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Jan 20, 2021 - Sophie Mellor

NextEnergy debuts in Chile with solar buy

London-based fund manager NextEnergy Capital has acquired a portfolio of small-scale solar projects totaling 42.2 MW in Chile from Grenergy Renovables.
Jan 19, 2021 - Richard Metcalf

Naturgy acquires Candela assets

Spain’s Naturgy Energy Group has bought a a portfolio of US solar assets developed by Candela Renewables from Macquarie.
Jan 19, 2021 - Richard Metcalf

EDPR to acquire distributed solar platform

EDP Renewables has signed a deal to acquire a majority stake in C2 Energy Capital’s US distributed solar platform, C2 Omega.
Jan 19, 2021 - Carmen Arroyo

AES adds wind farm to Chilean pipeline

AES Gener, the Chilean subsidiary of AES Corp, is adding a 114 MW wind farm to its development pipeline as part of its 1.6 GW portfolio of renewable assets in Colombia and Chile.
Jan 19, 2021 - Carmen Arroyo

Norway's Aker to control Mainstream

Norwegian conglomerate Aker has agreed to purchase a controlling stake in Irish developer Mainstream Renewable Power, which is working on a 1.3 GW renewable portfolio in Chile.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Advisers revealed on Macquarie's esVolta investment

Jan 20, 2021 - Taryana Odayar

The advisers have been revealed on Macquarie's Green Investment Group's acquisition of a stake in Californian utility-scale energy storage developer esVolta.
Colombia's Isagén purchases solar pair

Jan 20, 2021 - Carmen Arroyo

Colombian power producer Isagén has acquired two solar projects totaling 52.4 MW (DC) from China's Trina Solar.

Hawaii PUC greenlights Swell Energy's virtual power plant

Jan 20, 2021 - Taryana Odayar

Swell Energy's plan to deploy virtual power plants on three Hawaiian islands has received the green light from the state's Public Utilities Commission.
FirstEnergy utilities launch RFP for solar credits

Jan 20, 2021 - Taryana Odayar

Three of FirstEnergy Corp's Pennsylvania utilities have launched a request for proposals (RFP) for solar energy credits.

Enel approves LatAm reorganization

Dec 22, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Italy's Enel has approved the merger of Enel Green Power's renewable energy businesses in Central and South America – other than those in Chile – into its Chilean-listed subsidiary Enel Americas.
AES approves corporate reorganization in Brazil

Dec 22, 2020 - Juliana Ennes

AES Corp has approved a corporate reorganization of its Brazilian assets, which will include the creation of a holding company called AES Brasil Energia, and the merger of that company with AES Tietê.

Chilean coop federation hires new manager

Jan 20, 2021 - Carmen Arroyo

Chile's National Federation of Power Co-ops has appointed Patricio Molina as its new general manager.
Morgan Stanley appoints NA power and gas chief

Jan 19, 2021 - Taryana Odayar

Morgan Stanley has appointed a new head of North American power and gas trading as well as two regional heads of power origination.

Jan 08, 2021 - Richard Metcalf

Most-read stories of 2020

As we heave a collective sigh of relief at finally putting 2020 behind us, let’s take a moment to reflect on the past 12 months through the lens of Power Finance & Risk’s most read stories of the year.
Dec 24, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Alternating Current: Santa to use wind turbine geo-location mapping

Safety this holiday season is a top priority for IntelStor, which says it is providing Santa Claus with wind turbine geo-location mapping, to make sure that his sleigh ride round the globe goes off without a hitch.
Dec 11, 2020 - Power Finance & Risk

#PowerTweets December 14, 2020

#PowerTweets is an occasional feature tracking trends in power finance and investment in the Americas on Twitter.