BP is selling its US-based onshore wind energy business, BP Wind Energy, to consolidate its focus into the development of its remaining renewables projects through subsidiary Lightsource BP.

The Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) has approved Westbridge Renewable Energy Corporation's 300MWac solar-plus-storage project and issued it with a substation permit and license.

Chile’s National Electric Coordinator (CEN) has received bids from 10 companies in an international public tender for transmission projects the coordinator launched in March (2024).

Arevon has secured $351 million in debt financing led by CoBank for its Gibson Solar project in Indiana.

The Department of Energy’s Loan Programs Office (LPO) has issued a $1.559 billion conditional loan guarantee to Wabash Valley Resources to develop a waste-to-ammonia and carbon capture and sequestration facility in Indiana.

Trinity Energias Renováveis is planning to invest more than R$300 million ($55m) in solar distributed generation in Brazil.

Wisconsin Electric Company, known as We Energies, is preparing to build natural gas-fired and liquid natural gas (LNG) projects for a total finance cost of $2.1 billion, PFR has learned.

Siemens Financial Services has closed on the sale of its 20% share in the natural gas-fired Hickory Run Energy power plant to Tyr Energy, PFR has learned.

Monarch Private Capital and Invenergy have closed a $170 million tax equity financing for a 200MW solar facility in Texas.

Vitol is selling its 240MW Big Sky wind project to funds managed by Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure (PSEI), PFR has learned. Big Sky Wind is sited across Illinois’ Bureau and Lee Counties.

Brazilian energy and sugar company Raízen is issuing $1 billion in green bonds in Brazil.

Deutsche Bank and Dimension Energy have closed a $150 million corporate credit facility to build out the developer’s 2GW community solar pipeline in the US.

Wisconsin Electric Company, known as We Energies, has 4 pending transactions with renewables developer Invenergy for 1.5GW of solar capacity for a combined $1.7 billion, PFR has learned.

Renewable developer RZK Energia is partnering with Matrix Energia on solar distributed generation projects in Brazil.

NV Energy’s Greenlink West transmission project, a 351-mile line from Las Vegas to Yerington, has been approved by the Bureau of Land Management.

EDP Renewables North America has secured a long-term capacity tolling agreement with Dominion Energy for an 85MW/340MWh standalone battery energy storage system (BESS).

Latham & Watkins has hired Scott Cockerham as a partner in the transactional tax practice in Washington, DC.

Sempra executive VP and group president of California, Trevor Mihalik, will retire from his position effective 1 January 2025, PFR has learned.