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Jun 19, 2018 - Fotios Tsarouhis

Greenbacker Picks Up Pair of N.C. Solar Projects

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. has acquired two development-stage solar assets in North Carolina from ET Capital.
Jun 19, 2018 - Shravan Bhat

German Utility Enters U.S. Offshore Wind Race

Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) has signed a joint venture agreement with Trident Winds to develop a floating offshore wind project near California.
Jun 19, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Investor Looks to Offload Lessor Stake in Texas Gas-fired Plant

A financial investor is preparing to sell an interest in a gas-fired project in Texas that it owns as a result of a levered sale leaseback transaction originally signed 18 years ago.
Jun 19, 2018 - Michael Turner

Norwegian Duo Enters Argentina

A joint venture between Scatec Solar and Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor has entered the Argentine solar market by acquiring a contracted 117 MW project, and the ceo of Scatec says the company is mulling other opportunities in the Latin American country.
Jun 18, 2018 - Max Adams

Goldman, Mosaic Ready Co-sponsored Solar ABS

Goldman Sachs and residential solar finance firm Mosaic are preparing to jointly issue a new solar loan securitization.

Mergers & Acquisitions

Greenbacker Picks Up Pair of N.C. Solar Projects

Jun 19, 2018 - Fotios Tsarouhis

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. has acquired two development-stage solar assets in North Carolina from ET Capital.
Investor Looks to Offload Lessor Stake in Texas Gas-fired Plant

Jun 19, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

A financial investor is preparing to sell an interest in a gas-fired project in Texas that it owns as a result of a levered sale leaseback transaction originally signed 18 years ago.

German Utility Enters U.S. Offshore Wind Race

Jun 19, 2018 - Shravan Bhat

Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW) has signed a joint venture agreement with Trident Winds to develop a floating offshore wind project near California.
Macquarie Capital Hires Ex-Tesla Staffer for Distributed Energy, Storage Push

Jun 18, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Macquarie Capital, which last year inked a pioneering battery storage project finance deal, has hired a former Tesla employee to oversee its efforts in relation to esoteric energy technology.

Goldman, Mosaic Ready Co-sponsored Solar ABS

Jun 18, 2018 - Max Adams

Goldman Sachs and residential solar finance firm Mosaic are preparing to jointly issue a new solar loan securitization.
Vivint Reveals Details of ABS Private Placement

Jun 12, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Credit Suisse was sole arranger on a privately placed solar securitization that Vivint issued alongside its public market debut last week.

Q&A: Nick Knapp, CohnReznick Capital — Part I

Jun 15, 2018 - Fotios Tsarouhis

Nick Knapp, who took over as president of CohnReznick Capital in January, discusses the latest changes at the firm and his outlook for project finance and M&A activity with PFR reporter Fotios Tsarouhis.
GE EFS Reshuffles Top Team, Announces Retirements

Jun 14, 2018 - Fotios Tsarouhis

GE Energy Financial Services has announced the retirement of two senior figures as the General Electric division looks to sell its loan book and private equity assets.

Jun 14, 2018 - Richard Metcalf

Star Trek's Shatner Plugs Solar Crypto Enterprise

Using renewable energy to mine cryptocurrency is not a new idea—PFR first reported on it in December, at which point miners in Europe and Iceland were already using hydro and geothermal—but a recent intervention by Star Trek legend William Shatner has thrust the concept squarely into the limelight.
Jun 06, 2018 - Louise Pesce

Industry Current: Don’t Pop the Champagne Yet—Parsing the PJM Auction Results

The results of the recent PJM Interconnection capacity auction have excited many in the industry but should prompt a thoughtful pause, writes Louise Pesce, managing director at MUFG in Los Angeles, in this week’s Industry Current.
Jun 04, 2018 - Shravan Bhat

The Fastest Power Bankers in New York—2018 Edition

PFR has pored over the results of this year’s JP Morgan Corporate Challenge race in New York’s Central Park to find out which power sector financiers crossed the finish line first.