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Aug 14, 2020 - Power Finance & Risk

Q&A: The Global Market for US Renewable Energy Assets with KeyBanc Capital Markets

Andy Redinger and Dan Brown, managing directors at KeyBanc Capital Markets, discuss the this surge in demand for US renewable energy assets and what global investors need to consider when evaluating opportunities in this sector.
Aug 13, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Case Study: IEnova solar portfolio, Mexico

In early June, Sempra Energy subsidiary IEnova reached financial close on a 376 MW four-project portfolio of solar assets in Mexico, even as the country's renewable energy sector grappled with delays, a hostile government and a financing environment that many considered impossible.
Aug 13, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

AES develops large hybrid asset in Chile

AES Gener has begun the permitting process for an 862.5 MW project that will combine wind and solar technology in Chile’s Antofagasta region.
Aug 13, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

OPDE closes financing for Chilean duo

Spain's OPDEnergy has reached financial close on a wind farm and a solar project in Chile, bringing to an end a process that began in November of last year.
Aug 13, 2020 - Juliana Ennes

São Paulo metro renewables project in works

São Paulo’s metro administrator is preparing to contract out the construction of renewable generation on its facilities.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Q&A: The Global Market for US Renewable Energy Assets with KeyBanc Capital Markets

Aug 14, 2020 - Power Finance & Risk

Andy Redinger and Dan Brown, managing directors at KeyBanc Capital Markets, discuss the this surge in demand for US renewable energy assets and what global investors need to consider when evaluating opportunities in this sector.
Masdar, EDF join forces on 1.6 GW renewables portfolio

Aug 13, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

The Abu Dhabi Future Energy Co, also known as Masdar, has signed an agreement with EDF Renewables North America to work together on a 1.6 GW portfolio of wind, solar and battery storage projects spread across the US.

Case Study: IEnova solar portfolio, Mexico

Aug 13, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

In early June, Sempra Energy subsidiary IEnova reached financial close on a 376 MW four-project portfolio of solar assets in Mexico, even as the country's renewable energy sector grappled with delays, a hostile government and a financing environment that many considered impossible.
TVA inks 20-year PPA with Silicon Ranch

Aug 13, 2020 - Stuart Wise

The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for the output of a 70 MW solar project being developed by Silicon Ranch as part of a deal to supply a Facebook data center.

AES Panama bond offering well received

Aug 12, 2020 - Oliver West, Juliana Ennes

AES Panama Generation Holdings received more than $5 billion of orders on August 11 for a $1.38 billion bond that has been hailed as the largest international capital markets deal by a private sector issuer in Central America and the Caribbean.
Grupo Ortiz requests IDB receivables loan

Aug 06, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Spain's Ortiz Construcciones y Proyectos has requested an up-to-$20 million credit line from development finance institution IDB Invest to pay its suppliers in Panama, Colombia, and Mexico.

Obituary: Greg Wolf, Duke's renewables crusader

Aug 13, 2020 - Shravan Bhat

Greg Wolf, the former CEO of Leeward Renewable Energy, passed away on August 3. He was 50.
Orion adds investment optimizer

Aug 13, 2020 - Shravan Bhat

Middle-market energy infrastructure debt investor Orion Energy Partners has hired Matthew Kondratowicz to its investment performance and optimization group.

Aug 07, 2020 - Shravan Bhat

The Buzz: Damned if you DOE…

Whenever a Department of Energy loan goes bad – as it did in the case of the Crescent Dunes concentrated solar project in Nevada – questions are raised about the program. But how bad is the US government at picking winners, really?
Jul 31, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

The dark side of solar

A recent development testifies to solar's lasting appeal, albeit with a controversial twist. Afghan opium poppy growers are among those that have caught on to the increasingly affordable technology, though presumably not with ESG criteria in mind.
Jul 24, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

The Buzz: Quid pro coal

Developers of gas-fired and wind projects were united in their fury and dismay last year when Ohio’s House of Representatives passed House Bill 6 – the state’s nuclear and coal bail-out bill. The recent bribery allegations only add fuel to the sense of righteous indignation.