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Oct 27, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Tenor revealed on Brazil solar loan

Further details have emerged on Atlas Renewable Energy’s financing of its 187 MW (DC) solar project in Brazil.
Oct 27, 2020 - Tom Terrarosa

DTE Energy to spin off midstream unit

Electricity and natural gas provider DTE Energy Co said on October 27 that it plans to spin off its pipelines business, DTE Midstream, into a separate publicly traded entity by mid-2021.
Oct 27, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Chile launches transmission tender

Chile's National Electric Coordinator (NEC) has launched the procurement process for the Kimal-Lo Aguirre transmission project, which will connect the north and the center of the country's grid.
Oct 27, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Renovatio to hold Colombia’s first private auction

Grupo Renovatio, through its subsidiary Renovatio Trading Americas, is preparing the first private power auction in Colombia, with the aim of procuring 20 GWh per month from renewable assets.
Oct 27, 2020 - Staff Writer

DIF closes latest fund at €3bn

DIF Infrastructure VI has reached a €3.03 billion ($3.5bn) final close after increasing its hard cap.

Mergers & Acquisitions

DTE Energy to spin off midstream unit

Oct 27, 2020 - Tom Terrarosa

Electricity and natural gas provider DTE Energy Co said on October 27 that it plans to spin off its pipelines business, DTE Midstream, into a separate publicly traded entity by mid-2021.
DIF closes latest fund at €3bn

Oct 27, 2020 - Staff Writer

DIF Infrastructure VI has reached a €3.03 billion ($3.5bn) final close after increasing its hard cap.

Tenor revealed on Brazil solar loan

Oct 27, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

Further details have emerged on Atlas Renewable Energy’s financing of its 187 MW (DC) solar project in Brazil.
Brookfield hydro to power JPM New York offices

Oct 27, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Brookfield Renewable has struck a deal to supply generation from its New York hydro assets to over 500 JPMorgan Chase & Co offices in the state.

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.
Flush with cash, AES Gener delays capital raise

Oct 05, 2020 - Carmen Arroyo

AES Gener has decided to postpone a $500 million capital increase, the proceeds of which it had planned to use to fund its 1.6 GW solar and wind pipeline in Chile and Colombia, having raised the cash by other means.

Ørsted recruits onshore renewables official from GE EFS

Oct 27, 2020 - Taryana Odayar

Ørsted has hired a senior staffer from GE Energy Financial Services in New York to oversee finance, business development and M&A for US onshore renewables.
DIF closes latest fund at €3bn

Oct 27, 2020 - Staff Writer

DIF Infrastructure VI has reached a €3.03 billion ($3.5bn) final close after increasing its hard cap.

Oct 23, 2020 - Richard Metcalf

The Buzz: 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.
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.