 2019 that was uncovered as part of an internal bribery investigation.

AES Tietê rebrands as AES Brasil

Nov 25, 2020 - Juliana Ennes

AES Corp has changed the name of its Brazilian subsidiary from AES Tietê to AES Brasil after solidifying its grip on the company earlier this year.
Colombia’s EPM loses finance chief

Nov 23, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Jorge Andres Tabares has left Empresas Públicas de Medellín after five years of managing its finances as executive vice president of finance and investments.

Nov 20, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Putting the ESG into USA

NRG Energy has brought the US capital markets a step forward with its inaugural sustainability-linked bond, introducing a new flavor of greens for its debt investors to chew on. But as usual, European corporations led the way.
Nov 13, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

Return of the two-digit margins

The apparently unstoppable trend of ever-tightening project finance margins finally hit the buffers in March 2020. But now, even as the pandemic continues to rage, the race to the bottom is back with a vengeance.
Oct 23, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

What’s in a name?

When Engie and EDP Renováveis christened their offshore wind joint venture Ocean Winds, you could be forgiven for assuming that it had taken about 10 seconds to come up with the name. But in the branding world, nothing is that simple.