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Jul 22, 2019 - Shravan Bhat

ArcLight Lines Up Term Loan B for Coal-fired Portfolio

ArcLight Capital Partners has appointed bookrunners as it prepares to refinance a portfolio of coal-fired plants that it is in the process of adding to.
Jul 22, 2019 - Richard Metcalf

YieldCo Wins Bid for AltaGas D.G. Assets

TerraForm Power has signed a deal to acquire a roughly 320 MW residential solar and fuel cell platform from AltaGas following an auction run by two investment banks.
Jul 19, 2019 - Ila Patel

Banks on Board for Louisiana LNG facility

Venture Global LNG has secured $10 billion in financing commitments with 13 banks to construct and commission the Calcasieu Pass facility and the associated TransCameron pipeline.
Jul 19, 2019 - Ila Patel

Basalt Signs Second Partnership with U.S. Solar Developer

UK-based Basalt Infrastructure Partners signed an agreement this month with U.S. solar developer Soltage to fund the construction of a 200 MW project portfolio.
Jul 19, 2019 - Stuart Wise, Shravan Bhat, Juliana Ennes

PPA Pulse: Georgia Solar Target Doubled

The Georgia Public Service Commission has mandated Georgia Power to to add 2.21 GW of mostly solar capacity to the grid by 2022, more than double the 1 GW originally proposed by the utility in its three-year integrated resource plan.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Duke Wraps its Largest Solar Acquisition

Jul 22, 2019 - Taryana Odayar

Duke Energy Renewables has acquired a 200 MW Texas solar project that is contracted under a hedge agreement and has been financed with debt and tax equity.
Hawaiian Electric Unveils 900 MW Renewables Plan

Jul 22, 2019 - Taryana Odayar

Hawaiian Electric is seeking about 900 MW of renewable generation on Oahu, Maui and Hawaii Island, in what the company claims is “among the largest single procurement efforts undertaken by a U.S. utility.”

Duke Wraps its Largest Solar Acquisition

Jul 22, 2019 - Taryana Odayar

Duke Energy Renewables has acquired a 200 MW Texas solar project that is contracted under a hedge agreement and has been financed with debt and tax equity.
Renova Gets Reprieve from BNDES on Alto Sertão Debt

Jul 22, 2019 - Juliana Ennes

Renova Energia has obtained a one-month extension of a bridge loan from BNDES in relation to the Alto Sertão III wind project in Brazil.

Sunnova Launches IPO

Jul 15, 2019 - Richard Metcalf

Residential solar company Sunnova has launched its initial public offering, having set a target of raising up to $365 million.
Colombia's EPM issues bonds in international markets

Jul 12, 2019 - Juliana Ennes

Colombian power generator Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM) has issued $1.3 billion in bonds in the international markets to refinance its debt.

Macquarie Names Power & Gas Co-Head

Jul 19, 2019 - Taryana Odayar

Macquarie Capital has appointed a co-head to its North American power and gas trading and marketing division.
Former Panda Power G.C. Returns to Private Practice

Jul 17, 2019 - Shravan Bhat

Edmund "Eddy" Daniels, the former general counsel of Panda Power Funds, has landed a partnership in the energy transactions practice of a law firm in Texas.

Jul 19, 2019 - Taryana Odayar

China Gallops Away With Guinness Solar Record

China has set a Guinness World Record for the largest solar panel image, which takes the pattern of a galloping horse and is equivalent in size to 195 football pitches.
Jun 27, 2019 - Shravan Bhat

Ercot Dispatch: A Competitive Hedge

With single-digit reserve margin forecasts drawing solar, battery and peaker developers to Texas in droves, PFR reporter Shravan Bhat visited Houston last week to catch up with the Ercot community and assess the market for power price hedges.
Jun 21, 2019 - Taryana Odayar

Reporter's Notebook: Project Sales & Cocktails at NYSE

Early-stage renewable energy projects exceeding 1 GW were auctioned off at a novel event on the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange last Monday, hosted by Akin Gump, Novogradac, DNV GL and FTI Capital Advisors.