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  • Clearway Energy Group has wrapped financing for a pair of solar-plus-storage projects in Hawaii.
  • Greenbacker Renewable Energy has acquired a repowered wind project located in California.
  • A Texas-based fund manager is auctioning off a portfolio of gas-fired peaking power plants located in Illinois.
  • Greengate Power Corp has started construction and secured a corporate offtaker for what it says will be the largest solar project in Canada.
  • South Carolina's largest electric utility, Santee Cooper, has signed solar power purchase agreements totaling 425 MW with a quartet of developers.
  • A club of six banks led by student loan servicer Nelnet has provided tax equity financing for a portfolio of community solar projects in the Northeastern US.
  • Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has secured a utility offtaker for a solar-plus-storage project located in California.
  • Pennsylvania-based PPL Corp has announced its pick for a president to lead Rhode Island-based utility Narragansett Electric Co, which it is seeking to acquire from the UK's National Grid.
  • Leeward Renewable Energy has inked a power purchase agreement for a 145 MW wind project in Colorado.
  • The privatization of state-owned Eletrobras was confirmed on June 21 after a final vote took place in the Brazilian congress.
  • Malaysian independent power producer Yinson Renewables and Chile-based Verano Capital have agreed to jointly develop an 800 MW pipeline of solar projects in Chile, Colombia and Peru.
  • German renewables developer Solarnet has begun the permitting process for a 9 MW solar project in Chile's La Araucania region.
  • Further details have emerged on the only economic offer that Ecuador has received to develop a 14.8 MW (DC) solar-plus-storage project on the country's Galapagos Islands.
  • Petrobras has revealed the identity of the sole bidder for leasing rights to its LNG terminal in the Brazilian state of Bahia.
  • The Carlyle Group has completed its acquisition of the Patriot and Liberty combined-cycle gas-fired projects in Pennsylvania from its co-investor EIG Global Energy Partners.
  • UK-based renewable energy technical advisory firm Natural Power is continuing to expand its North American business with a series of new hires, including a principal engineer focused on energy storage.
  • Independent power producer Colbún has agreed to supply renewable power to construction company Mariathon-Tecknogreen in Chile.
  • A 14-member team has left Beecher Carlson's global energy group to join insurance brokerage firm CAC Specialty, which has been building out its Natural Resources division over the last few months.
  • Chilean renewables power company Inversiones Latin America Power, a subsidiary of Latin America Power (LAP), has issued bonds to refinance a pair of wind farms in Chile totaling 239.2 MW.
  • The Brazilian senate has approved the privatization of Eletrobras with amendments, setting up a high-stakes final vote to take place in the lower house on June 21.
  • Bill Gallagher, the former head of project finance at CoBank, is preparing to start in a new role at US Bank.
  • CleanCapital and distributed battery storage company Stem have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for a financing partnership through which they will fund mid-market energy storage projects.
  • PacifiCorp has shortlisted an Innergex Renewable Energy wind farm in Wyoming for a long-term power purchase agreement, as part of its 2020 all-source Request for Proposals (RFP).
  • Independent power producer Sonnedix and Cox Energy América, the Latin America subsidiary of Cox Energy, have begun construction on a 160 MW (DC) solar park in the Chilean region of Valparaiso.
  • Norwegian state-owned Statkraft has begun the permitting process for a 671 MW (DC) solar park in the Chilean region of Antofagasta.
  • CenterPoint Energy has asked for approval from the Indiana Utilities Regulatory Commission (IURC) to construct two combined-cycle gas-fired projects to replace retiring coal-fired units in the state.
  • Energy Impact Partners (EIP) has hired an operating partner from an Alphabet-backed infrastructure firm.
  • Michael Skelly, the founder and former chairman of transmission developer Clean Line Energy Partners, has launched a new venture.
  • In early 2021, Actis-owned Atlas Renewable Energy clinched two unique debt financings for a pair of solar projects in Brazil supported by dollarized power purchase agreements, marking a shift in how Brazilian assets could be financed in the future in a market that has been dominated by local currency contracts.
  • Greenbacker Capital Management-backed Dichotomy Power, an owner and operator of hydro projects in the Northeastern US, has agreed to buy a hydro portfolio in Maine.
  • New Fortress Energy (NFE) is structuring a sale-leaseback deal for a combined-heat-and-power plant in Jamaica.
  • Argentinian developer Genneia has appointed Carlos Palazón as its chief financial officer, replacing Bernardo Andrews, who was promoted to CEO in March.
  • A Canadian independent power producer has wrapped a roughly $15.7 million refinancing for a portfolio of operational run-of-river hydro projects.
  • Regulatory approval has been granted for a solar build-transfer deal in Indiana between an AES Corp subsidiary and Invenergy.
  • Enel Green Power has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with a dairy company for a portion of the output of a wind farm it is building in Texas.
  • SolaREIT, a solar real estate investment fund launched in late 2020, has hired two senior executives who have previously worked at AES Corp and D.E. Shaw-backed Eagle Solar Group.
  • Chile’s National Energy Commission (NEC) has delayed the country's power auction for a month, postponing the process for a second time this year.
  • AES Brasil Energia, AES Corp’s local subsidiary in Brazil, has closed the sale of its distributed generation solar platform to EDP Energias do Brasil.
  • EnfraGen, a joint venture between Glenfarne Group and Partners Group, has secured a debt package from a club of banks for a portfolio of PMGD (Pequeños Medios de Generación Distribuida) solar projects in Chile.
  • Macquarie Infrastructure Corp has agreed to sell a portfolio of energy production and distribution businesses in Hawaii to Argo Infrastructure Partners.
  • NextEra Energy Partners (NEP) has priced a $500 million covertible bond offering which will partly fund the acquisition of a 391 MW wind portfolio in California and New Hampshire.
  • An open solicitation process is underway to allocate transmission capacity for the 732-mile high-voltage TransWest Express Transmission Project.
  • Enel X has secured nearly 3 GW of committed capacity under PJM Interconnection's Base Residual Auction for delivery year 2022/2023.
  • Leyline Renewable Capital has provided a construction financing package to Washington, DC-based SaveSolar, which finances and develops community solar projects that serve affordable housing communities.
  • IDB Invest has published a manual to help private sector debt issuers in Latin America and the Caribbean structure ESG bonds.
  • Brazil’s new gas market regulations have come into effect, the latest step in the country’s push to make the sector more competitive.
  • A Geronimo Energy representative has told the Stutsman County Commission in North Dakota that Xcel Energy has agreed to purchase wind energy from Geronimo’s 200 MW Courtenay wind farm.
  • Sen. Charles E. Schumer threw his political weight behind NRG Energy’s $506 million plan to convert its coal-fired Dunkirk facility to natural gas, arguing Tuesday that it would be better for the environment and give a big boost to the economy in Chautauqua County, N.Y.
  • NRG Energy has closed the acquisition of the 560 MW Gregory cogeneration plant in Corpus Christi, Texas.
  • Compass Energies, a Colorado-based renewable company, plans to build its second wind farm in Montana.
  • —Jose Ramón Gómez, Inter-American Development Bank senior regional energy specialist in Washington, D.C., on the bank’s desire to fill non-recourse financing holes in developing countries.
  • —Kirk Edelman, president and ceo of Siemens Financial Services in Iselin, N.J., on growing the entity’s power and energy finance business.
  • —Chris Smith, managing director of Energy Management Inc. in New York, speaking about the project finance market as affiliate American Renewables hunts for funding for a Florida biomass plant.
  • Five banks joined a $580 million credit supporting Northland Power’s 265 MW combined-cycle plant in North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
  • U.S. Power Generating Co. filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition for 2.9 GW subsidiary Boston Generating that included a $1.1 billion stalking horse bid from Constellation Energy.
  • — David Jones, president and ceo of boutique investment bank CastleOak Securities in New York, which is the joint bookrunning manager on San Diego Gas & Electric’s $350 million bond issue.
  • First Solar sought financing to back its 550 MW Desert Sunlight project in Desert Center, Calif.
  • —Swami Venkataraman, an analyst in the utilities, infrastructure and ratings group at Standard & Poor’s in San Francisco on the effects of the downgrade on the power industry.
  • —Andrew Redinger, managing director and group head of the utility and alternative energy group at KeyBanc Capital Markets in Cleveland, on real estate investment trusts looking to make investments in generation assets.
  • Axio Power of San Juan Capistrano, Calif., entered into an exclusive contract with an undisclosed strategic buyer.
  • Closed Deals Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova (50 MW Solar) Sanlúcar la Major, Spain TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/9/08). Abengoa Mexico Unknown (300 MW CoGen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $460M TBA Deal wraps, with eight lenders participating (PFR, 6/25/10). Abengoa Solar Solana (250 CST) Gila Bend, Ariz. DOE/FFB TBA $1.45B 12-yr FFB and DOE finalizes loan, priced at Treasury plus 37.5 bps (PFR, 1/5/11). Acciona Solar Power Nevada Solar One (64 MW) Boulder City, Nev. Santander, BBVA, La Caixa Term Loan $140M Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Acciona Energy North America EcoGrove (100.5 MW Wind) Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander closes loan and looks to syndicate it (PFR, 10/1/10). Tatanka (180 MW Wind) Dickey County, N.D., McPherson County, S.D. BBVA, Santander, BayernLB, JPMorgan Construction Loan $280M 6-9m No syndication planned (PFR, 1/11/08). Red Hills (130 MW Wind) Roger Mills and Custer Counties, Okla. BayernLB, Banco Sabadell, Banesto Construction Loan $270M TBA Deal wrapped fall of '08 (PFR, 8/14/09). JPMorgan Capital Corp., Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). AEI Jaguar Energy (300 MW) Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). AES Termoeléctrico de Penoles (230 MW Petcoke) Tamuin, Mexico Calyon Refinancing $227M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Buffalo Gap 3 (170 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas Dexia, HVB 1-yr Deal wrapped in Dec. 2007 (PFR, 11/30/07). Angamos (520 MW Coal) Antofagasta Region, Chile ABN, BNP Term Loan $700M 17.5 Closed this fall (PFR, 10/10/08). Construction Loan $350M Armenia Mountain (100.5 MW Wind) Tioga County, Pa. Citibank, CoBank, Unicredit HVB, Union Bank Long-term, Non-recourse $221M TBA Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 8/17/09). Citigroup Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). Mountain View IV (149 MW Wind) Palm Springs, Calif. MUFG TBA $82M 17-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/11). Allegheny Energy TrAIL (180-Mile 500kV wire) Pa., W.Va., Va. Citigroup, BNP Term Loan $530M 7-yr Syndication wrapped 8/15 (PFR, 8/18/08) . Revolver $20M AIMPowerGen SOP Phase I (40 MW Wind) Ontario Fortis Term Loan $75M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/18/08). Airtricity Champion (126.5 MW Wind) Various HVB, Mizuho Construction Loan $210 million Banks funded (PFR, 12/7/07). Letter of Credit $5 million Roscoe (209 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas HVB, NordLB, BayernLB Construction loan $399M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 9/6/07). 2008 Turbine Supply Central New York HVB, Mizuho Turbine Supply Loan $325M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/16/07). American Renewables Nacogdoches (100 MW Biomass) Sacul, Texas BoTM/Union Bank, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Bought by Southern Co. and financed on balance sheet (PFR, 10/9/09). Gainesville (100 MW Biomass) Gainesville, Fla. BoTM, Crédit Agricole, ING, Natixis, Rabo, SocGen TBA $500M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 7/6/11). ArcLight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $275M TBA Leads finalize deal, backing a 1,412 MW operational portfolio (PFR, 1/3/11). ArcLight Capital Partners, SGR Holdings Southern Pines Energy Center (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). Southern Pines (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. SunTrust TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/8/08). Astoria Energy II Astoria II (500 MW Gas) Queens, N.Y. Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, BoTM/Union Bank, Calyon, Export Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Construction/Term Loan $970M C+5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/2/09). Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Letters of Credit $110M TBA Babcock & Brown Power, Pittsburg Power Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. BayernLB Construction Loan $299M 33-yr Deal closed early 2008 (PFR, 1/11/08). BP, Ridgeline Goshen II (90 MW Wind) Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). BP, Sempra Fowler Ridge II (199.5 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). BP Wind Energy, Sempra Generation Cedar Creek II (250.8 MW Wind) Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Leads wrap deal (PFR, 12/21/10). Brick Power Holdings Tiverton (265 MW Gas) Tiverton, R.I. Barclays, Goldman Recapitalization $97M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/30/09). Rumford (265 MW Gas) Rumford, Maine Bright Capital Partners, Vader Piet (30 MW Wind) Aruba Dexia, Eksport Kredit Non-Recourse $60M 13-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). Hutting Windenergie Fonden, Nordea Allied Irish Bank Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). BrightSource Energy Various (1.3 GW Solar) Southern California Federal Financing Bank Federal Loan $1.6B TBA Federal agencies wrap loan, loan guarantee (PFR, 4/13/11). Brookfield Renewable Power Comber (166 MW) Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). Gosfield (50.6 MW Wind) Essex County, Ontario BoTM, Scotia TBA $102M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/22/10). Prince Wind (189 MW Wind) Sault St. Marie, Ontario Scotia, Dexia Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) 5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 12/7/07). Brookfield Renewable Power, Coram Energy Unknown (102 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. BoTM, Mizuho, SMBC TBA $209M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 6/16/11). Caithness Energy, GE EFS Shepherds Flat (909 MW Wind) Oregon BoTM, WestLB, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Leads close largest wind financing in U.S. (PFR, 12/27/10). Calpine Corp. Blue Spruce (468 MW, Gas) Aurora, Colo. CoBank, ACB, Siemens Refinancing $90M 10-yr No syndication planned (PFR, 2/8/08). Deer Park (400 MW Gas) Harris County, Texas ING, Union Bank, WestLB TBA $150M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/26/09). Russell City (600 MW Combined-Cycle) Hayward, Calif. ING, Union Bank TBA $844.5M 10-yr Deal closes (PFR, 6/27/11). Calpine Steamboat Holdings Unknown (250 MW CoGen) Freeport, Texas Calyon, WestLB Refinancing $465M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/25/09). Unknown (365 MW Comb. Cyc.) Mankato, Minn. Cannon Power Windy Point (500 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash HSH Construction Loan $360M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Siemens TBA $178M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Cardinal Gas Storage Perryville (7.5 bcf Gas Storage) Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal wraps oversubscribed (PFR, 5/21/10). Carlyle/Riverstone Topaz (1.5 GW Gas) Various, Texas Morgan Stanley, Dexia, Construction Loan $615M 6-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 6/28/08). ING, Natixis Working Capital facility $75M 6-yr LC $50M 2-yr Catalyst Renewables, Hannon Armstrong 50 MW Hudson Ranch I (geo) Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Centinela, SNPower Totoral (46 MW Wind) Chile DnB, International Finance Corp. Term Loan $61.5M 18-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/08). CIT Energy Broad River (847 MW Gas) Gaffney, S.C. Barclays Capital Refinancing $290M 5-year Deal wrapped, upsized (PFR, 7/13/09). South Point (520 MW Gas) Bullhead City, Ariz. Competitive Power Ventures Keenan II (152 MW Wind) Woodward County, Okla. Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA Deal wrapped oversubscribed (PFR, 2/5/10). Sentinel (850 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA $800M 10-yr Deal wraps oversubscribed (PFR, 5/31/11). Constellation Energy Portfolio (30 MW Solar PV) Sacramento, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Deutsche Bank TBA $100M TBA Sponsor wraps financing (PFR, 8/4/11). Duke Energy Top of the World (200 MW Wind) Casper, Wyo. BoTM, BBVA, SocGen, Caja Madrid Term Loan $193M 18-yr Sponsor reaches financial close (PFR, 11/7/10). EDF EN Canada St. Isidore A (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal closes on first phase (PFR, 1/7/11). EDF Energias Nouvelles La Ventosa (67.5 MW Wind) Oaxaca, Mexico Ex-Im Bank Term Loan $80.6M 14-year Set to wrap financing (PFR, 12/7/09). IFC TBA $21.5M TBA IADB, World Bank Edison Mission Energy Cedro Hills (350 MW wind) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Portfolio ( 455 MW Wind) Nebraska, N.M., Texas BayernLB, BNP, Dexia, WestLB TBA $202M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). Various (362 MW Wind) Neb., N.M., Texas WestLB Refi $260M 10-yr Refi wraps with 9 participants (PFR, 3/2/11). Edison Mission Energy Walnut Creek (500 MW Gas) City of Industry, Calif. MUFG, Santander TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps, with 14 lenders participating (PFR, 7/29/11). El Paso Corp. Ruby Pipeline (675-mile Natural Gas Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Empresas ICA La Yesca (750 MW Hydro) Nayarit, Mexico Citibank/Banamex, HSBC, BBVA Bancomer, Grupo Santander, NordLB, Scotia Capital and Natixis Construction Loan $910M 4-yr, 9m Deal wrapped late spring, 2008 (PFR, 2/15/08). Revolver $80M Enel, TradeWinds Energy Smoky Hills II (148.5 MW Wind) Salina, Kan. JPM Capital Corp., New York Life Insurance, Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity $140M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Energias do Brasil PECEM I (720 MW coal) Ceara, Brazil BNDES TBA $774M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09) IDB A Loan $147M 17-yr Calyon, Caixa-Banco de Investimento, Millennium BCP B Loan $180M 13-yr Energy Capital Partners Rensselear (535 MW Gas) Rensselaer, N.Y. Barclays, UBoC Construction Loan $400M 8-yr Syndication set to wrap (PFR, 11/2/07). HoldCo Loan $170M Revolver $100M Letter of Credit $35M Energy Investors Funds Panoche (400 MW Gas) Fresno, Calif. BNP Paribas Senior Secured Bonds $321M 21.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/29/08). enXco Shiloh II (150 MW Wind) Solano County, Calif. NordLB, CIC, Dexia, SocGen Construction/Term Loan $350M TBA SocGen joined club for term (PFR, 2/16/09). Arnprior (23.4 MW Solar) Arnprior, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). Hoosier (106 MW Wind) Fowler, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). Lakefield (201 MW Wind) Jackson County, Minn. Dexia, SocGen TBA $422M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 5/16/23). Eurus Energy Americas Combine Hills II (63 MW Wind) Umatilla County, Ore. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/13/09). Eurus Energy, NRG Energy Various (45 MW Solar) TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $209M TBA Five banks close deal (9/27/10). EverPower Highland North (75 MW Wind) Krayn, Penn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 3/4/11). First Wind Cohocton (125 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. HSH Nordbank, NordLB Term Loan $95M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/6/09). Cohocton (125 MW Wind Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Milford I (203 MW Wind) Milford, Utah Banco Espirito Santo, Bank of Ireland, BNP, CoBank, Credit Suisse, HSH, Santander, SocGen Construction Loan $376M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). Credit Suisse Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity secured (PFR, 10/5/09). Milford II (100 MW Wind) Milford, Utah RBS, HSH TBA $220M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/22/10). Rollins (60 MW Wind) Penobscot County, Maine Key Bank, NordLB TBA $81M 18-mo Deal wraps, with JPMorgan taking tax equity stake (PFR, 12/6/10). Sheffield (40 MW Wind) Caledonia County, Vt. Key Bank Construction $76M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/19/11). Stetson (57, 25.5 MW Wind) Danforth. Maine Alberta Investment Management Term Loan $115M 8.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09) HSH Nordbank TBA $76M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09). BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Foothills Energy, High Sierra Energy Monroe (12 Bcf gas Storage) Amory, Miss. Fortis TBA $140M TBA Deal wrapped in early June (PFR, 7/18/08). Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Unidentified (30 MW PV) Webberville, Texas TBA BayernLB TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 4/27/11). FPL Energy Northern Frontier (600 MW Wind) Various UniCredit, Mizuho Back-Leveraged Loan $250M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 3/3/08). Heartland (Wind) Unknown Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BBVA, Calyon, Lloyds, Mizuho, NordLB, UniCredit Term Facility $372.5M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/24/08). Guacolda Maitencillo (152 MW Thermo) Maitencillo, Chile Calyon Construction Loan $260M 15-yr Wrapped (PFR, 12/20/07). GDF SUEZ CTA (165 MW Coal) Mejillones, Chile International Finance Corp. A Loan $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) Calyon, Fortis, ING, Helaba, Sumitomo B Loan $293M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) GE EFS, Exergy Development Group Various (183 MW Wind) Idaho BoTM TBA TBA 15-18-yr CoBank wraps second financing backing portfolio of farms (PFR, 3/16/11). GE Energy Financial Services, Orion Energy Unknown (130 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Lloyds TSB, NordLB Mini-Perm $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09). Gestamp Wind Flatwater (60 MW Wind) Richardson County, Neb. Rabo, La Caixa, Sabadell Term $81M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 4/8/11). GNL Quintero LNG Receiving/Regasification Quintero Bay, Chile Banesto, BBVA, Calyon, Term Loan $660 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/15/08). Fortis, ING, Intesa, Mizuho, Santander, WestLB Senior Loan TBA TBA GWF Energy Tracy (314 MW Combined Cycle) Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M 10-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/30/10). Harbinger Capital Partners Calgary Energy (300 MW Gas) Alberta, Canada UBoC Refinancing C$319M ($319M) Wrapped (PFR, 10/5/07). Hobbs Power Funding Unidentified (604 MW Gas) Hobbs, N.M. Siemens Financial Services Term Loan $42.5M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). Horizon Wind Meadow Lake II (99 MW Wind) White County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA JPMorgan makes tax equity investment (PFR, 10/28/10). Rail Splitter (101 MW Wind) Logan County, Ill. JPM Capital Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity deal wrapped (PFR, 9/7/09). Various (631 MW Wind) Various JPMorgan, New York Life, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity portfolio closed (PFR, 12/15/08). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA $700M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 5/27/11). Innergex Carleton (109.5 MW Wind) Quebec SMBC, BOTM Term Loan $67.7M 5-yr Deal Wrapped (PFR, 11/26/08). Invenergy Beech Ridge (100.5 MW Wind) Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Forward Energy (99 MW Wind) Wis. Dexia Credit Local, NordLB $249M 17-yr Deal wrapped 4/3 (PFR, 3/31/08). Grand Ridge (99 MW Wind) Ottawa, Ill. UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $189M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Grand Ridge Expansion (111 MW Wind) LaSalle County, Ill. Dexia, Unicredit HVB Construction/Term $111.2M TBA Deal wrapped mid-May (PFR, 7/10/09). Letter of Credit $6.7M TBA Le Plateau (138 MW Wind) Quebec Natixis, RBC TBA $259M TBA Deal wraps, with BayernLB, Rabo, SMBC and Union Bank taking part (PFR, 5/17/11). McAdoo (150MW Wind) Dickens County, Texas UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $262.3M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Letter of Credit $38.1M 6m Stanton (120 MW Wind) Martin County, Texas Dexia, Natixis Construction Loan $229M Under 1-yr Financing closed (PFR, 11/30/07) St. Clair Power Station (570 MW Gas) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada RBC Construction Loan $383M 5-yr Deal wrapped in Sept. (PFR, 7/6/07) LC facility $96M 2009 Turbine Supply (800 MW) Various HSH, UniCredit HVB Turbine Supply Loan $1B Under 1-yr No syndication planned. Various (Wind) New York, Oregon, Texas Unicredit HVB TBA $500M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). IIF Coastal Winds Investment, JPMorgan, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). Vantage (103 MW Wind) Vantage, Wash. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA $115M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10). Irradia Irradia (300,000 Gal./day LNG) Lima, Peru WestLB Construction Loan $81.6M Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 3/4/08). Kleen Energy Systems Middletown (520 MW) Middletown, Conn. Goldman Sachs Term Loan A $435M 10-yr Wrapped 6/13, (PFR, 6/19/08). Term Loan B $295M 17-yr Revolver/LC $255M 10-yr Kruger Energy Chatham (100 MW Wind) Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Deal wraps, marking DB's return to lending (PFR, 5/28/10). Port Alma (101.2 MW Wind) Ontario Scotia Capital TBA TBA TBA Deal closed in May (PFR, 11/2/09) LEP Holdings Liberty Electric Power (568 MW Gas) Eddystone, Pa. Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, OpCo Loan $325M 7-yr Syndication wrapped mid-Nov. (PFR, 12/20/07). Deutsche Bank Revolver $35M Tranches upsized mid-Oct. LS Power Sandy Creek (800 MW Coal) Riesel, Texas Credit Suisse, RBS Term Loan $1.2B 8-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/20/07). LS Power, NV Energy One Nevada Transmission Line Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA $343M TBA LS wraps federal loan (PFR, 2/16/11). Macquarie Capital Amherstburg (35 MW Solar) Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 7/6/10). Martin Resources Arcadia Gas Storage (15.5 Bcf) Arcadia, La. CIT Construction/Term Loan $125M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/30/08). Mirant Marsh Landing (760 MW Gas-Fired) Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Mitsui, Korea Gas, Samsung Manzanillo (500 bcf LNG Regas) Manzanillo, Mexico BBVA, BoTM, Calyon, Development Bank of Japan, Mizuho, KEXIM, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Construction/Term Loan $680M 12-yr Seven lenders set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). MMA Renewable Ventures Macy’s Rooftop (8 MW Solar) California TBA Non-recourse TBA TBA Deal closed 4/1 (PFR, 4/1/08). Montana Alberta Tie Montana Alberta Tie Lethbridge County, Mont. HSH Nordbank A Loan $90M TBA Letter of commitment signed (PFR, 12/8/08). (214 Miles Transmission) to Great Falls, Alberta B Loan $9M TBA Letter of Intent for Credit $19M TBA Morris Energy Group Portfolio (638 MW) Various Morgan Stanley Refinancing $130M Syndication wrapped 2/27 (PFR, 3/3/08). NextEra Energy Resources Heartland II (400 MW Wind) Iowa, North Dakota Banco Santander, TBA $343M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). BoTM, BayernLB, BBVA, BNP, Calyon, Commerzbank, Helaba, Lloyds, UniCredit NaturEner USA Glacier (210 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Banco Espirito Santo, Morgan Stanley Construction Loan $132M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). Morgan Stanley Tax Equity/Back Leverage $156M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). NaturEner USA Glacier II (103.5 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Morgan Stanley Tax Equity $115-125M TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 7/13/09). Construction Loan $125M TBA Nevada Geothermal Blue Mountain (49.5 MW Geothermal) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services closes a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). NextEra Energy Resources Blythe Energy Center (500 MW Gas-Fired) Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB Refi $305M 7-yr Refi wraps without SMBC (PFR, 12/22/10). NextEra Energy Resources Baldwin (102.4 MW Wind) Burleigh County, N.D. Barclays Private Placement TBA TBA Private placement wraps (PFR, 2/8). Noble Environmental Power Altona, Ellenberg, Clinton Altona, Ellenberg, HSH Nordbank, Dexia Non-recourse loan $445M 10-year Syndication wrapped 10/16/07 (PFR, 6/22/07). Various Various HSH Nordbank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Dexia Credit Local Turbine Supply Loan $460M 3-yr Closed late Oct. (PFR, 11/5/07). 2008 Portfolio Upstate New York Citibank, BBVA, Lloyds, Construction Loan $625M 15-yr Closed (PFR, 8/15/08).. Scotia, HSH, RBS Energy Hedge LC $72.5M 15-yr Debt Service Reserve LC $72.5M 15-yr Great Plains (114 MW Wind) Texas Panhandle Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Project garners tax equity (PFR, 11/23/09). Northland Power Mont Louis (100 MW Wind) Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/19/10). Saskatchewan (265 MW Combined Cycle) North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Thorold CoGen (265 MW Gas) Thorold, Ontario BMO, Manulife, Sun Life Construction Loan C$451M 20-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 10/19/07). NRG Roadrunner (20 MW Solar PV) Santa Teresa, N.M. MUFG TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 6/2/11). NRG, UI Devon and Middletown Devon and Middletown, Royal Bank of Construction/ $291 million 7-year Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/4/09). (394 MW Gas) Conn. Scotland, Union Bank Term Loan/Equity Bridge Loan $243 million TBA NuCoastal Victoria (300 MW Gas) Houston, Texas Calyon Term Loan $87M 7.5-yr Deal wrapped this month (PFR, 11/9/07). Letter of Credit $10M 7.5-yr Olympus Power Cadillac (39.6 MW Biomass) Cadillac, Mich. DZ Bank, UBoC TBA TBA TBA Banks mandated in Jan. No syndication planned (PFR, 2/22/08). PacificHydro Coya, Pangal (76.3 MW Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile BNP, Dexia Refinancing $75M Deal wrapped 2/29 (PFR, 3/3/07). Chacayes (106 Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile Calyon, DnB Nor, Construction/ $172M 12-14 yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). Société Générale, WestLB Term Loan Padoma Wind Power Sherbino I (150 MW Wind) Pecos County, Texas Fortis Construction/Term Loan $280M 15-yr Deal wrapped 3/28 (PFR, 4/4/08). Pattern Energy Hatchet Ridge (101 MW Wind) Redding, Calif. Calyon, LBBW, Natixis, UBoC, SocGen, WestLB Term Loan $200M 7-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/19/09). PeruLNG PeruLNG (625 mcf per day Regas) Pampa Melchorita, Peru SocGen, BBVA Construction Loan $250M TBA Wrapped 6/26 (PFR, 1/18/08). Plutonic Power, GE Energy Toba Montrose (196 MW Hydro) British Columbia Manulife, Standard Life, Canada Life, SunLife, Industrial Alliance Construction Loan $500M Wrapped (PFR, 9/28/07). Pristine Power York Energy Centre (393 MW Gas) King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Pure Energy Bayonne Energy Center (512 MW Gas) Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Ram Power San Jacinto Tizate (24 MW Geo) Lyon, Nicaragua Central American, Bank of Economic Integration, Export Development Canada, FMO, Cordinat Capital Term Loan $77M 9-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/11/10). Recurrent Energy Sunset Reservoir (5 MW Solar) San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). RES Hackberry Wind (165 MW Wind) Shackelford Co., Texas WestLB Construction Loan $352M 17-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). RMS Energy Dalhousie Mountain Nova Scotia Manulife Financial Construction/Term Loan $90M 2/20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/2/09). (51 MW Wind) Firelight Infrastructure Partners Equity TBA Rollcast Energy Piedmont Green Power (50MW Biomass) Barnesville, Ga. MUFG, Investec TBA $133M TBA MUFG, Investec wrap $133 million financing (PFR, 10/27/10). Sharyland Utilities CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) West Texas RBC, RBS, SocGen TBA $400-500M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 6/27/11). Shell, Dominion Mt.Storm (264 MW, Wind) Grant Co., W.Va. Fortis, BBVA Construction Loan $185M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Starwood Energy Midway (120 MW Gas) Fresno County, Calif. WestLB, SMBC Construction Loan $98.6M 15-yr Deal wrapped without a syndication (PFR, 3/21/08). Unidentified (20 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/18/10). Unidentified (30 MW Solar PV) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). Unidentified (10 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $40M TBA Starwood wraps financing (PFR, 6/22/11). SteelRiver Transmission Company Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. Barclays Capital Refi/144A $562M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 12/17/10). SunPower, Xcel Unidentified (19 MW Solar) Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phase 1 (150 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Calyon, CIT, Prudential Turbine Supply Loan $140M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Mini-Perm $394M 7-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/18/10). Alta Phases 2-5 (570 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, featuring $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Alta Phases 6 and 8 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, MUFG Mini-Perm $631M C+ 7-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 6/1/11). Various (831 MW Renewables) Various BNP Paribas, Citibank, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Fortress, ING, Natixis, UBoC, UBS Refi/Term Loan $215M 2.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/9/09). Letter of Credit $25M TBA Terrawinds Resources Riviere-Du-loop (201 MW Wind) Riviere-Du-loop, Quebec HSH Nordbank Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) Deal wrapped late 2007. Third Planet Windpower Loraine (250 MW Wind) Loraine, Texas Morgan Stanley Equity $500M TBA Financing $500M project with equity from MS (PFR, 2/27/09). Western Wind Energy Windstar (120 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA $249M TBA Deal closes, with Sun Life participating (PFR, 1/7/11). Wind Capital Group Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) DeKalb County, Mo. BayernLB, Banco Santander, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Mini-perm $240M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/26/09). Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) Dekalb County, Mo. Banco Santander, BayernLB, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Refi $240M+ TBA Sponsors close refi (PFR, 4/11/11). Closed Deals Europe/ME Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova 4 (50 MW Solar) Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR210M TBA Financing wrapped in summer of 2008 Various (Solar PV) Spain CaixaBI Term Loan EUR70M TBA Adwea, GDF SUEZ Shuweihat (1.6 GW/100migd water/power) near Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. BayernLB, Calyon, KfW, Bridge Loan $900M nine months Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/9/09). National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Natixis, Standard Chatered Stuttering Loan $2B 20-yr BoTM, BayernLB, BNP Paribas, KFW, HSBC, Mizuho, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, SocGen, Samba, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui, Sumitomo Trust Refinancing Bridge Loan $1.1B 22-yr Refi expected to close by end of Sept. (PFR, 8/17/09). Japan Bank for International Cooperation $1.2B AIG Financial, 360 CORPORATE Olivenza (15 MW Solar) Extremadura, Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR122.8M 21-yr after Lead closed syndication (PFR, 5/12/08). VAT Facility EUR17.7M COD Mezzanine EUR10.3M Babcock & Brown French portfolio (165 MW Wind) Various, France BNP, DEPFA, Dexia, Refinancing EUR220M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/18/08). Breeze Four Undetermined (Wind) Germany, France UniCredit HVB Bond securitization EUR208.4M 19.9-yr Deal wrapped in summer of 2008. Carron Energy Severn Power (850 MW Gas) South Wales RBS, Calyon, ING Term Loan GBP400M 12-yr Syndication closed in 2009. Collateral Facility GBP125-150M Conergy Epuron (8 MW Solar Thermal) Southern Spain WestLB Construction Loan EUR69.4M 20-yr Syndication closed (PFR, 11/7/08). VAT Facility EUR12.2M 2-yr Various (three 2 MW Solar Plants) Castilla La Mancha, Spain HSH Nordbank Term Loan EUR50M 17-20yr Deal wrapped, (PFR, 11/3/08). VAT Facility Dolphin Energy Dolphin (226 Mile Pipeline) Qatar to Abu Dhabi RBS Refinancing $1.42 billion 10-yr Deal wrapped ( PFR, 8/3/09). Electricite de France, Sloe (820 MW Gas) Vlissingen, Netherlands Fortis, Bank of Scotland Construction loan EUR510M 19.5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 2/25/08). Delta and HSBC Debt Service facility EUR25M First Solar, juwi solar Unknown (53 MW Solar) Brandenburg, Germany Bremer Landesbank, TBA EUR160M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). NordLB Fred Olsen Renewables Various (294.1 MW Wind) Various, U.K. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Construction Loan GBP137M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). BNP Paribas, Fortis, Refinancing GBP114M HSBC, NordLB Debt Service GBP17M Reserve Facility Letter of Credit GBP30M Working Capital Facility GBP5M GDF SUEZ Energy, Gulf Investment Corp. Al Dur Bahrain Calyon, Mashreqbank, Standard Charted Mini-perm $1.2B 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). U.S. Ex-Im Bank TBA $200M TBA TBA Islamic Tranche $300M TBA Guris Germencik (47.7 MW Geothermal) Aydin, Turkey WestLB Commercial Facility $88.5M Financing wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Power, Marubeni Mitsui, Calyon Equity Bridge Loan $450M 2.5-yr Japan Bank of International Term Loan $1.35B Cooperation Standby Facility $108M Greentech Energy Systems Minverva Messina Randazzo, Sicily Natixis, WestLB Senior Loan, EUR76.6M, EUR7.2M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/31). (48.3 MW Wind) VAT Facility Iberdrola, API Unidentified (Wind) Puglia and Sicily, Italy RBS, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Calyon, ING, Intesa, Mediocredito Centrale, SocGen Portfolio Financing EUR515M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/21/07). Nova Energia Calyon, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo InterGen Rijnmond (420 MW) Rijnmond, Netherlands Calyon, Bayern, Export Development of Canada, Fortis, ING, National Australia Bank, SocGen Refinancing EUR514M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 7/25/08). Intrinergy Intrinergy VARE Holdings (17 MW Biomass) Belgium NordLB Senior Secured Debt $47M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR,10/21). Platina Finance 2 MW (Solar) Spain UniCredit HVB No syndication expected (PFR, 3/17). Qatar Petroleum and Ras Laffan C (2.6 GW hydro) Ras Laffan Industrial RBS advised - no MLAs TBA $3.25B TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/8). Qatar Water & Electricity Co. City, Qatar SkyPower, SunEdison Various (19 MW Solar) Ontario NordLB Term Loan $63.8M TBA Deal closed (PFR, 11/24). South Asia Energy Various (78 MW Hydro) Sri Lanka, Uganda FMO TBA $85M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/22). Management Systems SUEZ-led consortium Sohar IWPP (585 MW/33 mil gal/day) Oman Bank Muscat, Calyon, DZ, Europe Arab Bank, HSBC, National Bank of Oman, Oman Arab Bank, Oman International Bank, Standard Chartered, SMBC Term Loan $450M 17-yr Deal closed early this month (PFR, 4/7). Sumitomo Finca Verde (9 MW Solar) Canary Islands Mizuho Construction Loan EUR45M 19-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/19). T-Power Unknown (420 MW Combined Cycle) Tessenderlo, Belgium BBVA, Calyon, DZ Bank, Term Loan EUR395M Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/22). Fortis, ING, KBC, KfW, Reserve Facility EUR20M Lloyds TSB, RBS, WestLB Letter of Credit EUR12M Revolver EUR10 VAT Facility TBA Tata Power Coastal Gujarat (4 GW Coal) Mundra, India State Bank of India, Asian Term Loan INR55.5B 14-yr Closed on financing (PFR, 4/28). Dev. Bank, BNP, International Finance Corp., KEXIM, Korea Export Insurance Corp. Term Loan $1.8B 18-yr Total-led consortium Yemen LNG (6.7 tons per year LNG) Gulf of Aden, Yemen BoTM, BNP, Citi, ING, RBS, SocGen, SMBC Limited Recourse Tranche $1.7B 13-yr Closed mid-May (PFR, 5/23). Closed Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes International Power Hazelwood (1,675 MW Coal) Australia Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, BankWest, BNP Paribas, BOS International, Calyon Australia Ltd., Credit Industrial and Commercial, DBS Bank Ltd., Dexia Credit Local, Fortis, NordLB, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, United Overseas Bank Limited, West LB and Westpac Banking Corp Refinancing A$445M 2-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10).
  • —Neil Auerbach, co-managing partner at Hudson Clean Energy Partners in Teaneck, N.J., on the shop’s strategy toward expanding into China.
  • Greenfield South Power and Credit Suisse launched a $335 million term loan B with pricing at LIBOR plus 500 basis points and an original issue discount of 94 bps to try and entice investors into funding its 293 MW gas-fired project in Ontario.
  • —Jonathan Silver, executive director of the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program in Washington, D.C., on the program’s efforts to finance innovative renewables technologies.
  • BrightSource Energy considered an initial public offering as a potential funding source for its multi-billion dollar, 2.6 GW contracted project pipeline.
  • —Zachary Steele, ceo of Enova Energy Group in Orlando on his company’s plan to buy 1 GW of operating gas-fired and biomass projects.
  • Trust Company of the West began fundraising for a roughly $3 billion fund to acquire power and energy projects and companies.
  • Closed Deals Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova (50 MW Solar) Sanlúcar la Major, Spain TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/9/08). Abengoa Mexico Unknown (300 MW CoGen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $460M TBA Deal wraps, with eight lenders participating (PFR, 6/25/10). Abengoa Solar Solana (250 CST) Gila Bend, Ariz. DOE/FFB TBA $1.45B 12-yr FFB and DOE finalizes loan, priced at Treasury plus 37.5 bps (PFR, 1/5/11). Acciona Solar Power Nevada Solar One (64 MW) Boulder City, Nev. Santander, BBVA, La Caixa Term Loan $140M Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Acciona Energy North America EcoGrove (100.5 MW Wind) Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander closes loan and looks to syndicate it (PFR, 10/1/10). Tatanka (180 MW Wind) Dickey County, N.D., McPherson County, S.D. BBVA, Santander, BayernLB, JPMorgan Construction Loan $280M 6-9m No syndication planned (PFR, 1/11/08). Red Hills (130 MW Wind) Roger Mills and Custer Counties, Okla. BayernLB, Banco Sabadell, Banesto Construction Loan $270M TBA Deal wrapped fall of '08 (PFR, 8/14/09). JPMorgan Capital Corp., Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). AEI Jaguar Energy (300 MW) Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). AES Termoeléctrico de Penoles (230 MW Petcoke) Tamuin, Mexico Calyon Refinancing $227M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Buffalo Gap 3 (170 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas Dexia, HVB 1-yr Deal wrapped in Dec. 2007 (PFR, 11/30/07). Angamos (520 MW Coal) Antofagasta Region, Chile ABN, BNP Term Loan $700M 17.5 Closed this fall (PFR, 10/10/08). Construction Loan $350M Armenia Mountain (100.5 MW Wind) Tioga County, Pa. Citibank, CoBank, Unicredit HVB, Union Bank Long-term, Non-recourse $221M TBA Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 8/17/09). Citigroup Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). Mountain View IV (149 MW Wind) Palm Springs, Calif. MUFG TBA $82M 17-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/11). Allegheny Energy TrAIL (180-Mile 500kV wire) Pa., W.Va., Va. Citigroup, BNP Term Loan $530M 7-yr Syndication wrapped 8/15 (PFR, 8/18/08) . Revolver $20M AIMPowerGen SOP Phase I (40 MW Wind) Ontario Fortis Term Loan $75M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/18/08). Airtricity Champion (126.5 MW Wind) Various HVB, Mizuho Construction Loan $210 million Banks funded (PFR, 12/7/07). Letter of Credit $5 million Roscoe (209 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas HVB, NordLB, BayernLB Construction loan $399M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 9/6/07). 2008 Turbine Supply Central New York HVB, Mizuho Turbine Supply Loan $325M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/16/07). American Renewables Nacogdoches (100 MW Biomass) Sacul, Texas BoTM/Union Bank, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Bought by Southern Co. and financed on balance sheet (PFR, 10/9/09). Gainesville (100 MW Biomass) Gainesville, Fla. BoTM, Crédit Agricole, ING, Natixis, Rabo, SocGen TBA $500M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 7/6/11). ArcLight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $275M TBA Leads finalize deal, backing a 1,412 MW operational portfolio (PFR, 1/3/11). ArcLight Capital Partners, SGR Holdings Southern Pines Energy Center (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). Southern Pines (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. SunTrust TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/8/08). Astoria Energy II Astoria II (500 MW Gas) Queens, N.Y. Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, BoTM/Union Bank, Calyon, Export Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Construction/Term Loan $970M C+5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/2/09). Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Letters of Credit $110M TBA Babcock & Brown Power, Pittsburg Power Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. BayernLB Construction Loan $299M 33-yr Deal closed early 2008 (PFR, 1/11/08). BP, Ridgeline Goshen II (90 MW Wind) Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). BP, Sempra Fowler Ridge II (199.5 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). BP Wind Energy, Sempra Generation Cedar Creek II (250.8 MW Wind) Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Leads wrap deal (PFR, 12/21/10). Brick Power Holdings Tiverton (265 MW Gas) Tiverton, R.I. Barclays, Goldman Recapitalization $97M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/30/09). Rumford (265 MW Gas) Rumford, Maine Bright Capital Partners, Vader Piet (30 MW Wind) Aruba Dexia, Eksport Kredit Non-Recourse $60M 13-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). Hutting Windenergie Fonden, Nordea Allied Irish Bank Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). BrightSource Energy Various (1.3 GW Solar) Southern California Federal Financing Bank Federal Loan $1.6B TBA Federal agencies wrap loan, loan guarantee (PFR, 4/13/11). Brookfield Renewable Power Comber (166 MW) Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). Gosfield (50.6 MW Wind) Essex County, Ontario BoTM, Scotia TBA $102M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/22/10). Prince Wind (189 MW Wind) Sault St. Marie, Ontario Scotia, Dexia Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) 5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 12/7/07). Brookfield Renewable Power, Coram Energy Unknown (102 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. BoTM, Mizuho, SMBC TBA $209M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 6/16/11). Caithness Energy, GE EFS Shepherds Flat (909 MW Wind) Oregon BoTM, WestLB, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Leads close largest wind financing in U.S. (PFR, 12/27/10). Calpine Corp. Blue Spruce (468 MW, Gas) Aurora, Colo. CoBank, ACB, Siemens Refinancing $90M 10-yr No syndication planned (PFR, 2/8/08). Deer Park (400 MW Gas) Harris County, Texas ING, Union Bank, WestLB TBA $150M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/26/09). Russell City (600 MW Combined-Cycle) Hayward, Calif. ING, Union Bank TBA $844.5M 10-yr Deal closes (PFR, 6/27/11). Calpine Steamboat Holdings Unknown (250 MW CoGen) Freeport, Texas Calyon, WestLB Refinancing $465M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/25/09). Unknown (365 MW Comb. Cyc.) Mankato, Minn. Cannon Power Windy Point (500 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash HSH Construction Loan $360M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Siemens TBA $178M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Cardinal Gas Storage Perryville (7.5 bcf Gas Storage) Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal wraps oversubscribed (PFR, 5/21/10). Carlyle/Riverstone Topaz (1.5 GW Gas) Various, Texas Morgan Stanley, Dexia, Construction Loan $615M 6-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 6/28/08). ING, Natixis Working Capital facility $75M 6-yr LC $50M 2-yr Catalyst Renewables, Hannon Armstrong 50 MW Hudson Ranch I (geo) Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Centinela, SNPower Totoral (46 MW Wind) Chile DnB, International Finance Corp. Term Loan $61.5M 18-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/08). CIT Energy Broad River (847 MW Gas) Gaffney, S.C. Barclays Capital Refinancing $290M 5-year Deal wrapped, upsized (PFR, 7/13/09). South Point (520 MW Gas) Bullhead City, Ariz. Competitive Power Ventures Keenan II (152 MW Wind) Woodward County, Okla. Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA Deal wrapped oversubscribed (PFR, 2/5/10). Competitive Power Ventures Sentinel (850 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA $800M 10-yr Deal wraps oversubscribed (PFR, 5/31/11). Duke Energy Top of the World (200 MW Wind) Casper, Wyo. BoTM, BBVA, SocGen, Caja Madrid Term Loan $193M 18-yr Sponsor reaches financial close (PFR, 11/7/10). EDF EN Canada St. Isidore A (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal closes on first phase (PFR, 1/7/11). Edison Mission Energy Cedro Hills (350 MW wind) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Portfolio ( 455 MW Wind) Nebraska, N.M., Texas BayernLB, BNP, Dexia, WestLB TBA $202M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). Various (362 MW Wind) Neb., N.M., Texas WestLB Refi $260M 10-yr Refi wraps with 9 participants (PFR, 3/2/11). El Paso Ruby Pipeline (675-mile Natural Gas Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Empresas ICA La Yesca (750 MW Hydro) Nayarit, Mexico Citibank/Banamex, HSBC, BBVA Bancomer, Grupo Santander, NordLB, Scotia Capital and Natixis Construction Loan $910M 4-yr, 9m Deal wrapped late spring, 2008 (PFR, 2/15/08). Revolver $80M Enel, TradeWinds Energy Smoky Hills II (148.5 MW Wind) Salina, Kan. JPM Capital Corp., New York Life Insurance, Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity $140M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Energias do Brasil PECEM I (720 MW coal) Ceara, Brazil BNDES TBA $774M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09) IDB A Loan $147M 17-yr Calyon, Caixa-Banco de Investimento, Millennium BCP B Loan $180M 13-yr EdF Energias Nouvelles La Ventosa (67.5 MW Wind) Oaxaca, Mexico Ex-Im Bank Term Loan $80.6M 14-year Set to wrap financing (PFR, 12/7/09). IFC TBA $21.5M TBA IADB, World Bank Energy Capital Partners Rensselear (535 MW Gas) Rensselaer, N.Y. Barclays, UBoC Construction Loan $400M 8-yr Syndication set to wrap (PFR, 11/2/07). HoldCo Loan $170M Revolver $100M Letter of Credit $35M Energy Investors Funds Panoche (400 MW Gas) Fresno, Calif. BNP Paribas Senior Secured Bonds $321M 21.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/29/08). enXco Shiloh II (150 MW Wind) Solano County, Calif. NordLB, CIC, Dexia, SocGen Construction/Term Loan $350M TBA SocGen joined club for term (PFR, 2/16/09). Arnprior (23.4 MW Solar) Arnprior, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). Hoosier (106 MW Wind) Fowler, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). Lakefield (201 MW Wind) Jackson County, Minn. Dexia, SocGen TBA $422M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 5/16/23). Eurus Energy Americas Combine Hills II (63 MW Wind) Umatilla County, Ore. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/13/09). Eurus Energy, NRG Energy Various (45 MW Solar) TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $209M TBA Five banks close deal (9/27/10). EverPower Highland North (75 MW Wind) Krayn, Penn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 3/4/11). First Wind Cohocton (125 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. HSH Nordbank, NordLB Term Loan $95M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/6/09). Cohocton (125 MW Wind Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Milford I (203 MW Wind) Milford, Utah Banco Espirito Santo, Bank of Ireland, BNP, CoBank, Credit Suisse, HSH, Santander, SocGen Construction Loan $376M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). Credit Suisse Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity secured (PFR, 10/5/09). Milford II (100 MW Wind) Milford, Utah RBS, HSH TBA $220M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/22/10). Rollins (60 MW Wind) Penobscot County, Maine Key Bank, NordLB TBA $81M 18-mo Deal wraps, with JPMorgan taking tax equity stake (PFR, 12/6/10). Sheffield (40 MW Wind) Caledonia County, Vt. Key Bank Construction $76M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/19/11). Stetson (57, 25.5 MW Wind) Danforth. Maine Alberta Investment Management Term Loan $115M 8.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09) HSH Nordbank TBA $76M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09). BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Foothills Energy, High Sierra Energy Monroe (12 Bcf gas Storage) Amory, Miss. Fortis TBA $140M TBA Deal wrapped in early June (PFR, 7/18/08). Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Unidentified (30 MW PV) Webberville, Texas TBA BayernLB TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 4/27/11). FPL Energy Northern Frontier (600 MW Wind) Various UniCredit, Mizuho Back-Leveraged Loan $250M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 3/3/08). Heartland (Wind) Unknown Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BBVA, Calyon, Lloyds, Mizuho, NordLB, UniCredit Term Facility $372.5M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/24/08). Guacolda Maitencillo (152 MW Thermo) Maitencillo, Chile Calyon Construction Loan $260M 15-yr Wrapped (PFR, 12/20/07). GDF SUEZ CTA (165 MW Coal) Mejillones, Chile International Finance Corp. A Loan $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) Calyon, Fortis, ING, Helaba, Sumitomo B Loan $293M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) GE EFS, Exergy Development Group Various (183 MW Wind) Idaho BoTM TBA TBA 15-18-yr CoBank wraps second financing backing portfolio of farms (PFR, 3/16/11). GE Energy Financial Services, Orion Energy Unknown (130 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Lloyds TSB, NordLB Mini-Perm $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09). Gestamp Wind Flatwater (60 MW Wind) Richardson County, Neb. Rabo, La Caixa, Sabadell Term $81M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 4/8/11). GNL Quintero LNG Receiving/Regasification Quintero Bay, Chile Banesto, BBVA, Calyon, Term Loan $660 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/15/08). Fortis, ING, Intesa, Mizuho, Santander, WestLB Senior Loan TBA TBA GWF Energy Tracy (314 MW Combined Cycle) Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M 10-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/30/10). Harbinger Capital Partners Calgary Energy (300 MW Gas) Alberta, Canada UBoC Refinancing C$319M ($319M) Wrapped (PFR, 10/5/07). Hobbs Power Funding Unidentified (604 MW Gas) Hobbs, N.M. Siemens Financial Services Term Loan $42.5M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). Horizon Wind Meadow Lake II (99 MW Wind) White County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA JPMorgan makes tax equity investment (PFR, 10/28/10). Rail Splitter (101 MW Wind) Logan County, Ill. JPM Capital Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity deal wrapped (PFR, 9/7/09). Various (631 MW Wind) Various JPMorgan, New York Life, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity portfolio closed (PFR, 12/15/08). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA $700M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 5/27/11). Innergex Carleton (109.5 MW Wind) Quebec SMBC, BOTM Term Loan $67.7M 5-yr Deal Wrapped (PFR, 11/26/08). Invenergy Beech Ridge (100.5 MW Wind) Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Forward Energy (99 MW Wind) Wis. Dexia Credit Local, NordLB $249M 17-yr Deal wrapped 4/3 (PFR, 3/31/08). Grand Ridge (99 MW Wind) Ottawa, Ill. UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $189M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Grand Ridge Expansion (111 MW Wind) LaSalle County, Ill. Dexia, Unicredit HVB Construction/Term $111.2M TBA Deal wrapped mid-May (PFR, 7/10/09). Letter of Credit $6.7M TBA Le Plateau (138 MW Wind) Quebec Natixis, RBC TBA $259M TBA Deal wraps, with BayernLB, Rabo, SMBC and Union Bank taking part (PFR, 5/17/11). McAdoo (150MW Wind) Dickens County, Texas UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $262.3M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Letter of Credit $38.1M 6m Stanton (120 MW Wind) Martin County, Texas Dexia, Natixis Construction Loan $229M Under 1-yr Financing closed (PFR, 11/30/07) St. Clair Power Station (570 MW Gas) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada RBC Construction Loan $383M 5-yr Deal wrapped in Sept. (PFR, 7/6/07) LC facility $96M 2009 Turbine Supply (800 MW) Various HSH, UniCredit HVB Turbine Supply Loan $1B Under 1-yr No syndication planned. Various (Wind) New York, Oregon, Texas Unicredit HVB TBA $500M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). IIF Coastal Winds Investment, JPMorgan, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). Vantage (103 MW Wind) Vantage, Wash. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA $115M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10). Irradia Irradia (300,000 Gal./day LNG) Lima, Peru WestLB Construction Loan $81.6M Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 3/4/08). Kleen Energy Systems Middletown (520 MW) Middletown, Conn. Goldman Sachs Term Loan A $435M 10-yr Wrapped 6/13, (PFR, 6/19/08). Term Loan B $295M 17-yr Revolver/LC $255M 10-yr Kruger Energy Chatham (100 MW Wind) Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Deal wraps, marking DB's return to lending (PFR, 5/28/10). Port Alma (101.2 MW Wind) Ontario Scotia Capital TBA TBA TBA Deal closed in May (PFR, 11/2/09) LEP Holdings Liberty Electric Power (568 MW Gas) Eddystone, Pa. Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, OpCo Loan $325M 7-yr Syndication wrapped mid-Nov. (PFR, 12/20/07). Deutsche Bank Revolver $35M Tranches upsized mid-Oct. LS Power Sandy Creek (800 MW Coal) Riesel, Texas Credit Suisse, RBS Term Loan $1.2B 8-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/20/07). LS Power, NV Energy One Nevada Transmission Line Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA TBA TBA LS wraps federal loan (PFR, 2/16/11). Macquarie Capital Amherstburg (35 MW Solar) Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 7/6/10). Martin Resources Arcadia Gas Storage (15.5 Bcf) Arcadia, La. CIT Construction/Term Loan $125M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/30/08). Mirant Marsh Landing (760 MW Gas-Fired) Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Mitsui, Korea Gas, Samsung Manzanillo (500 bcf LNG Regas) Manzanillo, Mexico BBVA, BoTM, Calyon, Development Bank of Japan, Mizuho, KEXIM, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Construction/Term Loan $680M 12-yr Seven lenders set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). MMA Renewable Ventures Macy’s Rooftop (8 MW Solar) California TBA Non-recourse TBA TBA Deal closed 4/1 (PFR, 4/1/08). Montana Alberta Tie Montana Alberta Tie Lethbridge County, Mont. HSH Nordbank A Loan $90M TBA Letter of commitment signed (PFR, 12/8/08). (214 Miles Transmission) to Great Falls, Alberta B Loan $9M TBA Letter of Intent for Credit $19M TBA Morris Energy Group Portfolio (638 MW) Various Morgan Stanley Refinancing $130M Syndication wrapped 2/27 (PFR, 3/3/08). NextEra Energy Resources Heartland II (400 MW Wind) Iowa, North Dakota Banco Santander, TBA $343M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). BoTM, BayernLB, BBVA, BNP, Calyon, Commerzbank, Helaba, Lloyds, UniCredit NaturEner USA Glacier (210 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Banco Espirito Santo, Morgan Stanley Construction Loan $132M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). Morgan Stanley Tax Equity/Back Leverage $156M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). NaturEner USA Glacier II (103.5 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Morgan Stanley Tax Equity $115-125M TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 7/13/09). Construction Loan $125M TBA Nevada Geothermal Blue Mountain (49.5 MW Geothermal) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services closes a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). NextEra Energy Resources Blythe Energy Center (500 MW Gas-Fired) Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB Refi $305M 7-yr Refi wraps without SMBC (PFR, 12/22/10). Noble Environmental Power Altona, Ellenberg, Clinton Altona, Ellenberg, HSH Nordbank, Dexia Non-recourse loan $445M 10-year Syndication wrapped 10/16/07 (PFR, 6/22/07). Various Various HSH Nordbank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Dexia Credit Local Turbine Supply Loan $460M 3-yr Closed late Oct. (PFR, 11/5/07). 2008 Portfolio Upstate New York Citibank, BBVA, Lloyds, Construction Loan $625M 15-yr Closed (PFR, 8/15/08).. Scotia, HSH, RBS Energy Hedge LC $72.5M 15-yr Debt Service Reserve LC $72.5M 15-yr Great Plains (114 MW Wind) Texas Panhandle Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Project garners tax equity (PFR, 11/23/09). Northland Power Mont Louis (100 MW Wind) Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/19/10). Saskatchewan (265 MW Combined Cycle) North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Thorold CoGen (265 MW Gas) Thorold, Ontario BMO, Manulife, Sun Life Construction Loan C$451M 20-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 10/19/07). NRG Roadrunner (20 MW Solar PV) Santa Teresa, N.M. MUFG TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 6/2/11). NRG, UI Devon and Middletown Devon and Middletown, Royal Bank of Construction/ $291 million 7-year Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/4/09). (394 MW Gas) Conn. Scotland, Union Bank Term Loan/Equity Bridge Loan $243 million TBA NuCoastal Victoria (300 MW Gas) Houston, Texas Calyon Term Loan $87M 7.5-yr Deal wrapped this month (PFR, 11/9/07). Letter of Credit $10M 7.5-yr Olympus Power Cadillac (39.6 MW Biomass) Cadillac, Mich. DZ Bank, UBoC TBA TBA TBA Banks mandated in Jan. No syndication planned (PFR, 2/22/08). PacificHydro Coya, Pangal (76.3 MW Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile BNP, Dexia Refinancing $75M Deal wrapped 2/29 (PFR, 3/3/07). Chacayes (106 Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile Calyon, DnB Nor, Construction/ $172M 12-14 yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). Société Générale, WestLB Term Loan Padoma Wind Power Sherbino I (150 MW Wind) Pecos County, Texas Fortis Construction/Term Loan $280M 15-yr Deal wrapped 3/28 (PFR, 4/4/08). Pattern Energy Hatchet Ridge (101 MW Wind) Redding, Calif. Calyon, LBBW, Natixis, UBoC, SocGen, WestLB Term Loan $200M 7-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/19/09). PeruLNG PeruLNG (625 mcf per day Regas) Pampa Melchorita, Peru SocGen, BBVA Construction Loan $250M TBA Wrapped 6/26 (PFR, 1/18/08). Plutonic Power, GE Energy Toba Montrose (196 MW Hydro) British Columbia Manulife, Standard Life, Canada Life, SunLife, Industrial Alliance Construction Loan $500M Wrapped (PFR, 9/28/07). Pristine Power York Energy Centre (393 MW Gas) King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Pure Energy Bayonne Energy Center (512 MW Gas) Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Ram Power San Jacinto Tizate (24 MW Geo) Lyon, Nicaragua Central American, Bank of Economic Integration, Export Development Canada, FMO, Cordinat Capital Term Loan $77M 9-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/11/10). Recurrent Energy Sunset Reservoir (5 MW Solar) San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). RES Hackberry Wind (165 MW Wind) Shackelford Co., Texas WestLB Construction Loan $352M 17-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). RMS Energy Dalhousie Mountain Nova Scotia Manulife Financial Construction/Term Loan $90M 2/20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/2/09). (51 MW Wind) Firelight Infrastructure Partners Equity TBA Rollcast Energy Piedmont Green Power (50MW Biomass) Barnesville, Ga. MUFG, Investec TBA $133M TBA MUFG, Investec wrap $133 million financing (PFR, 10/27/10). Sharyland Utilities CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) West Texas RBC, RBS, SocGen TBA $400-500M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 6/27/11). Shell, Dominion Mt.Storm (264 MW, Wind) Grant Co., W.Va. Fortis, BBVA Construction Loan $185M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Starwood Energy Midway (120 MW Gas) Fresno County, Calif. WestLB, SMBC Construction Loan $98.6M 15-yr Deal wrapped without a syndication (PFR, 3/21/08). Unidentified (20 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/18/10). Unidentified (30 MW Solar PV) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). Unidentified (10 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $40M TBA Starwood wraps financing (PFR, 6/22/11). SteelRiver Transmission Company Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. Barclays Capital Refi/144A $562M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 12/17/10). SunPower, Xcel Unidentified (19 MW Solar) Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phase 1 (150 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Calyon, CIT, Prudential Turbine Supply Loan $140M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Mini-Perm $394M 7-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/18/10). Alta Phases 2-5 (570 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, featuring $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Alta Phases 6 and 8 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, MUFG Mini-Perm $631M C+ 7-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 6/1/11). Various (831 MW Renewables) Various BNP Paribas, Citibank, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Fortress, ING, Natixis, UBoC, UBS Refi/Term Loan $215M 2.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/9/09). Letter of Credit $25M TBA Terrawinds Resources Riviere-Du-loop (201 MW Wind) Riviere-Du-loop, Quebec HSH Nordbank Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) Deal wrapped late 2007. Third Planet Windpower Loraine (250 MW Wind) Loraine, Texas Morgan Stanley Equity $500M TBA Financing $500M project with equity from MS (PFR, 2/27/09). Western Wind Energy Windstar (120 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA $249M TBA Deal closes, with Sun Life participating (PFR, 1/7/11). Wind Capital Group Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) DeKalb County, Mo. BayernLB, Banco Santander, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Mini-perm $240M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/26/09). Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) Dekalb County, Mo. Banco Santander, BayernLB, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Refi $240M+ TBA Sponsors close refi (PFR, 4/11/11). Closed Deals Europe/ME Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova 4 (50 MW Solar) Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR210M TBA Financing wrapped in summer of 2008 Various (Solar PV) Spain CaixaBI Term Loan EUR70M TBA Adwea, GDF SUEZ Shuweihat (1.6 GW/100migd water/power) near Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. BayernLB, Calyon, KfW, Bridge Loan $900M nine months Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/9/09). National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Natixis, Standard Chatered Stuttering Loan $2B 20-yr BoTM, BayernLB, BNP Paribas, KFW, HSBC, Mizuho, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, SocGen, Samba, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui, Sumitomo Trust Refinancing Bridge Loan $1.1B 22-yr Refi expected to close by end of Sept. (PFR, 8/17/09). Japan Bank for International Cooperation $1.2B AIG Financial, 360 CORPORATE Olivenza (15 MW Solar) Extremadura, Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR122.8M 21-yr after Lead closed syndication (PFR, 5/12/08). VAT Facility EUR17.7M COD Mezzanine EUR10.3M Babcock & Brown French portfolio (165 MW Wind) Various, France BNP, DEPFA, Dexia, Refinancing EUR220M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/18/08). Breeze Four Undetermined (Wind) Germany, France UniCredit HVB Bond securitization EUR208.4M 19.9-yr Deal wrapped in summer of 2008. Carron Energy Severn Power (850 MW Gas) South Wales RBS, Calyon, ING Term Loan GBP400M 12-yr Syndication closed in 2009. Collateral Facility GBP125-150M Conergy Epuron (8 MW Solar Thermal) Southern Spain WestLB Construction Loan EUR69.4M 20-yr Syndication closed (PFR, 11/7/08). VAT Facility EUR12.2M 2-yr Various (three 2 MW Solar Plants) Castilla La Mancha, Spain HSH Nordbank Term Loan EUR50M 17-20yr Deal wrapped, (PFR, 11/3/08). VAT Facility Dolphin Energy Dolphin (226 Mile Pipeline) Qatar to Abu Dhabi RBS Refinancing $1.42 billion 10-yr Deal wrapped ( PFR, 8/3/09). Electricite de France, Sloe (820 MW Gas) Vlissingen, Netherlands Fortis, Bank of Scotland Construction loan EUR510M 19.5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 2/25/08). Delta and HSBC Debt Service facility EUR25M First Solar, juwi solar Unknown (53 MW Solar) Brandenburg, Germany Bremer Landesbank, TBA EUR160M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). NordLB Fred Olsen Renewables Various (294.1 MW Wind) Various, U.K. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Construction Loan GBP137M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). BNP Paribas, Fortis, Refinancing GBP114M HSBC, NordLB Debt Service GBP17M Reserve Facility Letter of Credit GBP30M Working Capital Facility GBP5M GDF SUEZ Energy, Gulf Investment Corp. Al Dur Bahrain Calyon, Mashreqbank, Standard Charted Mini-perm $1.2B 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). U.S. Ex-Im Bank TBA $200M TBA TBA Islamic Tranche $300M TBA Guris Germencik (47.7 MW Geothermal) Aydin, Turkey WestLB Commercial Facility $88.5M Financing wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Power, Marubeni Mitsui, Calyon Equity Bridge Loan $450M 2.5-yr Japan Bank of International Term Loan $1.35B Cooperation Standby Facility $108M Greentech Energy Systems Minverva Messina Randazzo, Sicily Natixis, WestLB Senior Loan, EUR76.6M, EUR7.2M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/31). (48.3 MW Wind) VAT Facility Iberdrola, API Unidentified (Wind) Puglia and Sicily, Italy RBS, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Calyon, ING, Intesa, Mediocredito Centrale, SocGen Portfolio Financing EUR515M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/21/07). Nova Energia Calyon, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo InterGen Rijnmond (420 MW) Rijnmond, Netherlands Calyon, Bayern, Export Development of Canada, Fortis, ING, National Australia Bank, SocGen Refinancing EUR514M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 7/25/08). Intrinergy Intrinergy VARE Holdings (17 MW Biomass) Belgium NordLB Senior Secured Debt $47M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR,10/21). Platina Finance 2 MW (Solar) Spain UniCredit HVB No syndication expected (PFR, 3/17). Qatar Petroleum and Ras Laffan C (2.6 GW hydro) Ras Laffan Industrial RBS advised - no MLAs TBA $3.25B TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/8). Qatar Water & Electricity Co. City, Qatar SkyPower, SunEdison Various (19 MW Solar) Ontario NordLB Term Loan $63.8M TBA Deal closed (PFR, 11/24). South Asia Energy Various (78 MW Hydro) Sri Lanka, Uganda FMO TBA $85M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/22). Management Systems SUEZ-led consortium Sohar IWPP (585 MW/33 mil gal/day) Oman Bank Muscat, Calyon, DZ, Europe Arab Bank, HSBC, National Bank of Oman, Oman Arab Bank, Oman International Bank, Standard Chartered, SMBC Term Loan $450M 17-yr Deal closed early this month (PFR, 4/7). Sumitomo Finca Verde (9 MW Solar) Canary Islands Mizuho Construction Loan EUR45M 19-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/19). T-Power Unknown (420 MW Combined Cycle) Tessenderlo, Belgium BBVA, Calyon, DZ Bank, Term Loan EUR395M Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/22). Fortis, ING, KBC, KfW, Reserve Facility EUR20M Lloyds TSB, RBS, WestLB Letter of Credit EUR12M Revolver EUR10 VAT Facility TBA Tata Power Coastal Gujarat (4 GW Coal) Mundra, India State Bank of India, Asian Term Loan INR55.5B 14-yr Closed on financing (PFR, 4/28). Dev. Bank, BNP, International Finance Corp., KEXIM, Korea Export Insurance Corp. Term Loan $1.8B 18-yr Total-led consortium Yemen LNG (6.7 tons per year LNG) Gulf of Aden, Yemen BoTM, BNP, Citi, ING, RBS, SocGen, SMBC Limited Recourse Tranche $1.7B 13-yr Closed mid-May (PFR, 5/23). Closed Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes International Power Hazelwood (1,675 MW Coal) Australia Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, BankWest, BNP Paribas, BOS International, Calyon Australia Ltd., Credit Industrial and Commercial, DBS Bank Ltd., Dexia Credit Local, Fortis, NordLB, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, United Overseas Bank Limited, West LB and Westpac Banking Corp Refinancing A$445M 2-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10).
  • c Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solar Mojave (250 MW Solar Thermal) San Bernardino County, Calif. FFB TBA $1.2B TBA DOE offers conditional FFB loan (PFR, 6/16/11). Aeolis Wind Power Hackney (370 MW Wind) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Awaiting PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 12/14/09). Thunder Mountain (320 MW Wind) AES Fonseca (250 MW Coal) La Unión, El Salvador ABN, HSBC, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Planning to come to market (PFR, 4/9/09). Campiche (270 MW Coal) Chile Crédit Agricole, Fortis, HSBC, WestLB TBA $200M 7-yr Project loses environmental permit (6/30/09). AIMPowerGen Various (30 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Began talks with lenders by March (PFR, 1/12/09). Alpine Energy Unknown (33 MW Waste) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 4/5/10). Unknown (16 MW Waste) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands BNP TBA TBA TBA BNP mandated to lead deal (PFR, 12/15/10). American Electric Power, Allegheny Energy PATH (Transmission) Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors initiate informal talks with banks (PFR, 10/29/10). Americas Waste-to-Energy Various (Waste) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 9/8/08). AREVA, Duke Energy Unknown (50 MW Biomass) Hamilton County, Fla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Finalizing fuel and offtake contracts (PFR, 2/22/10). Axio Power Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer seeking $360-400 package for portolfio of solar PV (PFR, 7/12/10). Biomass Gas & Electric Various (195 MW Biomass) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA 45 MW Tallahassee plant cancelled; status of other projects N/A (PFR, 10/5/09). Biomass Group South Point (200 MW Biomass) South Point, Ohio WestLB Construction Loan $350-400M TBA Relaunching deal, looking for $160M tax equity (PFR,5/27/09). Biomass Secure Power Unknown (15 MW Biomass) Merritt, British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Bloom Energy Unidentified (Fuel Cell) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to project banks (PFR, 2/25/11). Boralex, Gaz Métro Unidentified (272 MW Wind) Seigneurie de Beaupré, Quebec BoTM, DB, KfW TBA $500-600M 18-20-yr BoTM, DB and KfW join financing (PFR, 7/5/11). Brookfield Asset Management, Isolux Corsan CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) Texas BOTM, DB, Santander, Scotia, SocGen TBA $400-500M TBA At least one of the lenders plans to syndicate their piece (PFR, 5/27/11). Brookfield Renewable Power Granite Reliable (99 MW Wind) Coos County, N.H. WestLB, Citi TBA TBA TBA DOE offers conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 6/30/11). Brookfield Renewable Power St. Anthony Falls (10 MW Hydro) Minneapolis, Minn. TBA TBA $20.76M TBA Sponsor will hunt financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Caletta Renewable Energy Port Erie (90 MW Tires) Erie, Pa. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Mahoning (90 MW Waste) Alliance, Ohio BoA TBA TBA TBA Palmer (35 MW Wood) Springfield, Mass. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Calpine Corp. Los Esteros (300 MW Retrofit) San Jose, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA At least three lenders expected to participate (PFR, 4/10/11). Canadian Superior Energy, Excalibur Energy Liberty Natural Gas (2.4 bcf LNG) Linden, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a financial adviser (PFR, 1/14/09). Cannon Power Group Aubanel Wind Farm (1 GW wind) Mexicali, Baja California TBA TBA TBA TBA Cannon to approach lenders in Q2 (PFR, 1/7/11). Windy (100 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash TBA TBA $180M TBA Financial close expected this quarter (PFR, 1/6/11). Cape Wind Associates Cape Wind (420 MW Wind) Nantucket Sound, Barclays TBA TBA TBA Signs on Siemens for wind turbines (PFR, 4/5/10). Castle & Cooke Unknown (400 MW Wind) Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with relationship lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Catalyst Renewables Unknown (37-40 MW Biomass) New York TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to 10 banks about two biomass financings (PFR, 12/1/10). Cavallo Energy Cross Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-to-New York TBA TBA $400-$450 million TBA Mid-2011 financing eyed (PFR, 8/30/10). Central Maine Power, Maine & Maritimes Maine Power Connection (Transmission) Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Regulators say project is unnecessarily large (PFR, 10/29/09). Cheniere Energy Unidentified (Export LNH Facility) Sabine Pass, La. TBA TBA $2.24B TBA Sponsor eyes $2.4B financing by year-end (PFR, 6/10/11). Cobisa Unidentified (1,750 MW Gas) Greenville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Trouble securing financing w/o PPA (PFR, 6/22/09). Columbia Power, Columbia Basin Trust Unknown (435 MW Hydro) Waneta Dam, B.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Decision on project's future expected (PFR, 2/15/10). Cogentrix Alamosa (30 MW PV) San Luis Valley, Colo. FFB TBA $90.6M TBA Sponsor snags conditional DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 5/12/11). Various (110-130 MW) Colo., Puerto Rico, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly 80% debt for $700M portfolio (PFR, 9/13/10). Competitive Power Ventures Sentinel (850 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA TBA TBA ING, RBS join financing (PFR, 5/11/11). Various (7 GW Wind) Various U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer plans massive pipeline of wind projects (PFR, 10/4/10). Conduit Capital Partners Kuntur Transportadora de Gas (700-mile Pipeline) Southern Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo advising (PFR, 5/13/09). Old Harbour Bay Expansion (60 MW Diesel) Jamaica TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks, multilaterals and ECAs for financing (PFR, 6/22/09). Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Unidentified (100 MW Wind) Mutton Mountain, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Tribes considering tax equity, outside developers (PFR, 1/19/09). Confederation Power Various (90 MW Hydro) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Weighing financing pending PPA award (PFR, 1/12/09). Coram Energy Various (22 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Marathon Capital TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity, debt (PFR, 2/15/10). Competitive Power Ventures Ashley (200 MW Wind) McIntosh County, N.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Cimarron (165 MW Wind) Gray County, Kan. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Unidentified (700 MW Gas) Woodbridge, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor bids into NJ BPU auction (PFR, 2/22/11). DKRW Advanced Fuels Unidentified (Coal Liquefaction) Medicine Bow, Wyo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor taps Citi to advise on the $1B+ financing (PFR, 6/10/11). Duke Energy Various (Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to Chinese co. for partnership (PFR,1/27/10). Eastern Power Greenfield South (280 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario Morgan Stanley TBA C$200-250M TBA MS making calls to lenders (PFR, 2/15/10). EDF EN Canada Lac-Alfred (300 MW Wind) La Matapédia et la Mitis, Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor shelves debt financing (PFR, 5/5/11). St. Isidore B (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA EDF hunts pricing starting at 225 bps (PFR, 3/9/11). Edison Mission Energy Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project Petersurg, Neb. TBA TBA TBA TBA Club deal with pricing at 250 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 5/13/10). Taloga (130 MW Wind) Dewey County, Okla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taking bids to lead financing (PFR, 8/24/09). Walnut Creek (500 MW Gas) City of Industry, Calif. MUFG, Santander TBA TBA TBA Intesa, SocGen and WestLB mull participation (PFR, 7/7/11). El Paso Corp. Ruby (675-Mile Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon TBA Refi TBA TBA Sponsor to refinance $1.51 billion loan after project is operational this summer (PFR, 4/15/11). Elecnor, Isolux Corsán Unidentified (366 Miles Transmission) Vizcarra to Carhuaquero, Peru) TBA TBA TBA TBA Citi is advising (PFR, 3/9/09). Enel, TradeWinds Energy Various (1.2 GW Wind) Midwest TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity (PFR, 3/16/09) Various (50 MW Geothermal) Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBA Tax equity deal to close in two months (PFR, 1/14/09). Enerdyne Power Systems Unknown (3 MW Landfill Gas) Clarksville, Tenn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for banks to provide debt (PFR, 9/7/09). Energy Answers International, Energy Investors Funds Arecibo (80 MW Waste-to-Energy) Arecibo, P.R. BNP TBA TBA TBA Sponsors hunting debt for $500 million project (PFR, 12/19/10). Enfinity Unidentified (33 MW PV) Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer close to inking roughly $140 million in debt and equity (PFR, 3/25/11). Energy Investors Funds Hot Springs (48MW Geo) Elko, Nev. DZ Bank, Fortis Capital TBA $120M TBA EIF takes ownership from TG Power (PFR, 10/5/09). Various (80 MW Landfill Gas) U.S. TBA TBA $200M TBA Looking for recap (PFR, 2/15/10). Energy 5.0 Unidentified (Solar 25 MW) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering financing options (PFR, 1/11/10). Enova Energy Group Plainfield (37.5 MW Biomass) Plainfield, Conn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor scouts financing (PFR, 6/16/11). Éolectric Various (675 MW Wind) Canada and Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a strategic partner (PFR, 3/30/09). Eolia La Ventosa (164 MW) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). eSolar, NRG Energy Unidentified (92 MW Solar) El Paso, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Applied for DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 6/22/09). Eurus Energy Bull Creek (180 MW Wind) Borden County, Texas Mizuho TBA $296.1M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/23/09). EverPower Buckeye (300 MW Wind) Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Allegheny (72.5 MW Wind) Cattaraugus County, N.Y. TBA TBA TBA TBA EverPower hunts 20% debt for merchant farm (PFr, 6/21/11). Twin Ridges (150 MW Wind) Somerset County, Pa. TBA TBA TBA TBA EverPower hunts 20% debt for merchant farm (PFR, 6/21/11). Falcon Gas Storage MoBay (50Bcf Gas Storage) Mobile County, Ala. BNP, ING Construction/Term Loan $400M 7-yr Financial close on hold as sponsor works to secure equity (PFR, 7/16/10). First Solar Desert Sunlight (550 MW Solar PV) Desert Center, Calif. Goldman Sachs TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs as lender-applicant for DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 6/30/11). Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor scouts portfolio financing (PFR, 11/12/10). Fishermen's Energy Various (20 MW Offshore Wind) Atlantic City, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeking at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split (PFR, 7/20/10). Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Unidentified (20 MW PV) Southern Nevada John Hancock TBA TBA TBA Fotowatio snags conditional DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 6/6/11). FPL Group Various (Solar) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing planned for Q1-2 2010 (PFR, 6/1/09). GCL Solar Various (75 MW PV) Puerto Rico, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor is talking to European banks about financings (PFR, 3/25/11). GDF SUEZ Energy International Proyecto Eólico (49.5 MW Wind) Guanacaste, Costa Rica TBA TBA $80M TBA Sponsor looking to arrange a club (PFR, 1/30/09). Gemini Solar Unknown (30 MW Solar) Austin, Texas TBA TBA $150M TBA Looking to mandate before month-end (PFR, 9/14/09). Gestamp Solar Various (60-80 MW PV) California TBA TBA TBA TBA Aims to wrap two portfolio financings in the third quarter (PFR, 3/25/11). Gilead Power Corp. Ostrander (20 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Shelved funding plans due to credit crisis (PFR, 3/6/09). Gradient Resources Patua (60 MW Phase I Geo) Reno, Nev. BNP, Dexia, Scotia TBA $600M TBA Mandated banks plan syndication (PFR, 5/27/11). Grasslands Renewable Energy Wind Spirit (1,300 Miles Transmission Northern Plains TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering project finance options (PFR, 6/8/09). Great Lakes Ohio Wind Great Lakes (20 MW Offshore Wind) Near Cleveland, Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA KeyBanc has informal discussions with sponsor (PFR, 9/20). Greenfield South Power Unidentified (293 MW Gas) Ontario Credit Suisse B Loan $335M TBA Credit Suisse offering sweeteners to close deal (PFR, 8/2/10). Greengate Power Halkirk (150 MW Wind) Alberta TBA TBA C$350M TBA Closing in on PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 1/25/2010). Homeland Renewable Energy, Laidlaw Energy Various (Biomass) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA JV to seek p.f. before August 2010 (PFR, 9/28/09). Horizon Wind Blue Canyon (99 MW) Southern California GE EFS TBA TBA TBA GE EFS to loan money to the projects (PFR, 11/9/09). Various (600 MW Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking tax equity (PFR, 9/7/09). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Deal launches (PFR, 4/29/11). Independence Wind, Wagner Wind Energy Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA Sponsors snag conditional federal loan (PFR, 3/8/11). Highland (117 MW MW) Highland Plantation, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing launch expected next year (PFR, 3/17/11). International Power Various (3.5 GW Gas) New England, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA $770M debt due for refi in July (PFR, 9/7/09). ISAGEN Sogamoso (820 MW Hydro) Santander, Columbia Banco Santander Local/International Bonds $600M TBA Seeking ECA and multilaterals ahead of p.f. (PFR, 4/20/09). ITC Holdings Various (Transmission) Kansas, Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for ways to finance outside of revolver, FMBs (PFR, 12/14/09). Just-Wind Logan County (368 MW Wind) Logan County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Emmons County (900 MW Wind) Emmons County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders, tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Juwi Solar Various (200 MW Photovoltaic) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Liberty Energy Liberty Energy Center (6.5 MW Biosolid) Hamilton, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt/equity (PFR, 2/25/09). Las Brisas Energy Center 1.3 GW Petroleum Coke Corpus Christi, Tex. Morgan Stanley Bonds, bank/construction loan $1 billion TBA Want to finance and then sell project (PFR, 3/29/10). Lincoln Renewable Energy Various (100 MW Solar PV) New Jersey TBA TBA $400-500M TBA Sponsor targets relationship lenders of Airtricity and SunPower (PFR, 10/11/10). LNG Development Pipeline (117 miles) Warrenton to Moalla, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will start talking to banks mid-2010 (PFR, 9/14/09). LS Power Cross Texas (230 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA LS Power prices loan at roughly 200 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 6/3/11). Mainstream Renewable Power Laguna Verde (35 MW Wind) Valparaiso, Chile TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to German banks for financing (PFR, 2/2/09). Merchant Energy Partners East Cheyenne (Gas Storage 19 bcf) Logan County, Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to hire banks at year-end (PFR, 7/13/09). Mitsubishi Corp. Unidentified (300 MW Co-Gen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 1/12/09). Mitsui, Tokyo Gas Various (Gas-fired) Mexico Sumitomo, BoTM, Mizuho TBA TBA TBA Lead banks lined up (PFR, 1/11/10). Mohave Sun Power Unknown (340 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Will approach the market for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 4/27/09). National Wind Various (Wind) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with internat'l co. for partnership (PFR, 10/23/09). Goodhue (78 MW Wind) Goodhue County, Minn. TBA Tax Equity $160-180M TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unidentified (400 MW Wind) Northeast Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unknown (500 MW Wind) Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and investors (PFR, 12/4/09). NaturEner Rim Rock (309 MW) Glacier and Toole Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to p.f. $500M of the project this year (PFR, 6/15/09). Nautilus Solar Energy, Starwood Energy Unknown (50-60 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders for multi-million dollar project (PFR, 2/23/09). Naikun Wind Energy, Enmax Green Power Naikun Phase I (400 MW Wind) Haida Gwaii, British Columbia BoTM TBA TBA TBA Looking beyond Canadian banks for p.f. (PFR, 10/5/09) Nevada Geothermal Various (60 MW Geothermal) Nevada and Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor to seek DOE loan guarantees (PFR, 9/20/10). Nevada Hydro Talega-Escondido/Valley -Serrano (Transmission 500 kV) Southern California CIT Group TBA TBA TBA CIT shortlists equity co.'s for investing (PFR, 10/28/09). NextEra Energy Resources Genesis (250 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. Credit Suisse TBA $1B+ TBA DOE offers conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 6/16/11). Lone Star (300 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly $400 million in debt (PFR, 4/1/11). NextLight Renewable Power Unknown (150 MW Solar) Boulder City, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will look for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 10/12/09). AV Solar Ranch I (230 MW Solar) Antelope Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Agua Caliente (280 MW Solar) Yuma, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Silver State (400 MW Solar) Primm, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Northland Power Kabinakagomi (26 MW Hydro) Kabinakagomi River, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets 2012 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Manitoulin Island (60 MW Wind) Maitoulin Island, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor talking to lenders about 2011 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Various (130 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor plans to finance projects between 2011 and 2013 (PFR, 8/9/10). NRG Energy El Segundo (550 MW Gas) El Segundo, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Mizuho, RBS TBA $683M TBA NRG tags three to lead deal (PFR, 6/8/11). Various (Solar) Various, U.S. Royal Bank of Scotland Revolver TBA TBA Deal on hold (PFR, 1/25/10). Ocean Renewable Power Corp. Various (165-210 MW Hydro) Alaska, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking equity investors (PFR, 10/27/09). Odebrecht Chaglla (406 MW Hydro) Peru BNP TBA $650M TBA BNP approaches lenders about participating in financing (PFR, 3/11/11). Oglethorpe Power Vogtle (2.2 GW nuclear) Waynesboro, Ga. TBA TBA TBA TBA Snags DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 2/16/10). Ormat Technologies Brawley (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with JPMorgan for tax equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Various (121 MW Geothermal) Nevada John Hancock TBA $350M TBA DOE offers conditional $280M loan guarantee (PFR, 6/14/11). OwnEnergy Various (Wind) U.S. TBA $200M TBA In talks with infrastructure funds (PFR, 12/14/09). Panda Energy Temple (600 MW Gas) Temple, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets financing by second quarter 2012 (PFR, 5/20/11). Two 15-20 MW photovoltaic projects TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Con Edison Development will assist with financing (PFR, 5/3/10). Pattern Energy Various (Wind) Nevada, Ontario, Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBA TBA Pattern hunts over $1 billion in debt for projects (PFR, 1/21/11). Various Saskatchewan TBA Construction term $200-$400 M TBA Will seek financing by year-end (PFR, 3/23/10). Preneal Vientos del Istmo (395.9 MW Wind) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). Grand Valley (20.3 MW) Grand Valley, Ontario TBA TBA $37.9M 20-yr Sponsor will seek financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Project Resources Corporation Lakeswind (100 MW Wind) Fargo-Moorhead, Minn. TBA TBA $200M TBA PRC in talks with MUFG about sales-leaseback (PFR, 11/8/10). Quintana Capital Group, Chase Power Development Las Brisas Energy Center (1,320 MW petroleum coke-fired) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for more than $1 billion to finance the $3.2B project (PFR, 4/21/10). Radback Energy Oakley (624 MW Gas) Contra Costa County, Calif. BoTM, Crédit Agricole, ING, Scotia TBA TBA TBA RBS joins financing (PFR, 2/28/11). Ram Power Iris (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor hopes to ink financing by mid-2011 (PFR, 8/18/10). Orita I (49.9 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor considering a private placement (PFR, 9/20/10). Raser Technologies Unknown (42 MW Geo) Beaver County, Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA To look for financing pending DOE guarantee (PFR, 7/7/09). Recurrent Energy Unidentified (60 MW Solar PV) Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Recurrent hunts financing supporting at least 60 MW of solar PV (PFR, 6/13/11). Various (170+ MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor considers downsizing financing (PFR, 4/7/11). Various (335 MW Solar) Southwest U.S., Hawaii, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to finance with a mix of debt/equity (PFR, 3/23/09). Renewable Ventures Unidentified (26 MW Solar) Apex, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to secure some p.f. next year (PFR, 8/24/09) Renewable Energy Systems Greenwich (99 MW Wind) Dorion, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 4/5/10). Talbot (99 MW Wind) Chatham Kent, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 11/23/09). Renewable Energy Services Limited Statia Terminals (24 MW Wind) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders (PFR, 2/9/09). Riverbank Power Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Sparta, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Wiscasset, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Run of River Power Various (190 MW Run-of-River) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Various (90 MW Biomass) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Salt River Project, Shell WindEnergy, SouthWestern Power Group II, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Tucson Electric Power SunZia (460 Miles Transmission) Arizona and New Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing scouted (PFR, 2/25/11). Santee Cooper, South Carolina Electric & Gas Summer Nuclear Station (2.2 GW Nuclear) Jenkinsville, S.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taps bonds for pre-construction (PFR, 12/7/09). Scotian Windfields, SkyPower Digby Neck (30 MW) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Sempra Pipelines, Pemex Various (Gas Pipeline) Mexico TBA Refi $400M TBA Sponsors seek to lever existing pipelines for new development (see story, page 1). Sempra Generation Mesquite I (150 MW Solar PV) Maricopa County, Ariz. FFB TBA $359.1M TBA DOE offers coniditional loan guarantee, to be funded by FFB (PFR, 6/20/11). Sithe Global Southdown (800 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 3/1/10). SkyPower Various (30 MW Solar PV) Ontario Deutsche Bank TBA TBA TBA Sponsor mandates Deutsche Bank to leading financing (PFR, 11/9/10). Sol Sage Various (10-20 MW Solar) East Coast, U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt and tax equity (PFR, 6/29/09). SolarGen USA Various (100 MW Solar) Central Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $400M TBA Sponsor hopes to close portfolio financing by year-end (PFR, 7/12/10). Solar Power Partners Various (600 MW Solar) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Early 2011 targeted for closing of first chunk of debt financing (PFR, 8/2/10). SolarReserve Crescent Dunes (100 MW Solar) Tonopah, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors seeks 80% equity and a DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 7/30). Rice (150 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA SolarReserve seeks loan from U.S. Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 10/12/10). Solar Trust of America Various (485 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank TBA $2B TBA Sponsor snags conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 4/20/11). Solar Utilities Network Unknown (2 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investors (PFR, 3/2/09). St. Laurent Ènergies Various (654 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks by mid-year (PFR, 1/18/10). Starwood Energy Group Sault Ste. Marie (40 MW solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA TBA TBA Starwood is hunting debt to develop 40 MW of photovoltaic projects in Ontario (PFR, 4/19/10). Starwood Energy Unidentified (290 MW Solar) Harquahala, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor looking for a PPA (PFR, 9/27/10). Unidentified (100 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA SocGen eyes financing (PFR, 2/11/11). Stirling Energy Systems Imperial Valley (300 MW Solar) Imperial County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). Calico (300 MW Solar) San Bernardino, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). Summit Power Group Texas Clean Energy Center (400 MW IGCC) Odessa, Texas RBS Loan, bonds, private placement TBA TBA Sponsor plots $1.3-1.4 billion financing package (PFR, 5/27/11). SunEdison Various (Solar) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach lenders for $10-50M (PFR, 6/29/09). SunPower Corp. California Valley Solar Ranch (250 MW Solar) San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Federal Financing Bank Federal Loan $1.187B TBA Sponsor snags conditional loan (PFR, 4/13/11). TDX Power Chakachamna (335 MW Hydro) Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeks combinations of state funding, equity and debt (PFR, 3/2/09). Tecta Solar Various (Solar) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for $10-20M tax equity (PFR, 6/5/09). Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (600 MW coal-fired) Nolan County, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska will seek financing after there is more clarity on climate change legistlation (PFR, 4/20/10). Tenaska Solar Ventures Imperial Solar Energy Center South (130 MW Solar PV) Imperial Valley, Calif. Citi TBA TBA TBA Citi tapped as lender-applicant for FIPP loan guarantee (PFR, 4/5/11). Imperial Solar Energy Center West (150 MW Solar PV) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks federal loan guarantee (PFR, 4/5/11). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phases 7 and 9 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal launch expected within year (PFR, 3/15/11). Unidentified (Geothermal) TBA TBA TBA $60-100M TBA Sponsor eyes year-end financing (PFR, 3/22/11). Transporta de Gas de Peru Pipeline Expansion Cuzco-Lima, Peru TBA TBA $320M TBA Looking for second round of funding (PFR 5/25/09) Tres Amigas Substation Clovis, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA In preliminary talks with lenders (PFR, 10/19/09). Trillium Power Wind Trillium Power I (700 MW Wind) Lake Ontario, Canada RBC TBA TBA TBA RBC to launch private equity placement (PFR, 8/31/09). U.S. Geothermal Neal Hot Springs (26 MW Geo) Boise, Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBA Coming to market at year-end for $120M (PFR, 2/16/09). San Emidio Expansion (3.6 MW Geo) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA U.S. Power Generating Various (Peakers) New York, New York TBA Refinancing $680M TBA Looking at refinancing (PFR, 1/25/10). Unknown Unknown (Biomethane) Iowa Hannover Consulting TBA TBA TBA Looking to finance $80M project with 60% debt (PFR, 7/20/09). Wagner Wind Energy, Independence Wind Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA DOE awards conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 3/8/11). Western Wind Energy Unidentified (30 MW Solar) Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Manulife TBA $249M TBA Rabobank tapped to lead search for tax equity (PFR, 3/25/11). Wind Energy Systems Technology Unidentified (300 MW Wind) Galveston, Texas BofA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with DOE, Bofa for funding (PFR, 2/8/10). Zeroes Mexico Unidentified (100 MW Waste) Monterrey, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a $50 million bridge (PFR, 1/26/09). Unidentified (50 MW Waste) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Live Deals: Europe/Middle East Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Advanced Power, Siemens Unidentified (420 MW CCGT) North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate lead arranger (PFR, 2/16/09). Bord Gáis Éireann Whitegate (445 MW Combined Cycle) County Cork, Ireland TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking EUR200 million form the EIB (PFR, 7/20/09). Bulgarian Energy Holdings, Dimosia Epichrisi Paroxis Ariou, Edison Unkown (100-mile Pipeline) Bulgaria to Greece TBA TBA TBA TBA EU providing EUR45M for the project (PFR, 7/24/09). Centrica Various (220 MW Wind) Scotland, U.K. Banco Santander, BoTM, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Rabobank Term Loan TBA 15-yr HSH exits deal (PFR, 7/14/09). CEZ Unknown (Wind) Romania TBA TBA EUR500M TBA Talking to the European Investment Bank (PFR. 3/9/09). Econcern Project Trullo (7 MW Solar) Puglia, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 2/2/09). Belwind (330 MW Wind) Oostende, Belgium ASN Bank, Dexia, EIB, Rabobank TBA TBA TBA Looking for an equity partner (PFR, 6/8/09). EGL Unidentified (800 MW Gas) Salerno, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Project Financing Solutions is advising (PFR, 1/26/09). Energos Unkown (7 MW Waste) Irvine, Scotland TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate bank (PFR, 2/23/09). EnergyMixx Various (1 GW Solar, Wind) Italy TBA TBA EUR60M TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 1/14/09). Gaelectric Holdings Portfolio (2 GW Wind) Montana and Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for partner, equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Masdar London Array (1 GW Wind) U.K. BoTM Unincorporated JV $440M TBA BoTM advising, shortlisting banks (PFR, 1/25/10). MGT Power Tees Renewable Energy Center (295 MW Biomass) Teesport, England TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks to arrange GBP500M (PFR, 7/21/09). Stora Enso Unknown (165 MW Cogen) Ostroleka, Poland European Investment Bank Loan TBA TBA EIB will provide up to half of the funding (PFR, 6/22/09). Live Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes ACME Group, eSolar Various (900 MW Solar) India TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 3/9/09). AES Mong Duong II (1,200 MW Coal) Vietnam TBA TBA TBA TBA Bankers anticipate the project to cost at least $2.4B (PFR, 5/24/10). CLP Group Theni (99 MW Wind) Southern India TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 9/28/09). Global EcoPower Various (160 MW Wind) China Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China TBA TBA TBA Looking for institutional investor equity (PFR, 2/9, 3/23/09). GMR Island Power (800 MW gas-fired) Singapore TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 60-70% p.f. $1.2B plant (PFR, 6/8/09). International Power PT Paiton Energy (815 MW coal) Indonesia JBIC TBA $1.5B TBA 10 Banks participating in financing (PFR, 3/9/10). Macquarie Capital Wind Fund Silverton (1 GW Wind) Barrier Ranges, Australia TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks for financing first phase (PFR, 8/3/09). Reliance Power Sasan (3,960 MW Coal) Madhya Pradesh, India TBA TBA $3B TBA Sponsor hunts international banks to refinance debt (PFR, 7/31/10). Live Deals: Africa Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aviva Mmamantswe (1 GW Coal) Gaborone, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Plant plans delayed by Eskom woes (PFR, 10/5/09). BioTherm Energy Various (85 MW Waste and South Africa TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to wrap four financings by year-end (5/15/09). Botswana Power Corp. Morpule (1.2 GW Coal) Palapye, Botswana Industrial and Commercial Bank, Standard Bank Bridge Loan $140M TBA Set to close in two months (PFR, 5/26/09). Loan $825M TBA CIC Energy, International Power Mmamabula (1.8 GW Coal) Mahalapye, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 7/24/09).
  • Hudson Clean Energy Partners looked to sell Recurrent Energy, its San Francisco-based solar portfolio company.
  • — Brian O’Connor, managing director of Ares Management’s newly established power team in New York, on making several hundred millions of dollars of investment in the power sector.
  • —Lou Sabec, managing partner of National Energy Partners in Mount Laurel, N.J., on potentially selling equity stakes in its planned solar project pipeline.
  • Leads WestLB and Crédit Agricole sent out teasers peddling $50-75 million tickets in a $370 million financing backing ArcLight Capital Partners’ and Hess Corp.’s simple-cycle plant in Bayonne, N.J.
  • --Alex Urquhart, president and ceo of GE Energy Financial Services in Stamford, Conn., on the firm's plan to up investments in early-stage power and energy projects.
  • Leads, including Citigroup, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, and Royal Bank of Scotland, on GE Energy and Caithness Energy's $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind project were pushing the commitments through their respective credit committees ahead of a wider launch.
  • Terra-Gen Power discussed financing three phases of the Alta wind project, or 570 MW, in one swoop with lenders.
  • —Michael Gorton, ceo and chairman of Principal Solar in Dallas, referring to the company’s hunt to buy solar projects of up to 1 MW.
  • Merrill Lynch Credit Products, a unit of Bank of America, began increasing its stake in financial player-owned Milford Power in Milford, Conn., a move signaling the consortium was looking to sell.
  • —Nina Eshoo, founder of Saltbox Partners in New York, on her new consultancy’s mission to advise biomass, coal, gas and renewables sponsors that seek modest-sized or alternative financings.
  • Northland Power mandated BMO Capital Markets, CIBC and Union Bank to lead a $580 million package backing its 265 MW combined-cycle plant near North Battleford, Saskatchewan.
  • --Barry Perry, cfo of Fortis Inc. in St. John, Newfoundland, on the company's purchase of Central Vermont Public Service for $700 million.
  • --Eric Redman, president of Summit Power Group in Seattle on financing a more than $2 billion, 400 MW integrated gasification combined-cycle plant that features power generation, carbon capture and sequestration.
  • Wind developer enXco and Indianapolis Power & Light Co. had revised a lapsed power purchase agreement for the 201 MW Lakefield wind project in southwestern Minnesota--a move that revived financing discussions.
  • --Tom Spang, ceo of Advanced Power NA in Boston, on the company’s strategy to develop natural gas-fired plants along with partner GE Energy.
  • ING, Société Générale, Union Bank and WestLB wrapped a $300 million credit backing Hannon Armstrong and Catalyst Renewables’ 49 MW Hudson Ranch I project in Salton Sea, Calif., the largest geothermal financing in years.
  • --Jared Donald, president of Conergy Canada in Calgary and Toronto, on the company's aim of facilitating financing and development for solar developers in Ontario.
  • Renewable Energy Systems Americas accepted final bids for its 252 MW Cedar Point wind project in Colorado.
  • GE Energy Financial Services hunted $350 million in debt to help build 183 MW across 11 wind farms in Idaho.
  • --Dimitri Nikas, analyst at Standard & Poor's in New York, on nuclear plants being developed by Georgia Power and South Carolina Electric & Co. that are expected to score construction permits and operating licenses.
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  • Caller Capacity Contracts Deadlines Requirements Notes Arizona Public Service Co. 71,000 MWh 20 to 30-year contracts Bids due May 17. Projects must be 2-15 MW and bids Looking for the best price from sponsors who can Shortlist expected July 15. costing more than $130 MWh will complete projects (PFR, 3/18). Winners to be selected be eliminated. Applicants must Oct. 17. complete FERC impact studies by Oct. 7. Consolidated Edison, New York 350-700 MW (Wind) N/A N/A N/A Utilities will issue an RFP for a 350 or 700 MW wind Power Authority farm off the coast of Long Island, after wrapping economic, environmental and technical studies (PFR, 11/1/10). Empresa Electrica de Guatemala 480 MW (Renewables) 15-year contracts Bids due Oct. 28. N/A PPAs start in 2015, Empresa is open to foreign Winners announced and domestic bidders (PFR, 4/13). by year-end. 320 MW (Gas, Coal-fired) Georgia Power 800-1,200 MW (Baseload) 5, 10, 15-year contracts Deadlines for bids was Projects must be online by 2015. The utility is looking to replace coal-fired June 2010. Utility is generation that it may have to retire due to new expected to announce emissions regulations (see story, page 2). contracts before year-end. Ontario Energy Board 173 miles (Transmission) N/A N/A Developers will compete to build The $550M line be awarded via regulatory hearings. the East-West Tie in Northern At least 20 companies are interested in the Ontario. process (PFR, 1/21). Long Island Power Authority 2,500 MW (Baseload) N/A Bids were due N/A Contracts reportedly could be offered as soon as this 31-Mar-11 winter (PFR, 8/27/10). Ontario Power Authority 500 MW (Natural gas-fired) N/A RFP expected to launch Targeting projects bigger than Renewables will also be considered (PFR, 1/21). this quarter. 20 MW. Portland General Electric 550 MW (Gas-fired) 10 to 20-year contracts for Final RFP set for late July. Existing generation or new projects PGE will host workshops for potential bidders 200 MW of year-round slated for operation between 2013 on May 11 and May 12 (see story, page 3). peaking resources. and 2015. 25-200 MW plants Five-year contracts for preferred. 200 MW of winter and summer peaking resources. Five-year contracts for 150 MW of winter peaking resources. 120 MW (Renewables) N/A N/A N/A Planning to issue RFP later this year (see story, page 3). 300-500 MW (Baseload) N/A N/A N/A Planning to issue RFP later this year (see story, page 3). Pacific Gas & Electric N/A (Renewables) Long-term Targeting RFP for Q2 or Q3. Projects must be operational within Solar photovoltaic, solar thermal and wind 18 months of approval by the will be eligible (PFR, 4/14). California Public Utilities Commission. PG&E favors projects within its coverage area, from Bakersfield to Eureka, Calif. 50 MW (New Solar PV) 20-year contracts Bids due March 2. Projects must be 1-20 MW RFP is part of five-year process to add 250 MW Final PPAs will be and located within PG&E’s of renewables to the portfolio (PFR, 4/14). executed June 17. coverage area. 50 MW (New Solar PV) 20-year contracts Targeting RFP for Projects must be 1-20 MW and RFP is part of five-year process to add 250 MW February 2012. located within PG&E’s coverage area. of renewables to the portfolio (PFR, 4/14). Public Service Co. of New Mexico 120-140 MW (Renewables) Asset purchases, PPAs and Notice of intent to bid due Projects must be operational New projects may be located beyond state lines joint-ownership agreements April 22. by 2014. (PFR, 4/14). available. Formal bids due June 10. Applicants will N/A (Renewable N/A be short-listed July 1. Projects looking to sell RECs must . Energy Credits) be in operation since 2008 and located in the state
  • —Guy Daoust, Boralex director of finance and treasury in Montreal, on deciding between an underwritten or best-efforts deal backing a 272 MW wind farm in Quebec.
  • Enel North America sought to sell its U.S. wind units, TradeWind Energy, by summer 2010 and retained Morgan Stanley to run the sale.
  • Closed Deals Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova (50 MW Solar) Sanlúcar la Major, Spain TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/9/08). Abengoa Mexico Unknown (300 MW CoGen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $460M TBA Deal wraps, with eight lenders participating (PFR, 6/25/10). Abengoa Solar Solana (250 CST) Gila Bend, Ariz. DOE/FFB TBA $1.45B 12-yr FFB and DOE finalizes loan, priced at Treasury plus 37.5 bps (PFR, 1/5/11). Acciona Solar Power Nevada Solar One (64 MW) Boulder City, Nev. Santander, BBVA, La Caixa Term Loan $140M Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Acciona Energy North America EcoGrove (100.5 MW Wind) Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander closes loan and looks to syndicate it (PFR, 10/1/10). Tatanka (180 MW Wind) Dickey County, N.D., McPherson County, S.D. BBVA, Santander, BayernLB, JPMorgan Construction Loan $280M 6-9m No syndication planned (PFR, 1/11/08). Red Hills (130 MW Wind) Roger Mills and Custer Counties, Okla. BayernLB, Banco Sabadell, Banesto Construction Loan $270M TBA Deal wrapped fall of '08 (PFR, 8/14/09). JPMorgan Capital Corp., Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). AEI Jaguar Energy (300 MW) Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). AES Termoeléctrico de Penoles (230 MW Petcoke) Tamuin, Mexico Calyon Refinancing $227M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Buffalo Gap 3 (170 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas Dexia, HVB 1-yr Deal wrapped in Dec. 2007 (PFR, 11/30/07). Angamos (520 MW Coal) Antofagasta Region, Chile ABN, BNP Term Loan $700M 17.5 Closed this fall (PFR, 10/10/08). Construction Loan $350M Armenia Mountain (100.5 MW Wind) Tioga County, Pa. Citibank, CoBank, Unicredit HVB, Union Bank Long-term, Non-recourse $221M TBA Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 8/17/09). Citigroup Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). Mountain View IV (149 MW Wind) Palm Springs, Calif. MUFG TBA $82M 17-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/11). Allegheny Energy TrAIL (180-Mile 500kV wire) Pa., W.Va., Va. Citigroup, BNP Term Loan $530M 7-yr Syndication wrapped 8/15 (PFR, 8/18/08) . Revolver $20M AIMPowerGen SOP Phase I (40 MW Wind) Ontario Fortis Term Loan $75M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/18/08). Airtricity Champion (126.5 MW Wind) Various HVB, Mizuho Construction Loan $210 million Banks funded (PFR, 12/7/07). Letter of Credit $5 million Roscoe (209 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas HVB, NordLB, BayernLB Construction loan $399M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 9/6/07). 2008 Turbine Supply Central New York HVB, Mizuho Turbine Supply Loan $325M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/16/07). American Renewables Nacogdoches (100 MW Biomass) Sacul, Texas BoTM/Union Bank, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Bought by Southern Co. and financed on balance sheet (PFR, 10/9/09). ArcLight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $275M TBA Leads finalize deal, backing a 1,412 MW operational portfolio (PFR, 1/3/11). ArcLight Capital Partners, SGR Holdings Southern Pines Energy Center (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). Southern Pines (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. SunTrust TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/8/08). Astoria Energy II Astoria II (500 MW Gas) Queens, N.Y. Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, BoTM/Union Bank, Calyon, Export Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Construction/Term Loan $970M C+5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/2/09). Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Letters of Credit $110M TBA Babcock & Brown Power, Pittsburg Power Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. BayernLB Construction Loan $299M 33-yr Deal closed early 2008 (PFR, 1/11/08). BP, Ridgeline Goshen II (90 MW Wind) Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). BP, Sempra Fowler Ridge II (199.5 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). BP Wind Energy, Sempra Generation Cedar Creek II (250.8 MW Wind) Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Leads wrap deal (PFR, 12/21/10). Brick Power Holdings Tiverton (265 MW Gas) Tiverton, R.I. Barclays, Goldman Recapitalization $97M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/30/09). Rumford (265 MW Gas) Rumford, Maine Bright Capital Partners, Vader Piet (30 MW Wind) Aruba Dexia, Eksport Kredit Non-Recourse $60M 13-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). Hutting Windenergie Fonden, Nordea Allied Irish Bank Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). BrightSource Energy Various (1.3 GW Solar) Southern California Federal Financing Bank Federal Loan $1.6B TBA Federal agencies wrap loan, loan guarantee (PFR, 4/13/11). Brookfield Renewable Power Comber (166 MW) Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). Gosfield (50.6 MW Wind) Essex County, Ontario BoTM, Scotia TBA $102M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/22/10). Prince Wind (189 MW Wind) Sault St. Marie, Ontario Scotia, Dexia Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) 5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 12/7/07). Caithness Energy, GE EFS Shepherds Flat (909 MW Wind) Oregon BoTM, WestLB, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Leads close largest wind financing in U.S. (PFR, 12/27/10). Calpine Blue Spruce (468 MW, Gas) Aurora, Colo. CoBank, ACB, Siemens Refinancing $90M 10-yr No syndication planned (PFR, 2/8/08). Cannon Power Windy Point (500 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash HSH Construction Loan $360M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Siemens TBA $178M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Calpine Corp. Deer Park (400 MW Gas) Harris County, Texas ING, Union Bank, WestLB TBA $150M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/26/09). Calpine Steamboat Holdings Unknown (250 MW CoGen) Freeport, Texas Calyon, WestLB Refinancing $465M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/25/09). Unknown (365 MW Comb. Cyc.) Mankato, Minn. Cardinal Gas Storage Perryville (7.5 bcf Gas Storage) Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal wraps oversubscribed (PFR, 5/21/10). Carlyle/Riverstone Topaz (1.5 GW Gas) Various, Texas Morgan Stanley, Dexia, Construction Loan $615M 6-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 6/28/08). ING, Natixis Working Capital facility $75M 6-yr LC $50M 2-yr Catalyst Renewables, Hannon Armstrong 50 MW Hudson Ranch I (geo) Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Centinela, SNPower Totoral (46 MW Wind) Chile DnB, International Finance Corp. Term Loan $61.5M 18-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/08). CIT Energy Broad River (847 MW Gas) Gaffney, S.C. Barclays Capital Refinancing $290M 5-year Deal wrapped, upsized (PFR, 7/13/09). South Point (520 MW Gas) Bullhead City, Ariz. Competitive Power Ventures Keenan II (152 MW Wind) Woodward County, Okla. Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA Deal wrapped oversubscribed (PFR, 2/5/10). Duke Energy Top of the World (200 MW Wind) Casper, Wyo. BoTM, BBVA, SocGen, Caja Madrid Term Loan $193M 18-yr Sponsor reaches financial close (PFR, 11/7/10). EDF EN Canada St. Isidore A (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal closes on first phase (PFR, 1/7/11). Edison Mission Energy Cedro Hills (350 MW wind) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Portfolio ( 455 MW Wind) Nebraska, N.M., Texas BayernLB, BNP, Dexia, WestLB TBA $202M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). Various (362 MW Wind) Neb., N.M., Texas WestLB Refi $260M 10-yr Refi wraps with 9 participants (PFR, 3/2/11). El Paso Ruby Pipeline (675-mile Natural Gas Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Empresas ICA La Yesca (750 MW Hydro) Nayarit, Mexico Citibank/Banamex, HSBC, BBVA Bancomer, Grupo Santander, NordLB, Scotia Capital and Natixis Construction Loan $910M 4-yr, 9m Deal wrapped late spring, 2008 (PFR, 2/15/08). Revolver $80M Enel, TradeWinds Energy Smoky Hills II (148.5 MW Wind) Salina, Kan. JPM Capital Corp., New York Life Insurance, Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity $140M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Energias do Brasil PECEM I (720 MW coal) Ceara, Brazil BNDES TBA $774M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09) IDB A Loan $147M 17-yr Calyon, Caixa-Banco de Investimento, Millennium BCP B Loan $180M 13-yr EdF Energias Nouvelles La Ventosa (67.5 MW Wind) Oaxaca, Mexico Ex-Im Bank Term Loan $80.6M 14-year Set to wrap financing (PFR, 12/7/09). IFC TBA $21.5M TBA IADB, World Bank Energy Capital Partners Rensselear (535 MW Gas) Rensselaer, N.Y. Barclays, UBoC Construction Loan $400M 8-yr Syndication set to wrap (PFR, 11/2/07). HoldCo Loan $170M Revolver $100M Letter of Credit $35M Energy Investors Funds Panoche (400 MW Gas) Fresno, Calif. BNP Paribas Senior Secured Bonds $321M 21.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/29/08). enXco Shiloh II (150 MW Wind) Solano County, Calif. NordLB, CIC, Dexia, SocGen Construction/Term Loan $350M TBA SocGen joined club for term (PFR, 2/16/09). Arnprior (23.4 MW Solar) Arnprior, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). Hoosier (106 MW Wind) Fowler, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). Eurus Energy Americas Combine Hills II (63 MW Wind) Umatilla County, Ore. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/13/09). Eurus Energy, NRG Energy Various (45 MW Solar) TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $209M TBA Five banks close deal (9/27/10). EverPower Highland North (75 MW Wind) Krayn, Penn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 3/4/11). First Wind Cohocton (125 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. HSH Nordbank, NordLB Term Loan $95M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/6/09). Cohocton (125 MW Wind Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Milford I (203 MW Wind) Milford, Utah Banco Espirito Santo, Bank of Ireland, BNP, CoBank, Credit Suisse, HSH, Santander, SocGen Construction Loan $376M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). Credit Suisse Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity secured (PFR, 10/5/09). Milford II (100 MW Wind) Milford, Utah RBS, HSH TBA $220M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/22/10). Rollins (60 MW Wind) Penobscot County, Maine Key Bank, NordLB TBA $81M 18-mo Deal wraps, with JPMorgan taking tax equity stake (PFR, 12/6/10). Sheffield (40 MW Wind) Caledonia County, Vt. Key Bank Construction $76M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/19/11). Stetson (57, 25.5 MW Wind) Danforth. Maine Alberta Investment Management Term Loan $115M 8.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09) HSH Nordbank TBA $76M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09). BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Foothills Energy, High Sierra Energy Monroe (12 Bcf gas Storage) Amory, Miss. Fortis TBA $140M TBA Deal wrapped in early June (PFR, 7/18/08). Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Unidentified (30 MW PV) Webberville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA BayernLB helps sponsor close deal (PFR, 4/27/11). FPL Energy Northern Frontier (600 MW Wind) Various UniCredit, Mizuho Back-Leveraged Loan $250M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 3/3/08). Heartland (Wind) Unknown Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BBVA, Calyon, Lloyds, Mizuho, NordLB, UniCredit Term Facility $372.5M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/24/08). Guacolda Maitencillo (152 MW Thermo) Maitencillo, Chile Calyon Construction Loan $260M 15-yr Wrapped (PFR, 12/20/07). GDF SUEZ CTA (165 MW Coal) Mejillones, Chile International Finance Corp. A Loan $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) Calyon, Fortis, ING, Helaba, Sumitomo B Loan $293M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) GE EFS, Exergy Development Group Various (183 MW Wind) Idaho BoTM TBA TBA 15-18-yr CoBank wraps second financing backing portfolio of farms (PFR, 3/16/11). GE Energy Financial Services, Orion Energy Unknown (130 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Lloyds TSB, NordLB Mini-Perm $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09). Gestamp Wind Flatwater (60 MW Wind) Richardson County, Neb. Rabo, La Caixa, Sabadell Term $81M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 4/8/11). GNL Quintero LNG Receiving/Regasification Quintero Bay, Chile Banesto, BBVA, Calyon, Term Loan $660 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/15/08). Fortis, ING, Intesa, Mizuho, Santander, WestLB Senior Loan TBA TBA GWF Energy Tracy (314 MW Combined Cycle) Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M 10-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/30/10). Harbinger Capital Partners Calgary Energy (300 MW Gas) Alberta, Canada UBoC Refinancing C$319M ($319M) Wrapped (PFR, 10/5/07). Hobbs Power Funding Unidentified (604 MW Gas) Hobbs, N.M. Siemens Financial Services Term Loan $42.5M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). Horizon Wind Meadow Lake II (99 MW Wind) White County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA JPMorgan makes tax equity investment (PFR, 10/28/10). Rail Splitter (101 MW Wind) Logan County, Ill. JPM Capital Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity deal wrapped (PFR, 9/7/09). Various (631 MW Wind) Various JPMorgan, New York Life, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity portfolio closed (PFR, 12/15/08). Innergex Carleton (109.5 MW Wind) Quebec SMBC, BOTM Term Loan $67.7M 5-yr Deal Wrapped (PFR, 11/26/08). Invenergy Beech Ridge (100.5 MW Wind) Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Forward Energy (99 MW Wind) Wis. Dexia Credit Local, NordLB $249M 17-yr Deal wrapped 4/3 (PFR, 3/31/08). Grand Ridge (99 MW Wind) Ottawa, Ill. UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $189M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Grand Ridge Expansion (111 MW Wind) LaSalle County, Ill. Dexia, Unicredit HVB Construction/Term $111.2M TBA Deal wrapped mid-May (PFR, 7/10/09). Letter of Credit $6.7M TBA McAdoo (150MW Wind) Dickens County, Texas UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $262.3M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Letter of Credit $38.1M 6m Stanton (120 MW Wind) Martin County, Texas Dexia, Natixis Construction Loan $229M Under 1-yr Financing closed (PFR, 11/30/07) St. Clair Power Station (570 MW Gas) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada RBC Construction Loan $383M 5-yr Deal wrapped in Sept. (PFR, 7/6/07) LC facility $96M 2009 Turbine Supply (800 MW) Various HSH, UniCredit HVB Turbine Supply Loan $1B Under 1-yr No syndication planned. Various (Wind) New York, Oregon, Texas Unicredit HVB TBA $500M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). IIF Coastal Winds Investment, JPMorgan, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). Vantage (103 MW Wind) Vantage, Wash. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA $115M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10). Irradia Irradia (300,000 Gal./day LNG) Lima, Peru WestLB Construction Loan $81.6M Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 3/4/08). Kleen Energy Systems Middletown (520 MW) Middletown, Conn. Goldman Sachs Term Loan A $435M 10-yr Wrapped 6/13, (PFR, 6/19/08). Term Loan B $295M 17-yr Revolver/LC $255M 10-yr Kruger Energy Chatham (100 MW Wind) Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Deal wraps, marking DB's return to lending (PFR, 5/28/10). Port Alma (101.2 MW Wind) Ontario Scotia Capital TBA TBA TBA Deal closed in May (PFR, 11/2/09) LEP Holdings Liberty Electric Power (568 MW Gas) Eddystone, Pa. Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, OpCo Loan $325M 7-yr Syndication wrapped mid-Nov. (PFR, 12/20/07). Deutsche Bank Revolver $35M Tranches upsized mid-Oct. LS Power Sandy Creek (800 MW Coal) Riesel, Texas Credit Suisse, RBS Term Loan $1.2B 8-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/20/07). LS Power, NV Energy One Nevada Transmission Line Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA TBA TBA LS wraps federal loan (PFR, 2/16/11). Macquarie Capital Amherstburg (35 MW Solar) Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 7/6/10). Martin Resources Arcadia Gas Storage (15.5 Bcf) Arcadia, La. CIT Construction/Term Loan $125M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/30/08). Mirant Marsh Landing (760 MW Gas-Fired) Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Mitsui, Korea Gas, Samsung Manzanillo (500 bcf LNG Regas) Manzanillo, Mexico BBVA, BoTM, Calyon, Development Bank of Japan, Mizuho, KEXIM, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Construction/Term Loan $680M 12-yr Seven lenders set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). MMA Renewable Ventures Macy’s Rooftop (8 MW Solar) California TBA Non-recourse TBA TBA Deal closed 4/1 (PFR, 4/1/08). Montana Alberta Tie Montana Alberta Tie Lethbridge County, Mont. HSH Nordbank A Loan $90M TBA Letter of commitment signed (PFR, 12/8/08). (214 Miles Transmission) to Great Falls, Alberta B Loan $9M TBA Letter of Intent for Credit $19M TBA Morris Energy Group Portfolio (638 MW) Various Morgan Stanley Refinancing $130M Syndication wrapped 2/27 (PFR, 3/3/08). NextEra Energy Resources Heartland II (400 MW Wind) Iowa, North Dakota Banco Santander, TBA $343M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). BoTM, BayernLB, BBVA, BNP, Calyon, Commerzbank, Helaba, Lloyds, UniCredit NaturEner USA Glacier (210 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Banco Espirito Santo, Morgan Stanley Construction Loan $132M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). Morgan Stanley Tax Equity/Back Leverage $156M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). NaturEner USA Glacier II (103.5 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Morgan Stanley Tax Equity $115-125M TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 7/13/09). Construction Loan $125M TBA Nevada Geothermal Blue Mountain (49.5 MW Geothermal) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services closes a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). NextEra Energy Resources Blythe Energy Center (500 MW Gas-Fired) Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB Refi $305M 7-yr Refi wraps without SMBC (PFR, 12/22/10). Noble Environmental Power Altona, Ellenberg, Clinton Altona, Ellenberg, HSH Nordbank, Dexia Non-recourse loan $445M 10-year Syndication wrapped 10/16/07 (PFR, 6/22/07). Various Various HSH Nordbank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Dexia Credit Local Turbine Supply Loan $460M 3-yr Closed late Oct. (PFR, 11/5/07). 2008 Portfolio Upstate New York Citibank, BBVA, Lloyds, Construction Loan $625M 15-yr Closed (PFR, 8/15/08).. Scotia, HSH, RBS Energy Hedge LC $72.5M 15-yr Debt Service Reserve LC $72.5M 15-yr Great Plains (114 MW Wind) Texas Panhandle Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Project garners tax equity (PFR, 11/23/09). Northland Power Mont Louis (100 MW Wind) Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/19/10). Saskatchewan (265 MW Combined Cycle) North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Thorold CoGen (265 MW Gas) Thorold, Ontario BMO, Manulife, Sun Life Construction Loan C$451M 20-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 10/19/07). NRG, UI Devon and Middletown Devon and Middletown, Royal Bank of Construction/ $291 million 7-year Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/4/09). (394 MW Gas) Conn. Scotland, Union Bank Term Loan/Equity Bridge Loan $243 million TBA NuCoastal Victoria (300 MW Gas) Houston, Texas Calyon Term Loan $87M 7.5-yr Deal wrapped this month (PFR, 11/9/07). Letter of Credit $10M 7.5-yr Olympus Power Cadillac (39.6 MW Biomass) Cadillac, Mich. DZ Bank, UBoC TBA TBA TBA Banks mandated in Jan. No syndication planned (PFR, 2/22/08). PacificHydro Coya, Pangal (76.3 MW Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile BNP, Dexia Refinancing $75M Deal wrapped 2/29 (PFR, 3/3/07). Chacayes (106 Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile Calyon, DnB Nor, Construction/ $172M 12-14 yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). Société Générale, WestLB Term Loan Padoma Wind Power Sherbino I (150 MW Wind) Pecos County, Texas Fortis Construction/Term Loan $280M 15-yr Deal wrapped 3/28 (PFR, 4/4/08). Pattern Energy Hatchet Ridge (101 MW Wind) Redding, Calif. Calyon, LBBW, Natixis, UBoC, SocGen, WestLB Term Loan $200M 7-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/19/09). PeruLNG PeruLNG (625 mcf per day Regas) Pampa Melchorita, Peru SocGen, BBVA Construction Loan $250M TBA Wrapped 6/26 (PFR, 1/18/08). Plutonic Power, GE Energy Toba Montrose (196 MW Hydro) British Columbia Manulife, Standard Life, Canada Life, SunLife, Industrial Alliance Construction Loan $500M Wrapped (PFR, 9/28/07). Pristine Power York Energy Centre (393 MW Gas) King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Pure Energy Bayonne Energy Center (512 MW Gas) Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Ram Power San Jacinto Tizate (24 MW Geo) Lyon, Nicaragua Central American, Bank of Economic Integration, Export Development Canada, FMO, Cordinat Capital Term Loan $77M 9-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/11/10). Recurrent Energy Sunset Reservoir (5 MW Solar) San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). RES Hackberry Wind (165 MW Wind) Shackelford Co., Texas WestLB Construction Loan $352M 17-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). RMS Energy Dalhousie Mountain Nova Scotia Manulife Financial Construction/Term Loan $90M 2/20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/2/09). (51 MW Wind) Firelight Infrastructure Partners Equity TBA Rollcast Energy Piedmont Green Power (50MW Biomass) Barnesville, Ga. MUFG, Investec TBA $133M TBA MUFG, Investec wrap $133 million financing (PFR, 10/27/10). Shell, Dominion Mt.Storm (264 MW, Wind) Grant Co., W.Va. Fortis, BBVA Construction Loan $185M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Starwood Energy Midway (120 MW Gas) Fresno County, Calif. WestLB, SMBC Construction Loan $98.6M 15-yr Deal wrapped without a syndication (PFR, 3/21/08). Unidentified (20 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/18/10). Unidentified (30 MW Solar PV) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). SteelRiver Transmission Company Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. Barclays Capital Refi/144A $562M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 12/17/10). SunPower, Xcel Unidentified (19 MW Solar) Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phase 1 (150 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Calyon, CIT, Prudential Turbine Supply Loan $140M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Mini-Perm $394M 7-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/18/10). Alta Phases 2-4 (570 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, featuring $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Various (831 MW Renewables) Various BNP Paribas, Citibank, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Fortress, ING, Natixis, UBoC, UBS Refi/Term Loan $215M 2.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/9/09). Letter of Credit $25M TBA Terrawinds Resources Riviere-Du-loop (201 MW Wind) Riviere-Du-loop, Quebec HSH Nordbank Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) Deal wrapped late 2007. Third Planet Windpower Loraine (250 MW Wind) Loraine, Texas Morgan Stanley Equity $500M TBA Financing $500M project with equity from MS (PFR, 2/27/09). Western Wind Energy Windstar (120 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA $249M TBA Deal closes, with Sun Life participating (PFR, 1/7/11). Wind Capital Group Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) DeKalb County, Mo. BayernLB, Banco Santander, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Mini-perm $240M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/26/09). Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) Dekalb County, Mo. Banco Santander, BayernLB, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Refi $240M+ TBA Sponsors close refi (PFR, 4/11/11). Closed Deals Europe/ME Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova 4 (50 MW Solar) Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR210M TBA Financing wrapped in summer of 2008 Various (Solar PV) Spain CaixaBI Term Loan EUR70M TBA Adwea, GDF SUEZ Shuweihat (1.6 GW/100migd water/power) near Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. BayernLB, Calyon, KfW, Bridge Loan $900M nine months Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/9/09). National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Natixis, Standard Chatered Stuttering Loan $2B 20-yr BoTM, BayernLB, BNP Paribas, KFW, HSBC, Mizuho, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, SocGen, Samba, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui, Sumitomo Trust Refinancing Bridge Loan $1.1B 22-yr Refi expected to close by end of Sept. (PFR, 8/17/09). Japan Bank for International Cooperation $1.2B AIG Financial, 360 CORPORATE Olivenza (15 MW Solar) Extremadura, Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR122.8M 21-yr after Lead closed syndication (PFR, 5/12/08). VAT Facility EUR17.7M COD Mezzanine EUR10.3M Babcock & Brown French portfolio (165 MW Wind) Various, France BNP, DEPFA, Dexia, Refinancing EUR220M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/18/08). Breeze Four Undetermined (Wind) Germany, France UniCredit HVB Bond securitization EUR208.4M 19.9-yr Deal wrapped in summer of 2008. Carron Energy Severn Power (850 MW Gas) South Wales RBS, Calyon, ING Term Loan GBP400M 12-yr Syndication closed in 2009. Collateral Facility GBP125-150M Conergy Epuron (8 MW Solar Thermal) Southern Spain WestLB Construction Loan EUR69.4M 20-yr Syndication closed (PFR, 11/7/08). VAT Facility EUR12.2M 2-yr Various (three 2 MW Solar Plants) Castilla La Mancha, Spain HSH Nordbank Term Loan EUR50M 17-20yr Deal wrapped, (PFR, 11/3/08). VAT Facility Dolphin Energy Dolphin (226 Mile Pipeline) Qatar to Abu Dhabi RBS Refinancing $1.42 billion 10-yr Deal wrapped ( PFR, 8/3/09). Electricite de France, Sloe (820 MW Gas) Vlissingen, Netherlands Fortis, Bank of Scotland Construction loan EUR510M 19.5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 2/25/08). Delta and HSBC Debt Service facility EUR25M First Solar, juwi solar Unknown (53 MW Solar) Brandenburg, Germany Bremer Landesbank, TBA EUR160M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). NordLB Fred Olsen Renewables Various (294.1 MW Wind) Various, U.K. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Construction Loan GBP137M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). BNP Paribas, Fortis, Refinancing GBP114M HSBC, NordLB Debt Service GBP17M Reserve Facility Letter of Credit GBP30M Working Capital Facility GBP5M GDF SUEZ Energy, Gulf Investment Corp. Al Dur Bahrain Calyon, Mashreqbank, Standard Charted Mini-perm $1.2B 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). U.S. Ex-Im Bank TBA $200M TBA TBA Islamic Tranche $300M TBA Guris Germencik (47.7 MW Geothermal) Aydin, Turkey WestLB Commercial Facility $88.5M Financing wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Power, Marubeni Mitsui, Calyon Equity Bridge Loan $450M 2.5-yr Japan Bank of International Term Loan $1.35B Cooperation Standby Facility $108M Greentech Energy Systems Minverva Messina Randazzo, Sicily Natixis, WestLB Senior Loan, EUR76.6M, EUR7.2M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/31). (48.3 MW Wind) VAT Facility Iberdrola, API Unidentified (Wind) Puglia and Sicily, Italy RBS, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Calyon, ING, Intesa, Mediocredito Centrale, SocGen Portfolio Financing EUR515M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/21/07). Nova Energia Calyon, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo InterGen Rijnmond (420 MW) Rijnmond, Netherlands Calyon, Bayern, Export Development of Canada, Fortis, ING, National Australia Bank, SocGen Refinancing EUR514M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 7/25/08). Intrinergy Intrinergy VARE Holdings (17 MW Biomass) Belgium NordLB Senior Secured Debt $47M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR,10/21). Platina Finance 2 MW (Solar) Spain UniCredit HVB No syndication expected (PFR, 3/17). Qatar Petroleum and Ras Laffan C (2.6 GW hydro) Ras Laffan Industrial RBS advised - no MLAs TBA $3.25B TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/8). Qatar Water & Electricity Co. City, Qatar SkyPower, SunEdison Various (19 MW Solar) Ontario NordLB Term Loan $63.8M TBA Deal closed (PFR, 11/24). South Asia Energy Various (78 MW Hydro) Sri Lanka, Uganda FMO TBA $85M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/22). Management Systems SUEZ-led consortium Sohar IWPP (585 MW/33 mil gal/day) Oman Bank Muscat, Calyon, DZ, Europe Arab Bank, HSBC, National Bank of Oman, Oman Arab Bank, Oman International Bank, Standard Chartered, SMBC Term Loan $450M 17-yr Deal closed early this month (PFR, 4/7). Sumitomo Finca Verde (9 MW Solar) Canary Islands Mizuho Construction Loan EUR45M 19-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/19). T-Power Unknown (420 MW Combined Cycle) Tessenderlo, Belgium BBVA, Calyon, DZ Bank, Term Loan EUR395M Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/22). Fortis, ING, KBC, KfW, Reserve Facility EUR20M Lloyds TSB, RBS, WestLB Letter of Credit EUR12M Revolver EUR10 VAT Facility TBA Tata Power Coastal Gujarat (4 GW Coal) Mundra, India State Bank of India, Asian Term Loan INR55.5B 14-yr Closed on financing (PFR, 4/28). Dev. Bank, BNP, International Finance Corp., KEXIM, Korea Export Insurance Corp. Term Loan $1.8B 18-yr Total-led consortium Yemen LNG (6.7 tons per year LNG) Gulf of Aden, Yemen BoTM, BNP, Citi, ING, RBS, SocGen, SMBC Limited Recourse Tranche $1.7B 13-yr Closed mid-May (PFR, 5/23). Closed Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes International Power Hazelwood (1,675 MW Coal) Australia Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, BankWest, BNP Paribas, BOS International, Calyon Australia Ltd., Credit Industrial and Commercial, DBS Bank Ltd., Dexia Credit Local, Fortis, NordLB, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, United Overseas Bank Limited, West LB and Westpac Banking Corp Refinancing A$445M 2-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10).
  • Live Deals: Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aeolis Wind Power Hackney (370 MW Wind) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Awaiting PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 12/14/09). Thunder Mountain (320 MW Wind) AES Fonseca (250 MW Coal) La Unión, El Salvador ABN, HSBC, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Planning to come to market (PFR, 4/9/09). Campiche (270 MW Coal) Chile Crédit Agricole, Fortis, HSBC, WestLB TBA $200M 7-yr Project loses environmental permit (6/30/09). AIMPowerGen Various (30 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Began talks with lenders by March (PFR, 1/12/09). Alpine Energy Unknown (33 MW Waste) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 4/5/10). Unknown (16 MW Waste) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands BNP TBA TBA TBA BNP mandated to lead deal (PFR, 12/15/10). American Electric Power, Allegheny Energy PATH (Transmission) Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors initiate informal talks with banks (PFR, 10/29/10). Americas Waste-to-Energy Various (Waste) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 9/8/08). AREVA, Duke Energy Unknown (50 MW Biomass) Hamilton County, Fla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Finalizing fuel and offtake contracts (PFR, 2/22/10). Axio Power Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer seeking $360-400 package for portolfio of solar PV (PFR, 7/12/10). Biomass Gas & Electric Various (195 MW Biomass) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA 45 MW Tallahassee plant cancelled; status of other projects N/A (PFR, 10/5/09). Biomass Group South Point (200 MW Biomass) South Point, Ohio WestLB Construction Loan $350-400M TBA Relaunching deal, looking for $160M tax equity (PFR,5/27/09). Biomass Secure Power Unknown (15 MW Biomass) Merritt, British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Bloom Energy Unidentified (Fuel Cell) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to project banks (PFR, 2/25/11). Boralex, Gaz Métro Unidentified (272 MW Wind) Seigneurie de Beaupré, Quebec TBA TBA $500-600M 18-20-yr Sponsors tap BNP Paribas as adviser on $500-600 million credit (PFR, 4/29/11). Brookfield Asset Management, Isolux Corsan CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) Texas MUFJ, Santander, Scotia, SocGen TBA $400-500M TBA Four tapped to finance project (PFR, 3/7/11). Brookfield Renewable Power Granite Renewable (99 MW Wind) Coos County, N.H. Citi, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Citi, WestLB begin pricing private placement (PFR, 3/18/11). Brookfield Renewable Power St. Anthony Falls (10 MW Hydro) Minneapolis, Minn. TBA TBA $20.76M TBA Sponsor will hunt financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Brookfield Renewable Power, Coram Energy Unknown (102 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ joins financing (PFR, 4/6/11). Caletta Renewable Energy Port Erie (90 MW Tires) Erie, Pa. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Mahoning (90 MW Waste) Alliance, Ohio BoA TBA TBA TBA Palmer (35 MW Wood) Springfield, Mass. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Calpine Russell City (600 MW Combined-Cycle) Hayward, Calif. ING, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA ING and Union Bank tapped for the financing (PFR, 3/31/11). Los Esteros (300 MW Retrofit) San Jose, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA At least three lenders expected to participate (PFR, 4/10/11). Canadian Superior Energy, Excalibur Energy Liberty Natural Gas (2.4 bcf LNG) Linden, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a financial adviser (PFR, 1/14/09). Cannon Power Group Aubanel Wind Farm (1 GW wind) Mexicali, Baja California TBA TBA TBA TBA Cannon to approach lenders in Q2 (PFR, 1/7/11). Windy (100 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash TBA TBA $180M TBA Financial close expected this quarter (PFR, 1/6/11). Cape Wind Associates Cape Wind (420 MW Wind) Nantucket Sound, Barclays TBA TBA TBA Signs on Siemens for wind turbines (PFR, 4/5/10). Castle & Cooke Unknown (400 MW Wind) Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with relationship lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Catalyst Renewables Unknown (37-40 MW Biomass) New York TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to 10 banks about two biomass financings (PFR, 12/1/10). Cavallo Energy Cross Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-to-New York TBA TBA $400-$450 million TBA Mid-2011 financing eyed (PFR, 8/30/10). Central Maine Power, Maine & Maritimes Maine Power Connection (Transmission) Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Regulators say project is unnecessarily large (PFR, 10/29/09). Cobisa Unidentified (1,750 MW Gas) Greenville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Trouble securing financing w/o PPA (PFR, 6/22/09). Columbia Power, Columbia Basin Trust Unknown (435 MW Hydro) Waneta Dam, B.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Decision on project's future expected (PFR, 2/15/10). Cogentrix Various (110-130 MW) Colo., Puerto Rico, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly 80% debt for $700M portfolio (PFR, 9/13/10). Competitive Power Ventures Sentinel (850 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA TBA TBA Sponsor eyes May closing (PFR, 4/11/11). Various (7 GW Wind) Various U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer plans massive pipeline of wind projects (PFR, 10/4/10). Conduit Capital Partners Kuntur Transportadora de Gas (700-mile Pipeline) Southern Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo advising (PFR, 5/13/09). Old Harbour Bay Expansion (60 MW Diesel) Jamaica TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks, multilaterals and ECAs for financing (PFR, 6/22/09). Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Unidentified (100 MW Wind) Mutton Mountain, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Tribes considering tax equity, outside developers (PFR, 1/19/09). Confederation Power Various (90 MW Hydro) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Weighing financing pending PPA award (PFR, 1/12/09). Coram Energy Various (22 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Marathon Capital TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity, debt (PFR, 2/15/10). Competitive Power Ventures Ashley (200 MW Wind) McIntosh County, N.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Cimarron (165 MW Wind) Gray County, Kan. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Sentinel (800 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA TBA TBA Deal priced at 225 basis points over LIBOR (PFR, 3/3/11). Unidentified (700 MW Gas) Woodbridge, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor bids into NJ BPU auction (PFR, 2/22/11). Duke Energy Various (Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to Chinese co. for partnership (PFR,1/27/10). Eastern Power Greenfield South (280 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario Morgan Stanley TBA C$200-250M TBA MS making calls to lenders (PFR, 2/15/10). EDF EN Canada Lac-Alfred (300 MW Wind) La Matapédia et la Mitis, Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks initial pricing beneath 250 bps (PFR, 3/9/11). St. Isidore B (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA EDF hunts pricing starting at 225 bps (PFR, 3/9/11). Edison Mission Energy Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project Petersurg, Neb. TBA TBA TBA TBA Club deal with pricing at 250 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 5/13/10). Taloga (130 MW Wind) Dewey County, Okla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taking bids to lead financing (PFR, 8/24/09). El Paso Corp. Ruby (675-Mile Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon TBA Refi TBA TBA Sponsor to refinance $1.51 billion loan after project is operational this summer (PFR, 4/15/11). Elecnor, Isolux Corsán Unidentified (366 Miles Transmission) Vizcarra to Carhuaquero, Peru) TBA TBA TBA TBA Citi is advising (PFR, 3/9/09). Enel, TradeWinds Energy Various (1.2 GW Wind) Midwest TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity (PFR, 3/16/09) Various (50 MW Geothermal) Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBA Tax equity deal to close in two months (PFR, 1/14/09). Enerdyne Power Systems Unknown (3 MW Landfill Gas) Clarksville, Tenn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for banks to provide debt (PFR, 9/7/09). Energy Answers International, Energy Investors Funds Arecibo (80 MW Waste-to-Energy) Arecibo, P.R. BNP TBA TBA TBA Sponsors hunting debt for $500 million project (PFR, 12/19/10). Enfinity Unidentified (33 MW PV) Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer close to inking roughly $140 million in debt and equity (PFR, 3/25/11). enXco Lakefield (201 MW Wind) Minnesota Dexia, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Q1 closing eyed (PFR, 12/13/10). Energy Investors Fund Hot Springs (48MW Geo) Elko, Nev. DZ Bank, Fortis Capital TBA $120M TBA EIF takes ownership from TG Power (PFR, 10/5/09). Various (80 MW Landfill Gas) U.S. TBA TBA $200M TBA Looking for recap (PFR, 2/15/10). Energy 5.0 Unidentified (Solar 25 MW) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering financing options (PFR, 1/11/10). Éolectric Various (675 MW Wind) Canada and Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a strategic partner (PFR, 3/30/09). Eolia La Ventosa (164 MW) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). eSolar, NRG Energy Unidentified (92 MW Solar) El Paso, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Applied for DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 6/22/09). Eurus Energy Bull Creek (180 MW Wind) Borden County, Texas Mizuho TBA $296.1M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/23/09). EverPower 2009 Turbine Supply Midwest, Pacific N.W. KeyBanc Capital Markets Turbine supply $140M Looking for financing (PFR, 5/23/09). Highland I (62.5 MW Wind) Cambria County, Pa. TBA TBA $65M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/1/09). Howard (50-63 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Buckeye (300 MW Wind) Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Falcon Gas Storage MoBay (50Bcf Gas Storage) Mobile County, Ala. BNP, ING Construction/Term Loan $400M 7-yr Financial close on hold as sponsor works to secure equity (PFR, 7/16/10). First Solar Desert Sunlight (550 MW Solar PV) Desert Center, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hopes to begin construction in 2011 (PFR, 8/16/10). Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor scouts portfolio financing (PFR, 11/12/10). Fishermen's Energy Various (20 MW Offshore Wind) Atlantic City, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeking at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split (PFR, 7/20/10). FPL Group Various (Solar) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing planned for Q1-2 2010 (PFR, 6/1/09). GCL Solar Various (75 MW PV) Puerto Rico, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor is talking to European banks about financings (PFR, 3/25/11). GDF SUEZ Energy International Proyecto Eólico (49.5 MW Wind) Guanacaste, Costa Rica TBA TBA $80M TBA Sponsor looking to arrange a club (PFR, 1/30/09). Gemini Solar Unknown (30 MW Solar) Austin, Texas TBA TBA $150M TBA Looking to mandate before month-end (PFR, 9/14/09). Gestamp Solar Various (60-80 MW PV) California TBA TBA TBA TBA Aims to wrap two portfolio financings in the third quarter (PFR, 3/25/11). Gilead Power Corp. Ostrander (20 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Shelved funding plans due to credit crisis (PFR, 3/6/09). Gradient Resources Patua (60 MW Phase I Geo) Reno, Nev. TBA TBA $200M TBA Year-end closing eyed (PFR, 10/4/10). Grasslands Renewable Energy Wind Spirit (1,300 Miles Transmission Northern Plains TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering project finance options (PFR, 6/8/09). Great Lakes Ohio Wind Great Lakes (20 MW Offshore Wind) Near Cleveland, Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA KeyBanc has informal discussions with sponsor (PFR, 9/20). Greenfield South Power Unidentified (293 MW Gas) Ontario Credit Suisse B Loan $335M TBA Credit Suisse offering sweeteners to close deal (PFR, 8/2/10). Greengate Power Halkirk (150 MW Wind) Alberta TBA TBA C$350M TBA Closing in on PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 1/25/2010). Homeland Renewable Energy, Laidlaw Energy Various (Biomass) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA JV to seek p.f. before August 2010 (PFR, 9/28/09). Horizon Wind Blue Canyon (99 MW) Southern California GE EFS TBA TBA TBA GE EFS to loan money to the projects (PFR, 11/9/09). Various (600 MW Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking tax equity (PFR, 9/7/09). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Deal launches (PFR, 4/29/11). Independence Wind, Wagner Wind Energy Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA Sponsors snag conditional federal loan (PFR, 3/8/11). Highland (117 MW MW) Highland Plantation, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing launch expected next year (PFR, 3/17/11). International Power Various (3.5 GW Gas) New England, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA $770M debt due for refi in July (PFR, 9/7/09). Invenergy Le Plateau (138 MW Wind) Quebec, Canada Natixis, RBC TBA TBA TBA Natixis and RBC snag mandates (PFR, 11/10/10). White Oak (150 MW Wind) McLean County, Ill. TBA TBA $300M TBA Sponsor scouts financing (PFR, 10/27/10). ISAGEN Sogamoso (820 MW Hydro) Santander, Columbia Banco Santander Local/International Bonds $600M TBA Seeking ECA and multilaterals ahead of p.f. (PFR, 4/20/09). ITC Holdings Various (Transmission) Kansas, Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for ways to finance outside of revolver, FMBs (PFR, 12/14/09). Just-Wind Logan County (368 MW Wind) Logan County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Emmons County (900 MW Wind) Emmons County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders, tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Juwi Solar Various (200 MW Photovoltaic) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Liberty Energy Liberty Energy Center (6.5 MW Biosolid) Hamilton, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt/equity (PFR, 2/25/09). Las Brisas Energy Center 1.3 GW Petroleum Coke Corpus Christi, Tex. Morgan Stanley Bonds, bank/construction loan $1 billion TBA Want to finance and then sell project (PFR, 3/29/10). Lincoln Renewable Energy Various (100 MW Solar PV) New Jersey TBA TBA $400-500M TBA Sponsor targets relationship lenders of Airtricity and SunPower (PFR, 10/11/10). LNG Development Pipeline (117 miles) Warrenton to Moalla, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will start talking to banks mid-2010 (PFR, 9/14/09). LS Power Cross Texas (230 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA BNP Paribas among lenders eying financing (PFR, 3/23/11). Mainstream Renewable Power Laguna Verde (35 MW Wind) Valparaiso, Chile TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to German banks for financing (PFR, 2/2/09). Merchant Energy Partners East Cheyenne (Gas Storage 19 bcf) Logan County, Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to hire banks at year-end (PFR, 7/13/09). Mitsubishi Corp. Unidentified (300 MW Co-Gen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 1/12/09). Mitsui, Tokyo Gas Various (Gas-fired) Mexico Sumitomo, BoTM, Mizuho TBA TBA TBA Lead banks lined up (PFR, 1/11/10). Mohave Sun Power Unknown (340 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Will approach the market for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 4/27/09). National Wind Various (Wind) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with internat'l co. for partnership (PFR, 10/23/09). Goodhue (78 MW Wind) Goodhue County, Minn. TBA Tax Equity $160-180M TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unidentified (400 MW Wind) Northeast Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unknown (500 MW Wind) Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and investors (PFR, 12/4/09). NaturEner Rim Rock (309 MW) Glacier and Toole Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to p.f. $500M of the project this year (PFR, 6/15/09). Nautilus Solar Energy, Starwood Energy Unknown (50-60 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders for multi-million dollar project (PFR, 2/23/09). Naikun Wind Energy, Enmax Green Power Naikun Phase I (400 MW Wind) Haida Gwaii, British Columbia BoTM TBA TBA TBA Looking beyond Canadian banks for p.f. (PFR, 10/5/09) Nevada Geothermal Various (60 MW Geothermal) Nevada and Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor to seek DOE loan guarantees (PFR, 9/20/10). Nevada Hydro Talega-Escondido/Valley -Serrano (Transmission 500 kV) Southern California CIT Group TBA TBA TBA CIT shortlists equity co.'s for investing (PFR, 10/28/09). NextEra Energy Resources Genesis Solar Energy Project (250 MW) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA $1B+ TBA NextEra hunts DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 2/2/11). Lone Star (300 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly $400 million in debt (PFR, 4/1/11). NextLight Renewable Power Unknown (150 MW Solar) Boulder City, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will look for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 10/12/09). AV Solar Ranch I (230 MW Solar) Antelope Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Agua Caliente (280 MW Solar) Yuma, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Silver State (400 MW Solar) Primm, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Northland Power Kabinakagomi (26 MW Hydro) Kabinakagomi River, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets 2012 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Manitoulin Island (60 MW Wind) Maitoulin Island, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor talking to lenders about 2011 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Various (130 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor plans to finance projects between 2011 and 2013 (PFR, 8/9/10). NRG Energy El Segundo (550 MW Gas) Carlsbad, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Dexia targets mandate (PFR, 2/11/11). Roadrunner (20 MW Solar PV) Santa Teresa, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hunts financing backing farm (PFR, 3/1/11). Various (Solar) Various, U.S. Royal Bank of Scotland Revolver TBA TBA Deal on hold (PFR, 1/25/10). Ocean Renewable Power Corp. Various (165-210 MW Hydro) Alaska, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking equity investors (PFR, 10/27/09). Odebrecht Chaglla (406 MW Hydro) Peru BNP TBA $650M TBA BNP approaches lenders about participating in financing (PFR, 3/11/11). Oglethorpe Power Vogtle (2.2 GW nuclear) Waynesboro, Ga. TBA TBA TBA TBA Snags DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 2/16/10). Ormat Technologies Brawley (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with JPMorgan for tax equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Various (80-90 MW Geothermal) California and Nevada John Hancock TBA TBA TBA John Hancock mandated to lead deal (12/8/10). OwnEnergy Various (Wind) U.S. TBA $200M TBA In talks with infrastructure funds (PFR, 12/14/09). Panda Energy Two 15-20 MW photovoltaic projects TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Con Edison Development will assist with financing (PFR, 5/3/10). Pattern Energy Various (Wind) Nevada, Ontario, Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBA TBA Pattern hunts over $1 billion in debt for projects (PFR, 1/21/11). Various Saskatchewan TBA Construction term $200-$400 M TBA Will seek financing by year-end (PFR, 3/23/10). Preneal Vientos del Istmo (395.9 MW Wind) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). Grand Valley (20.3 MW) Grand Valley, Ontario TBA TBA $37.9M 20-yr Sponsor will seek financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Project Resources Corporation Lakeswind (100 MW Wind) Fargo-Moorhead, Minn. TBA TBA $200M TBA PRC in talks with MUFG about sales-leaseback (PFR, 11/8/10). Quintana Capital Group, Chase Power Development Las Brisas Energy Center (1,320 MW petroleum coke-fired) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for more than $1 billion to finance the $3.2B project (PFR, 4/21/10). Radback Energy Oakley (624 MW Gas) Contra Costa County, Calif. BoTM, Crédit Agricole, ING, Scotia TBA TBA TBA RBS joins financing (PFR, 2/28/11). Ram Power Iris (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor hopes to ink financing by mid-2011 (PFR, 8/18/10). Orita I (49.9 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor considering a private placement (PFR, 9/20/10). Raser Technologies Unknown (42 MW Geo) Beaver County, Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA To look for financing pending DOE guarantee (PFR, 7/7/09). Recurrent Energy Various (170+ MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor considers downsizing financing (PFR, 4/7/11). Various (335 MW Solar) Southwest U.S., Hawaii, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to finance with a mix of debt/equity (PFR, 3/23/09). Renewable Ventures Unidentified (26 MW Solar) Apex, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to secure some p.f. next year (PFR, 8/24/09) Renewable Energy Systems Greenwich (99 MW Wind) Dorion, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 4/5/10). Talbot (99 MW Wind) Chatham Kent, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 11/23/09). Renewable Energy Services Limited Statia Terminals (24 MW Wind) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders (PFR, 2/9/09). Riverbank Power Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Sparta, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Wiscasset, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Run of River Power Various (190 MW Run-of-River) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Various (90 MW Biomass) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Salt River Project, Shell WindEnergy, SouthWestern Power Group II, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Tucson Electric Power SunZia (460 Miles Transmission) Arizona and New Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing scouted (PFR, 2/25/11). Santee Cooper, South Carolina Electric & Gas Summer Nuclear Station (2.2 GW Nuclear) Jenkinsville, S.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taps bonds for pre-construction (PFR, 12/7/09). Scotian Windfields, SkyPower Digby Neck (30 MW) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Sharyland Utilities CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) West Texas RBC, RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA RBC, RBS and SocGen mandated to lead financing (PFR, 3/28/11). Sithe Global Southdown (800 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 3/1/10). SkyPower Various (30 MW Solar PV) Ontario Deutsche Bank TBA TBA TBA Sponsor mandates Deutsche Bank to leading financing (PFR, 11/9/10). Sol Sage Various (10-20 MW Solar) East Coast, U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt and tax equity (PFR, 6/29/09). SolarGen USA Various (100 MW Solar) Central Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $400M TBA Sponsor hopes to close portfolio financing by year-end (PFR, 7/12/10). Solar Power Partners Various (600 MW Solar) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Early 2011 targeted for closing of first chunk of debt financing (PFR, 8/2/10). SolarReserve Crescent Dunes (100 MW Solar) Tonopah, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors seeks 80% equity and a DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 7/30). Rice (150 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA SolarReserve seeks loan from U.S. Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 10/12/10). Solar Trust of America Various (485 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank TBA $2B TBA Sponsor snags conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 4/20/11). Solar Utilities Network Unknown (2 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investors (PFR, 3/2/09). St. Laurent Ènergies Various (654 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks by mid-year (PFR, 1/18/10). Starwood Energy Group Sault Ste. Marie (40 MW solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA TBA TBA Starwood is hunting debt to develop 40 MW of photovoltaic projects in Ontario (PFR, 4/19/10). Starwood Energy Unidentified (290 MW Solar) Harquahala, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor looking for a PPA (PFR, 9/27/10). Unidentified (100 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA SocGen eyes financing (PFR, 2/11/11). Stirling Energy Systems Imperial Valley (300 MW Solar) Imperial County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). Calico (300 MW Solar) San Bernardino, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). SunEdison Various (Solar) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach lenders for $10-50M (PFR, 6/29/09). SunPower Corp. California Valley Solar Ranch (250 MW Solar) San Luis Obispo County, Calif. Federal Financing Bank Federal Loan $1.187B TBA Sponsor snags conditional loan (PFR, 4/13/11). TDX Power Chakachamna (335 MW Hydro) Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeks combinations of state funding, equity and debt (PFR, 3/2/09). Tecta Solar Various (Solar) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for $10-20M tax equity (PFR, 6/5/09). Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (600 MW coal-fired) Nolan County, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska will seek financing after there is more clarity on climate change legistlation (PFR, 4/20/10). Tenaska Solar Ventures Imperial Solar Energy Center South (130 MW Solar PV) Imperial Valley, Calif. Citi TBA TBA TBA Citi tapped as lender-applicant for FIPP loan guarantee (PFR, 4/5/11). Imperial Solar Energy Center West (150 MW Solar PV) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks federal loan guarantee (PFR, 4/5/11). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phases 6 and 8 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, MUFG Mini-Perm TBA C+ 7-yr Syndication effort begins (PFR, 4/25/11). Alta Phases 7 and 9 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal launch expected within year (PFR, 3/15/11). Unidentified (Geothermal) TBA TBA TBA $60-100M TBA Sponsor eyes year-end financing (PFR, 3/22/11). Transporta de Gas de Peru Pipeline Expansion Cuzco-Lima, Peru TBA TBA $320M TBA Looking for second round of funding (PFR 5/25/09) Tres Amigas Substation Clovis, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA In preliminary talks with lenders (PFR, 10/19/09). Trillium Power Wind Trillium Power I (700 MW Wind) Lake Ontario, Canada RBC TBA TBA TBA RBC to launch private equity placement (PFR, 8/31/09). U.S. Geothermal Neal Hot Springs (26 MW Geo) Boise, Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBA Coming to market at year-end for $120M (PFR, 2/16/09). San Emidio Expansion (3.6 MW Geo) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA U.S. Power Generating Various (Peakers) New York, New York TBA Refinancing $680M TBA Looking at refinancing (PFR, 1/25/10). Unknown Unknown (Biomethane) Iowa Hannover Consulting TBA TBA TBA Looking to finance $80M project with 60% debt (PFR, 7/20/09). Wagner Wind Energy, Independence Wind Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA DOE awards conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 3/8/11). Western Wind Energy Unidentified (30 MW Solar) Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Manulife TBA $249M TBA Rabobank tapped to lead search for tax equity (PFR, 3/25/11). Wind Energy Systems Technology Unidentified (300 MW Wind) Galveston, Texas BofA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with DOE, Bofa for funding (PFR, 2/8/10). Zeroes Mexico Unidentified (100 MW Waste) Monterrey, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a $50 million bridge (PFR, 1/26/09). Unidentified (50 MW Waste) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Live Deals: Europe/Middle East Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Advanced Power, Siemens Unidentified (420 MW CCGT) North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate lead arranger (PFR, 2/16/09). Bord Gáis Éireann Whitegate (445 MW Combined Cycle) County Cork, Ireland TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking EUR200 million form the EIB (PFR, 7/20/09). Bulgarian Energy Holdings, Dimosia Epichrisi Paroxis Ariou, Edison Unkown (100-mile Pipeline) Bulgaria to Greece TBA TBA TBA TBA EU providing EUR45M for the project (PFR, 7/24/09). Centrica Various (220 MW Wind) Scotland, U.K. Banco Santander, BoTM, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Rabobank Term Loan TBA 15-yr HSH exits deal (PFR, 7/14/09). CEZ Unknown (Wind) Romania TBA TBA EUR500M TBA Talking to the European Investment Bank (PFR. 3/9/09). Econcern Project Trullo (7 MW Solar) Puglia, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 2/2/09). Belwind (330 MW Wind) Oostende, Belgium ASN Bank, Dexia, EIB, Rabobank TBA TBA TBA Looking for an equity partner (PFR, 6/8/09). EGL Unidentified (800 MW Gas) Salerno, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Project Financing Solutions is advising (PFR, 1/26/09). Energos Unkown (7 MW Waste) Irvine, Scotland TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate bank (PFR, 2/23/09). EnergyMixx Various (1 GW Solar, Wind) Italy TBA TBA EUR60M TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 1/14/09). Gaelectric Holdings Portfolio (2 GW Wind) Montana and Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for partner, equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Masdar London Array (1 GW Wind) U.K. BoTM Unincorporated JV $440M TBA BoTM advising, shortlisting banks (PFR, 1/25/10). MGT Power Tees Renewable Energy Center (295 MW Biomass) Teesport, England TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks to arrange GBP500M (PFR, 7/21/09). Stora Enso Unknown (165 MW Cogen) Ostroleka, Poland European Investment Bank Loan TBA TBA EIB will provide up to half of the funding (PFR, 6/22/09). Live Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes ACME Group, eSolar Various (900 MW Solar) India TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 3/9/09). AES Mong Duong II (1,200 MW Coal) Vietnam TBA TBA TBA TBA Bankers anticipate the project to cost at least $2.4B (PFR, 5/24/10). CLP Group Theni (99 MW Wind) Southern India TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 9/28/09). Global EcoPower Various (160 MW Wind) China Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China TBA TBA TBA Looking for institutional investor equity (PFR, 2/9, 3/23/09). GMR Island Power (800 MW gas-fired) Singapore TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 60-70% p.f. $1.2B plant (PFR, 6/8/09). International Power PT Paiton Energy (815 MW coal) Indonesia JBIC TBA $1.5B TBA 10 Banks participating in financing (PFR, 3/9/10). Macquarie Capital Wind Fund Silverton (1 GW Wind) Barrier Ranges, Australia TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks for financing first phase (PFR, 8/3/09). Reliance Power Sasan (3,960 MW Coal) Madhya Pradesh, India TBA TBA $3B TBA Sponsor hunts international banks to refinance debt (PFR, 7/31/10). Live Deals: Africa Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aviva Mmamantswe (1 GW Coal) Gaborone, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Plant plans delayed by Eskom woes (PFR, 10/5/09). BioTherm Energy Various (85 MW Waste and South Africa TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to wrap four financings by year-end (5/15/09). Botswana Power Corp. Morpule (1.2 GW Coal) Palapye, Botswana Industrial and Commercial Bank, Standard Bank Bridge Loan $140M TBA Set to close in two months (PFR, 5/26/09). Loan $825M TBA CIC Energy, International Power Mmamabula (1.8 GW Coal) Mahalapye, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 7/24/09).
  • Looking for the intersection of fashion and functionality? Design mogul Ralph Lauren has gone beyond his iconic polo shirts to unveil a solar-powered backpack.
  • --John Plaster, head of the alternative energy investment banking group at Barclays Capital on Exelon's purchase of John Deere Renewables for $860 million.
  • Teanaway Solar Reserve, the $300 million, 75 MW solar photovoltaic project planed for Kittitas County, Wash., has hit obstacles with financing that could threaten the project’s future.
  • - “I tweeted everybody at [GE Energy Financial Services]. Actually I didn’t. I don’t know how to tweet yet.”—Donald Kyle, managing director at GE EFS, on how he was answering moderator and Loeb & Loeb Partner Gregory Blasi’s question on what two wishes the panelists would ask of a Genie in a bottle.
  • WestLB and Crédit Agricole (née Calyon) were preparing to come to market with a $300-400 million financing backing the construction of Pure Energy Resources’ 512 MW gas-fired peaker in Bayonne, N.J
  • —Christian Schade, cfo of NRG Energy, on increasing concerns arising over U.S. nuclear development the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster in the Japan.
  • Noble Environmental Power was on the hook for hundreds of millions of dollars in debt coming due.
  • —Denise Bode, ceo of the American Wind Energy Association in Washington, D.C., on the growth of wind in the generation mix of new project development in the U.S. at the Wind Power Finance & Investment Workshop in New York.
  • Closed Deals Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova (50 MW Solar) Sanlúcar la Major, Spain TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/9/08). Abengoa Mexico Unknown (300 MW CoGen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $460M TBA Deal wraps, with eight lenders participating (PFR, 6/25/10). Abengoa Solar Solana (250 CST) Gila Bend, Ariz. DOE/FFB TBA $1.45B 12-yr FFB and DOE finalizes loan, priced at Treasury plus 37.5 bps (PFR, 1/5/11). Acciona Solar Power Nevada Solar One (64 MW) Boulder City, Nev. Santander, BBVA, La Caixa Term Loan $140M Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Acciona Energy North America EcoGrove (100.5 MW Wind) Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander closes loan and looks to syndicate it (PFR, 10/1/10). Tatanka (180 MW Wind) Dickey County, N.D., McPherson County, S.D. BBVA, Santander, BayernLB, JPMorgan Construction Loan $280M 6-9m No syndication planned (PFR, 1/11/08). Red Hills (130 MW Wind) Roger Mills and Custer Counties, Okla. BayernLB, Banco Sabadell, Banesto Construction Loan $270M TBA Deal wrapped fall of '08 (PFR, 8/14/09). JPMorgan Capital Corp., Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). AEI Jaguar Energy (300 MW) Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). AES Termoeléctrico de Penoles (230 MW Petcoke) Tamuin, Mexico Calyon Refinancing $227M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Buffalo Gap 3 (170 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas Dexia, HVB 1-yr Deal wrapped in Dec. 2007 (PFR, 11/30/07). Angamos (520 MW Coal) Antofagasta Region, Chile ABN, BNP Term Loan $700M 17.5 Closed this fall (PFR, 10/10/08). Construction Loan $350M Armenia Mountain (100.5 MW Wind) Tioga County, Pa. Citibank, CoBank, Unicredit HVB, Union Bank Long-term, Non-recourse $221M TBA Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 8/17/09). Citigroup Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). Mountain View IV (149 MW Wind) Palm Springs, Calif. MUFG TBA $82M 17-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/11). Allegheny Energy TrAIL (180-Mile 500kV wire) Pa., W.Va., Va. Citigroup, BNP Term Loan $530M 7-yr Syndication wrapped 8/15 (PFR, 8/18/08) . Revolver $20M AIMPowerGen SOP Phase I (40 MW Wind) Ontario Fortis Term Loan $75M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/18/08). Airtricity Champion (126.5 MW Wind) Various HVB, Mizuho Construction Loan $210 million Banks funded (PFR, 12/7/07). Letter of Credit $5 million Roscoe (209 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas HVB, NordLB, BayernLB Construction loan $399M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 9/6/07). 2008 Turbine Supply Central New York HVB, Mizuho Turbine Supply Loan $325M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/16/07). American Renewables Nacogdoches (100 MW Biomass) Sacul, Texas BoTM/Union Bank, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Bought by Southern Co. and financed on balance sheet (PFR, 10/9/09). ArcLight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $275M TBA Leads finalize deal, backing a 1,412 MW operational portfolio (PFR, 1/3/11). ArcLight Capital Partners, SGR Holdings Southern Pines Energy Center (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). Southern Pines (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. SunTrust TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/8/08). Astoria Energy II Astoria II (500 MW Gas) Queens, N.Y. Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, BoTM/Union Bank, Calyon, Export Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Construction/Term Loan $970M C+5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/2/09). Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Letters of Credit $110M TBA Babcock & Brown Power, Pittsburg Power Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. BayernLB Construction Loan $299M 33-yr Deal closed early 2008 (PFR, 1/11/08). BP, Ridgeline Goshen II (90 MW Wind) Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). BP, Sempra Fowler Ridge II (199.5 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). BP Wind Energy, Sempra Generation Cedar Creek II (250.8 MW Wind) Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Leads wrap deal (PFR, 12/21/10). Brick Power Holdings Tiverton (265 MW Gas) Tiverton, R.I. Barclays, Goldman Recapitalization $97M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/30/09). Rumford (265 MW Gas) Rumford, Maine Bright Capital Partners, Vader Piet (30 MW Wind) Aruba Dexia, Eksport Kredit Non-Recourse $60M 13-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). Hutting Windenergie Fonden, Nordea Allied Irish Bank Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). Broadway Gen Funding Various Ga., Nev. GE, ING Term Loan $290M 7-yr Closed (PFR, 6/19/08). Brookfield Renewable Power Comber (166 MW) Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). Gosfield (50.6 MW Wind) Essex County, Ontario BoTM, Scotia TBA $102M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/22/10). Prince Wind (189 MW Wind) Sault St. Marie, Ontario Scotia, Dexia Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) 5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 12/7/07). Caithness Energy, GE EFS Shepherds Flat (909 MW Wind) Oregon BoTM, WestLB, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Leads close largest wind financing in U.S. (PFR, 12/27/10). Calpine Blue Spruce (468 MW, Gas) Aurora, Colo. CoBank, ACB, Siemens Refinancing $90M 10-yr No syndication planned (PFR, 2/8/08). Cannon Power Windy Point (500 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash HSH Construction Loan $360M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Siemens TBA $178M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Calpine Corp. Deer Park (400 MW Gas) Harris County, Texas ING, Union Bank, WestLB TBA $150M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/26/09). Calpine Steamboat Holdings Unknown (250 MW CoGen) Freeport, Texas Calyon, WestLB Refinancing $465M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/25/09). Unknown (365 MW Comb. Cyc.) Mankato, Minn. Cardinal Gas Storage Perryville (7.5 bcf Gas Storage) Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal wraps oversubscribed (PFR, 5/21/10). Carlyle/Riverstone Topaz (1.5 GW Gas) Various, Texas Morgan Stanley, Dexia, Construction Loan $615M 6-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 6/28/08). ING, Natixis Working Capital facility $75M 6-yr LC $50M 2-yr Catalyst Renewables, Hannon Armstrong 50 MW Hudson Ranch I (geo) Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Centinela, SNPower Totoral (46 MW Wind) Chile DnB, International Finance Corp. Term Loan $61.5M 18-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/08). CIT Energy Broad River (847 MW Gas) Gaffney, S.C. Barclays Capital Refinancing $290M 5-year Deal wrapped, upsized (PFR, 7/13/09). South Point (520 MW Gas) Bullhead City, Ariz. Competitive Power Ventures Keenan II (152 MW Wind) Woodward County, Okla. Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA Deal wrapped oversubscribed (PFR, 2/5/10). Duke Energy Top of the World (200 MW Wind) Casper, Wyo. BoTM, BBVA, SocGen, Caja Madrid Term Loan $193M 18-yr Sponsor reaches financial close (PFR, 11/7/10). EDF EN Canada St. Isidore A (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal closes on first phase (PFR, 1/7/11). Edison Mission Energy Cedro Hills (350 MW wind) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Portfolio ( 455 MW Wind) Nebraska, N.M., Texas BayernLB, BNP, Dexia, WestLB TBA $202M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). Various (362 MW Wind) Neb., N.M., Texas WestLB Refi $260M 10-yr Refi wraps with 9 participants (PFR, 3/2/11). El Paso Ruby Pipeline (675-mile Natural Gas Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Empresas ICA La Yesca (750 MW Hydro) Nayarit, Mexico Citibank/Banamex, HSBC, BBVA Bancomer, Grupo Santander, NordLB, Scotia Capital and Natixis Construction Loan $910M 4-yr, 9m Deal wrapped late spring, 2008 (PFR, 2/15/08). Revolver $80M Enel, TradeWinds Energy Smoky Hills II (148.5 MW Wind) Salina, Kan. JPM Capital Corp., New York Life Insurance, Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity $140M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Energias do Brasil PECEM I (720 MW coal) Ceara, Brazil BNDES TBA $774M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09) IDB A Loan $147M 17-yr Calyon, Caixa-Banco de Investimento, Millennium BCP B Loan $180M 13-yr EdF Energias Nouvelles La Ventosa (67.5 MW Wind) Oaxaca, Mexico Ex-Im Bank Term Loan $80.6M 14-year Set to wrap financing (PFR, 12/7/09). IFC TBA $21.5M TBA IADB, World Bank Energy Capital Partners Rensselear (535 MW Gas) Rensselaer, N.Y. Barclays, UBoC Construction Loan $400M 8-yr Syndication set to wrap (PFR, 11/2/07). HoldCo Loan $170M Revolver $100M Letter of Credit $35M Energy Investors Fund Panoche (400 MW Gas) Fresno, Calif. BNP Paribas Senior Secured Bonds $321M 21.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/29/08). enXco Shiloh II (150 MW Wind) Solano County, Calif. NordLB, CIC, Dexia, SocGen Construction/Term Loan $350M TBA SocGen joined club for term (PFR, 2/16/09). Arnprior (23.4 MW Solar) Arnprior, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). EnXco Hoosier (106 MW Wind) Fowler, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). Eurus Energy Americas Combine Hills II (63 MW Wind) Umatilla County, Ore. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/13/09). Eurus Energy, NRG Energy Various (45 MW Solar) TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $209M TBA Five banks close deal (9/27/10). EverPower Highland North (75 MW Wind) Krayn, Penn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 3/4/11). First Wind Cohocton (125 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. HSH Nordbank, NordLB Term Loan $95M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/6/09). Cohocton (125 MW Wind Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Milford I (203 MW Wind) Milford, Utah Banco Espirito Santo, Bank of Ireland, BNP, CoBank, Credit Suisse, HSH, Santander, SocGen Construction Loan $376M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). Credit Suisse Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity secured (PFR, 10/5/09). Milford II (100 MW Wind) Milford, Utah RBS, HSH TBA $220M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/22/10). Rollins (60 MW Wind) Penobscot County, Maine Key Bank, NordLB TBA $81M 18-mo Deal wraps, with JPMorgan taking tax equity stake (PFR, 12/6/10). Sheffield (40 MW Wind) Caledonia County, Vt. Key Bank Construction $76M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/19/11). Stetson (57, 25.5 MW Wind) Danforth. Maine Alberta Investment Management Term Loan $115M 8.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09) HSH Nordbank TBA $76M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09). BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Foothills Energy, High Sierra Energy Monroe (12 Bcf gas Storage) Amory, Miss. Fortis TBA $140M TBA Deal wrapped in early June (PFR, 7/18/08). FPL Energy Northern Frontier (600 MW Wind) Various UniCredit, Mizuho Back-Leveraged Loan $250M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 3/3/08). Heartland (Wind) Unknown Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BBVA, Calyon, Lloyds, Mizuho, NordLB, UniCredit Term Facility $372.5M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/24/08). Guacolda Maitencillo (152 MW Thermo) Maitencillo, Chile Calyon Construction Loan $260M 15-yr Wrapped (PFR, 12/20/07). GDF SUEZ CTA (165 MW Coal) Mejillones, Chile International Finance Corp. A Loan $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) Calyon, Fortis, ING, Helaba, Sumitomo B Loan $293M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) GE EFS, Exergy Development Group Various (183 MW Wind) Idaho BoTM TBA TBA 15-18-yr CoBank wraps second financing backing portfolio of farms (PFR, 3/16/11). GE Energy Financial Services, Orion Energy Unknown (130 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Lloyds TSB, NordLB Mini-Perm $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09). GNL Quintero LNG Receiving/Regasification Quintero Bay, Chile Banesto, BBVA, Calyon, Term Loan $660 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/15/08). Fortis, ING, Intesa, Mizuho, Santander, WestLB Senior Loan TBA TBA GWF Energy Tracy (314 MW Combined Cycle) Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M 10-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/30/10). Harbinger Capital Partners Calgary Energy (300 MW Gas) Alberta, Canada UBoC Refinancing C$319M ($319M) Wrapped (PFR, 10/5/07). Hobbs Power Funding Unidentified (604 MW Gas) Hobbs, N.M. Siemens Financial Services Term Loan $42.5M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). Horizon Wind Meadow Lake II (99 MW Wind) White County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA JPMorgan makes tax equity investment (PFR, 10/28/10). Rail Splitter (101 MW Wind) Logan County, Ill. JPM Capital Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity deal wrapped (PFR, 9/7/09). Various (631 MW Wind) Various JPMorgan, New York Life, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity portfolio closed (PFR, 12/15/08). Innergex Carleton (109.5 MW Wind) Quebec SMBC, BOTM Term Loan $67.7M 5-yr Deal Wrapped (PFR, 11/26/08). Invenergy Beech Ridge (100.5 MW Wind) Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Forward Energy (99 MW Wind) Wis. Dexia Credit Local, NordLB $249M 17-yr Deal wrapped 4/3 (PFR, 3/31/08). Grand Ridge (99 MW Wind) Ottawa, Ill. UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $189M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Grand Ridge Expansion (111 MW Wind) LaSalle County, Ill. Dexia, Unicredit HVB Construction/Term $111.2M TBA Deal wrapped mid-May (PFR, 7/10/09). Letter of Credit $6.7M TBA McAdoo (150MW Wind) Dickens County, Texas UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $262.3M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Letter of Credit $38.1M 6m Stanton (120 MW Wind) Martin County, Texas Dexia, Natixis Construction Loan $229M Under 1-yr Financing closed (PFR, 11/30/07) St. Clair Power Station (570 MW Gas) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada RBC Construction Loan $383M 5-yr Deal wrapped in Sept. (PFR, 7/6/07) LC facility $96M 2009 Turbine Supply (800 MW) Various HSH, UniCredit HVB Turbine Supply Loan $1B Under 1-yr No syndication planned. Various (Wind) New York, Oregon, Texas Unicredit HVB TBA $500M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). IIF Coastal Winds Investment, JPMorgan, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). Vantage (103 MW Wind) Vantage, Wash. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA $115M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10). Irradia Irradia (300,000 Gal./day LNG) Lima, Peru WestLB Construction Loan $81.6M Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 3/4/08). Kleen Energy Systems Middletown (520 MW) Middletown, Conn. Goldman Sachs Term Loan A $435M 10-yr Wrapped 6/13, (PFR, 6/19/08). Term Loan B $295M 17-yr Revolver/LC $255M 10-yr Kruger Energy Chatham (100 MW Wind) Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Deal wraps, marking DB's return to lending (PFR, 5/28/10). Port Alma (101.2 MW Wind) Ontario Scotia Capital TBA TBA TBA Deal closed in May (PFR, 11/2/09) LEP Holdings Liberty Electric Power (568 MW Gas) Eddystone, Pa. Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, OpCo Loan $325M 7-yr Syndication wrapped mid-Nov. (PFR, 12/20/07). Deutsche Bank Revolver $35M Tranches upsized mid-Oct. LS Power Sandy Creek (800 MW Coal) Riesel, Texas Credit Suisse, RBS Term Loan $1.2B 8-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/20/07). LS Power, NV Energy One Nevada Transmission Line Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA TBA TBA LS wraps federal loan (PFR, 2/16/11). Macquarie Capital Amherstburg (35 MW Solar) Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 7/6/10). Martin Resources Arcadia Gas Storage (15.5 Bcf) Arcadia, La. CIT Construction/Term Loan $125M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/30/08). Mirant Marsh Landing (760 MW Gas-Fired) Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Mitsui, Korea Gas, Samsung Manzanillo (500 bcf LNG Regas) Manzanillo, Mexico BBVA, BoTM, Calyon, Development Bank of Japan, Mizuho, KEXIM, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Construction/Term Loan $680M 12-yr Seven lenders set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). MMA Renewable Ventures Macy’s Rooftop (8 MW Solar) California TBA Non-recourse TBA TBA Deal closed 4/1 (PFR, 4/1/08). Montana Alberta Tie Montana Alberta Tie Lethbridge County, Mont. HSH Nordbank A Loan $90M TBA Letter of commitment signed (PFR, 12/8/08). (214 Miles Transmission) to Great Falls, Alberta B Loan $9M TBA Letter of Intent for Credit $19M TBA Morris Energy Group Portfolio (638 MW) Various Morgan Stanley Refinancing $130M Syndication wrapped 2/27 (PFR, 3/3/08). NextEra Energy Resources Heartland II (400 MW Wind) Iowa, North Dakota Banco Santander, TBA $343M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). BoTM, BayernLB, BBVA, BNP, Calyon, Commerzbank, Helaba, Lloyds, UniCredit NaturEner USA Glacier (210 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Banco Espirito Santo, Morgan Stanley Construction Loan $132M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). Morgan Stanley Tax Equity/Back Leverage $156M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). NaturEner USA Glacier II (103.5 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Morgan Stanley Tax Equity $115-125M TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 7/13/09). Construction Loan $125M TBA Nevada Geothermal Blue Mountain (49.5 MW Geothermal) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services closes a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). NextEra Energy Resources Blythe Energy Center (500 MW Gas-Fired) Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB Refi $305M 7-yr Refi wraps without SMBC (PFR, 12/22/10). Noble Environmental Power Altona, Ellenberg, Clinton Altona, Ellenberg, HSH Nordbank, Dexia Non-recourse loan $445M 10-year Syndication wrapped 10/16/07 (PFR, 6/22/07). Various Various HSH Nordbank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Dexia Credit Local Turbine Supply Loan $460M 3-yr Closed late Oct. (PFR, 11/5/07). 2008 Portfolio Upstate New York Citibank, BBVA, Lloyds, Construction Loan $625M 15-yr Closed (PFR, 8/15/08).. Scotia, HSH, RBS Energy Hedge LC $72.5M 15-yr Debt Service Reserve LC $72.5M 15-yr Great Plains (114 MW Wind) Texas Panhandle Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Project garners tax equity (PFR, 11/23/09). Northland Power Mont Louis (100 MW Wind) Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/19/10). Saskatchewan (265 MW Combined Cycle) North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Thorold CoGen (265 MW Gas) Thorold, Ontario BMO, Manulife, Sun Life Construction Loan C$451M 20-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 10/19/07). NRG, UI Devon and Middletown Devon and Middletown, Royal Bank of Construction/ $291 million 7-year Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/4/09). (394 MW Gas) Conn. Scotland, Union Bank Term Loan/Equity Bridge Loan $243 million TBA NuCoastal Victoria (300 MW Gas) Houston, Texas Calyon Term Loan $87M 7.5-yr Deal wrapped this month (PFR, 11/9/07). Letter of Credit $10M 7.5-yr Olympus Power Cadillac (39.6 MW Biomass) Cadillac, Mich. DZ Bank, UBoC TBA TBA TBA Banks mandated in Jan. No syndication planned (PFR, 2/22/08). PacificHydro Coya, Pangal (76.3 MW Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile BNP, Dexia Refinancing $75M Deal wrapped 2/29 (PFR, 3/3/07). Chacayes (106 Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile Calyon, DnB Nor, Construction/ $172M 12-14 yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). Société Générale, WestLB Term Loan Padoma Wind Power Sherbino I (150 MW Wind) Pecos County, Texas Fortis Construction/Term Loan $280M 15-yr Deal wrapped 3/28 (PFR, 4/4/08). Pattern Energy Hatchet Ridge (101 MW Wind) Redding, Calif. Calyon, LBBW, Natixis, UBoC, SocGen, WestLB Term Loan $200M 7-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/19/09). PeruLNG PeruLNG (625 mcf per day Regas) Pampa Melchorita, Peru SocGen, BBVA Construction Loan $250M TBA Wrapped 6/26 (PFR, 1/18/08). Plutonic Power, GE Energy Toba Montrose (196 MW Hydro) British Columbia Manulife, Standard Life, Canada Life, SunLife, Industrial Alliance Construction Loan $500M Wrapped (PFR, 9/28/07). Pristine Power York Energy Centre (393 MW Gas) King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Pure Energy Bayonne Energy Center (512 MW Gas) Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Ram Power San Jacinto Tizate (24 MW Geo) Lyon, Nicaragua Central American, Bank of Economic Integration, Export Development Canada, FMO, Cordinat Capital Term Loan $77M 9-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/11/10). Recurrent Energy Sunset Reservoir (5 MW Solar) San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). RES Hackberry Wind (165 MW Wind) Shackelford Co., Texas WestLB Construction Loan $352M 17-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). RMS Energy Dalhousie Mountain Nova Scotia Manulife Financial Construction/Term Loan $90M 2/20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/2/09). (51 MW Wind) Firelight Infrastructure Partners Equity TBA Rollcast Energy Piedmont Green Power (50MW Biomass) Barnesville, Ga. MUFG, Investec TBA $133M TBA MUFG, Investec wrap $133 million financing (PFR, 10/27/10). Shell, Dominion Mt.Storm (264 MW, Wind) Grant Co., W.Va. Fortis, BBVA Construction Loan $185M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Starwood Energy Midway (120 MW Gas) Fresno County, Calif. WestLB, SMBC Construction Loan $98.6M 15-yr Deal wrapped without a syndication (PFR, 3/21/08). Unidentified (20 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/18/10). Unidentified (30 MW Solar PV) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). SteelRiver Transmission Company Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. Barclays Capital Refi/144A $562M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 12/17/10). SunPower, Xcel Unidentified (19 MW Solar) Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phase 1 (150 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Calyon, CIT, Prudential Turbine Supply Loan $140M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Mini-Perm $394M 7-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/18/10). Alta Phases 2-4 (570 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, featuring $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Various (831 MW Renewables) Various BNP Paribas, Citibank, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Fortress, ING, Natixis, UBoC, UBS Refi/Term Loan $215M 2.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/9/09). Letter of Credit $25M TBA Terrawinds Resources Riviere-Du-loop (201 MW Wind) Riviere-Du-loop, Quebec HSH Nordbank Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) Deal wrapped late 2007. Third Planet Windpower Loraine (250 MW Wind) Loraine, Texas Morgan Stanley Equity $500M TBA Financing $500M project with equity from MS (PFR, 2/27/09). Western Wind Energy Windstar (120 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA $249M TBA Deal closes, with Sun Life participating (PFR, 1/7/11). Wind Capital Group Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) DeKalb County, Missouri BayernLB, Banco Santander, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Mini-perm $240M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/26/09). Closed Deals Europe/ME Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova 4 (50 MW Solar) Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR210M TBA Financing wrapped in summer of 2008 Various (Solar PV) Spain CaixaBI Term Loan EUR70M TBA Adwea, GDF SUEZ Shuweihat (1.6 GW/100migd water/power) near Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. BayernLB, Calyon, KfW, Bridge Loan $900M nine months Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/9/09). National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Natixis, Standard Chatered Stuttering Loan $2B 20-yr BoTM, BayernLB, BNP Paribas, KFW, HSBC, Mizuho, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, SocGen, Samba, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui, Sumitomo Trust Refinancing Bridge Loan $1.1B 22-yr Refi expected to close by end of Sept. (PFR, 8/17/09). Japan Bank for International Cooperation $1.2B AIG Financial, 360 CORPORATE Olivenza (15 MW Solar) Extremadura, Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR122.8M 21-yr after Lead closed syndication (PFR, 5/12/08). VAT Facility EUR17.7M COD Mezzanine EUR10.3M Babcock & Brown French portfolio (165 MW Wind) Various, France BNP, DEPFA, Dexia, Refinancing EUR220M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/18/08). Breeze Four Undetermined (Wind) Germany, France UniCredit HVB Bond securitization EUR208.4M 19.9-yr Deal wrapped in summer of 2008. Carron Energy Severn Power (850 MW Gas) South Wales RBS, Calyon, ING Term Loan GBP400M 12-yr Syndication closed in 2009. Collateral Facility GBP125-150M Conergy Epuron (8 MW Solar Thermal) Southern Spain WestLB Construction Loan EUR69.4M 20-yr Syndication closed (PFR, 11/7/08). VAT Facility EUR12.2M 2-yr Various (three 2 MW Solar Plants) Castilla La Mancha, Spain HSH Nordbank Term Loan EUR50M 17-20yr Deal wrapped, (PFR, 11/3/08). VAT Facility Dolphin Energy Dolphin (226 Mile Pipeline) Qatar to Abu Dhabi RBS Refinancing $1.42 billion 10-yr Deal wrapped ( PFR, 8/3/09). Electricite de France, Sloe (820 MW Gas) Vlissingen, Netherlands Fortis, Bank of Scotland Construction loan EUR510M 19.5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 2/25/08). Delta and HSBC Debt Service facility EUR25M First Solar, juwi solar Unknown (53 MW Solar) Brandenburg, Germany Bremer Landesbank, TBA EUR160M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). NordLB Fred Olsen Renewables Various (294.1 MW Wind) Various, U.K. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Construction Loan GBP137M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). BNP Paribas, Fortis, Refinancing GBP114M HSBC, NordLB Debt Service GBP17M Reserve Facility Letter of Credit GBP30M Working Capital Facility GBP5M GDF SUEZ Energy, Gulf Investment Corp. Al Dur Bahrain Calyon, Mashreqbank, Standard Charted Mini-perm $1.2B 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). U.S. Ex-Im Bank TBA $200M TBA TBA Islamic Tranche $300M TBA Guris Germencik (47.7 MW Geothermal) Aydin, Turkey WestLB Commercial Facility $88.5M Financing wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Power, Marubeni Mitsui, Calyon Equity Bridge Loan $450M 2.5-yr Japan Bank of International Term Loan $1.35B Cooperation Standby Facility $108M Greentech Energy Systems Minverva Messina Randazzo, Sicily Natixis, WestLB Senior Loan, EUR76.6M, EUR7.2M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/31). (48.3 MW Wind) VAT Facility Iberdrola, API Unidentified (Wind) Puglia and Sicily, Italy RBS, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Calyon, ING, Intesa, Mediocredito Centrale, SocGen Portfolio Financing EUR515M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/21/07). Nova Energia Calyon, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo InterGen Rijnmond (420 MW) Rijnmond, Netherlands Calyon, Bayern, Export Development of Canada, Fortis, ING, National Australia Bank, SocGen Refinancing EUR514M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 7/25/08). Intrinergy Intrinergy VARE Holdings (17 MW Biomass) Belgium NordLB Senior Secured Debt $47M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR,10/21). Platina Finance 2 MW (Solar) Spain UniCredit HVB No syndication expected (PFR, 3/17). Qatar Petroleum and Ras Laffan C (2.6 GW hydro) Ras Laffan Industrial RBS advised - no MLAs TBA $3.25B TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/8). Qatar Water & Electricity Co. City, Qatar SkyPower, SunEdison Various (19 MW Solar) Ontario NordLB Term Loan $63.8M TBA Deal closed (PFR, 11/24). South Asia Energy Various (78 MW Hydro) Sri Lanka, Uganda FMO TBA $85M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/22). Management Systems SUEZ-led consortium Sohar IWPP (585 MW/33 mil gal/day) Oman Bank Muscat, Calyon, DZ, Europe Arab Bank, HSBC, National Bank of Oman, Oman Arab Bank, Oman International Bank, Standard Chartered, SMBC Term Loan $450M 17-yr Deal closed early this month (PFR, 4/7). Sumitomo Finca Verde (9 MW Solar) Canary Islands Mizuho Construction Loan EUR45M 19-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/19). T-Power Unknown (420 MW Combined Cycle) Tessenderlo, Belgium BBVA, Calyon, DZ Bank, Term Loan EUR395M Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/22). Fortis, ING, KBC, KfW, Reserve Facility EUR20M Lloyds TSB, RBS, WestLB Letter of Credit EUR12M Revolver EUR10 VAT Facility TBA Tata Power Coastal Gujarat (4 GW Coal) Mundra, India State Bank of India, Asian Term Loan INR55.5B 14-yr Closed on financing (PFR, 4/28). Dev. Bank, BNP, International Finance Corp., KEXIM, Korea Export Insurance Corp. Term Loan $1.8B 18-yr Total-led consortium Yemen LNG (6.7 tons per year LNG) Gulf of Aden, Yemen BoTM, BNP, Citi, ING, RBS, SocGen, SMBC Limited Recourse Tranche $1.7B 13-yr Closed mid-May (PFR, 5/23). Closed Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes International Power Hazelwood (1,675 MW Coal) Australia Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, BankWest, BNP Paribas, BOS International, Calyon Australia Ltd., Credit Industrial and Commercial, DBS Bank Ltd., Dexia Credit Local, Fortis, NordLB, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, United Overseas Bank Limited, West LB and Westpac Banking Corp Refinancing A$445M 2-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10).
  • Live Deals: Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aeolis Wind Power Hackney (370 MW Wind) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Awaiting PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 12/14/09). Thunder Mountain (320 MW Wind) AES Fonseca (250 MW Coal) La Unión, El Salvador ABN, HSBC, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Planning to come to market (PFR, 4/9/09). Campiche (270 MW Coal) Chile Crédit Agricole, Fortis, HSBC, WestLB TBA $200M 7-yr Project loses environmental permit (6/30/09). AIMPowerGen Various (30 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Began talks with lenders by March (PFR, 1/12/09). Alpine Energy Unknown (33 MW Waste) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 4/5/10). Unknown (16 MW Waste) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands BNP TBA TBA TBA BNP mandated to lead deal (PFR, 12/15/10). American Electric Power, Allegheny Energy PATH (Transmission) Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors initiate informal talks with banks (PFR, 10/29/10). Americas Waste-to-Energy Various (Waste) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 9/8/08). AREVA, Duke Energy Unknown (50 MW Biomass) Hamilton County, Fla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Finalizing fuel and offtake contracts (PFR, 2/22/10). Axio Power Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer seeking $360-400 package for portolfio of solar PV (PFR, 7/12/10). Biomass Gas & Electric Various (195 MW Biomass) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA 45 MW Tallahassee plant cancelled; status of other projects N/A (PFR, 10/5/09). Biomass Group South Point (200 MW Biomass) South Point, Ohio WestLB Construction Loan $350-400M TBA Relaunching deal, looking for $160M tax equity (PFR,5/27/09). Biomass Secure Power Unknown (15 MW Biomass) Merritt, British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Bloom Energy Unidentified (Fuel Cell) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to project banks (PFR, 2/25/11). BrightSource Energy Various (1.3 GW Solar) Southern California TBA TBA TBA TBA Financial close expected by year end (PFR, 7/5/10). Brookfield Asset Management, Isolux Corsan CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) Texas MUFJ, Santander, Scotia, SocGen TBA $400-500M TBA Four tapped to finance project (PFR, 3/7/11). Brookfield Renewable Power Granite Renewable (99 MW Wind) Coos County, N.H. Citi, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Citi, WestLB begin pricing private placement (PFR, 3/18/11). Brookfield Renewable Power St. Anthony Falls (10 MW Hydro) Minneapolis, Minn. TBA TBA $20.76M TBA Sponsor will hunt financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Brookfield Renewable Power, Coram Energy Unknown (102 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ joins financing (see story, page xxx). Caletta Renewable Energy Port Erie (90 MW Tires) Erie, Pa. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Mahoning (90 MW Waste) Alliance, Ohio BoA TBA TBA TBA Palmer (35 MW Wood) Springfield, Mass. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Calpine Russell City (600 MW Combined-Cycle) Hayward, Calif. ING, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA ING and Union Bank tapped for the financing (PFR, 3/31/11). Los Esteros (300 MW Retrofit) San Jose, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA At least three lenders expected to participate (PFR, 4/10/11). Canadian Superior Energy, Excalibur Energy Liberty Natural Gas (2.4 bcf LNG) Linden, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a financial adviser (PFR, 1/14/09). Cannon Power Group Aubanel Wind Farm (1 GW wind) Mexicali, Baja California TBA TBA TBA TBA Cannon to approach lenders in Q2 (PFR, 1/7/11). Windy (100 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash TBA TBA $180M TBA Financial close expected this quarter (PFR, 1/6/11). Cape Wind Associates Cape Wind (420 MW Wind) Nantucket Sound, Barclays TBA TBA TBA Signs on Siemens for wind turbines (PFR, 4/5/10). Castle & Cooke Unknown (400 MW Wind) Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with relationship lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Catalyst Renewables Unknown (37-40 MW Biomass) New York TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to 10 banks about two biomass financings (PFR, 12/1/10). Cavallo Energy Cross Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-to-New York TBA TBA $400-$450 million TBA Mid-2011 financing eyed (PFR, 8/30/10). Central Maine Power, Maine & Maritimes Maine Power Connection (Transmission) Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Regulators say project is unnecessarily large (PFR, 10/29/09). Cobisa Unidentified (1,750 MW Gas) Greenville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Trouble securing financing w/o PPA (PFR, 6/22/09). Columbia Power, Columbia Basin Trust Unknown (435 MW Hydro) Waneta Dam, B.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Decision on project's future expected (PFR, 2/15/10). Cogentrix Various (110-130 MW) Colo., Puerto Rico, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly 80% debt for $700M portfolio (PFR, 9/13/10). Competitive Power Ventures Various (7 GW Wind) Various U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer plans massive pipeline of wind projects (PFR, 10/4/10). Conduit Capital Partners Kuntur Transportadora de Gas (700-mile Pipeline) Southern Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo advising (PFR, 5/13/09). Old Harbour Bay Expansion (60 MW Diesel) Jamaica TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks, multilaterals and ECAs for financing (PFR, 6/22/09). Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Unidentified (100 MW Wind) Mutton Mountain, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Tribes considering tax equity, outside developers (PFR, 1/19/09). Confederation Power Various (90 MW Hydro) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Weighing financing pending PPA award (PFR, 1/12/09). Coram Energy Various (22 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Marathon Capital TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity, debt (PFR, 2/15/10). Competitive Power Ventures Ashley (200 MW Wind) McIntosh County, N.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Cimarron (165 MW Wind) Gray County, Kan. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Sentinel (800 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA TBA TBA Deal priced at 225 basis points over LIBOR (PFR, 3/3/11). Unidentified (700 MW Gas) Woodbridge, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor bids into NJ BPU auction (PFR, 2/22/11). Duke Energy Various (Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to Chinese co. for partnership (PFR,1/27/10). Eastern Power Greenfield South (280 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario Morgan Stanley TBA C$200-250M TBA MS making calls to lenders (PFR, 2/15/10). EDF EN Canada Lac-Alfred (300 MW Wind) La Matapédia et la Mitis, Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks initial pricing beneath 250 bps (PFR, 3/9/11). St. Isidore B (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA EDF hunts pricing starting at 225 bps (PFR, 3/9/11). Edison Mission Energy Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project Petersurg, Neb. TBA TBA TBA TBA Club deal with pricing at 250 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 5/13/10). Taloga (130 MW Wind) Dewey County, Okla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taking bids to lead financing (PFR, 8/24/09). Elecnor, Isolux Corsán Unidentified (366 Miles Transmission) Vizcarra to Carhuaquero, Peru) TBA TBA TBA TBA Citi is advising (PFR, 3/9/09). Enel, TradeWinds Energy Various (1.2 GW Wind) Midwest TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity (PFR, 3/16/09) Various (50 MW Geothermal) Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBA Tax equity deal to close in two months (PFR, 1/14/09). Enerdyne Power Systems Unknown (3 MW Landfill Gas) Clarksville, Tenn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for banks to provide debt (PFR, 9/7/09). Energy Answers International, Energy Investors Funds Arecibo (80 MW Waste-to-Energy) Arecibo, P.R. BNP TBA TBA TBA Sponsors hunting debt for $500 million project (PFR, 12/19/10). Enfinity Unidentified (33 MW PV) Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer close to inking roughly $140 million in debt and equity (PFR, 3/25/11). enXco Lakefield (201 MW Wind) Minnesota Dexia, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Q1 closing eyed (PFR, 12/13/10). Energy Investors Fund Hot Springs (48MW Geo) Elko, Nev. DZ Bank, Fortis Capital TBA $120M TBA EIF takes ownership from TG Power (PFR, 10/5/09). Various (80 MW Landfill Gas) U.S. TBA TBA $200M TBA Looking for recap (PFR, 2/15/10). Energy 5.0 Unidentified (Solar 25 MW) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering financing options (PFR, 1/11/10). Éolectric Various (675 MW Wind) Canada and Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a strategic partner (PFR, 3/30/09). Eolia La Ventosa (164 MW) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). eSolar, NRG Energy Unidentified (92 MW Solar) El Paso, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Applied for DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 6/22/09). Eurus Energy Bull Creek (180 MW Wind) Borden County, Texas Mizuho TBA $296.1M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/23/09). EverPower 2009 Turbine Supply Midwest, Pacific N.W. KeyBanc Capital Markets Turbine supply $140M Looking for financing (PFR, 5/23/09). Highland I (62.5 MW Wind) Cambria County, Pa. TBA TBA $65M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/1/09). Howard (50-63 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Buckeye (300 MW Wind) Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Falcon Gas Storage MoBay (50Bcf Gas Storage) Mobile County, Ala. BNP, ING Construction/Term Loan $400M 7-yr Financial close on hold as sponsor works to secure equity (PFR, 7/16/10). First Solar Desert Sunlight (550 MW Solar PV) Desert Center, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hopes to begin construction in 2011 (PFR, 8/16/10). Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor scouts portfolio financing (PFR, 11/12/10). Fishermen's Energy Various (20 MW Offshore Wind) Atlantic City, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeking at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split (PFR, 7/20/10). FPL Group Various (Solar) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing planned for Q1-2 2010 (PFR, 6/1/09). GCL Solar Various (75 MW PV) Puerto Rico, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor is talking to European banks about financings (PFR, 3/25/11). GDF SUEZ Energy International Proyecto Eólico (49.5 MW Wind) Guanacaste, Costa Rica TBA TBA $80M TBA Sponsor looking to arrange a club (PFR, 1/30/09). Gemini Solar Unknown (30 MW Solar) Austin, Texas TBA TBA $150M TBA Looking to mandate before month-end (PFR, 9/14/09). Gestamp Solar Various (60-80 MW PV) California TBA TBA TBA TBA Aims to wrap two portfolio financings in the third quarter (PFR, 3/25/11). Gilead Power Corp. Ostrander (20 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Shelved funding plans due to credit crisis (PFR, 3/6/09). Gradient Resources Patua (60 MW Phase I Geo) Reno, Nev. TBA TBA $200M TBA Year-end closing eyed (PFR, 10/4/10). Grasslands Renewable Energy Wind Spirit (1,300 Miles Transmission Northern Plains TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering project finance options (PFR, 6/8/09). Great Lakes Ohio Wind Great Lakes (20 MW Offshore Wind) Near Cleveland, Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA KeyBanc has informal discussions with sponsor (PFR, 9/20). Greenfield South Power Unidentified (293 MW Gas) Ontario Credit Suisse B Loan $335M TBA Credit Suisse offering sweeteners to close deal (PFR, 8/2/10). Greengate Power Halkirk (150 MW Wind) Alberta TBA TBA C$350M TBA Closing in on PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 1/25/2010). Homeland Renewable Energy, Laidlaw Energy Various (Biomass) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA JV to seek p.f. before August 2010 (PFR, 9/28/09). Horizon Wind Blue Canyon (99 MW) Southern California GE EFS TBA TBA TBA GE EFS to loan money to the projects (PFR, 11/9/09). Various (600 MW Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking tax equity (PFR, 9/7/09). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Deal expected to launch in November (PFR, 10/25/10). Independence Wind, Wagner Wind Energy Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA Sponsors snag conditional federal loan (PFR, 3/8/11). Highland (117 MW MW) Highland Plantation, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing launch expected next year (PFR, 3/17/11). International Power Various (3.5 GW Gas) New England, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA $770M debt due for refi in July (PFR, 9/7/09). Invenergy Le Plateau (138 MW Wind) Quebec, Canada Natixis, RBC TBA TBA TBA Natixis and RBC snag mandates (PFR, 11/10/10). White Oak (150 MW Wind) McLean County, Ill. TBA TBA $300M TBA Sponsor scouts financing (PFR, 10/27/10). ISAGEN Sogamoso (820 MW Hydro) Santander, Columbia Banco Santander Local/International Bonds $600M TBA Seeking ECA and multilaterals ahead of p.f. (PFR, 4/20/09). ITC Holdings Various (Transmission) Kansas, Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for ways to finance outside of revolver, FMBs (PFR, 12/14/09). Just-Wind Logan County (368 MW Wind) Logan County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Emmons County (900 MW Wind) Emmons County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders, tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Juwi Solar Various (200 MW Photovoltaic) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Liberty Energy Liberty Energy Center (6.5 MW Biosolid) Hamilton, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt/equity (PFR, 2/25/09). Las Brisas Energy Center 1.3 GW Petroleum Coke Corpus Christi, Tex. Morgan Stanley Bonds, bank/construction loan $1 billion TBA Want to finance and then sell project (PFR, 3/29/10). Lincoln Renewable Energy Various (100 MW Solar PV) New Jersey TBA TBA $400-500M TBA Sponsor targets relationship lenders of Airtricity and SunPower (PFR, 10/11/10). LNG Development Pipeline (117 miles) Warrenton to Moalla, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will start talking to banks mid-2010 (PFR, 9/14/09). LS Power Cross Texas (230 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA BNP Paribas among lenders eying financing (PFR, 3/23/11). Mainstream Renewable Power Laguna Verde (35 MW Wind) Valparaiso, Chile TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to German banks for financing (PFR, 2/2/09). Merchant Energy Partners East Cheyenne (Gas Storage 19 bcf) Logan County, Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to hire banks at year-end (PFR, 7/13/09). Mitsubishi Corp. Unidentified (300 MW Co-Gen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 1/12/09). Mitsui, Tokyo Gas Various (Gas-fired) Mexico Sumitomo, BoTM, Mizuho TBA TBA TBA Lead banks lined up (PFR, 1/11/10). Mohave Sun Power Unknown (340 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Will approach the market for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 4/27/09). National Wind Various (Wind) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with internat'l co. for partnership (PFR, 10/23/09). Goodhue (78 MW Wind) Goodhue County, Minn. TBA Tax Equity $160-180M TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unidentified (400 MW Wind) Northeast Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unknown (500 MW Wind) Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and investors (PFR, 12/4/09). NaturEner Rim Rock (309 MW) Glacier and Toole Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to p.f. $500M of the project this year (PFR, 6/15/09). Nautilus Solar Energy, Starwood Energy Unknown (50-60 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders for multi-million dollar project (PFR, 2/23/09). Naikun Wind Energy, Enmax Green Power Naikun Phase I (400 MW Wind) Haida Gwaii, British Columbia BoTM TBA TBA TBA Looking beyond Canadian banks for p.f. (PFR, 10/5/09) Nevada Geothermal Various (60 MW Geothermal) Nevada and Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor to seek DOE loan guarantees (PFR, 9/20/10). Nevada Hydro Talega-Escondido/Valley -Serrano (Transmission 500 kV) Southern California CIT Group TBA TBA TBA CIT shortlists equity co.'s for investing (PFR, 10/28/09). NextEra Energy Resources Genesis Solar Energy Project (250 MW) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA $1B+ TBA NextEra hunts DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 2/2/11). Lone Star (300 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly $400 million in debt (PFR, 4/1/11). NextLight Renewable Power Unknown (150 MW Solar) Boulder City, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will look for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 10/12/09). AV Solar Ranch I (230 MW Solar) Antelope Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Agua Caliente (280 MW Solar) Yuma, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Silver State (400 MW Solar) Primm, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Northland Power Kabinakagomi (26 MW Hydro) Kabinakagomi River, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets 2012 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Manitoulin Island (60 MW Wind) Maitoulin Island, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor talking to lenders about 2011 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Various (130 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor plans to finance projects between 2011 and 2013 (PFR, 8/9/10). NRG Energy El Segundo (550 MW Gas) Carlsbad, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Dexia targets mandate (PFR, 2/11/11). Roadrunner (20 MW Solar PV) Santa Teresa, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hunts financing backing farm (PFR, 3/1/11). Various (Solar) Various, U.S. Royal Bank of Scotland Revolver TBA TBA Deal on hold (PFR, 1/25/10). Ocean Renewable Power Corp. Various (165-210 MW Hydro) Alaska, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking equity investors (PFR, 10/27/09). Odebrecht Chaglla (406 MW Hydro) Peru BNP TBA $650M TBA BNP approaches lenders about participating in financing (PFR, 3/11/11). Oglethorpe Power Vogtle (2.2 GW nuclear) Waynesboro, Ga. TBA TBA TBA TBA Snags DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 2/16/10). Ormat Technologies Brawley (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with JPMorgan for tax equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Various (80-90 MW Geothermal) California and Nevada John Hancock TBA TBA TBA John Hancock mandated to lead deal (12/8/10). OwnEnergy Various (Wind) U.S. TBA $200M TBA In talks with infrastructure funds (PFR, 12/14/09). Panda Energy Two 15-20 MW photovoltaic projects TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Con Edison Development will assist with financing (PFR, 5/3/10). Pattern Energy Various (Wind) Nevada, Ontario, Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBA TBA Pattern hunts over $1 billion in debt for projects (PFR, 1/21/11). Various Saskatchewan TBA Construction term $200-$400 M TBA Will seek financing by year-end (PFR, 3/23/10). Preneal Vientos del Istmo (395.9 MW Wind) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). Grand Valley (20.3 MW) Grand Valley, Ontario TBA TBA $37.9M 20-yr Sponsor will seek financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Project Resources Corporation Lakeswind (100 MW Wind) Fargo-Moorhead, Minn. TBA TBA $200M TBA PRC in talks with MUFG about sales-leaseback (PFR, 11/8/10). Quintana Capital Group, Chase Power Development Las Brisas Energy Center (1,320 MW petroleum coke-fired) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for more than $1 billion to finance the $3.2B project (PFR, 4/21/10). Radback Energy Oakley (624 MW Gas) Contra Costa County, Calif. BoTM, Crédit Agricole, ING, Scotia TBA TBA TBA RBS joins financing (PFR, 2/28/11). Ram Power Iris (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor hopes to ink financing by mid-2011 (PFR, 8/18/10). Orita I (49.9 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor considering a private placement (PFR, 9/20/10). Raser Technologies Unknown (42 MW Geo) Beaver County, Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA To look for financing pending DOE guarantee (PFR, 7/7/09). Recurrent Energy Various (170+ MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor considers downsizing financing (PFR, 4/7/11). Various (335 MW Solar) Southwest U.S., Hawaii, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to finance with a mix of debt/equity (PFR, 3/23/09). Renewable Ventures Unidentified (26 MW Solar) Apex, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to secure some p.f. next year (PFR, 8/24/09) Renewable Energy Systems Greenwich (99 MW Wind) Dorion, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 4/5/10). Talbot (99 MW Wind) Chatham Kent, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 11/23/09). Renewable Energy Services Limited Statia Terminals (24 MW Wind) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders (PFR, 2/9/09). Riverbank Power Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Sparta, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Wiscasset, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Run of River Power Various (190 MW Run-of-River) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Various (90 MW Biomass) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Salt River Project, Shell WindEnergy, SouthWestern Power Group II, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Tucson Electric Power SunZia (460 Miles Transmission) Arizona and New Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing scouted (PFR, 2/25/11). Santee Cooper, South Carolina Electric & Gas Summer Nuclear Station (2.2 GW Nuclear) Jenkinsville, S.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taps bonds for pre-construction (PFR, 12/7/09). Scotian Windfields, SkyPower Digby Neck (30 MW) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Sharyland Utilities CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) West Texas RBC, RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA RBC, RBS and SocGen mandated to lead financing (PFR, 3/28/11). Sithe Global Southdown (800 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 3/1/10). SkyPower Various (30 MW Solar PV) Ontario Deutsche Bank TBA TBA TBA Sponsor mandates Deutsche Bank to leading financing (PFR, 11/9/10). Sol Sage Various (10-20 MW Solar) East Coast, U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt and tax equity (PFR, 6/29/09). SolarGen USA Various (100 MW Solar) Central Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $400M TBA Sponsor hopes to close portfolio financing by year-end (PFR, 7/12/10). Solar Power Partners Various (600 MW Solar) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Early 2011 targeted for closing of first chunk of debt financing (PFR, 8/2/10). SolarReserve Crescent Dunes (100 MW Solar) Tonopah, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors seeks 80% equity and a DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 7/30). Rice (150 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA SolarReserve seeks loan from U.S. Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 10/12/10). Solar Trust of America Various (485 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank TBA $2B TBA Citi, Deutsche Bank talking to lenders about two solar thermal plants (PFR, 7/14/10). Solar Utilities Network Unknown (2 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investors (PFR, 3/2/09). St. Laurent Ènergies Various (654 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks by mid-year (PFR, 1/18/10). Starwood Energy Group Sault Ste. Marie (40 MW solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA TBA TBA Starwood is hunting debt to develop 40 MW of photovoltaic projects in Ontario (PFR, 4/19/10). Starwood Energy Unidentified (290 MW Solar) Harquahala, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor looking for a PPA (PFR, 9/27/10). Unidentified (100 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA SocGen eyes financing (PFR, 2/11/11). Stirling Energy Systems Imperial Valley (300 MW Solar) Imperial County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). Calico (300 MW Solar) San Bernardino, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). SunEdison Various (Solar) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach lenders for $10-50M (PFR, 6/29/09). TDX Power Chakachamna (335 MW Hydro) Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeks combinations of state funding, equity and debt (PFR, 3/2/09). Tecta Solar Various (Solar) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for $10-20M tax equity (PFR, 6/5/09). Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (600 MW coal-fired) Nolan County, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska will seek financing after there is more clarity on climate change legistlation (PFR, 4/20/10). Tenaska Solar Ventures Imperial Solar Energy Center South (130 MW Solar PV) Imperial Valley, Calif. Citi TBA TBA TBA Citi tapped as lender-applicant for FIPP loan guarantee (PFR, 4/5/11). Imperial Solar Energy Center West (150 MW Solar PV) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks federal loan guarantee (PFR, 4/5/11). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phases 6 and 8 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA Mini-Perm TBA C+ 7-yr Financing expected to begin by early April (PFR, 3/15/11). Alta Phases 7 and 9 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal launch expected within year (PFR, 3/15/11). Unidentified (Geothermal) TBA TBA TBA $60-100M TBA Sponsor eyes year-end financing (PFR, 3/22/11). Transporta de Gas de Peru Pipeline Expansion Cuzco-Lima, Peru TBA TBA $320M TBA Looking for second round of funding (PFR 5/25/09) Tres Amigas Substation Clovis, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA In preliminary talks with lenders (PFR, 10/19/09). Trillium Power Wind Trillium Power I (700 MW Wind) Lake Ontario, Canada RBC TBA TBA TBA RBC to launch private equity placement (PFR, 8/31/09). U.S. Geothermal Neal Hot Springs (26 MW Geo) Boise, Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBA Coming to market at year-end for $120M (PFR, 2/16/09). San Emidio Expansion (3.6 MW Geo) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA U.S. Power Generating Various (Peakers) New York, New York TBA Refinancing $680M TBA Looking at refinancing (PFR, 1/25/10). Unknown Unknown (Biomethane) Iowa Hannover Consulting TBA TBA TBA Looking to finance $80M project with 60% debt (PFR, 7/20/09). Wagner Wind Energy, Independence Wind Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA DOE awards conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 3/8/11). Western Wind Energy Unidentified (30 MW Solar) Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Manulife TBA $249M TBA Rabobank tapped to lead search for tax equity (PFR, 3/25/11). Wind Capital Group Unidentified (Wind) TBA Banco Santander, BayernLB, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Refi $240M+ TBA Closing imminent (PFR, 3/29/11). Wind Energy Systems Technology Unidentified (300 MW Wind) Galveston, Texas BofA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with DOE, Bofa for funding (PFR, 2/8/10). Zeroes Mexico Unidentified (100 MW Waste) Monterrey, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a $50 million bridge (PFR, 1/26/09). Unidentified (50 MW Waste) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Live Deals: Europe/Middle East Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Advanced Power, Siemens Unidentified (420 MW CCGT) North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate lead arranger (PFR, 2/16/09). Bord Gáis Éireann Whitegate (445 MW Combined Cycle) County Cork, Ireland TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking EUR200 million form the EIB (PFR, 7/20/09). Bulgarian Energy Holdings, Dimosia Epichrisi Paroxis Ariou, Edison Unkown (100-mile Pipeline) Bulgaria to Greece TBA TBA TBA TBA EU providing EUR45M for the project (PFR, 7/24/09). Centrica Various (220 MW Wind) Scotland, U.K. Banco Santander, BoTM, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Rabobank Term Loan TBA 15-yr HSH exits deal (PFR, 7/14/09). CEZ Unknown (Wind) Romania TBA TBA EUR500M TBA Talking to the European Investment Bank (PFR. 3/9/09). Econcern Project Trullo (7 MW Solar) Puglia, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 2/2/09). Belwind (330 MW Wind) Oostende, Belgium ASN Bank, Dexia, EIB, Rabobank TBA TBA TBA Looking for an equity partner (PFR, 6/8/09). EGL Unidentified (800 MW Gas) Salerno, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Project Financing Solutions is advising (PFR, 1/26/09). Energos Unkown (7 MW Waste) Irvine, Scotland TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate bank (PFR, 2/23/09). EnergyMixx Various (1 GW Solar, Wind) Italy TBA TBA EUR60M TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 1/14/09). Gaelectric Holdings Portfolio (2 GW Wind) Montana and Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for partner, equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Masdar London Array (1 GW Wind) U.K. BoTM Unincorporated JV $440M TBA BoTM advising, shortlisting banks (PFR, 1/25/10). MGT Power Tees Renewable Energy Center (295 MW Biomass) Teesport, England TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks to arrange GBP500M (PFR, 7/21/09). Stora Enso Unknown (165 MW Cogen) Ostroleka, Poland European Investment Bank Loan TBA TBA EIB will provide up to half of the funding (PFR, 6/22/09). Live Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes ACME Group, eSolar Various (900 MW Solar) India TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 3/9/09). AES Mong Duong II (1,200 MW Coal) Vietnam TBA TBA TBA TBA Bankers anticipate the project to cost at least $2.4B (PFR, 5/24/10). CLP Group Theni (99 MW Wind) Southern India TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 9/28/09). Global EcoPower Various (160 MW Wind) China Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China TBA TBA TBA Looking for institutional investor equity (PFR, 2/9, 3/23/09). GMR Island Power (800 MW gas-fired) Singapore TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 60-70% p.f. $1.2B plant (PFR, 6/8/09). International Power PT Paiton Energy (815 MW coal) Indonesia JBIC TBA $1.5B TBA 10 Banks participating in financing (PFR, 3/9/10). Macquarie Capital Wind Fund Silverton (1 GW Wind) Barrier Ranges, Australia TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks for financing first phase (PFR, 8/3/09). Reliance Power Sasan (3,960 MW Coal) Madhya Pradesh, India TBA TBA $3B TBA Sponsor hunts international banks to refinance debt (PFR, 7/31/10). Live Deals: Africa Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aviva Mmamantswe (1 GW Coal) Gaborone, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Plant plans delayed by Eskom woes (PFR, 10/5/09). BioTherm Energy Various (85 MW Waste and South Africa TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to wrap four financings by year-end (5/15/09). Botswana Power Corp. Morpule (1.2 GW Coal) Palapye, Botswana Industrial and Commercial Bank, Standard Bank Bridge Loan $140M TBA Set to close in two months (PFR, 5/26/09). Loan $825M TBA CIC Energy, International Power Mmamabula (1.8 GW Coal) Mahalapye, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 7/24/09).
  • First Wind had named Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley as leads for its initial public offering.
  • -- A financier on NextEra Energy Resources’ efforts to secure financing ahead of building a $600 million transmission project in Texas instead of funding the project on balance sheet.
  • US Power Generating Co. put subsidiary Boston Generating up for sale via JPMorgan.
  • Loan Guarantees, renewable portfolio standards and tax equity created the buzz at Infocast's Solar Power & Investment Summit 2011. Bankers, developers, investors and attorneys gathered at the Paradise Point Resort & Spa in San Diego, Calif., for the event on March 23-24. Senior Reporter Brian Eckhouse filed the following stories:
  • --Uday Mathur, principal of emerging clean technologies and energy procurement at Pacific Gas & Electric, on what the utility looks for when considering projects in a request for proposals.
  • Closed Deals Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova (50 MW Solar) Sanlúcar la Major, Spain TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/9/08). Abengoa Mexico Unknown (300 MW CoGen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $460M TBA Deal wraps, with eight lenders participating (PFR, 6/25/10). Abengoa Solar Solana (250 CST) Gila Bend, Ariz. DOE/FFB TBA $1.45B 12-yr FFB and DOE finalizes loan, priced at Treasury plus 37.5 bps (PFR, 1/5/11). Acciona Solar Power Nevada Solar One (64 MW) Boulder City, Nev. Santander, BBVA, La Caixa Term Loan $140M Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Acciona Energy North America EcoGrove (100.5 MW Wind) Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander closes loan and looks to syndicate it (PFR, 10/1/10). Tatanka (180 MW Wind) Dickey County, N.D., McPherson County, S.D. BBVA, Santander, BayernLB, JPMorgan Construction Loan $280M 6-9m No syndication planned (PFR, 1/11/08). Red Hills (130 MW Wind) Roger Mills and Custer Counties, Okla. BayernLB, Banco Sabadell, Banesto Construction Loan $270M TBA Deal wrapped fall of '08 (PFR, 8/14/09). JPMorgan Capital Corp., Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). AEI Jaguar Energy (300 MW) Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). AES Termoeléctrico de Penoles (230 MW Petcoke) Tamuin, Mexico Calyon Refinancing $227M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). Buffalo Gap 3 (170 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas Dexia, HVB 1-yr Deal wrapped in Dec. 2007 (PFR, 11/30/07). Angamos (520 MW Coal) Antofagasta Region, Chile ABN, BNP Term Loan $700M 17.5 Closed this fall (PFR, 10/10/08). Construction Loan $350M Armenia Mountain (100.5 MW Wind) Tioga County, Pa. Citibank, CoBank, Unicredit HVB, Union Bank Long-term, Non-recourse $221M TBA Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 8/17/09). Citigroup Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/17/09). Mountain View IV (149 MW Wind) Palm Springs, Calif. MUFG TBA $82M 17-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/11). Allegheny Energy TrAIL (180-Mile 500kV wire) Pa., W.Va., Va. Citigroup, BNP Term Loan $530M 7-yr Syndication wrapped 8/15 (PFR, 8/18/08) . Revolver $20M AIMPowerGen SOP Phase I (40 MW Wind) Ontario Fortis Term Loan $75M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/18/08). Airtricity Champion (126.5 MW Wind) Various HVB, Mizuho Construction Loan $210 million Banks funded (PFR, 12/7/07). Letter of Credit $5 million Roscoe (209 MW Wind) Abilene, Texas HVB, NordLB, BayernLB Construction loan $399M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 9/6/07). 2008 Turbine Supply Central New York HVB, Mizuho Turbine Supply Loan $325M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/16/07). American Renewables Nacogdoches (100 MW Biomass) Sacul, Texas BoTM/Union Bank, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Bought by Southern Co. and financed on balance sheet (PFR, 10/9/09). ArcLight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $275M TBA Leads finalize deal, backing a 1,412 MW operational portfolio (PFR, 1/3/11). ArcLight Capital Partners, SGR Holdings Southern Pines Energy Center (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). Southern Pines (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. SunTrust TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/8/08). Astoria Energy II Astoria II (500 MW Gas) Queens, N.Y. Banco Santander, BNP Paribas, BoTM/Union Bank, Calyon, Export Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Construction/Term Loan $970M C+5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/2/09). Development Bank of Canada, Helaba, Natixis, SocGen, WestLB Letters of Credit $110M TBA Babcock & Brown Power, Pittsburg Power Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. BayernLB Construction Loan $299M 33-yr Deal closed early 2008 (PFR, 1/11/08). BP, Ridgeline Goshen II (90 MW Wind) Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). BP, Sempra Fowler Ridge II (199.5 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). BP Wind Energy, Sempra Generation Cedar Creek II (250.8 MW Wind) Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Leads wrap deal (PFR, 12/21/10). Brick Power Holdings Tiverton (265 MW Gas) Tiverton, R.I. Barclays, Goldman Recapitalization $97M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/30/09). Rumford (265 MW Gas) Rumford, Maine Bright Capital Partners, Vader Piet (30 MW Wind) Aruba Dexia, Eksport Kredit Non-Recourse $60M 13-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). Hutting Windenergie Fonden, Nordea Allied Irish Bank Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08). Broadway Gen Funding Various Ga., Nev. GE, ING Term Loan $290M 7-yr Closed (PFR, 6/19/08). Brookfield Renewable Power Comber (166 MW) Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). Gosfield (50.6 MW Wind) Essex County, Ontario BoTM, Scotia TBA $102M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/22/10). Prince Wind (189 MW Wind) Sault St. Marie, Ontario Scotia, Dexia Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) 5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 12/7/07). Caithness Energy, GE EFS Shepherds Flat (909 MW Wind) Oregon BoTM, WestLB, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Leads close largest wind financing in U.S. (PFR, 12/27/10). Calpine Blue Spruce (468 MW, Gas) Aurora, Colo. CoBank, ACB, Siemens Refinancing $90M 10-yr No syndication planned (PFR, 2/8/08). Cannon Power Windy Point (500 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash HSH Construction Loan $360M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Siemens TBA $178M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/5/09). Calpine Corp. Deer Park (400 MW Gas) Harris County, Texas ING, Union Bank, WestLB TBA $150M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/26/09). Calpine Steamboat Holdings Unknown (250 MW CoGen) Freeport, Texas Calyon, WestLB Refinancing $465M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/25/09). Unknown (365 MW Comb. Cyc.) Mankato, Minn. Cardinal Gas Storage Perryville (7.5 bcf Gas Storage) Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal wraps oversubscribed (PFR, 5/21/10). Carlyle/Riverstone Topaz (1.5 GW Gas) Various, Texas Morgan Stanley, Dexia, Construction Loan $615M 6-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 6/28/08). ING, Natixis Working Capital facility $75M 6-yr LC $50M 2-yr Catalyst Renewables, Hannon Armstrong 50 MW Hudson Ranch I (geo) Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Centinela, SNPower Totoral (46 MW Wind) Chile DnB, International Finance Corp. Term Loan $61.5M 18-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/08). CIT Energy Broad River (847 MW Gas) Gaffney, S.C. Barclays Capital Refinancing $290M 5-year Deal wrapped, upsized (PFR, 7/13/09). South Point (520 MW Gas) Bullhead City, Ariz. Competitive Power Ventures Keenan II (152 MW Wind) Woodward County, Okla. Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA Deal wrapped oversubscribed (PFR, 2/5/10). Duke Energy Top of the World (200 MW Wind) Casper, Wyo. BoTM, BBVA, SocGen, Caja Madrid Term Loan $193M 18-yr Sponsor reaches financial close (PFR, 11/7/10). EDF EN Canada St. Isidore A (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal closes on first phase (PFR, 1/7/11). Edison Mission Energy Cedro Hills (350 MW wind) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Portfolio ( 455 MW Wind) Nebraska, N.M., Texas BayernLB, BNP, Dexia, WestLB TBA $202M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). Various (362 MW Wind) Neb., N.M., Texas WestLB Refi $260M 10-yr Refi wraps with 9 participants (PFR, 3/2/11). El Paso Ruby Pipeline (675-mile Natural Gas Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Empresas ICA La Yesca (750 MW Hydro) Nayarit, Mexico Citibank/Banamex, HSBC, BBVA Bancomer, Grupo Santander, NordLB, Scotia Capital and Natixis Construction Loan $910M 4-yr, 9m Deal wrapped late spring, 2008 (PFR, 2/15/08). Revolver $80M Enel, TradeWinds Energy Smoky Hills II (148.5 MW Wind) Salina, Kan. JPM Capital Corp., New York Life Insurance, Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity $140M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Energias do Brasil PECEM I (720 MW coal) Ceara, Brazil BNDES TBA $774M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09) IDB A Loan $147M 17-yr Calyon, Caixa-Banco de Investimento, Millennium BCP B Loan $180M 13-yr EdF Energias Nouvelles La Ventosa (67.5 MW Wind) Oaxaca, Mexico Ex-Im Bank Term Loan $80.6M 14-year Set to wrap financing (PFR, 12/7/09). IFC TBA $21.5M TBA IADB, World Bank Energy Capital Partners Rensselear (535 MW Gas) Rensselaer, N.Y. Barclays, UBoC Construction Loan $400M 8-yr Syndication set to wrap (PFR, 11/2/07). HoldCo Loan $170M Revolver $100M Letter of Credit $35M Energy Investors Fund Panoche (400 MW Gas) Fresno, Calif. BNP Paribas Senior Secured Bonds $321M 21.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/29/08). enXco Shiloh II (150 MW Wind) Solano County, Calif. NordLB, CIC, Dexia, SocGen Construction/Term Loan $350M TBA SocGen joined club for term (PFR, 2/16/09). Arnprior (23.4 MW Solar) Arnprior, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). EnXco Hoosier (106 MW Wind) Fowler, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). Eurus Energy Americas Combine Hills II (63 MW Wind) Umatilla County, Ore. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/13/09). Eurus Energy, NRG Energy Various (45 MW Solar) TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $209M TBA Five banks close deal (9/27/10). EverPower Highland North (75 MW Wind) Krayn, Penn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 3/4/11). First Wind Cohocton (125 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. HSH Nordbank, NordLB Term Loan $95M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/6/09). Cohocton (125 MW Wind Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Milford I (203 MW Wind) Milford, Utah Banco Espirito Santo, Bank of Ireland, BNP, CoBank, Credit Suisse, HSH, Santander, SocGen Construction Loan $376M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). Credit Suisse Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity secured (PFR, 10/5/09). Milford II (100 MW Wind) Milford, Utah RBS, HSH TBA $220M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/22/10). Rollins (60 MW Wind) Penobscot County, Maine Key Bank, NordLB TBA $81M 18-mo Deal wraps, with JPMorgan taking tax equity stake (PFR, 12/6/10). Sheffield (40 MW Wind) Caledonia County, Vt. Key Bank Construction $76M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/19/11). Stetson (57, 25.5 MW Wind) Danforth. Maine Alberta Investment Management Term Loan $115M 8.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09) HSH Nordbank TBA $76M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/27/09). BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Foothills Energy, High Sierra Energy Monroe (12 Bcf gas Storage) Amory, Miss. Fortis TBA $140M TBA Deal wrapped in early June (PFR, 7/18/08). FPL Energy Northern Frontier (600 MW Wind) Various UniCredit, Mizuho Back-Leveraged Loan $250M Syndication wrapped (PFR, 3/3/08). Heartland (Wind) Unknown Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, BBVA, Calyon, Lloyds, Mizuho, NordLB, UniCredit Term Facility $372.5M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/24/08). Guacolda Maitencillo (152 MW Thermo) Maitencillo, Chile Calyon Construction Loan $260M 15-yr Wrapped (PFR, 12/20/07). GDF SUEZ CTA (165 MW Coal) Mejillones, Chile International Finance Corp. A Loan $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) Calyon, Fortis, ING, Helaba, Sumitomo B Loan $293M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/29/08) GE EFS, Exergy Development Group Various (183 MW Wind) Idaho BoTM TBA TBA 15-18-yr CoBank wraps second financing backing portfolio of farms (PFR, 3/16/11). GE Energy Financial Services, Orion Energy Unknown (130 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. Dexia, Helaba, Lloyds TSB, NordLB Mini-Perm $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/28/09). GNL Quintero LNG Receiving/Regasification Quintero Bay, Chile Banesto, BBVA, Calyon, Term Loan $660 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/15/08). Fortis, ING, Intesa, Mizuho, Santander, WestLB Senior Loan TBA TBA GWF Energy Tracy (314 MW Combined Cycle) Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M 10-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/30/10). Harbinger Capital Partners Calgary Energy (300 MW Gas) Alberta, Canada UBoC Refinancing C$319M ($319M) Wrapped (PFR, 10/5/07). Hobbs Power Funding Unidentified (604 MW Gas) Hobbs, N.M. Siemens Financial Services Term Loan $42.5M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). Horizon Wind Meadow Lake II (99 MW Wind) White County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA JPMorgan makes tax equity investment (PFR, 10/28/10). Rail Splitter (101 MW Wind) Logan County, Ill. JPM Capital Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity deal wrapped (PFR, 9/7/09). Various (631 MW Wind) Various JPMorgan, New York Life, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Tax equity portfolio closed (PFR, 12/15/08). Innergex Carleton (109.5 MW Wind) Quebec SMBC, BOTM Term Loan $67.7M 5-yr Deal Wrapped (PFR, 11/26/08). Invenergy Beech Ridge (100.5 MW Wind) Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Forward Energy (99 MW Wind) Wis. Dexia Credit Local, NordLB $249M 17-yr Deal wrapped 4/3 (PFR, 3/31/08). Grand Ridge (99 MW Wind) Ottawa, Ill. UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $189M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Grand Ridge Expansion (111 MW Wind) LaSalle County, Ill. Dexia, Unicredit HVB Construction/Term $111.2M TBA Deal wrapped mid-May (PFR, 7/10/09). Letter of Credit $6.7M TBA McAdoo (150MW Wind) Dickens County, Texas UniCredit HVB Construction Loan $262.3M 6m Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/23/08) Letter of Credit $38.1M 6m Stanton (120 MW Wind) Martin County, Texas Dexia, Natixis Construction Loan $229M Under 1-yr Financing closed (PFR, 11/30/07) St. Clair Power Station (570 MW Gas) Sarnia, Ontario, Canada RBC Construction Loan $383M 5-yr Deal wrapped in Sept. (PFR, 7/6/07) LC facility $96M 2009 Turbine Supply (800 MW) Various HSH, UniCredit HVB Turbine Supply Loan $1B Under 1-yr No syndication planned. Various (Wind) New York, Oregon, Texas Unicredit HVB TBA $500M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). IIF Coastal Winds Investment, JPMorgan, Union Bank of California, Wells Fargo Tax Equity TBA TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/12/09). Vantage (103 MW Wind) Vantage, Wash. Dexia, Unicredit HVB TBA $115M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10). Irradia Irradia (300,000 Gal./day LNG) Lima, Peru WestLB Construction Loan $81.6M Deal wrapped last month (PFR, 3/4/08). Kleen Energy Systems Middletown (520 MW) Middletown, Conn. Goldman Sachs Term Loan A $435M 10-yr Wrapped 6/13, (PFR, 6/19/08). Term Loan B $295M 17-yr Revolver/LC $255M 10-yr Kruger Energy Chatham (100 MW Wind) Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Deal wraps, marking DB's return to lending (PFR, 5/28/10). Port Alma (101.2 MW Wind) Ontario Scotia Capital TBA TBA TBA Deal closed in May (PFR, 11/2/09) LEP Holdings Liberty Electric Power (568 MW Gas) Eddystone, Pa. Credit Suisse, JPMorgan, OpCo Loan $325M 7-yr Syndication wrapped mid-Nov. (PFR, 12/20/07). Deutsche Bank Revolver $35M Tranches upsized mid-Oct. LS Power Sandy Creek (800 MW Coal) Riesel, Texas Credit Suisse, RBS Term Loan $1.2B 8-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 11/20/07). LS Power, NV Energy One Nevada Transmission Line Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA TBA TBA LS wraps federal loan (PFR, 2/16/11). Macquarie Capital Amherstburg (35 MW Solar) Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 7/6/10). Martin Resources Arcadia Gas Storage (15.5 Bcf) Arcadia, La. CIT Construction/Term Loan $125M 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/30/08). Mirant Marsh Landing (760 MW Gas-Fired) Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Mitsui, Korea Gas, Samsung Manzanillo (500 bcf LNG Regas) Manzanillo, Mexico BBVA, BoTM, Calyon, Development Bank of Japan, Mizuho, KEXIM, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Construction/Term Loan $680M 12-yr Seven lenders set to wrap (PFR, 9/14/09). MMA Renewable Ventures Macy’s Rooftop (8 MW Solar) California TBA Non-recourse TBA TBA Deal closed 4/1 (PFR, 4/1/08). Montana Alberta Tie Montana Alberta Tie Lethbridge County, Mont. HSH Nordbank A Loan $90M TBA Letter of commitment signed (PFR, 12/8/08). (214 Miles Transmission) to Great Falls, Alberta B Loan $9M TBA Letter of Intent for Credit $19M TBA Morris Energy Group Portfolio (638 MW) Various Morgan Stanley Refinancing $130M Syndication wrapped 2/27 (PFR, 3/3/08). NextEra Energy Resources Heartland II (400 MW Wind) Iowa, North Dakota Banco Santander, TBA $343M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). BoTM, BayernLB, BBVA, BNP, Calyon, Commerzbank, Helaba, Lloyds, UniCredit NaturEner USA Glacier (210 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Banco Espirito Santo, Morgan Stanley Construction Loan $132M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). Morgan Stanley Tax Equity/Back Leverage $156M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/1/08). NaturEner USA Glacier II (103.5 MW Wind) Ethridge, Mont. Morgan Stanley Tax Equity $115-125M TBA Deal set to wrap (PFR, 7/13/09). Construction Loan $125M TBA Nevada Geothermal Blue Mountain (49.5 MW Geothermal) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services closes a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). NextEra Energy Resources Blythe Energy Center (500 MW Gas-Fired) Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB Refi $305M 7-yr Refi wraps without SMBC (PFR, 12/22/10). Noble Environmental Power Altona, Ellenberg, Clinton Altona, Ellenberg, HSH Nordbank, Dexia Non-recourse loan $445M 10-year Syndication wrapped 10/16/07 (PFR, 6/22/07). Various Various HSH Nordbank, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Dexia Credit Local Turbine Supply Loan $460M 3-yr Closed late Oct. (PFR, 11/5/07). 2008 Portfolio Upstate New York Citibank, BBVA, Lloyds, Construction Loan $625M 15-yr Closed (PFR, 8/15/08).. Scotia, HSH, RBS Energy Hedge LC $72.5M 15-yr Debt Service Reserve LC $72.5M 15-yr Great Plains (114 MW Wind) Texas Panhandle Bankers Commercial Corp. Tax Equity TBA TBA Project garners tax equity (PFR, 11/23/09). Northland Power Mont Louis (100 MW Wind) Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/19/10). Saskatchewan (265 MW Combined Cycle) North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Thorold CoGen (265 MW Gas) Thorold, Ontario BMO, Manulife, Sun Life Construction Loan C$451M 20-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 10/19/07). NRG, UI Devon and Middletown Devon and Middletown, Royal Bank of Construction/ $291 million 7-year Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/4/09). (394 MW Gas) Conn. Scotland, Union Bank Term Loan/Equity Bridge Loan $243 million TBA NuCoastal Victoria (300 MW Gas) Houston, Texas Calyon Term Loan $87M 7.5-yr Deal wrapped this month (PFR, 11/9/07). Letter of Credit $10M 7.5-yr Olympus Power Cadillac (39.6 MW Biomass) Cadillac, Mich. DZ Bank, UBoC TBA TBA TBA Banks mandated in Jan. No syndication planned (PFR, 2/22/08). PacificHydro Coya, Pangal (76.3 MW Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile BNP, Dexia Refinancing $75M Deal wrapped 2/29 (PFR, 3/3/07). Chacayes (106 Hydro) Cachapoal River, Chile Calyon, DnB Nor, Construction/ $172M 12-14 yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/18/09). Société Générale, WestLB Term Loan Padoma Wind Power Sherbino I (150 MW Wind) Pecos County, Texas Fortis Construction/Term Loan $280M 15-yr Deal wrapped 3/28 (PFR, 4/4/08). Pattern Energy Hatchet Ridge (101 MW Wind) Redding, Calif. Calyon, LBBW, Natixis, UBoC, SocGen, WestLB Term Loan $200M 7-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/19/09). PeruLNG PeruLNG (625 mcf per day Regas) Pampa Melchorita, Peru SocGen, BBVA Construction Loan $250M TBA Wrapped 6/26 (PFR, 1/18/08). Plutonic Power, GE Energy Toba Montrose (196 MW Hydro) British Columbia Manulife, Standard Life, Canada Life, SunLife, Industrial Alliance Construction Loan $500M Wrapped (PFR, 9/28/07). Pristine Power York Energy Centre (393 MW Gas) King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Pure Energy Bayonne Energy Center (512 MW Gas) Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Ram Power San Jacinto Tizate (24 MW Geo) Lyon, Nicaragua Central American, Bank of Economic Integration, Export Development Canada, FMO, Cordinat Capital Term Loan $77M 9-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/11/10). Recurrent Energy Sunset Reservoir (5 MW Solar) San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). RES Hackberry Wind (165 MW Wind) Shackelford Co., Texas WestLB Construction Loan $352M 17-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/4/08). RMS Energy Dalhousie Mountain Nova Scotia Manulife Financial Construction/Term Loan $90M 2/20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/2/09). (51 MW Wind) Firelight Infrastructure Partners Equity TBA Rollcast Energy Piedmont Green Power (50MW Biomass) Barnesville, Ga. MUFG, Investec TBA $133M TBA MUFG, Investec wrap $133 million financing (PFR, 10/27/10). Shell, Dominion Mt.Storm (264 MW, Wind) Grant Co., W.Va. Fortis, BBVA Construction Loan $185M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Starwood Energy Midway (120 MW Gas) Fresno County, Calif. WestLB, SMBC Construction Loan $98.6M 15-yr Deal wrapped without a syndication (PFR, 3/21/08). Unidentified (20 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/18/10). Unidentified (30 MW Solar PV) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). SteelRiver Transmission Company Trans Bay Cable (400 MW Transmission) San Francisco, Calif. Barclays Capital Refi/144A $562M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 12/17/10). SunPower, Xcel Unidentified (19 MW Solar) Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/1/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phase 1 (150 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Calyon, CIT, Prudential Turbine Supply Loan $140M 1-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/10/09). Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Mini-Perm $394M 7-yr Deal wraps (PFR, 3/18/10). Alta Phases 2-4 (570 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Barclays, Citi, Credit Suisse TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, featuring $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Various (831 MW Renewables) Various BNP Paribas, Citibank, Bank of Montreal, Barclays, Credit Suisse, Fortress, ING, Natixis, UBoC, UBS Refi/Term Loan $215M 2.5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/9/09). Letter of Credit $25M TBA Terrawinds Resources Riviere-Du-loop (201 MW Wind) Riviere-Du-loop, Quebec HSH Nordbank Construction Loan C$300M ($300M) Deal wrapped late 2007. Third Planet Windpower Loraine (250 MW Wind) Loraine, Texas Morgan Stanley Equity $500M TBA Financing $500M project with equity from MS (PFR, 2/27/09). Western Wind Energy Windstar (120 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA $249M TBA Deal closes, with Sun Life participating (PFR, 1/7/11). Wind Capital Group Lost Creek (150 MW Wind) DeKalb County, Missouri BayernLB, Banco Santander, NordLB, Rabobank, Union Bank Mini-perm $240M 5-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 10/26/09). Closed Deals Europe/ME Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solnova 4 (50 MW Solar) Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR210M TBA Financing wrapped in summer of 2008 Various (Solar PV) Spain CaixaBI Term Loan EUR70M TBA Adwea, GDF SUEZ Shuweihat (1.6 GW/100migd water/power) near Abu Dhabi, U.A.E. BayernLB, Calyon, KfW, Bridge Loan $900M nine months Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/9/09). National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Natixis, Standard Chatered Stuttering Loan $2B 20-yr BoTM, BayernLB, BNP Paribas, KFW, HSBC, Mizuho, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, SocGen, Samba, Standard Chartered, Sumitomo Mitsui, Sumitomo Trust Refinancing Bridge Loan $1.1B 22-yr Refi expected to close by end of Sept. (PFR, 8/17/09). Japan Bank for International Cooperation $1.2B AIG Financial, 360 CORPORATE Olivenza (15 MW Solar) Extremadura, Spain WestLB Term Loan EUR122.8M 21-yr after Lead closed syndication (PFR, 5/12/08). VAT Facility EUR17.7M COD Mezzanine EUR10.3M Babcock & Brown French portfolio (165 MW Wind) Various, France BNP, DEPFA, Dexia, Refinancing EUR220M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/18/08). Breeze Four Undetermined (Wind) Germany, France UniCredit HVB Bond securitization EUR208.4M 19.9-yr Deal wrapped in summer of 2008. Carron Energy Severn Power (850 MW Gas) South Wales RBS, Calyon, ING Term Loan GBP400M 12-yr Syndication closed in 2009. Collateral Facility GBP125-150M Conergy Epuron (8 MW Solar Thermal) Southern Spain WestLB Construction Loan EUR69.4M 20-yr Syndication closed (PFR, 11/7/08). VAT Facility EUR12.2M 2-yr Various (three 2 MW Solar Plants) Castilla La Mancha, Spain HSH Nordbank Term Loan EUR50M 17-20yr Deal wrapped, (PFR, 11/3/08). VAT Facility Dolphin Energy Dolphin (226 Mile Pipeline) Qatar to Abu Dhabi RBS Refinancing $1.42 billion 10-yr Deal wrapped ( PFR, 8/3/09). Electricite de France, Sloe (820 MW Gas) Vlissingen, Netherlands Fortis, Bank of Scotland Construction loan EUR510M 19.5-yr Syndication wrapped (PFR, 2/25/08). Delta and HSBC Debt Service facility EUR25M First Solar, juwi solar Unknown (53 MW Solar) Brandenburg, Germany Bremer Landesbank, TBA EUR160M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 4/27/09). NordLB Fred Olsen Renewables Various (294.1 MW Wind) Various, U.K. Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi, Construction Loan GBP137M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/16/09). BNP Paribas, Fortis, Refinancing GBP114M HSBC, NordLB Debt Service GBP17M Reserve Facility Letter of Credit GBP30M Working Capital Facility GBP5M GDF SUEZ Energy, Gulf Investment Corp. Al Dur Bahrain Calyon, Mashreqbank, Standard Charted Mini-perm $1.2B 8-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 7/6/09). U.S. Ex-Im Bank TBA $200M TBA TBA Islamic Tranche $300M TBA Guris Germencik (47.7 MW Geothermal) Aydin, Turkey WestLB Commercial Facility $88.5M Financing wrapped (PFR, 1/18/08). Power, Marubeni Mitsui, Calyon Equity Bridge Loan $450M 2.5-yr Japan Bank of International Term Loan $1.35B Cooperation Standby Facility $108M Greentech Energy Systems Minverva Messina Randazzo, Sicily Natixis, WestLB Senior Loan, EUR76.6M, EUR7.2M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/31). (48.3 MW Wind) VAT Facility Iberdrola, API Unidentified (Wind) Puglia and Sicily, Italy RBS, BBVA, BNP Paribas, Calyon, ING, Intesa, Mediocredito Centrale, SocGen Portfolio Financing EUR515M 15-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 11/21/07). Nova Energia Calyon, ING, Intesa Sanpaolo InterGen Rijnmond (420 MW) Rijnmond, Netherlands Calyon, Bayern, Export Development of Canada, Fortis, ING, National Australia Bank, SocGen Refinancing EUR514M TBA Syndication wrapped (PFR, 7/25/08). Intrinergy Intrinergy VARE Holdings (17 MW Biomass) Belgium NordLB Senior Secured Debt $47M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR,10/21). Platina Finance 2 MW (Solar) Spain UniCredit HVB No syndication expected (PFR, 3/17). Qatar Petroleum and Ras Laffan C (2.6 GW hydro) Ras Laffan Industrial RBS advised - no MLAs TBA $3.25B TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 8/8). Qatar Water & Electricity Co. City, Qatar SkyPower, SunEdison Various (19 MW Solar) Ontario NordLB Term Loan $63.8M TBA Deal closed (PFR, 11/24). South Asia Energy Various (78 MW Hydro) Sri Lanka, Uganda FMO TBA $85M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 9/22). Management Systems SUEZ-led consortium Sohar IWPP (585 MW/33 mil gal/day) Oman Bank Muscat, Calyon, DZ, Europe Arab Bank, HSBC, National Bank of Oman, Oman Arab Bank, Oman International Bank, Standard Chartered, SMBC Term Loan $450M 17-yr Deal closed early this month (PFR, 4/7). Sumitomo Finca Verde (9 MW Solar) Canary Islands Mizuho Construction Loan EUR45M 19-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 5/19). T-Power Unknown (420 MW Combined Cycle) Tessenderlo, Belgium BBVA, Calyon, DZ Bank, Term Loan EUR395M Deal wrapped (PFR, 12/22). Fortis, ING, KBC, KfW, Reserve Facility EUR20M Lloyds TSB, RBS, WestLB Letter of Credit EUR12M Revolver EUR10 VAT Facility TBA Tata Power Coastal Gujarat (4 GW Coal) Mundra, India State Bank of India, Asian Term Loan INR55.5B 14-yr Closed on financing (PFR, 4/28). Dev. Bank, BNP, International Finance Corp., KEXIM, Korea Export Insurance Corp. Term Loan $1.8B 18-yr Total-led consortium Yemen LNG (6.7 tons per year LNG) Gulf of Aden, Yemen BoTM, BNP, Citi, ING, RBS, SocGen, SMBC Limited Recourse Tranche $1.7B 13-yr Closed mid-May (PFR, 5/23). Closed Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes International Power Hazelwood (1,675 MW Coal) Australia Australia and New Zealand Banking Group, Bank of America, Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi UFJ, BankWest, BNP Paribas, BOS International, Calyon Australia Ltd., Credit Industrial and Commercial, DBS Bank Ltd., Dexia Credit Local, Fortis, NordLB, Royal Bank of Scotland, Société Générale, United Overseas Bank Limited, West LB and Westpac Banking Corp Refinancing A$445M 2-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 2/8/10).
  • Live Deals: Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aeolis Wind Power Hackney (370 MW Wind) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Awaiting PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 12/14/09). Thunder Mountain (320 MW Wind) AES Fonseca (250 MW Coal) La Unión, El Salvador ABN, HSBC, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Planning to come to market (PFR, 4/9/09). Campiche (270 MW Coal) Chile Crédit Agricole, Fortis, HSBC, WestLB TBA $200M 7-yr Project loses environmental permit (6/30/09). AIMPowerGen Various (30 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Began talks with lenders by March (PFR, 1/12/09). Alpine Energy Unknown (33 MW Waste) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 4/5/10). Unknown (16 MW Waste) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands BNP TBA TBA TBA BNP mandated to lead deal (PFR, 12/15/10). American Electric Power, Allegheny Energy PATH (Transmission) Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors initiate informal talks with banks (PFR, 10/29/10). Americas Waste-to-Energy Various (Waste) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 9/8/08). AREVA, Duke Energy Unknown (50 MW Biomass) Hamilton County, Fla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Finalizing fuel and offtake contracts (PFR, 2/22/10). Axio Power Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer seeking $360-400 package for portolfio of solar PV (PFR, 7/12/10). Biomass Gas & Electric Various (195 MW Biomass) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA 45 MW Tallahassee plant cancelled; status of other projects N/A (PFR, 10/5/09). Biomass Group South Point (200 MW Biomass) South Point, Ohio WestLB Construction Loan $350-400M TBA Relaunching deal, looking for $160M tax equity (PFR,5/27/09). Biomass Secure Power Unknown (15 MW Biomass) Merritt, British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Bloom Energy Unidentified (Fuel Cell) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to project banks (PFR, 2/25/11). BrightSource Energy Various (1.3 GW Solar) Southern California TBA TBA TBA TBA Financial close expected by year end (PFR, 7/5/10). Brookfield Asset Management, Isolux Corsan CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) Texas MUFJ, Santander, Scotia, SocGen TBA $400-500M TBA Four tapped to finance project (PFR, 3/7/11). Brookfield Renewable Power Granite Renewable (99 MW Wind) Coos County, N.H. Citi, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Citi, WestLB begin pricing private placement (PFR, 3/18/11). Brookfield Renewable Power St. Anthony Falls (10 MW Hydro) Minneapolis, Minn. TBA TBA $20.76M TBA Sponsor will hunt financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Brookfield Renewable Power, Coram Energy Unknown (102 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors target first-quarter close (PFR, 12/31/11). Caletta Renewable Energy Port Erie (90 MW Tires) Erie, Pa. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Mahoning (90 MW Waste) Alliance, Ohio BoA TBA TBA TBA Palmer (35 MW Wood) Springfield, Mass. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Calpine Russell City (600 MW Combined-Cycle) Hayward, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Crédit Agricole stalks mandate (2/3/11). Los Esteros (300 MW Retrofit) San Jose, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 1/10/11). Canadian Superior Energy, Excalibur Energy Liberty Natural Gas (2.4 bcf LNG) Linden, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a financial adviser (PFR, 1/14/09). Cannon Power Group Aubanel Wind Farm (1 GW wind) Mexicali, Baja California TBA TBA TBA TBA Cannon to approach lenders in Q2 (PFR, 1/7/11). Windy (100 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash TBA TBA $180M TBA Financial close expected this quarter (PFR, 1/6/11). Cape Wind Associates Cape Wind (420 MW Wind) Nantucket Sound, Barclays TBA TBA TBA Signs on Siemens for wind turbines (PFR, 4/5/10). Castle & Cooke Unknown (400 MW Wind) Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with relationship lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Catalyst Renewables Unknown (37-40 MW Biomass) New York TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor reaches out to 10 banks about two biomass financings (PFR, 12/1/10). Cavallo Energy Cross Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-to-New York TBA TBA $400-$450 million TBA Mid-2011 financing eyed (PFR, 8/30/10). Central Maine Power, Maine & Maritimes Maine Power Connection (Transmission) Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Regulators say project is unnecessarily large (PFR, 10/29/09). Cobisa Unidentified (1,750 MW Gas) Greenville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Trouble securing financing w/o PPA (PFR, 6/22/09). Columbia Power, Columbia Basin Trust Unknown (435 MW Hydro) Waneta Dam, B.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Decision on project's future expected (PFR, 2/15/10). Cogentrix Various (110-130 MW) Colo., Puerto Rico, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly 80% debt for $700M portfolio (PFR, 9/13/10). Competitive Power Ventures Various (7 GW Wind) Various U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer plans massive pipeline of wind projects (PFR, 10/4/10). Conduit Capital Partners Kuntur Transportadora de Gas (700-mile Pipeline) Southern Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo advising (PFR, 5/13/09). Old Harbour Bay Expansion (60 MW Diesel) Jamaica TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks, multilaterals and ECAs for financing (PFR, 6/22/09). Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Unidentified (100 MW Wind) Mutton Mountain, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Tribes considering tax equity, outside developers (PFR, 1/19/09). Confederation Power Various (90 MW Hydro) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Weighing financing pending PPA award (PFR, 1/12/09). Coram Energy Various (22 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Marathon Capital TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity, debt (PFR, 2/15/10). Competitive Power Ventures Ashley (200 MW Wind) McIntosh County, N.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Cimarron (165 MW Wind) Gray County, Kan. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Sentinel (800 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA TBA TBA Deal priced at 225 basis points over LIBOR (PFR, 3/3/11). Unidentified (700 MW Gas) Woodbridge, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor bids into NJ BPU auction (PFR, 2/22/11). Duke Energy Various (Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to Chinese co. for partnership (PFR,1/27/10). Eastern Power Greenfield South (280 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario Morgan Stanley TBA C$200-250M TBA MS making calls to lenders (PFR, 2/15/10). EDF EN Canada Lac-Alfred (300 MW Wind) La Matapédia et la Mitis, Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks initial pricing beneath 250 bps (PFR, 3/9/11). St. Isidore B (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA EDF hunts pricing starting at 225 bps (PFR, 3/9/11). Edison Mission Energy Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project Petersurg, Neb. TBA TBA TBA TBA Club deal with pricing at 250 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 5/13/10). Taloga (130 MW Wind) Dewey County, Okla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taking bids to lead financing (PFR, 8/24/09). Elecnor, Isolux Corsán Unidentified (366 Miles Transmission) Vizcarra to Carhuaquero, Peru) TBA TBA TBA TBA Citi is advising (PFR, 3/9/09). Enel, TradeWinds Energy Various (1.2 GW Wind) Midwest TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity (PFR, 3/16/09) Various (50 MW Geothermal) Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBA Tax equity deal to close in two months (PFR, 1/14/09). Enerdyne Power Systems Unknown (3 MW Landfill Gas) Clarksville, Tenn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for banks to provide debt (PFR, 9/7/09). Energy Answers International, Energy Investors Funds Arecibo (80 MW Waste-to-Energy) Arecibo, P.R. BNP TBA TBA TBA Sponsors hunting debt for $500 million project (PFR, 12/19/10). enXco Lakefield (201 MW Wind) Minnesota Dexia, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Q1 closing eyed (PFR, 12/13/10). Energy Investors Fund Hot Springs (48MW Geo) Elko, Nev. DZ Bank, Fortis Capital TBA $120M TBA EIF takes ownership from TG Power (PFR, 10/5/09). Various (80 MW Landfill Gas) U.S. TBA TBA $200M TBA Looking for recap (PFR, 2/15/10). Energy 5.0 Unidentified (Solar 25 MW) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering financing options (PFR, 1/11/10). Éolectric Various (675 MW Wind) Canada and Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a strategic partner (PFR, 3/30/09). Eolia La Ventosa (164 MW) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). eSolar, NRG Energy Unidentified (92 MW Solar) El Paso, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Applied for DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 6/22/09). Eurus Energy Bull Creek (180 MW Wind) Borden County, Texas Mizuho TBA $296.1M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/23/09). EverPower 2009 Turbine Supply Midwest, Pacific N.W. KeyBanc Capital Markets Turbine supply $140M Looking for financing (PFR, 5/23/09). Highland I (62.5 MW Wind) Cambria County, Pa. TBA TBA $65M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/1/09). Howard (50-63 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Buckeye (300 MW Wind) Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Falcon Gas Storage MoBay (50Bcf Gas Storage) Mobile County, Ala. BNP, ING Construction/Term Loan $400M 7-yr Financial close on hold as sponsor works to secure equity (PFR, 7/16/10). First Solar Desert Sunlight (550 MW Solar PV) Desert Center, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hopes to begin construction in 2011 (PFR, 8/16/10). Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor scouts portfolio financing (PFR, 11/12/10). Fishermen's Energy Various (20 MW Offshore Wind) Atlantic City, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeking at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split (PFR, 7/20/10). FPL Group Various (Solar) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing planned for Q1-2 2010 (PFR, 6/1/09). GDF SUEZ Energy International Proyecto Eólico (49.5 MW Wind) Guanacaste, Costa Rica TBA TBA $80M TBA Sponsor looking to arrange a club (PFR, 1/30/09). Gemini Solar Unknown (30 MW Solar) Austin, Texas TBA TBA $150M TBA Looking to mandate before month-end (PFR, 9/14/09). Gilead Power Corp. Ostrander (20 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Shelved funding plans due to credit crisis (PFR, 3/6/09). Gradient Resources Patua (60 MW Phase I Geo) Reno, Nev. TBA TBA $200M TBA Year-end closing eyed (PFR, 10/4/10). Grasslands Renewable Energy Wind Spirit (1,300 Miles Transmission Northern Plains TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering project finance options (PFR, 6/8/09). Great Lakes Ohio Wind Great Lakes (20 MW Offshore Wind) Near Cleveland, Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA KeyBanc has informal discussions with sponsor (PFR, 9/20). Greenfield South Power Unidentified (293 MW Gas) Ontario Credit Suisse B Loan $335M TBA Credit Suisse offering sweeteners to close deal (PFR, 8/2/10). Greengate Power Halkirk (150 MW Wind) Alberta TBA TBA C$350M TBA Closing in on PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 1/25/2010). Homeland Renewable Energy, Laidlaw Energy Various (Biomass) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA JV to seek p.f. before August 2010 (PFR, 9/28/09). Horizon Wind Blue Canyon (99 MW) Southern California GE EFS TBA TBA TBA GE EFS to loan money to the projects (PFR, 11/9/09). Various (600 MW Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking tax equity (PFR, 9/7/09). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Deal expected to launch in November (PFR, 10/25/10). Independence Wind, Wagner Wind Energy Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA Sponsors snag conditional federal loan (PFR, 3/8/11). Highland (117 MW MW) Highland Plantation, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing launch expected next year (PFR, 3/17/11). International Power Various (3.5 GW Gas) New England, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA $770M debt due for refi in July (PFR, 9/7/09). Invenergy Le Plateau (138 MW Wind) Quebec, Canada Natixis, RBC TBA TBA TBA Natixis and RBC snag mandates (PFR, 11/10/10). White Oak (150 MW Wind) McLean County, Ill. TBA TBA $300M TBA Sponsor scouts financing (PFR, 10/27/10). ISAGEN Sogamoso (820 MW Hydro) Santander, Columbia Banco Santander Local/International Bonds $600M TBA Seeking ECA and multilaterals ahead of p.f. (PFR, 4/20/09). ITC Holdings Various (Transmission) Kansas, Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for ways to finance outside of revolver, FMBs (PFR, 12/14/09). Just-Wind Logan County (368 MW Wind) Logan County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Emmons County (900 MW Wind) Emmons County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders, tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Juwi Solar Various (200 MW Photovoltaic) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Liberty Energy Liberty Energy Center (6.5 MW Biosolid) Hamilton, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt/equity (PFR, 2/25/09). Las Brisas Energy Center 1.3 GW Petroleum Coke Corpus Christi, Tex. Morgan Stanley Bonds, bank/construction loan $1 billion TBA Want to finance and then sell project (PFR, 3/29/10). Lincoln Renewable Energy Various (100 MW Solar PV) New Jersey TBA TBA $400-500M TBA Sponsor targets relationship lenders of Airtricity and SunPower (PFR, 10/11/10). LNG Development Pipeline (117 miles) Warrenton to Moalla, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will start talking to banks mid-2010 (PFR, 9/14/09). LS Power Cross Texas (300 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA BNP Paribas among lenders eying financing (PFR, 3/22/11). Mainstream Renewable Power Laguna Verde (35 MW Wind) Valparaiso, Chile TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to German banks for financing (PFR, 2/2/09). Merchant Energy Partners East Cheyenne (Gas Storage 19 bcf) Logan County, Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to hire banks at year-end (PFR, 7/13/09). Mitsubishi Corp. Unidentified (300 MW Co-Gen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 1/12/09). Mitsui, Tokyo Gas Various (Gas-fired) Mexico Sumitomo, BoTM, Mizuho TBA TBA TBA Lead banks lined up (PFR, 1/11/10). Mohave Sun Power Unknown (340 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Will approach the market for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 4/27/09). National Wind Various (Wind) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with internat'l co. for partnership (PFR, 10/23/09). Goodhue (78 MW Wind) Goodhue County, Minn. TBA Tax Equity $160-180M TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unidentified (400 MW Wind) Northeast Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unknown (500 MW Wind) Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and investors (PFR, 12/4/09). NaturEner Rim Rock (309 MW) Glacier and Toole Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to p.f. $500M of the project this year (PFR, 6/15/09). Nautilus Solar Energy, Starwood Energy Unknown (50-60 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders for multi-million dollar project (PFR, 2/23/09). Naikun Wind Energy, Enmax Green Power Naikun Phase I (400 MW Wind) Haida Gwaii, British Columbia BoTM TBA TBA TBA Looking beyond Canadian banks for p.f. (PFR, 10/5/09) Nevada Geothermal Various (60 MW Geothermal) Nevada and Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor to seek DOE loan guarantees (PFR, 9/20/10). Nevada Hydro Talega-Escondido/Valley -Serrano (Transmission 500 kV) Southern California CIT Group TBA TBA TBA CIT shortlists equity co.'s for investing (PFR, 10/28/09). NextEra Energy Resources Genesis Solar Energy Project (250 MW) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA $1B+ TBA NextEra hunts DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 2/2/11). Unknown (Concentrating Solar) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor begins hunt for debt (PFR, 10/22/10). NextLight Renewable Power Unknown (150 MW Solar) Boulder City, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will look for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 10/12/09). AV Solar Ranch I (230 MW Solar) Antelope Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Agua Caliente (280 MW Solar) Yuma, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Silver State (400 MW Solar) Primm, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Northland Power Kabinakagomi (26 MW Hydro) Kabinakagomi River, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets 2012 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Manitoulin Island (60 MW Wind) Maitoulin Island, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor talking to lenders about 2011 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Various (130 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor plans to finance projects between 2011 and 2013 (PFR, 8/9/10). NRG Energy El Segundo (550 MW Gas) Carlsbad, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Dexia targets mandate (PFR, 2/11/11). Roadrunner (20 MW Solar PV) Santa Teresa, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hunts financing backing farm (PFR, 3/1/11). Various (Solar) Various, U.S. Royal Bank of Scotland Revolver TBA TBA Deal on hold (PFR, 1/25/10). Ocean Renewable Power Corp. Various (165-210 MW Hydro) Alaska, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking equity investors (PFR, 10/27/09). Odebrecht Chaglla (406 MW Hydro) Peru BNP TBA $650M TBA BNP approaches lenders about participating in financing (PFR, 3/11/11). Oglethorpe Power Vogtle (2.2 GW nuclear) Waynesboro, Ga. TBA TBA TBA TBA Snags DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 2/16/10). Ormat Technologies Brawley (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with JPMorgan for tax equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Various (80-90 MW Geothermal) California and Nevada John Hancock TBA TBA TBA John Hancock mandated to lead deal (12/8/10). OwnEnergy Various (Wind) U.S. TBA $200M TBA In talks with infrastructure funds (PFR, 12/14/09). Panda Energy Two 15-20 MW photovoltaic projects TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Con Edison Development will assist with financing (PFR, 5/3/10). Pattern Energy Various (Wind) Nevada, Ontario, Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBA TBA Pattern hunts over $1 billion in debt for projects (PFR, 1/21/11). Various Saskatchewan TBA Construction term $200-$400 M TBA Will seek financing by year-end (PFR, 3/23/10). Preneal Vientos del Istmo (395.9 MW Wind) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). Grand Valley (20.3 MW) Grand Valley, Ontario TBA TBA $37.9M 20-yr Sponsor will seek financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Project Resources Corporation Lakeswind (100 MW Wind) Fargo-Moorhead, Minn. TBA TBA $200M TBA PRC in talks with MUFG about sales-leaseback (PFR, 11/8/10). Quintana Capital Group, Chase Power Development Las Brisas Energy Center (1,320 MW petroleum coke-fired) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for more than $1 billion to finance the $3.2B project (PFR, 4/21/10). Radback Energy Oakley (624 MW Gas) Contra Costa County, Calif. BoTM, Crédit Agricole, ING, Scotia TBA TBA TBA RBS joins financing (PFR, 2/28/11). Ram Power Iris (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor hopes to ink financing by mid-2011 (PFR, 8/18/10). Orita I (49.9 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor considering a private placement (PFR, 9/20/10). Raser Technologies Unknown (42 MW Geo) Beaver County, Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA To look for financing pending DOE guarantee (PFR, 7/7/09). Recurrent Energy Various (170+ MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA CIBC considered to lead bonds portion of deal (PFR, 1/31/11). Various (335 MW Solar) Southwest U.S., Hawaii, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to finance with a mix of debt/equity (PFR, 3/23/09). Renewable Ventures Unidentified (26 MW Solar) Apex, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to secure some p.f. next year (PFR, 8/24/09) Renewable Energy Systems Greenwich (99 MW Wind) Dorion, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 4/5/10). Talbot (99 MW Wind) Chatham Kent, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 11/23/09). Renewable Energy Services Limited Statia Terminals (24 MW Wind) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders (PFR, 2/9/09). Riverbank Power Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Sparta, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Wiscasset, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Run of River Power Various (190 MW Run-of-River) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Various (90 MW Biomass) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Salt River Project, Shell WindEnergy, SouthWestern Power Group II, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Tucson Electric Power SunZia (460 Miles Transmission) Arizona and New Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing scouted (PFR, 2/25/11). Santee Cooper, South Carolina Electric & Gas Summer Nuclear Station (2.2 GW Nuclear) Jenkinsville, S.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taps bonds for pre-construction (PFR, 12/7/09). Scotian Windfields, SkyPower Digby Neck (30 MW) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Sharyland Utilities CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) West Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Mandates to be awarded this month (PFR, 3/14/11). Sithe Global Southdown (800 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 3/1/10). SkyPower Various (30 MW Solar PV) Ontario Deutsche Bank TBA TBA TBA Sponsor mandates Deutsche Bank to leading financing (PFR, 11/9/10). Sol Sage Various (10-20 MW Solar) East Coast, U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt and tax equity (PFR, 6/29/09). SolarGen USA Various (100 MW Solar) Central Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $400M TBA Sponsor hopes to close portfolio financing by year-end (PFR, 7/12/10). Solar Power Partners Various (600 MW Solar) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Early 2011 targeted for closing of first chunk of debt financing (PFR, 8/2/10). SolarReserve Crescent Dunes (100 MW Solar) Tonopah, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors seeks 80% equity and a DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 7/30). Rice (150 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA SolarReserve seeks loan from U.S. Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 10/12/10). Solar Trust of America Various (485 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank TBA $2B TBA Citi, Deutsche Bank talking to lenders about two solar thermal plants (PFR, 7/14/10). Solar Utilities Network Unknown (2 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investors (PFR, 3/2/09). St. Laurent Ènergies Various (654 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks by mid-year (PFR, 1/18/10). Starwood Energy Group Sault Ste. Marie (40 MW solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA TBA TBA Starwood is hunting debt to develop 40 MW of photovoltaic projects in Ontario (PFR, 4/19/10). Starwood Energy Unidentified (290 MW Solar) Harquahala, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor looking for a PPA (PFR, 9/27/10). Unidentified (100 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA SocGen eyes financing (PFR, 2/11/11). Stirling Energy Systems Imperial Valley (300 MW Solar) Imperial County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). Calico (300 MW Solar) San Bernardino, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). SunEdison Various (Solar) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach lenders for $10-50M (PFR, 6/29/09). TDX Power Chakachamna (335 MW Hydro) Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeks combinations of state funding, equity and debt (PFR, 3/2/09). Tecta Solar Various (Solar) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for $10-20M tax equity (PFR, 6/5/09). Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (600 MW coal-fired) Nolan County, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska will seek financing after there is more clarity on climate change legistlation (PFR, 4/20/10). Various (250 MW Solar PV) California TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska scouts debt for two solar plants (PFR, 11/12/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta Phases 6 and 8 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA Mini-Perm TBA C+ 7-yr Financing expected to begin by early April (PFR, 3/15/11). Alta Phases 7 and 9 (300 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal launch expected within year (PFR, 3/15/11). Unidentified (Geothermal) TBA TBA TBA $60-100M TBA Sponsor eyes year-end financing (PFR, 3/23/11). Transporta de Gas de Peru Pipeline Expansion Cuzco-Lima, Peru TBA TBA $320M TBA Looking for second round of funding (PFR 5/25/09) Tres Amigas Substation Clovis, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA In preliminary talks with lenders (PFR, 10/19/09). Trillium Power Wind Trillium Power I (700 MW Wind) Lake Ontario, Canada RBC TBA TBA TBA RBC to launch private equity placement (PFR, 8/31/09). U.S. Geothermal Neal Hot Springs (26 MW Geo) Boise, Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBA Coming to market at year-end for $120M (PFR, 2/16/09). San Emidio Expansion (3.6 MW Geo) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA U.S. Power Generating Various (Peakers) New York, New York TBA Refinancing $680M TBA Looking at refinancing (PFR, 1/25/10). Unknown Unknown (Biomethane) Iowa Hannover Consulting TBA TBA TBA Looking to finance $80M project with 60% debt (PFR, 7/20/09). Wagner Wind Energy, Independence Wind Record Hill (50.6 MW Wind) Oxford County, Maine FFB TBA $102M TBA DOE awards conditional loan guarantee (PFR, 3/8/11). Western Wind Energy Unidentified (30 MW Solar) Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Manulife TBA $249M TBA Manulife snags mandate (PFR, 2/8/11). Wind Capital Group Unidentified (Wind) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Closing targeted for second quarter (PFR, 3/4/11). Wind Energy Systems Technology Unidentified (300 MW Wind) Galveston, Texas BofA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with DOE, Bofa for funding (PFR, 2/8/10). Zeroes Mexico Unidentified (100 MW Waste) Monterrey, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a $50 million bridge (PFR, 1/26/09). Unidentified (50 MW Waste) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Live Deals: Europe/Middle East Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Advanced Power, Siemens Unidentified (420 MW CCGT) North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate lead arranger (PFR, 2/16/09). Bord Gáis Éireann Whitegate (445 MW Combined Cycle) County Cork, Ireland TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking EUR200 million form the EIB (PFR, 7/20/09). Bulgarian Energy Holdings, Dimosia Epichrisi Paroxis Ariou, Edison Unkown (100-mile Pipeline) Bulgaria to Greece TBA TBA TBA TBA EU providing EUR45M for the project (PFR, 7/24/09). Centrica Various (220 MW Wind) Scotland, U.K. Banco Santander, BoTM, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Rabobank Term Loan TBA 15-yr HSH exits deal (PFR, 7/14/09). CEZ Unknown (Wind) Romania TBA TBA EUR500M TBA Talking to the European Investment Bank (PFR. 3/9/09). Econcern Project Trullo (7 MW Solar) Puglia, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 2/2/09). Belwind (330 MW Wind) Oostende, Belgium ASN Bank, Dexia, EIB, Rabobank TBA TBA TBA Looking for an equity partner (PFR, 6/8/09). EGL Unidentified (800 MW Gas) Salerno, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Project Financing Solutions is advising (PFR, 1/26/09). Energos Unkown (7 MW Waste) Irvine, Scotland TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate bank (PFR, 2/23/09). EnergyMixx Various (1 GW Solar, Wind) Italy TBA TBA EUR60M TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 1/14/09). Gaelectric Holdings Portfolio (2 GW Wind) Montana and Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for partner, equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Masdar London Array (1 GW Wind) U.K. BoTM Unincorporated JV $440M TBA BoTM advising, shortlisting banks (PFR, 1/25/10). MGT Power Tees Renewable Energy Center (295 MW Biomass) Teesport, England TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks to arrange GBP500M (PFR, 7/21/09). Stora Enso Unknown (165 MW Cogen) Ostroleka, Poland European Investment Bank Loan TBA TBA EIB will provide up to half of the funding (PFR, 6/22/09). Live Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes ACME Group, eSolar Various (900 MW Solar) India TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 3/9/09). AES Mong Duong II (1,200 MW Coal) Vietnam TBA TBA TBA TBA Bankers anticipate the project to cost at least $2.4B (PFR, 5/24/10). CLP Group Theni (99 MW Wind) Southern India TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 9/28/09). Global EcoPower Various (160 MW Wind) China Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China TBA TBA TBA Looking for institutional investor equity (PFR, 2/9, 3/23/09). GMR Island Power (800 MW gas-fired) Singapore TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 60-70% p.f. $1.2B plant (PFR, 6/8/09). International Power PT Paiton Energy (815 MW coal) Indonesia JBIC TBA $1.5B TBA 10 Banks participating in financing (PFR, 3/9/10). Macquarie Capital Wind Fund Silverton (1 GW Wind) Barrier Ranges, Australia TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks for financing first phase (PFR, 8/3/09). Reliance Power Sasan (3,960 MW Coal) Madhya Pradesh, India TBA TBA $3B TBA Sponsor hunts international banks to refinance debt (PFR, 7/31/10). Live Deals: Africa Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aviva Mmamantswe (1 GW Coal) Gaborone, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Plant plans delayed by Eskom woes (PFR, 10/5/09). BioTherm Energy Various (85 MW Waste and South Africa TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to wrap four financings by year-end (5/15/09). Botswana Power Corp. Morpule (1.2 GW Coal) Palapye, Botswana Industrial and Commercial Bank, Standard Bank Bridge Loan $140M TBA Set to close in two months (PFR, 5/26/09). Loan $825M TBA CIC Energy, International Power Mmamabula (1.8 GW Coal) Mahalapye, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 7/24/09).
  • The future strategy of Japanese banks in the North American project finance market is the subject of chatter among observers, following this month’s earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear crisis in the country.
  • Community Energy is looking for investors to take equity stakes in an 18 MW portfolio of photovoltaic projects in New Jersey and Pennsylvania before year-end.
  • Terra-Gen Power is preparing to launch a financing backing 300 MW of its Alta Wind Energy Center and another deal supporting another 300 MW more within a year—potentially more than $800 million in debt.
  • LS Power wants to sell minority stakes in two of its transmission companies as a way to finance a portion of construction.
  • Basketball teams who made it into the NCAA’s Elite Eight and are on the court on March 26 better hope that tournament officials aren’t fly-by-night eco-fanatics, or they may be doing layups in the dark for an hour at the New Orleans Arena.
  • Georgia Power has decided to retire two coal-fired units totaling 569 MW at its Branch plant in Putnam County, Ga., when new anti-pollutant rules take effect in 2013.
  • NStar is petitioning the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities to keep the power purchase price it is paying to three regional wind farms confidential so as not to raise questions about why the company is not buying power from Cape Wind.
  • Ofgem, the U.K.’s energy regulatory body, is setting up a GBP400 million ($646.3 million) fund to encourage electricity and gas distribution companies to invest in energy efficiency programs and other methods.
  • Indiana’s lack of a renewable portfolio standard has halted development on at least two wind projects in the state.
  • Progress Energy started talks about a potential merger with two separate utilities, including Dominion Resources, in 2009 before launching talks with Duke Energy.
  • ReEnergy Holdings has agreed to purchase the 103 MW coal-fired cogeneration Rumford plant from NewPage for $61 million.
  • Arizona Public Service Company plans to issue a request for proposals for small renewables projects—each generating between 2 and 15 MW—in early April.
  • WestLB and Citigroup are talking to potential investors to gauge pricing on a $110 million private placement backing Brookfield Renewable Power’s acquisition and construction of the Granite Reliable wind project in Coos County, N.H.
  • Brookfield Infrastructure Partners is said to be considering selling its Cross Sound Cable Co. and is talking to investment banks about advising.
  • -- Robert Gardiner, president of Independence Wind in Brunswick, Maine, on his company’s plans to make its maiden foray into project financing via private banks for its 117 MW project in the state.
  • Terra-Gen Power landed a $394 million financing package backing the first phase of the Alta Wind Energy Center in Tehachapi, Calif.
  • SkyPower and Canadian Solar are planning a 10.5 MW solar park in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
  • First Solar has hired Mark Widmar, formerly of carbon and graphite material manufacturer Graftech International, as cfo.
  • Iberdrola Renewables has withdrawn a proposed wind farm in Hammond, N.Y.
  • AGL Energy and Origin Energy, Australia’s largest energy retailers, are considering buying some of Infigen Energy’s assets.
  • CIT Group has hired Joe Gyurindak, a Siemens Financial Services director, as a director and portfolio manager.
  • Independence Wind of Brunswick, Maine, and Wagner Wind Energy of Lynne, N.H., will begin reaching out to lenders next year about securing roughly $175 million in debt to finance a $250 million, 117 MW farm in Highland Plantation, Maine.
  • CoBank has wrapped a second round of financing backing GE Energy Financial Services and Exergy Development’s $500 million portfolio of Idaho wind farms.
  • The White House is committed to keeping nuclear power in the country’s fuel mix, Steven Chu, the U.S. Secretary of Energy says, although he is keeping mum on how the Japanese nuclear situation could affect the licensing process.
  • Xcel Energy is planning a $600 million conversion that would retrofit two coal-fired units at its Black Dog facility in to natural gas-fired units.
  • BrightSource Energy is nearing its goal of raising $125 million in its recent round of fundraising to fuel domestic and international projects.
  • Axio Power is working with the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors on a land lease agreement to build a 21 MW photovoltaic project at the Victorville Sanitary Landfill in Victorville, Calif.
  • NextEra Energy Resources and Fotowatio Renewable Ventures are awaiting the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada to approve power purchase agreements.
  • FirstEnergy has agreed to sell its 707 MW natural gas-fired Fremont Energy Center that is under construction to American Municipal Power for up to $525.3 million—three years after the companies were competing bidders for the plant in a bankruptcy auction.
  • GreenLight Energy Resources is looking to bring in an investor or sell Apex Wind Energy, its wind development unit.
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is set to issue rules this month regarding power plant emissions and cooling systems that could require up to $28 billion in capital expenditures from utilities and independent power producers.
  • Leaders of Ogden Township, Mich., have imposed a six-month moratorium on Exelon Wind’s proposed 81 MW wind farm to study the potential noise impact.
  • NV Energy will has inked a 25-year PPA for Spanish developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures’ 37.5 MW solar project 20 miles north of Las Vegas.
  • Ormat Technologies has landed a 20-year power purchase agreement from NV Energy for its 30 MW Dixie Meadows geothermal project in Churchill County, Nev.
  • Ed Markey, a Democratic congressman from Massachusetts, is pushing a “time out” from advancing proposed nuclear plants in parts of the U.S. prone to earthquakes, pointing to Japanese reactors damaged by Friday’s earthquake and succeeding tsunami.
  • Magma Energy Corp., a geothermal developer in Vancouver, is buying Plutonic Power, the co-owner of the 300 MW Dokie wind project in British Columbia, with the aim of expanding its reach into renewable development.
  • Terra-Gen Power is preparing to launch a financing backing 300 MW of its Alta Wind Energy Center and another deal supporting another 300 MW more within a year—potentially more than $800 million in debt sought.
  • Southern Co. subsidiary Alabama Power has issued $250 million issue of 30-year notes and will use a portion of the proceeds to upgrade transmission lines and buy nuclear fuel.
  • Ameren Energy Generating Co. has agreed to sell its 75% stake in a 144 MW simple-cycle plant Columbia, Mo., to Columbia Water & Light.
  • Advocates and critics of the U.S. nuclear energy program are promoting halting the licensing of new projects until the effects of the tsunami on Japan’s reactors are understood.
  • West Virginia’s geothermal resources could produce about 18.9 GW, according to a Google-funded study.
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s order that three Oklahoma utilities have three years to clean up emissions at coal-fired plants has elicited a response from the Oklahoma Corporate Commission, which says the timeline is too tight to fund the needed capex.
  • A multitude of towns in New Hampshire are gearing up to fight the $1.1 billion, 1.2 GW Northern Pass transmission line proposed by Hydro Quebec, Northeast Utilities and NStar.
  • Qatar Holding, the investment unit of Qatar Investment Authority, has agreed to take a EUR$2.02 billion ($2.81 billion) stake in Iberdrola as the Spanish company plans to delist its renewables unit and carry out a larger capital expenditure program.
  • Organizers of Seattle’s Energy After Hours are tying together the greenest holiday with green energy by hosting a happy hour for the city’s renewables sector this St. Patrick’s day.
  • David Brooks, managing director of Southern Co. capital markets in Atlanta, has retired.
  • Sharyland Utilities expects to tap multiple banks in the next two weeks to lead a financing backing 250-300 miles of greenfield transmission lines in West Texas.
  • Exelon is looking to get a strong foothold in solar generation.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners is in the process of raising a $2-3 billion fund.
  • Credit Suisse has taken a tax equity stake in First Wind’s 102 MW Milford II wind farm in Milford, Utah
  • Regulators have approved Greengate Power Corp.’s 300 MW Blackspring Ridge I wind farm near Carmangay, Alberta.
  • At least two dozen power and renewables projects proposed in California are snarled in bureaucratic and environmental red tape.
  • NextEra Energy is negotiating with a utility to build a solar thermal plant at an existing gas-fired generator.
  • Cheap natural gas could prompt new gas-fired plants in Texas, displacing coal-fired plants in the Lone Star State, says Barry Smitherman, chairman of the Texas Public Utility Commission.
  • PGNiG, Poland’s gas delivery distributor, and utility Tauron are planning a $670 million combined heat and power plant in southeast Poland.
  • Brazilian infrastructure giant Odebrecht is working with BNP Paribas to secure up to $650 million in financing backing its $1.25 billion Chaglla hydro project in Central Peru.
  • Noble Environmental Power looked to sell a minority stake in its 99 MW Granite Reliable wind project in Coos County, N.H.
  • —Stuart Lee, cfo of Capital Power in Edmonton, Alberta, on how the company will look to permanently finance its acquisition of LS Power’s 520 MW Bridgeport combined-cycle facility in Bridgeport, Conn.
  • U.S. Power Generating Co. has delayed the sale process of Astoria Generating again, over uncertainty regarding the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s response to a NYISO proposal effecting state power prices.
  • The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has prioritized four Nevada geothermal projects being developed by Terra-Gen Power, Ormat Technologies, and Vulcan Power.
  • Committees in the Minnesota legislature are working on a bill that would end the prohibition on building new coal-fired generation that the state has had in place since 2007.
  • Tenaska Solar Ventures has selected panel manufacturer Soitec to supply concentrated photovoltaic panels for its 150 MW Imperial Solar Energy Center West in California.
  • Landsvirkjun, the largest energy company in Iceland, is studying whether to build a 1,180 mile under-sea cable to transport geothermal to Europe.
  • The Ohio Supreme Court has denied American Electric Power’s appeal to sell its Waterford and Darby facilities.
  • UniCredit HVB is looking for a v.p. to join its power origination team in New York.
  • LS Power’s expects final bids for its two Arizona natural gas-fired power plants to come in before month-end.
  • Recurrent Energy is trying to sell a 40 MW portfolio of contracted solar photovoltaic projects in the U.S.
  • Dynegy will consider bankruptcy if a deal with its creditors can’t be reached, the independent power producer stated in a regulatory filing.
  • SunPower of San Jose, Calif., will supply 48 MW of photovoltaic panels to Toshiba Corp. for a residential solar project in Japan.
  • Federal regulators could make a decision on proposed nuclear reactor designs by the summer.
  • An audit of the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program revealed an inconsistent electronic record-keeping system.
  • The U.K. is considering increasing subsidies for geothermal generation.
  • EDF Energies Nouvelles is seeking pricing of 225 basis points over LIBOR for its solar project in Ontario and pricing at or just below 250 bps for its wind farm in Quebec.
  • Calpine has wrapped a seven-year term loan that will refinance a term loan associated with its purchase of Conectiv Energy.
  • Energy Future Holdings’ cfo, Paul Keglevic, says that the company isn’t insolvent despite the accusation of a hedge fund last week.
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has pointed to three coal-fired plants owned by Oklahoma utilities that its wants retrofitted to clean up emissions or converted to natural gas.
  • California legislators are considering a bill that would expedite the permitting process for renewable generation projects.
  • A proposal in the Montana senate would add hydro to the list of renewable energy resources as the state looks to get 15% of power from renewables by 2015.
  • Dynegy has decided not to offer a forecast for the future due to its management upheaval.
  • Capital Power has agreed to buy the 520 MW Bridgeport natural gas-fired facility in Connecticut from LS Power Equity Advisors.
  • Wagner Wind Energy of Lynne, N.H. and Maine-based Independence Wind have secured a conditional $102 million loan from the U.S. Federal Financing Bank backing the 50.6 MW Record Hill wind farm.
  • Northeast Utilities shareholders have approved its $4.2 billion merger with NSTAR.
  • Duke Energy will be hunting for more acquisitions after it has wrapped its $13.8 billion deal to buy Progress Energy.
  • Masdar, an Abu Dhabi renewables company, has snagged a $615 million financing from 10 banks and $153 million in equity from Total Gas & Power of France and Abengoa.
  • The U.S. Bureau of Land Management has designated 320 acres in Elko County, Nev., for geothermal leasing.
  • The U.S. wind, solar, oil and gas industries are competing for dwindling federal subsidies.
  • Sithe Global Power has sold its half interest in the 880 MW Goreway combined-cycle to its minority partners, Chubu Electric Power Co. and Toyota Tsusho Corp., each of whom has doubled its stake to 50%..
  • Brookfield Asset Management and Spanish development partner Isolux Corsan Concesiones have selected Banco Santander, Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, Scotia Capital and Société Générale to lead a $400-500 million financing backing its transmission lines in West Texas.
  • Pricing on loans backing power project development is poised to fall toward 200 basis points over LIBOR this year, as lenders gain confidence in the project finance market and look to compete for mandates in a period of limited deal flow.
  • Developer Davenport Power is looking for up to $30 million in equity investment to fund development of its Newberry project in Bend, Ore.
  • Calpine is in the market with a $1.3 billion term loan that will refinance debt associated with its purchase of Conectiv Energy last year.
  • AES is looking to divest four coal-fired plants totaling 1.169 GW under subsidiary Eastern Energy in upstate New York.
  • Some of the U.S.’ most potent geothermal resources rest in Northern Nevada, which probably explains why the U.S. Department of Energy awarded a $995,000 grant to develop and operate the National Geothermal Academy at the University of Nevada, Reno.
  • Wind Capital Group is targeting the second quarter to wrap a financing backing a U.S. wind project.
  • DPL Energy Resources of Ohio has bought MC Squared Energy Services, a Chicago-based retail power company.
  • Martin O’Malley, Maryland’s governor, is lobbying state lawmakers to back his plan to launch an offshore wind industry in the state, contending it would cost residents $1.44 monthly.
  • Premier Renewable Energy of Victoria, British Columbia, has bought five wind projects generating a combined 50 MW in Ontario from Ottawa-based developer Wind Works Power.
  • First Wind has canceled plans to build a wind farm in Brimfield, Mass., due to a weak wind regime.
  • Southern California Edison derived 19.4% of its generation from renewables, failing to hit its target of 20%.
  • Renewable assets are attracting the attention of some hedge funds looking to enter a sector that has access to the capital markets and the potential for long-term growth.
  • —Douglas Perry, president of Davenport Power in Stamford, Conn., on looking to secure equity investment for developing its Newberry geothermal project
  • Larry Kellerman retired as Cogentrix’s president and head of power assets, and was succeeded by Tom Bonner, coo.
  • U.S. Power Generating Co. is expecting final bids for its 2.3 GW Astoria Generating unit to come this month.
  • Key Bank has closed a $59 million financing backing EverPower’s roughly $150 million, 75 MW Highland North Wind Farm in Cambria County, Pa.
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ has priced a more than $400 million financing backing a Competitive Power Ventures gas-fired plant at 225 basis points over LIBOR.
  • Raser Technologies has broadened a planned sale from a single geothermal facility to the company as a whole, as it looks to net a bigger pool of interested buyers.
  • The Maine Public Utilities Commission has rejected the Lewiston Loop transmission project proposal by Central Maine Power Co.
  • Alliant Energy has closed on its acquisition of a $38 million, 25% stake in Wisconsin Electric Corp.’s 380 MW Edgewater 5 coal-fired plant. Alliant paid around $400/kW.
  • FirstEnergy and American Electric Power fell below the solar generation requirements under Ohio’s renewable portfolio standard.
  • Bank of America and Credit Suisse are planning to bring additional lenders in on PPL’s GBP3.6 billion ($5.9 billion) bridge loan that will finance its acquisition of E.ON’s U.K. power grid.
  • AltaLink has filed a proposal to build a C$1.4 billion ($1.44 billion), 218-mile transmission line between Edmonton and Calgary.
  • AES is looking to divest four coal-fired plants totaling 1.169 GW under subsidiary Eastern Energy in upstate New York.
  • Iberdrola Renovables expects to cut investment in new capacity, from 1.45 GW anticipated this year to an estimated 750 MW in 2012.
  • Carl Icahn, the billionaire investor, wants two seats on Dynegy’s board in the aftermath of his failed $665 million bid for the independent power producer.
  • PPL Corp. has bought E.ON’s Central Networks grid in the U.K. for $5.6 billion.
  • Environmental groups are divided over the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s plans to make 4.48 million acres available for solar projects.
  • New Generation Power Michigan, a consortium of renewables companies and a youth residential treatment center, has bid a proposed $650-700 million, 200 MW solar and wind farm into a Detroit Edison request for proposals.
  • A roughly $260 million refinancing backing a portfolio of Edison Mission Energy wind farms in the U.S. has wrapped.
  • NRG Solar is looking to finance its roughly $80 million, 20 MW Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility near Santa Teresa, N.M.
  • MUFG Power & Utilities Group has wrapped a financing backing AES Wind Generation’s roughly $100 million, 49 MW Mountain View IV wind farm in Palm Springs, Calif.
  • American Electric Power and FirstEnergy are suspending plans to develop the $2 billion, 275-mile PATH transmission line that was planned to run from West Virginia to Maryland citing lingering concerns about economic recovery.
  • Trading Emissions, a renewable energy developer out of the U.K., has agreed to buy two solar projects from BP Solar in Italy.
  • East Kentucky Power Cooperative is cancelling its planned $819 million coal-fired project in Clark County, Ky., due to ongoing concerns over greenhouse gas emissions and development costs.
  • BlackRock is joining with NTR on a new fund that will make investments in renewable energy, marking the fund manager’s first move into renewables investing.
  • DTE Energy has issued a request for proposals as it looks for solar developers to partner with the company on 12 MW of photovoltaic projects planned for southeast Michigan.
  • Growth in the renewables market in the U.S. is attributed to the extension of the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant and the Obama Administration’s proposed clean energy targets, according to an Ernst & Young analysis.
  • Native American tribes are suing the U.S. government in an effort to halt the development of solar projects on federal land in Western deserts, including a Solar Millennium plant in Blythe, Calif.
  • The Canadian government has awarded $64 million to clean energy projects and efforts, including to a wind farm in Nova Scotia and a wind storage endeavor in Saskatchewan.
  • SunEdison has snagged 20-year offtake agreements from the Ontario Power Authority totaling 31 MW across five plants. Projects include two 10 MW plants in Rideau Lakes and a 10 MW plant in South Stormont.
  • Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings, headed by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-Shing, is nearing a purchase of E.ON’s $6 billion U.K. distribution network.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland has joined a financing backing Radback Energy’s $800-1.5 billion Oakley combined-cycle plant in Contra Costa, Calif.
  • Aurelius Capital Management has submitted a letter to Citigroup alleging that Energy Future Holdings is not in compliance with its credit agreement for a loan under its $29.3 billion senior secured credit facilities.
  • Fuel cell maker Bloom Energy has been doing the rounds of New York power project financiers to gauge interest in debt funding.
  • Tenaska Capital Management is gearing up for its third private equity fund—this one will include renewables—and is setting its sights on hitting the $2.4 billion size of its second fund.
  • Next time you’re in Alamosa County, Colo., on business to check out the latest solar project by SunPower or Cogentrix Energy and you need a pick-me-up, skip the venti from Starbucks on Hwy. 50.
  • Nevada Geothermal Power is circling the $4.15 million acquisition of three geothermal projects in California’s Imperial Valley from Iceland America Energy.
  • Private equity shop Silver Lake has partnered with Soros Fund Management on a new venture capital fund that will invest in clean energy companies, with a focus on energy efficiency, emissions reduction and renewable generation.
  • FirstEnergy anticipates finalizing its $4.7 billion acquisition of Allegheny Energy this quarter now that is has received approval from Pennsylvania—its last remaining regulatory hurdle.
  • Mitsubishi Corp. has agreed to take a $62.8 million, 15% stake in an Acciona solar thermal project in Spain.
  • SunPower has received approval from the planning commission of San Luis Obispo County, Calif., for its 250 MW California Valley projects.
  • TransAlta is hunting generation acquisitions on the West Coast in addition to solar and wind acquisitions in Canada.
  • An AES subsidiary has agreed to sell a 63 MW natural gas-fired plant in Newhall, Calif., to Clean Energy Systems, a company that specializes in an oxygen and fuel combustion process.
  • U.S. Geothermal has secured a $96.8 million loan from the U.S. Federal Financing Bank backing its $129 million, 23 MW Neal Hot Springs geothermal plant in Malheur County, Ore.
  • SunZia has been reaching out to lenders to gauge interest in financing a more than $500 million transmission line in the Southwest.
  • --Arno Harris, ceo of Recurrent Energy in San Francisco, on looking financing its solar pipeline in Ontario.
  • E.ON U.S. tapped Goldman Sachs to help it sell regulated utility Louisville Gas & Electric Co.
  • First Wind’s sale of ownership stakes in its 270 MW Northeast wind fleet has caught the attention of several infrastructure players.
  • Brookfield Renewable Power has selected RMT Inc., a Madison, Wis.-based construction company, to build a 99 MW wind farm in Coos County, N.H.
  • Calgary-based TransAlta Corp. has selected Gordon Giffin, the former U.S. ambassador to Canada, as the next chair of its board.
  • A proposed New Jersey law would allow solar projects to be built on landfills, mines and quarries within the state’s pinelands.
  • The Ontario government has approved 40 utility-scale renewables projects that will generate 872 MW.
  • The U.K. government has approved Scottish and Southern Energy’s proposed 870 MW combined-cycle plant in Wales.
  • Recurrent Energy is in the market trying to bring in equity partners for its 170 MW Ontario solar photovoltaic pipeline.
  • CIT Group has joined a $265 million refinancing backing a portfolio of Edison Mission Energy wind farms.
  • Spinnaker Energy has bought a 707 MW portfolio of wind projects and a hybrid solar thermal and biomass projects from its one-time joint venture partner Martifer Renewable Electricity.
  • The U.S. Department of Energy is losing Cathy Zoi, undersecretary of energy, to a private-sector job next month along with its general counsel, Scott Harris, and Rod O’Connor, Steven Chu’s chief of staff.
  • BC Hydro is planning an $808 million maintenance project on its Ruskin Dam and Powerhouse as part of a three-year, $6 billion capex.
  • NStar has signed three power purchase agreements with 109 MW of onshore wind projects, developed by Iberdrola and First Wind.
  • The decline in value of Ameren’s unregulated generation business knocked the utility holding company’s net income down to $0.58 a share after a $522 million write off.
  • Sempra Generation has received a lease agreement for 1,200 acres from Boulder City, Nev., for a planned $1 billion, 200 MW solar photovoltaic project.
  • Wind Energy Transmission Texas has shortlisted Banco Santander, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Royal Bank of Canada, Scotia Capital and Société Générale as potential financiers of roughly $240 million in debt backing its $400 million greenfield transmission line in West Texas.
  • Terra-Gen Power is hunting for tax equity investments for its 3 GW Alta Wind Energy Center before it issues a request for proposals for a financing backing the next 100-150 MW phase.
  • Radback Energy has tapped five banks, including Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Crédit Agricole, ING and Scotia Capital, to lead a financing backing its $800 million-$1.5 billion Oakley combined-cycle plant in Contra Costa, Calif.
  • Dynegy Chairman and CEO Bruce Williamson and CFO Holli Nichols are resigning in the aftermath of the independent power producer’s second failed attempt to sell itself.
  • Pedernales Electric Cooperative of Central Texas has tapped R.B. Sloan, utilities director for the city of Danville, Va., as its new ceo.
  • Westar Energy of Topeka, Kan., has asked the Kansas Corporation Commission if it can buy 369 MW of wind generation.
  • Invenergy can proceed with plans to double a gas-fired plant in Grays Harbor County, Wash., from 650 MW to 1.3 GW, after Washington Gov. Chris Gregoire approved a permit to expand the facility.
  • BNP Paribas, Banco Santander and National Australia Bank have been tapped by BP and development partner Fotowatio Renewable Ventures to help finance a 150 MW solar project in New South Wales, Australia.
  • Initial development applications proposing new baseload and peaker projects in New Jersey are due to the state Board of Public Utilities today.
  • Renewables sponsors may not be allowed to deduct equipment costs of projects from their tax bills this year.
  • National Power is in early talks with lender NexBank about a possible foreclosure on its 7.5 MW Big Valley biomass facility in Bieber, Calif.
  • U.S. Renewables Group is looking at securitizing a portion of $950 million in loans that it aims to make under the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program.
  • A Japanese government advisory panel has approved an incentive plan aimed at jumpstarting renewables development.
  • Arizona Public Service has agreed to buy two solar photovoltaic projects near Gila Bend, Ariz. from First Solar.
  • Energy Future Holdings saw its Q4 profits rise 18% after it restructured a portion of its $41.2 billion debt.
  • Bill Johnson, Progress Energy ceo and president, is unsure about the feasibility of integrating small scale nuclear reactors that generate about 100 MW, citing slow development timelines in addition to security and operational concerns.
  • Energy Investors Funds has sealed its acquisition of Innovative Energy Systems, a landfill-gas-to-energy company that owns 11 facilities totaling 72 MW in the Northeast.
  • Sharyland Utilities is targeting a May 1 close for a financing backing its 300-mile greenfield transmission line in West Texas, a deal watcher says.
  • Live Deals: Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solar Solana (250 CST) Gila Bend, Ariz. DOE/FFB TBA $1.45B 12-yr FFB and DOE finalizes loan, priced at Treasury plus 37.5 bps (PFR, 1/5/11). Abengoa Mexico Unknown (300 MW CoGen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $450M TBA Financing on track for Dec. payments (PFR, 12/21/09). Acciona Energy North America EcoGrove (100.5 MW Wind) Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander closes loan and looks to syndicate it (see story, page xxx). Aeolis Wind Power Hackney (370 MW Wind) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Awaiting PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 12/14/09). Thunder Mountain (320 MW Wind) AEI Jaguar Energy (300 MW) Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). AES Fonseca (250 MW Coal) La Unión, El Salvador ABN, HSBC, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Planning to come to market (PFR, 4/9/09). Campiche (270 MW Coal) Chile Crédit Agricole, Fortis, HSBC, WestLB TBA $200M 7-yr Project loses environmental permit (6/30/09). AIMPowerGen Various (30 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Begin talks with lenders by March (PFR, 1/12/09). Alpine Energy Unknown (33 MW Waste) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 4/5/10). Unknown (16 MW Waste) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands BNP TBA TBA TBA BNP mandated to lead deal (PFR, 12/15/10). American Electric Power, Allegheny Energy PATH (Transmission) Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors initiate informal talks with banks (PFR, 10/29/10). Americas Waste-to-Energy Various (Waste) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 9/8/08). Arclight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). ArcLight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) TBA Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $275M TBA Leads finalize deal, backing a 1,412 MW operational portfolio (PFR, 1/3/11). ArcLight Capital Partners, SGR Holdings Southern Pines Energy Center (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). AREVA, Duke Energy Unknown (50 MW Biomass) Hamilton County, Fla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Finalizing fuel and offtake contracts (PFR, 2/22/10). Axio Power Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer seeking $360-400 package for portolfio of solar PV (PFR, 7/12/10). Biomass Gas & Electric Various (195 MW Biomass) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA 45 MW Tallahassee plant cancelled; status of other projects N/A (PFR, 10/5/09). Biomass Group South Point (200 MW Biomass) South Point, Ohio WestLB Construction Loan $350-400M TBA Relaunching deal, looking for $160M tax equity (PFR,5/27/09). Biomass Secure Power Unknown (15 MW Biomass) Merritt, British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). BP, Ridgeline Goshen II (90 MW Wind) Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). BP, Sempra Fowler Ridge II (199.5 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). BP Wind Energy, Sempra Generation Cedar Creek II (250.8 MW Wind) Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Leads wrap deal (PFR, 12/21/10). BrightSource Energy Various (1.3 GW Solar) Southern California TBA TBA TBA TBA Financial close expected by year end (PFR, 7/5/10). Brookfield Asset Management, Isolux Corsan CREZ Transmission Texas TBA TBA $240M TBA Developers plan 40% equity stake in $400M project (PFR, 7/5/2010). Brookfield Renewable Power Comber (166 MW) Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). St. Anthony Falls (10 MW Hydro) Minneapolis, Minn. TBA TBA $20.76M TBA Sponsor will hunt financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Brookfield Renewable Power, Coram Energy Unknown (102 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors target first-quarter close (PFR, 12/31/11). Caithness Energy, GE EFS Shepherds Flat (909 MW Wind) Oregon BoTM, WestLB, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Leads close largest wind financing in U.S. (PFR, 12/27/10). Caletta Renewable Energy Port Erie (90 MW Tires) Erie, Pa. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Mahoning (90 MW Waste) Alliance, Ohio BoA TBA TBA TBA Palmer (35 MW Wood) Springfield, Mass. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Calpine Russell City (600 MW Combined-Cycle) Hayward, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Crédit Agricole stalks mandate (2/3/11). Los Esteros (300 MW Retrofit) San Jose, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 1/10/11). Canadian Superior Energy, Excalibur Energy Liberty Natural Gas (2.4 bcf LNG) Linden, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a financial adviser (PFR, 1/14/09). Cannon Power Group Aubanel Wind Farm (1 GW wind) Mexicali, Baja California TBA TBA TBA TBA Cannon puts out feelers to banks about 100 MW phase 1 (PFR, 6/28/10). Windy (100 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash TBA TBA $180M TBA Financial close expected this quarter (PFR, 1/6/11). Cape Wind Associates Cape Wind (420 MW Wind) Nantucket Sound, Barclays TBA TBA TBA Signs on Siemens for wind turbines (PFR, 4/5/10). Cardinal Gas Storage Perryville (7.5 bcf Gas Storage) Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal set to close this month (PFR, 4/19/10). Castle & Cooke Unknown (400 MW Wind) Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with relationship lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Catalyst Renewables Unknown (37-40 MW Biomass) New York TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors reaches out to 10 banks about two biomass financings (PFR, 12/1/10). Catalyst Renewables, Hannon Armstrong 50 MW Hudson Ranch I (geo) Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Cavallo Energy Cross Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-to-New York TBA TBA $400-$450 million TBA Mid-2011 financing eyed (PFR, 8/30/10). Central Maine Power, Maine Power Connection Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Regulators say project is unnecessarily large (PFR, 10/29/09). Maine & Maritimes (150-200 Mile, 345 kV wire) Cobisa Unidentified (1,750 MW Gas) Greenville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Trouble securing financing w/o PPA (PFR, 6/22/09). Columbia Power, Columbia Basin Trust Unknown (435 MW Hydro) Waneta Dam, B.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Decision on project's future expected (PFR, 2/15/10). Cogentrix Various (110-130 MW) Colo., Puerto Rico, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly 80% debt for $700M portfolio (PFR, 9/13). Competitive Power Ventures Various (7 GW Wind) Various U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer plans massive pipeline of wind projects (PFR, 10/4/10). Competitive Power Ventures, GE EFS Sentinel (850 MW Gas) Riverside County, Calif. BoTM TBA TBA TBA BoTM wins mandate (PFR, 2/10/11). Conduit Capital Partners Kuntur Transportadora de Gas (700-mile Pipeline) Southern Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo advising (PFR, 5/13/09). Old Harbour Bay Expansion (60 MW Diesel) Jamaica TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks, multilaterals and ECAs for financing (PFR, 6/22/09). Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Unidentified (100 MW Wind) Mutton Mountain, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Tribes considering tax equity, outside developers (PFR, 1/19/09). Confederation Power Various (90 MW Hydro) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Weighing financing pending PPA award (PFR, 1/12/09). Coram Energy Various (22 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Marathon Capital TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity, debt (PFR, 2/15/10). CPV Keenan II (152 MW Wind) Woodward County, Okla Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA GE EFS invests equity for PTC (PFR, 2/22/10). Cimarron (165 MW Wind) Gray County, Kan. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Ashley (200 MW Wind) McIntosh County, N.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Duke Energy Top of the World (200 MW Wind) Casper, Wyo. BoTM, BBVA, SocGen, Caja Madrid Term Loan $193M 18-yr Sponsor reaches financial close (PFR, 11/7/10). Various (Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to Chinese co. for partnership (PFR,1/27/10). Eastern Power Greenfield South (280 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario Morgan Stanley TBA C$200-250M TBA MS making calls to lenders (PFR, 2/15/10). EDF EN Canada Lac-Alfred (300 MW Wind) La Matapédia et la Mitis, Quebec TBA TBA TBA TBA KfW IPEX-Bank, NordLB, SocGen and SMBC close to winning mandate (PFR, 2/4/11). St. Isidore A (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal closes on first phase (PFR, 1/7/11). St. Isidore B (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Dexia mulls participation (PFR, 1/21/11). Edison Mission Energy Taloga (130 MW Wind) Dewey County, Okla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taking bids to lead financing (PFR, 8/24/09). Cedro Hills (350 MW wind) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project Petersurg, Neb. TBA TBA TBA TBA Club deal with pricing at 250 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 5/13/10). Various (362 MW Wind) Neb., N.M., Texas WestLB TBA $265M 10-yr Dexia, Scotia and Siemens among banks taking tickets (PFR, 1/31/11). Elecnor, Isolux Corsán Unidentified (366 Miles Transmission) Vizcarra to Carhuaquero, Peru) TBA TBA TBA TBA Citi is advising (PFR, 3/9/09). El Paso Ruby Pipeline (675-mile Natural Gas Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Enel, TradeWinds Energy Various (1.2 GW Wind) Midwest TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity (PFR, 3/16/09) Various (50 MW Geothermal) Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBA Tax equity deal to close in two months (PFR, 1/14/09). Enerdyne Power Systems Unknown (3 MW Landfill Gas) Clarksville, Tenn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for banks to provide debt (PFR, 9/7/09). Energy Answers International, Energy Investors Funds Arecibo (80 MW Waste-to-Energy) Arecibo, P.R. BNP TBA TBA TBA Sponsors hunting debt for $500 million project (PFR, 12/19/10). enXco Lakefield (201 MW Wind) Minnesota Dexia, SocGen TBA TBA TBA CoBank weighs taking ticket (PFR, 10/20/10). Energy Investors Fund Hot Springs (48MW Geo) Elko, Nev. DZ Bank, Fortis Capital TBA $120M TBA EIF takes ownership from TG Power (PFR, 10/5/09). Various (80 MW Landfill Gas) U.S. TBA TBA $200M TBA Looking for recap (PFR, 2/15/10). Energy 5.0 Unidentified (Solar 25 MW) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering financing options (PFR, 1/11/10). Éolectric Various (675 MW Wind) Canada and Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a strategic partner (PFR, 3/30/09). Eolia La Ventosa (164 MW) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). eSolar, NRG Energy Unidentified (92 MW Solar) El Paso, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Applied for DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 6/22/09). Eurus Energy Bull Creek (180 MW Wind) Borden County, Texas Mizuho TBA $296.1M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/23/09). Eurus Energy, NRG Energy Various (45 MW Solar) TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $180-225M TBA Five banks close deal (see story, page xxx). Everpower Renewables 2009 Turbine Supply Midwest, Pacific N.W. KeyBanc Capital Markets Turbine supply $140M Looking for financing (PFR, 5/23/09). Highland I (62.5 MW Wind) Cambria County, Pa. TBA TBA $65M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/1/09). Highland North (73 MW Wind) Krayn, Penn. TBA TBA TBA TBA EverPower reaches out to lenders about financing (PFR, 11/24/10). Howard (50-63 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Buckeye (300 MW Wind) Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Exergy Development Group Various (183 MW Wind) Idaho GE EFS TBA $322M 15-18-yr BoTM wraps $242 million, first phase of financing (PFR, 10/13/10). Falcon Gas Storage MoBay (50Bcf Gas Storage) Mobile County, Ala. BNP, ING Construction/Term Loan $400M 7-yr Financial close on hold as sponsor works to secure equity (PFR, 7/16/10). First Solar Desert Sunlight (550 MW Solar PV) Desert Center, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hopes to begin construction in 2011 (PFR, 8/16/10). Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor scouts portfolio financing (PFR, 11/12/10). First Wind Cohocton (125 MW) Steuben County, N.Y. Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Milford II (100 MW Wind) Milford, Utah TBA TBA $220M TBA October closing eyed (PFR, 8/18/10). Rollins (60 MW Wind) Penobscot County, Maine Key Bank, NordLB TBA $81M 18-mo Deal wraps, with JPMorgan taking tax equity stake (PFR, 12/6/10). Sheffield (40 MW Wind) Caledonia County, Vt. Key Bank Construction $76M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/19/11). Stetson (57, 25.5 MW Wind) Danforth, Maine BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Fishermen's Energy Various (20 MW Offshore Wind) Atlantic City, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeking at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split (PFR, 7/20/10). FPL Group Various (Solar) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing planned for Q1-2 2010 (PFR, 6/1/09). GDF SUEZ Energy International Proyecto Eólico (49.5 MW Wind) Guanacaste, Costa Rica TBA TBA $80M TBA Sponsor looking to arrange a club (PFR, 1/30/09). Gemini Solar Unknown (30 MW Solar) Austin, Texas TBA TBA $150M TBA Looking to mandate before month-end (PFR, 9/14/09). Gilead Power Corp. Ostrander (20 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Shelved funding plans due to credit crisis (PFR, 3/6/09). Gradient Resources Patua (60 MW Phase I Geo) Reno, Nev. TBA TBA $200M TBA Year-end closing eyed (PFR, 10/4/10). Grasslands Renewable Energy Wind Spirit (1,300 Miles Transmission Northern Plains TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering project finance options (PFR, 6/8/09). Great Lakes Ohio Wind Great Lakes (20 MW Offshore Wind) Near Cleveland, Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA KeyBanc has informal discussions with sponsor (PFR, 9/20). Greenfield South Power Unidentified (293 MW Gas) Ontario Credit Suisse B Loan $335M TBA Credit Suisse offering sweeteners to close deal (PFR, 8/2/10). Greengate Power Halkirk (150 MW Wind) Alberta TBA TBA C$350M TBA Closing in on PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 1/25/2010). GWF Energy Tracy (314 MW Combined Cycle) Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M 10-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/30/10). Homeland Renewable Energy, Laidlaw Energy Various (Biomass) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA JV to seek p.f. before August 2010 (PFR, 9/28/09). Horizon Wind Various (600 MW Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking tax equity (PFR, 9/7/09). Blue Canyon (99 MW) Southern California GE EFS TBA TBA TBA GE EFS to loan money to the projects (PFR, 11/9/09). Arlington (103 MW) Gilliam County, Ore. GE EFS TBA TBA TBA Meadow Lake II (99 MW Wind) White County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA JPMorgan makes tax equity investment (PFR, 10/28/10). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Deal expected to launch in November (PFR, 10/25/10). International Power Various (3.5 GW Gas) New England, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA $770M debt due for refi in July (PFR, 9/7/09). Invenergy Beech Ridge (100.5 MW Wind) Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Le Plateau (138 MW Wind) Quebec, Canada Natixis, RBC TBA TBA TBA Natixis and RBC snag mandates (PFR, 11/10/10). White Oak (150 MW Wind) McLean County, Ill. TBA TBA $300M TBA Sponsor scouts financing (PFR, 10/27/10). ISAGEN Sogamoso (820 MW Hydro) Santander, Columbia Banco Santander Local/International Bonds $600M TBA Seeking ECA and multilaterals ahead of p.f. (PFR, 4/20/09). ITC Holdings Various (Transmission) Kansas, Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for ways to finance outside of revolver, FMBs (PFR, 12/14/09). Just-Wind Logan County (368 MW Wind) Logan County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Emmons County (900 MW Wind) Emmons County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders, tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Juwi Solar Various (200 MW Photovoltaic) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Kruger Energy Chatham (100 MW Wind) Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Financial close reached, marking Deutsche Bank's reemergence into power mark (PFR, 5/28/10). Liberty Energy Liberty Energy Center Hamilton, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt/equity (PFR, 2/25/09). (6.5 MW Biosolid) Las Brisas Energy Center 1.3 GW Petroleum Coke Corpus Christi, Tex. Morgan Stanley Bonds, bank/construction loan $1 billion TBA Want to finance and then sell project (PFR, 3/29/10). Lincoln Renewable Energy Various (100 MW Solar PV) New Jersey TBA TBA $400-500M TBA Sponsor targets relationship lenders of Airtricity and SunPower (PFR, 10/11/10). LNG Development Pipeline (117 miles) Warrenton to Moalla, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will start talking to banks mid-2010 (PFR, 9/14/09). Longview Power Maidsville (695 MW Coal) Maidsville, W.Va Goldman, WestLB TBA $1.1B 7-yr Amendment proposal fails (PFR, 8/10/10). LS Power Cross Texas (300 Miles Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 70% debt on project (PFR, 2/16/09). Transmission) LS Power, NV Energy One Nevada Transmission Line Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA TBA TBA LS wraps federal loan (PFR, 2/16/11). Macquarie Capital Amherstburg (35 MW Solar) Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, Lloyds TSB, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Banks to club up for $100M (PFR, 6/8/09). Mainstream Renewable Power Laguna Verde (35 MW Wind) Valparaiso, Chile TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to German banks for financing (PFR, 2/2/09). Merchant Energy Partners East Cheyenne (Gas Storage 19 bcf) Logan County, Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to hire banks at year-end (PFR, 7/13/09). Mirant Marsh Landing (760 MW Gas-Fired) Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Mitsubishi Corp. Unidentified (300 MW Co-Gen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 1/12/09). Mitsui, Tokyo Gas Various (Gas-fired) Mexico Sumitomo, BoTM, Mizuho TBA TBA TBA Lead banks lined up (PFR, 1/11/10). Mohave Sun Power Unknown (340 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Will approach the market for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 4/27/09). National Wind Various (Wind) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with internat'l co. for partnership (PFR, 10/23/09). Goodhue (78 MW Wind) Goodhue County, Minn. TBA Tax Equity $160-180M TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unidentified (400 MW Wind) Northeast Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unknown (500 MW Wind) Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and investors (PFR, 12/4/09). NaturEner Rim Rock (309 MW) Glacier and Toole Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to p.f. $500M of the project this year (PFR, 6/15/09). Nautilus Solar Energy, Starwood Energy Unknown (50-60 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders for multi-million dollar project (PFR, 2/23/09). Naikun Wind Energy, Enmax Green Power Naikun Phase I (400 MW Wind) Haida Gwaii, British Columbia BoTM TBA TBA TBA Looking beyond Canadian banks for p.f. (PFR, 10/5/09) Nevada Geothermal Blue Mountain (49.5 MW Geothermal) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services closes a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). Various (60 MW Geothermal) Nevada and Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor to seek DOE loan guarantees (PFR, 9/20/10). Nevada Hydro Talega-Escondido/Valley -Serrano (Transmission 500 kV) Southern California CIT Group TBA TBA TBA CIT shortlists equity co.'s for investing (PFR, 10/28/09). NextEra Energy Resources Genesis Solar Energy Project (250 MW) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA $1B+ TBA NextEra hunts DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 2/2/11). Unknown (Concentrating Solar) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor begins hunt for debt (PFR, 10/22/10). Blythe Energy Center (500 MW Gas-Fired) Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB TBA $305M 7-yr Deal wraps without SMBC (PFR, 12/22/10). NextLight Renewable Power Unknown (150 MW Solar) Boulder City, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will look for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 10/12/09). AV Solar Ranch I (230 MW Solar) Antelope Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Agua Caliente (280 MW Solar) Yuma, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Silver State (400 MW Solar) Primm, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Noble Environmental Power Granite Renewable (99 MW Wind) Coos County, N.H. TBA TBA TBA TBA WestLB considers participating (PFR, 11/2/10). Northland Power Kabinakagomi (26 MW Hydro) Kabinakagomi River, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets 2012 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Manitoulin Island (60 MW Wind) Maitoulin Island, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor talking to lenders about 2011 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Mont Louis (100 MW Wind) Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Closing is imminent (PFR, 11/17/10). Saskatchewan (265 MW Combined Cycle) North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Various (130 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor plans to finance projects between 2011 and 2013 (PFR, 8/9/10). NRG Energy El Segundo (550 MW Gas) Carlsbad, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Dexia targets mandate (PFR, 2/11/11). Various (Solar) Various, U.S. Royal Bank of Scotland Revolver TBA TBA Deal on hold (PFR, 1/25/10). Ocean Renewable Various (165-210 MW Hydro) Alaska, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking equity investors (PFR, 10/27/09). Power Corp. Oglethorpe Power Vogtle (2.2 GW nuclear) Waynesboro, Ga. TBA TBA TBA TBA Snags DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 2/16/10). Ormat Technologies Brawley (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with JPMorgan for tax equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Various (80-90 MW Geothermal) California and Nevada John Hancock TBA TBA TBA John Hancock mandated to lead deal (12/8/10). OwnEnergy Various (Wind) U.S. TBA $200M TBA In talks with infrastructure funds (PFR, 12/14/09). Panda Energy Two 15-20 MW photovoltaic projects TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Con Edison Development will assist with financing (PFR, 5/3/10). Pattern Energy Various (Wind) Nevada, Ontario, Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBA TBA Pattern hunts over $1 billion in debt for projects (PFR, 1/21/11). Various Saskatchewan TBA Construction term $200-$400 M TBA Will seek financing by year-end (PFR, 3/23/10). Preneal Vientos del Istmo (395.9 MW Wind) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). Pristine Power York Energy Centre (393 MW Gas) King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Grand Valley (20.3 MW) Grand Valley, Ontario TBA TBA $37.9M 20-yr Sponsor will seek financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Project Resources Corporation Lakeswind (100 MW Wind) Fargo-Moorhead, Minn. TBA TBA $200M TBA PRC in talks with MUFG about sales-leaseback (PFR, 11/8/10). Pure Energy Bayonne Energy Center (512 MW Gas) Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Quintana Capital Group, Chase Power Development Las Brisas Energy Center (1,320 MW petroleum coke-fired) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for more than $1 billion to finance the $3.2B project (PFR, 4/21/10). Radback Energy Oakley (624 MW Gas) Contra Costa County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM targets mandate (PFR, 1/27/11). Ram Power Iris (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor hopes to ink financing by mid-2011 (PFR, 8/18/10). Orita I (49.9 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor considering a private placement (PFR, 9/20/10). Raser Technologies Unknown (42 MW Geo) Beaver County, Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA To look for financing pending DOE guarantee (PFR, 7/7/09). Recurrent Energy Various (170+ MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA CIBC considered to lead bonds portion of deal (PFR, 1/31/11). Various (335 MW Solar) Southwest U.S., Hawaii, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to finance with a mix of debt/equity (PFR, 3/23/09). Sunset Reservoir (5 MW Solar) San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). Renewable Ventures Unidentified (26 MW Solar) Apex, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to secure some p.f. next year (PFR, 8/24/09) Renewable Energy Systems Greenwich (99 MW Wind) Dorion, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 4/5/10). Talbot (99 MW Wind) Chatham Kent, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 11/23/09). Renewable Energy Services Limited Statia Terminals (24 MW Wind) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders (PFR, 2/9/09). Riverbank Power Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Sparta, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Wiscasset, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Rollcast Energy Piedmont Green Power (50MW Biomass) Barnesville, Ga. MUFG, Investec TBA $133M TBA MUFG, Investec wrap $133 million financing (PFR, 10/27/10). Run of River Power Various (190 MW Run-of-River) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Various (90 MW Biomass) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (1/19/09). Salt River Project, Shell WindEnergy, SouthWestern Power Group II, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Tucson Electric Power SunZia (460 Miles Transmission) Arizona and New Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors scout funds (PFR, 2/18/11). Santee Cooper, South Carolina Electric & Gas Summer Nuclear Station (2.2 GW Nuclear) Jenkinsville, S.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taps bonds for pre-construction (PFR, 12/7/09). Scotian Windfields, SkyPower Digby Neck (30 MW) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Sharyland Utilities CREZ (300 Miles Transmission) West Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Sharyland discusses deal with SocGen (PFR, 2/17/11). Sithe Global Southdown (800 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 3/1/10). SkyPower Various (30 MW Solar PV) Ontario Deutsche Bank TBA TBA TBA Sponsor mandates Deutsche Bank to leading financing (PFR, 11/9/10). Sol Sage Various (10-20 MW Solar) East Coast, U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt and tax equity (PFR, 6/29/09). SolarGen USA Various (100 MW Solar) Central Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $400M TBA Sponsor hopes to close portfolio financing by year-end (PFR, 7/12/10). Solar Power Partners Various (600 MW Solar) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Early 2011 targeted for closing of first chunk of debt financing (PFR, 8/2/10). SolarReserve Crescent Dunes (100 MW Solar) Tonopah, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors seeks 80% equity and a DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 7/30). Rice (150 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA SolarReserve seeks loan from U.S. Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 10/12/10). Solar Trust of America Various (485 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank TBA $2B TBA Citi, Deutsche Bank talking to lenders about two solar thermal plants (PFR, 7/14/10). Solar Utilities Network Unknown (2 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investors (PFR, 3/2/09). St-Laurent Ènergies Various (954 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks by mid-year (PFR, 1/18/10). Starwood Energy Group Sault Ste. Marie (40 MW solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA TBA TBA Starwood is hunting debt to develop 40 MW of photovoltaic projects in Ontario (PFR, 4/19/10). Starwood Energy Unidentified (290 MW Solar) Harquahala, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor looking for a PPA (PFR, 9/27/10). Unidentified (20 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). Unidentified (30 MW Solar PV) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). Unidentified (100 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA SocGen eyes financing (PFR, 2/11/11). Stirling Energy Systems Imperial Valley (300 MW Solar) Imperial County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). Calico (300 MW Solar) San Bernardino, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). SunEdison Various (Solar) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach lenders for $10-50M (PFR, 6/29/09). SunPower, Xcel Unidentified (19 MW Solar) Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/1/10). TDX Power Chakachamna (335 MW Hydro) Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeks combinations of state funding, equity and debt (PFR, 3/2/09). Tecta Solar Various (Solar) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for $10-20M tax equity (PFR, 6/5/09). Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (600 MW coal-fired) Nolan County, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska will seek financing after there is more clarity on climate change legistlation (PFR, 4/20/10). Various (250 MW Solar PV) California TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska scouts debt for two solar plants (PFR, 11/12/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta (150 MW Phase Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Turbine takeout TBA 7-yr Banks arranging financing (PFR, 3/8/10). Alta Phases 2-4 (570 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, including $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Alta Phases 5-8 (300-500 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor initiates talks with lenders about financing next phases (PFR, 10/25/10). Tioga Energy Various (100 MW Solar) U.S. and Canada TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 5/25/09). Transporta de Gas de Peru Pipeline Expansion Cuzco-Lima, Peru TBA TBA $320M TBA Looking for second round of funding (PFR 5/25/09) Tres Amigas Substation Clovis, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA In preliminary talks with lenders (PFR, 10/19/09). Trillium Power Wind Trillium Power I (700 MW Wind) Lake Ontario, Canada RBC TBA TBA TBA RBC to launch private equity placement (PFR, 8/31/09). U.S. Geothermal Neal Hot Springs (26 MW Geo) Boise, Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBA Coming to market at year-end for $120M (PFR, 2/16/09). San Emidio Expansion (3.6 MW Geo) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA U.S. Power Generating Various (Peakers) New York, New York TBA Refinancing $680M TBA Looking at refinancing (PFR, 1/25/10). Unknown Unknown (Biomethane) Iowa Hannover Consulting TBA TBA TBA Looking to finance $80M project with 60% debt (PFR, 7/20/09). Western Wind Energy Unidentified (30 MW Solar) Yabucoa, Puerto Rico Manulife TBA $249M TBA Manulife snags mandate (PFR, 2/8/11). Western Wind Energy Windstar (120 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA $249M TBA Deal closes, with Sun Life participating (see story, page xxx). Wind Capital Group Unidentified (Wind) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA NordLB joins club; Dexia mulls commitment (PFR, 2/14/11). Wind Energy Systems Technology Unidentified (300 MW Wind) Galveston, Texas BofA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with DOE, Bofa for funding (PFR, 2/8/10). Zeroes Mexico Unidentified (100 MW Waste) Monterrey, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a $50 million bridge (PFR, 1/26/09). Unidentified (50 MW Waste) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Live Deals: Europe/Middle East Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Advanced Power, Siemens Unidentified (420 MW CCGT) North-Rhine Westphalia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate lead arranger (PFR, 2/16/09). Project Ventures Germany Bord Gáis Éireann Whitegate (445 MW Combined Cycle) County Cork, Ireland TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking EUR200 million form the EIB (PFR, 7/20/09). Bulgarian Energy Holdings, Dimosia Epichrisi Paroxis Ariou, Edison Unkown (100-mile Pipeline) Bulgaria to Greece TBA TBA TBA TBA EU providing EUR45M for the project (PFR, 7/24/09). Centrica Various (220 MW Wind) Scotland, U.K. Banco Santander, BoTM, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Rabobank Term Loan TBA 15-yr HSH exits deal (PFR, 7/14/09). CEZ Unknown (Wind) Romania TBA TBA EUR500M TBA Talking to the European Investment Bank (PFR. 3/9/09). Econcern Project Trullo (7 MW Solar) Puglia, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 2/2/09). Belwind (330 MW Wind) Oostende, Belgium ASN Bank, Dexia, EIB, Rabobank TBA TBA TBA Looking for an equity partner (PFR, 6/8/09). EGL Unidentified (800 MW Gas) Salerno, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Project Financing Solutions is advising (PFR, 1/26/09). Energos Unkown (7 MW Waste) Irvine, Scotland TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate bank (PFR, 2/23/09). EnergyMixx Various (1 GW Solar, Wind) Italy TBA TBA EUR60M TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 1/14/09). Gaelectric Holdings Portfolio (2 GW Wind) Montana and Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for partner, equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Masdar London Array (1 GW Wind) U.K. BoTM Unincorporated JV $440M TBA BoTM advising, shortlisting banks (PFR, 1/25/10). MGT Power Tees Renewable Energy Center (295 MW Biomass) Teesport, England TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks to arrange GBP500M (PFR, 7/21/09). Stora Enso Unknown (165 MW Cogen) Ostroleka, Poland European Investment Bank Loan TBA TBA EIB will provide up to half of the funding (PFR, 6/22/09). Live Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes ACME Group, eSolar Various (900 MW Solar) India TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 3/9/09). AES Mong Duong II (1,200 MW Coal) Vietnam TBA TBA TBA TBA Bankers anticipate the project to cost at least $2.4B (PFR, 5/24/10). CLP Group Theni (99 MW Wind) Southern India TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 9/28/09). Global EcoPower Various (160 MW Wind) China Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China TBA TBA TBA Looking for institutional investor equity (PFR, 2/9, 3/23/09). GMR Island Power (800 MW gas-fired) Singapore TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 60-70% p.f. $1.2B plant (PFR, 6/8/09). International Power PT Paiton Energy (815 MW coal) Indonesia JBIC TBA $1.5B TBA 10 Banks participating in financing (PFR, 3/9/10). Macquarie Capital Wind Fund Silverton (1 GW Wind) Barrier Ranges, Australia TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks for financing first phase (PFR, 8/3/09). Reliance Power Sasan (3,960 MW Coal) Madhya Pradesh, India TBA TBA $3B TBA Sponsor hunts international banks to refinance debt (PFR, 7/31/10). Live Deals: Africa Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aviva Mmamantswe (1 GW Coal) Gaborone, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Plant plans delayed by Eskom woes (PFR, 10/5/09). BioTherm Energy Various (85 MW Waste and South Africa TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to wrap four financings by year-end (5/15/09). Botswana Power Corp. Morpule (1.2 GW Coal) Palapye, Botswana Industrial and Commercial Bank, Standard Bank Bridge Loan $140M TBA Set to close in two months (PFR, 5/26/09). Loan $825M TBA CIC Energy, International Power Mmamabula (1.8 GW Coal) Mahalapye, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold as of August, 2009.
  • New York already has its share of landmarks powered by renewables, including the Empire State Building and Brooklyn Brewery.
  • Sellers put 69 natural gas-fired plants on the block over the last 12 months compared to just 22 in 2009, and the overall number of generation assets put on the market jumped to 178 from 132, according to data from PFR’s Generation Sale Database.
  • LS Power Equity Advisors has kicked off the fundraising process for its third fund. The affiliate of independent power producer LS Power is looking to match its LS Power Equity Partners II fund from 2007 that reached $3.085 billion, bankers in New York say.
  • Deal Snapshot is new quarterly feature in which we'll zero in significant, interesting deals. For submissions or more information, please contact Holly Fletcher at 212.224.3293 or hfletcher@iinews.com.
  • Axio Power has entered into exclusive talks with a potential buyer in the last two weeks with plans to make an announcement in the next month.
  • Capital Power has agreed to buy Brick Power’s two natural gas-fired plants in the Northeast for $315 million.
  • Renewables developers are saying that the Ontario government’s decision to halt offshore wind development is damaging the province’s reputation as an emerging force in renewables.
  • The U.S. Department of Energy would be forced to suspend finalizing all applications for its loan guarantee program if House Republicans cut $1.4 billion earmarked for the program, contends Dianne Feinstein, a California senator.
  • Gamesa has opened the U.S.’ first offshore turbine factory, in Norfolk, Va.
  • Portland General Electric and the Bonneville Power Administration will coordinate new substations and transmission systems and potentially collaborate on development.
  • Hezy Ram, ceo and founder of Ram Power, has stepped down from his position at the geothermal developer.
  • The U.S. Federal Financing Bank has wrapped a $343 million loan backing the $510 million One Nevada transmission line developed by an LS Power affiliate and NV Energy.
  • Kairos Energy is planning to start construction this summer on a 28.8 MW wind project in southeastern New Mexico now that it has a 20-year power purchase agreement with the Lea County Electric Cooperative.
  • GE Energy Financial Services has agreed to take a C$40 million ($40.4 million), 70% stake in Finavera Wind Energy’s 77 MW Wildmare project in British Columbia.
  • Fishermen’s Energy has asked New Jersey state regulators to allow renewable energy certificates be sold from offshore wind projects as a way to stimulate the nascent industry.
  • First Wind has received final approval for a 20-year power purchase agreement with Maui Electric Co. for a 21 MW expansion to its 30 MW Kaheawa farm.
  • Sumitomo and Korea Electric Power Corp. have finalized their agreement with the Abu Dhabi Water Electricity Authority to build a $1.5 billion, 1.6 GW natural gas-fired project in Shuweihat.
  • Innergex Renewable Energy has agreed to acquire Cloudworks Energy, a Vancouver-based hydro developer, for $185 million.
  • Constellation Energy Group has bought the rights to a future 7.8 MW solar project in Vineland, N.J., from developer Community Energy Solar of Radnor, Pa.
  • BrightSource Energy has raised roughly $90 million in equity and is hunting another $10 million.
  • President Obama’s proposed fiscal 2012 budget includes roughly $43 million in new funding for rules intended to curb carbon-dioxide emissions.
  • The Alliance to Protect Nantucket Sound and the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe have appealed a permit granted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Cape Wind Associates’ 130-turbine farm off the coast of Massachusetts.
  • The Metropolitan Water District of Southern California has granted Axio Power the option to lease land near Diamond Valley Lake in Riverside County for a 70-100 MW solar project.
  • Värde Partners is seeking the right to double its stake in a 661 MW natural gas-fired facility in Londonderry, N.H., ahead of possibly re-launching a sale of the asset.
  • Banco Espirito Santo has sold at least three loans from its EUR2.6 billion ($3.51 billion) portfolio of project finance and infrastructure debt.
  • Dominion is planning to convert its Altavista coal-fired plant in Altavista, Va., to a waste wood and sawdust-fired facility by 2013.
  • A panel of federal judges has denied an appeal by MatlinPatterson Global Advisors and Wilmington Trust to have Constellation Energy’s acquisition of Boston Generating overturned.
  • The Ontario government has halted plans to support offshore wind projects citing environmental concerns.
  • Xcel Energy’s proposed $180 million, 150-mile transmission line in the San Luis Valley in Colorado has received approval from the Colorado Public Utilities Commission after a feud with a ranch owner.
  • Suzlon Energy is planning an A$390 million ($392 million) wind project about 130 miles southwest of Sydney, Australia.
  • Solus Alternative Asset Management is in the process of increasing its equity stake in MACH Gen.
  • Wind Capital Group is talking to banks to finance a U.S. wind project.
  • The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has approved an offshore incentive program that will reward farms with credits.
  • A Dynegy board committee urged shareholders to accept Carl Icahn’s $665 million bid to buy the independent power producer in a letter issued today.
  • MidAmerican Energy Holdings, PPL and Cheung Kong Infrastructure, run by Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing, are potential buyers of E.ON’s electricity networks in the U.K.
  • Axio Power subsidiary IC Sunshine has landed a 20-year offtake contract from Hawaiian Electric Co. for its 5 MW Campbell Industrial Park on Oahu, Hawaii.
  • Invenergy is talking to bankers at Dexia Crédit Local, Natixis, Rabobank and UniCredit about a more than $200 million financing backing its roughly $400 million, 200 MW Gratiot County wind farm near Breckenridge, Mich.
  • Developers and utilities applying for the U.S. Department of Energy’s $18.3 billion loan guarantee program for nuclear projects are looking to push back on credit subsidy costs.
  • Société Générale is considering participating in a financing backing at least $400 million of solar photovoltaic plants developed by Starwood Energy in Ontario.
  • Dexia Crédit Local has submitted a proposal to lead a financing backing NRG Energy’s $600 million, 550 MW El Segundo combined-cycle plant.
  • The auction of Brick Power's two natural gas-fired plants in New England is nearing the final round of bids, after a delay because of an operational issue at one of the facilities.
  • Morris Energy Group is looking to sell its 945 MW portfolio of natural gas-fired plants on the East Coast.
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  • Government subsidies, tax equity investment and the address by the president of Iceland created the buzz at the Geothermal Energy Association's Geothermal Energy Finance Forum 2011. Bankers, investors, developers and regulators gathered at the Ritz Carlton Battery Park in New York for the event on Feb. 9. Senior Reporter Brian Eckhouse filed the following stories:
  • --Brian Harenza, senior v.p. of Hannon Armstrong in San Francisco, on GeoBanc, the company's joint venture with Islandsbanki subsidiary Glacier that will serve as a one-stop advisory shop for geothermal project development and finance.
  • Eastern Power had retained Morgan Stanley to arrange C$400 million ($379 million) financing for its 280 MW Greenfield South combined-cycle project in Ontario.
  • Vestas and the LEGO Group, yes, the maker of those irresistible blocks, have form an initiative aimed at kindling consumer interest in the wind industry.
  • Competitive Power Ventures has mandated Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ to lead a more than $400 million financing backing its 800 MW Sentinel gas-fired project in Riverside County, Calif.
  • JPMorgan has taken a $24.9 million tax equity stake in a subsidiary of Reno, Nev.-based Ormat Technologies.
  • Icahn Enterprises has again extended the deadline for his $665 million offer for Dynegy, this time to Monday, to allow the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission time to approve the bid.
  • The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $204 million loan guarantee backing Basin Electric Power Cooperative’s $340 million PrairieWinds farm in southeast South Dakota.
  • Southern California Edison has secured an offtake contract for 250 MW from First Solar’s Silver State South solar project near Primm, Nev.
  • Duke Energy Corp. and JEA have inked a deal that would give JEA, the eighth-largest community-owned utility in the U.S., the option to buy 20% of electricity generated at the planned 2.2 GW Lee Nuclear Station in South Carolina.
  • Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley is proposing an offshore wind bill that would require state utilities to ink offtake agreements of at least 20 years with companies developing wind farms off the coast of Ocean City.
  • Tenaska Capital Management is putting a for sale sign on three of its peakers in Illionis, Virginia and West Virginia.
  • San Diego Gas & Electric has inked a 20-year offtake agreement with NRG Solar’s 26 MW Borrego Springs photovoltaic project in Borrego Springs, Calif.
  • Campbell Soup has signed a 20-year PPA with a 9.8 MW solar project in Napoleon, Ohio, that is being developed by BNB Napoleon Solar.
  • Idaho Public Utilities Commission has implemented a temporary change to the maximum size of renewable projects that can receive incentivized power prices from utilities—a move aimed at preventing large, well-capitalized developers including General Electric Co. and Shell WindEnergy from breaking up projects into 10 MW phases.
  • The renewable portfolio standards in Colorado, Minnesota, Missouri and Montana are under attack by Republication legislators who are trying to repeal parts of the legislation.
  • TransAlta has decided to shut its 560 MW Sundance 1 and 2 coal-fired units in Alberta after costs to repair them were uneconomical.
  • LS Power has put its Arlington Valley combined-cycle plant in Arizona back up for sale, this time packaged with its other natural-gas fired plant in the state.
  • Some WestLB project financiers have reportedly been sounding out other firms about employment possibilities as uncertainty increases over the lender’s restructuring.
  • Element Power has started construction on its 50 MW Macho Springs wind project near Deming, N.M.
  • Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison are planning to spend $800 million over the next 10 years to upgrade the 1.872 GW Ludington pumped storage hydro plant in Michigan and increase capacity by 300 MW.
  • Groups representing merchant power companies have filed complaints with the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regarding Northeast Utilities-NStar merger after comments were made about the possibility of rate-based generation, which would be a departure from the competitive power market in the region.
  • China Huadian Corp. is looking to fast track the initial public offering this year of Fuxin New Energy Co., its renewable energy unit.
  • SCC Americas has landed a 25-year offtake agreement with Edinburg, Texas, for its 2 MW landfill gas-to-energy project.
  • NextEra Energy Resources has wrapped a private placement backing its 102.4 MW Baldwin wind project in Burleigh County, N.D.
  • Manulife Financial has landed a mandate to lead a financing backing Western Wind Energy’s roughly $120 million, 30 MW solar project in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico.
  • LongSol, a privately funded Madrid-based financial player, is in the market to buy about $50-$70 million of solar photovoltaic projects in North America this year, with the aim of amassing a 240 MW portfolio in the next four years.
  • Brookfield Renewable Power has acquired majority stakes in a pair of wind assets in British Columbia from Aeolis Wind Power.
  • The U.S. Department of Energy is preparing to launch a $27 million program that will work to bring the cost of solar generation down by 75% by 2020.
  • Actividades de Construccion y Servicios is considering dividing up its EUR4.6 billion ($6.26 billion) renewable asset portfolio after difficulties finding a buyer for the whole fleet.
  • Financing delays for wind projects last year created oversupply of turbines, bringing the price for turbines below EUR1 million ($1.4 million) per MW for the first time since 2005.
  • General Electric Co. will try to persuade a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., Thursday to reverse a ruling that says Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ is not infringing up on a GE patent for variable-speed wind turbines.
  • Michael Eckhart, president of the American Council on Renewable Energy, will join Citigroup in New York as managing director and head of environmental market strategies upon retirement from ACORE later this month.
  • EDF Energies Nouvelles and RES Canada are close to mandating four banks to lead a financing backing a nearly $700 million, 300 MW wind farm in Quebec.
  • Sociéte Générale has submitted a proposal to lead a financing backing Competitive Power Ventures’ $540 million, 850 MW simple-cycle Sentinel Energy Project in Riverside County, Calif.
  • Public Power Corporation, Greece’s biggest utility, is seeking a strategic partner to build an $817 million, 200 MW solar photovoltaic project.
  • Wisconsin’s legislature won’t immediately consider a bill proposed by Gov. Scott Walker to extend the minimum distance separating wind turbines and homes from a home from 1,250 feet to 1,800 feet—a proposal the American Wind Energy Association insists would have ceased wind development in the state.
  • Princeton University is planning a solar collector field that will generate eight million KWh annually.
  • Pattern Energy has landed a power purchase agreement from San Diego Gas & Electric for 315 MW of its planned 550 MW Ocotillo Express wind farm in Imperial County, Calif.
  • Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy will hold an auction for new renewables plants, including gas-fired projects, in the second quarter.
  • Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corporation is planning to issue $200 million of first mortgage bonds via a private placement.
  • Energy Investors Funds is heading toward its $1.75 billion target for its next fund.
  • Quintana Capital Group and Chase Power Development are preparing to launch a search for equity investors for their $3.2 billion, 1.32 GW Las Brisas petroleum coke-fired project, ahead of a $1.4-1.5 billion debt financing.
  • —A.J. Sabatelle, senior v.p. at Moody’s Investors Service in New York, on NRG issuing $1.2 billion in bonds.
  • Axio Power sought final bids from investors to help build out its 600 MW ground-mounted photovoltaic pipeline.
  • NRG Energy has issued $1.2 billion in senior notes after waiting out a choppy market sparked by the European debt crisis, says A.J. Sabatelle, senior v.p. at Moody’s Investors Service in New York.
  • Several bankers have left Barclays Capital, including John Howe, director, James Gabriel, associate, and Siddarth Manjeshwar, v.p. They left at the end of last month.
  • The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a solar project in Haywood County, Tenn., that would produce more than seven million KWh annually.
  • California lawmakers have again reintroduced a state bill mandating that utilities buy derive 33% of their energy from renewables by 2020.
  • Sempra Energy has chosen Chinese company Suntech Power to provide solar modules for the 150 MW first phase of its Mesquite project in Arizona.
  • A proposed Wyoming House of Representatives bill would triple the tax rate on new wind projects, from $1 per MW to $3, and exempt the farms from sales tax on materials used during construction.
  • Intel Corp. continues as the biggest purchaser of renewables in the U.S. as it expects to buy 2.5 billion KWh of green energy credits.
  • Crédit Agricole is looking to underwrite up to half of the debt Calpine Corp. is seeking for its roughly $850 million Russell City Energy Center.
  • A consortium of investors in the 568 MW gas-fired Liberty Electric Power plant has the asset in Eddystone, Pa., up for sale again as it faces an expiring power hedge.
  • A panel of three federal judges has rejected a U.S. Department of Energy initiative to launch corridors for high-voltage transmission lines, citing an agency failure to sufficiently consult affected states.
  • German photovoltaic manufacturer Centrosolar anticipates a large market player to bid for it, though not in the short-term.
  • Ormat Technologies has issued $88 million in senior unsecured bonds as an addendum to a $142 million issuance in August.
  • Enbridge is buying two new solar plants in Ontario, in Tilbury and Amherstburg, from First Solar for $89.6 million.
  • Chinese solar equipment manufacturer LDK Solar has raised $164.2 million in a follow-on public offering.
  • NextEra Energy Resources is seeking a loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy backing its more than $1 billion, 250 MW Genesis concentrating solar thermal plant in Blythe, Calif.
  • KGen Power has agreed to sell its two combined-cycle facilities totaling 1.25 GW in Georgia to Oglethorpe Power.
  • Greengate Power Corp., a wind developer out of Calgary, expects to look for project financing for two wind projects totaling 450 MW in Canada.
  • Legislators in Missouri are considering a law that would allow utilities to buy renewable energy credits from renewable projects that are not in Missouri as a way to meet the state's 15% renewable power standard by 2021.
  • Ameresco and Republic Services have partnered to build a $13 million, 4.3 MW landfill gas-to-energy project near Santa Clara.
  • Earl Watkins, ceo of Sunflower Electric Power Corp., is planning to retire next year amidst the utility's bid to build a $2.8 billion, 895 MW coal-fired project in Kansas.
  • Alaska is considering developing a $4.5 billion, 660 MW hydro project to meet the state's goal of meeting half of its demand with renewables by 2025.
  • Recurrent Energy has been in talks with CIBC about leading a bond component of a financing backing roughly $700 million of its photovoltaic projects in Ontario.
  • Seneca Capital, which helped reject Blackstone Group’s bid for Dynegy, appears to have encouraged the unenthusiastic reaction to investor Carl Icahn’s offer for the independent power producer.
  • Chris Christie, New Jersey’s governor, has signed a law providing up to a decade of incentives for 2 GW of gas-fired generation.
  • Onshore wind installations in the European Union fell 14% in 2010 from the prior year as offshore installations jumped 51%.
  • General Electric has landed a 10-year deal with Spanish wind developer Cobra Energia to install wind turbines at eight farms in Spain.
  • Entergy Corp. has selected Blanche Lincoln, the former U.S. senator from Arkansas, as a member of its board of directors.
  • Brookfield Renewable Power and Coram Energy are speaking to lenders for financing backing their roughly $235 million, 102 MW wind farm in Tehachapi, Calif., this quarter.
  • At least two potential investors are discussing term sheets with Shell Wind Energy for a stake in its 1.1 GW of wind farms.
  • Dexia Crédit Local, Scotia Capital and Siemens Financial Services are among the banks participating in a $265 million refinancing backing a portfolio of Edison Mission Energy wind farms.
  • Invenergy is considering selling a $200 million stake in the company as it looks for ways to fund its wind development pipeline.
  • Enel North America is gearing up to revive the search for a buyer for its stake in TradeWind Energy.
  • Chicago-based investors have bought a pair of 10 MW combined-cycle plants in Idaho from Energy Investors Funds and Black Hills Corp.
  • Starwood Energy is talking to lenders about financings backing roughly $800 million in solar photovoltaic plants in Ontario.
  • Florida Biomass Energy is in talks with several private investment groups about raising money for its $210 million, 60 MW biomass project in Manatee, Fla., after it missed a deadline to apply for $150 million in bonds under the America Reinvestment and Recovery Act.
  • Iberdrola Renewables is developing a $600 million, 300 MW wind project in northeastern North Carolina for what would be the state’s first utility-scale wind farm.
  • The Southwest Power Pool has approved $176 million of transmission projects and set a strategy for better balancing the region’s generation capacity by 2014.
  • Seneca Capital has said it will reject Carl Icahn’s $6 per share bid for Dynegy.
  • Affinity Wind is planning to start construction this spring on the first 36 MW phase of a 150 MW wind project in Illinois.
  • * Attendees couldn't resist the urge to exchange and one-up weather-related stories as the mercury hovered in the teens in New York on Monday. "It was so cold that..." could be heard from the coffee table to the coat-check.
  • Banco Espirito Santo is looking to sell roughly EUR2.6 billion ($3.57 billion) of project finance and infrastructure debt.
  • We’ve all heard about using pavement to fry an egg, but a research team from the University of Rhode Island is working on a project that would use asphalt surfaces as a medium for solar generation.
  • A new generation of power investors such as Google, Cisco and auto manufacturers created the most buzz at SNL Exnet's Power and Utilities M&A Symposium held at the Ritz-Carlton Battery Park in New York Jan. 24-25.
  • --Jay Horine, managing director and head of U.S. power & utility investment banking at JPMorgan in New York, on the expected arrival of new power industry investors.
  • Terra-Gen Power selected Crédit Agricole and Natixis to lead a $394 million financing backing the first, 150 MW phase of the 3 GW Alta Wind Energy Center in Tehachapi, Calif.
  • As many as 10 clean tech companies could go public this year in multi-billion dollar transactions, according to Alan Salzman, ceo of venture capital firm VantagePoint Venture Partners, which backs Tesla Motors and BrightSource Energy.
  • Southern Co. and Ted Turner have brought the 30 MW Cimarron solar photovoltaic project in New Mexico online, marking the first project to come online under their joint venture.
  • The Iraqi government has selected Hyundai to build a $218.9 million, 500 MW al-Quds natural gas fired-plant near Baghdad.
  • Exxon Mobil anticipates that natural gas will trump coal by 2030 to be the second-largest energy source behind oil.
  • Carl Icahn has extended his offer for Dynegy by two weeks after his bid didn’t receive enough shareholder support or approval from the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by the deadline Tuesday night.
  • National Power is looking either sell or bring in an additional investor for its biomass facility in Bieber, Calif., that has a lumber mill and a possibility for solar photovoltaic development.
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. is looking to add up to three staffers to its energy project finance team, including one v.p., by April 1 to help handle heavier deal flow in 2011.
  • Brookfield Renewable Power has mandated WestLB and Citigroup to lead a $185 million financing package supporting its acquisition and construction of Noble Environmental Power’s 99 MW Granite Reliable wind project.
  • Live Deals: Americas Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Abengoa Solar Solana (250 CST) Gila Bend, Ariz. DOE/FFB TBA $1.45B 12-yr FFB and DOE finalizes loan, priced at Treasury plus 37.5 bps (PFR, 1/5/11). Abengoa Mexico Unknown (300 MW CoGen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $450M TBA Financing on track for Dec. payments (PFR, 12/21/09). Acciona Energy North America EcoGrove (100.5 MW Wind) Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander closes loan and looks to syndicate it (see story, page xxx). Aeolis Wind Power Hackney (370 MW Wind) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Awaiting PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 12/14/09). Thunder Mountain (320 MW Wind) AEI Jaguar Energy (300 MW) Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). AES Fonseca (250 MW Coal) La Unión, El Salvador ABN, HSBC, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Planning to come to market (PFR, 4/9/09). Campiche (270 MW Coal) Chile Crédit Agricole, Fortis, HSBC, WestLB TBA $200M 7-yr Project loses environmental permit (6/30/09). AIMPowerGen Various (30 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Begin talks with lenders by March (PFR, 1/12/09). Alpine Energy Unknown (33 MW Waste) St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 4/5/10). Unknown (16 MW Waste) St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands BNP TBA TBA TBA BNP mandated to lead deal (PFR, 12/15/10). American Electric Power, Allegheny Energy PATH (Transmission) Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors initiate informal talks with banks (PFR, 10/29/10). Americas Waste-to-Energy Various (Waste) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 9/8/08). Arclight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). ArcLight Capital Partners Various (Gas and Transmission) TBA Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $275M TBA Leads finalize deal, backing a 1,412 MW operational portfolio (PFR, 1/3/11). ArcLight Capital Partners, SGR Holdings Southern Pines Energy Center (Gas Storage) Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). AREVA, Duke Energy Unknown (50 MW Biomass) Hamilton County, Fla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Finalizing fuel and offtake contracts (PFR, 2/22/10). Axio Power Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer seeking $360-400 package for portolfio of solar PV (PFR, 7/12/10). Biomass Gas & Electric Various (195 MW Biomass) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA 45 MW Tallahassee plant cancelled; status of other projects N/A (PFR, 10/5/09). Biomass Group South Point (200 MW Biomass) South Point, Ohio WestLB Construction Loan $350-400M TBA Relaunching deal, looking for $160M tax equity (PFR,5/27/09). Biomass Secure Power Unknown (15 MW Biomass) Merritt, British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). BP, Ridgeline Goshen II (90 MW Wind) Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). BP, Sempra Fowler Ridge II (199.5 MW Wind) Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). BP Wind Energy, Sempra Generation Cedar Creek II (250.8 MW Wind) Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Leads wrap deal (PFR, 12/21/10). BrightSource Energy Various (1.3 GW Solar) Southern California TBA TBA TBA TBA Financial close expected by year end (PFR, 7/5/10). Brookfield Asset Management, Isolux Corsan CREZ Transmission Texas TBA TBA $240M TBA Developers plan 40% equity stake in $400M project (PFR, 7/5/2010). Brookfield Renewable Power Comber (166 MW) Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). St. Anthony Falls (10 MW Hydro) Minneapolis, Minn. TBA TBA $20.76M TBA Sponsor will hunt financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Brookfield Renewable Power, Coram Energy Unknown (102 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach banks in the fall for p.f. (PFR, 9/7/09). Caithness Energy, GE EFS Shepherds Flat (909 MW Wind) Oregon BoTM, WestLB, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Leads close largest wind financing in U.S. (PFR, 12/27/10). Caletta Renewable Energy Port Erie (90 MW Tires) Erie, Pa. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Mahoning (90 MW Waste) Alliance, Ohio BoA TBA TBA TBA Palmer (35 MW Wood) Springfield, Mass. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Calpine Russell City (600 MW Combined-Cycle) Hayward, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 1/10/11). Los Esteros (300 MW Retrofit) San Jose, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 1/10/11). Canadian Superior Energy, Excalibur Energy Liberty Natural Gas (2.4 bcf LNG) Linden, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a financial adviser (PFR, 1/14/09). Cannon Power Group Aubanel Wind Farm (1 GW wind) Mexicali, Baja California TBA TBA TBA TBA Cannon puts out feelers to banks about 100 MW phase 1 (PFR, 6/28/10). Windy (100 MW Wind) Klickitat County, Wash TBA TBA $180M TBA Financial close expected this quarter (PFR, 1/6/11). Cape Wind Associates Cape Wind (420 MW Wind) Nantucket Sound, Barclays TBA TBA TBA Signs on Siemens for wind turbines (PFR, 4/5/10). Cardinal Gas Storage Perryville (7.5 bcf Gas Storage) Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal set to close this month (PFR, 4/19/10). Castle & Cooke Unknown (400 MW Wind) Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with relationship lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Catalyst Renewables Unknown (37-40 MW Biomass) New York TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors reaches out to 10 banks about two biomass financings (PFR, 12/1/10). Catalyst Renewables, Hannon Armstrong 50 MW Hudson Ranch I (geo) Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Cavallo Energy Cross Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-to-New York TBA TBA $400-$450 million TBA Mid-2011 financing eyed (PFR, 8/30/10). Central Maine Power, Maine Power Connection Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Regulators say project is unnecessarily large (PFR, 10/29/09). Maine & Maritimes (150-200 Mile, 345 kV wire) Cobisa Unidentified (1,750 MW Gas) Greenville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Trouble securing financing w/o PPA (PFR, 6/22/09). Columbia Power, Columbia Basin Trust Unknown (435 MW Hydro) Waneta Dam, B.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Decision on project's future expected (PFR, 2/15/10). Cogentrix Various (110-130 MW) Colo., Puerto Rico, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly 80% debt for $700M portfolio (PFR, 9/13). Competitive Power Ventures Various (7 GW Wind) Various U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer plans massive pipeline of wind projects (PFR, 10/4/10). Conduit Capital Partners Kuntur Transportadora de Gas (700-mile Pipeline) Southern Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo advising (PFR, 5/13/09). Old Harbour Bay Expansion (60 MW Diesel) Jamaica TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks, multilaterals and ECAs for financing (PFR, 6/22/09). Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Unidentified (100 MW Wind) Mutton Mountain, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Tribes considering tax equity, outside developers (PFR, 1/19/09). Confederation Power Various (90 MW Hydro) British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Weighing financing pending PPA award (PFR, 1/12/09). Coram Energy Various (22 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Marathon Capital TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity, debt (PFR, 2/15/10). CPV Keenan II (152 MW Wind) Woodward County, Okla Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA GE EFS invests equity for PTC (PFR, 2/22/10). Cimarron (165 MW Wind) Gray County, Kan. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Ashley (200 MW Wind) McIntosh County, N.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Duke Energy Top of the World (200 MW Wind) Casper, Wyo. BoTM, BBVA, SocGen, Caja Madrid Term Loan $193M 18-yr Sponsor reaches financial close (PFR, 11/7/10). Various (Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to Chinese co. for partnership (PFR,1/27/10). Eastern Power Greenfield South (280 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario Morgan Stanley TBA C$200-250M TBA MS making calls to lenders (PFR, 2/15/10). EDF EN Canada St. Isidore A (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario Dexia, Union Bank TBA TBA TBA Deal closes on first phase (PFR, 1/7/11). St. Isidore B (12 MW Solar PV) Nation, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Dexia mulls participation (PFR, 1/21/11). Edison Mission Energy Taloga (130 MW Wind) Dewey County, Okla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taking bids to lead financing (PFR, 8/24/09). Cedro Hills (350 MW wind) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Laredo Ridge Wind Energy Project Petersurg, Neb. TBA TBA TBA TBA Club deal with pricing at 250 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 5/13/10). Various Neb., N.M., Texas WestLB TBA $265M 10-yr Half-dozen lenders commit (PFR, 1/20/11). Elecnor, Isolux Corsán Unidentified (366 Miles Transmission) Vizcarra to Carhuaquero, Peru) TBA TBA TBA TBA Citi is advising (PFR, 3/9/09). El Paso Ruby Pipeline (675-mile Natural Gas Pipeline) Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Enel, TradeWinds Energy Various (1.2 GW Wind) Midwest TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity (PFR, 3/16/09) Various (50 MW Geothermal) Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBA Tax equity deal to close in two months (PFR, 1/14/09). Enerdyne Power Systems Unknown (3 MW Landfill Gas) Clarksville, Tenn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for banks to provide debt (PFR, 9/7/09). Energy Answers International, Energy Investors Funds Arecibo (80 MW Waste-to-Energy) Arecibo, P.R. BNP TBA TBA TBA Sponsors hunting debt for $500 million project (PFR, 12/19/10). enXco Lakefield (201 MW Wind) Minnesota Dexia, SocGen TBA TBA TBA CoBank weighs taking ticket (PFR, 10/20/10). Energy Investors Fund Hot Springs (48MW Geo) Elko, Nev. DZ Bank, Fortis Capital TBA $120M TBA EIF takes ownership from TG Power (PFR, 10/5/09). Various (80 MW Landfill Gas) U.S. TBA TBA $200M TBA Looking for recap (PFR, 2/15/10). Energy 5.0 Unidentified (Solar 25 MW) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering financing options (PFR, 1/11/10). Éolectric Various (675 MW Wind) Canada and Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a strategic partner (PFR, 3/30/09). Eolia La Ventosa (164 MW) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). eSolar, NRG Energy Unidentified (92 MW Solar) El Paso, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Applied for DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 6/22/09). Eurus Energy Bull Creek (180 MW Wind) Borden County, Texas Mizuho TBA $296.1M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/23/09). Eurus Energy, NRG Energy Various (45 MW Solar) TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $180-225M TBA Five banks close deal (see story, page xxx). Everpower Renewables 2009 Turbine Supply Midwest, Pacific N.W. KeyBanc Capital Markets Turbine supply $140M Looking for financing (PFR, 5/23/09). Highland I (62.5 MW Wind) Cambria County, Pa. TBA TBA $65M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/1/09). Highland North (73 MW Wind) Krayn, Penn. TBA TBA TBA TBA EverPower reaches out to lenders about financing (PFR, 11/24/10). Howard (50-63 MW Wind) Steuben County, N.Y. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Buckeye (300 MW Wind) Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Exergy Development Group Various (183 MW Wind) Idaho GE EFS TBA $322M 15-18-yr BoTM wraps $242 million, first phase of financing (PFR, 10/13/10). Falcon Gas Storage MoBay (50Bcf Gas Storage) Mobile County, Ala. BNP, ING Construction/Term Loan $400M 7-yr Financial close on hold as sponsor works to secure equity (PFR, 7/16/10). First Solar Desert Sunlight (550 MW Solar PV) Desert Center, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hopes to begin construction in 2011 (PFR, 8/16/10). Various (90 MW Solar PV) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor scouts portfolio financing (PFR, 11/12/10). First Wind Cohocton (125 MW) Steuben County, N.Y. Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Milford II (100 MW Wind) Milford, Utah TBA TBA $220M TBA October closing eyed (PFR, 8/18/10). Rollins (60 MW Wind) Penobscot County, Maine Key Bank, NordLB TBA $81M 18-mo Deal wraps, with JPMorgan taking tax equity stake (PFR, 12/6/10). Sheffield (40 MW Wind) Caledonia County, Vt. Key Bank Construction $76M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 1/19/11). Stetson (57, 25.5 MW Wind) Danforth, Maine BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Fishermen's Energy Various (20 MW Offshore Wind) Atlantic City, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeking at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split (PFR, 7/20/10). FPL Group Various (Solar) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing planned for Q1-2 2010 (PFR, 6/1/09). GDF SUEZ Energy International Proyecto Eólico (49.5 MW Wind) Guanacaste, Costa Rica TBA TBA $80M TBA Sponsor looking to arrange a club (PFR, 1/30/09). Gemini Solar Unknown (30 MW Solar) Austin, Texas TBA TBA $150M TBA Looking to mandate before month-end (PFR, 9/14/09). Gilead Power Corp. Ostrander (20 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Shelved funding plans due to credit crisis (PFR, 3/6/09). Gradient Resources Patua (60 MW Phase I Geo) Reno, Nev. TBA TBA $200M TBA Year-end closing eyed (PFR, 10/4/10). Grasslands Renewable Energy Wind Spirit (1,300 Miles Transmission Northern Plains TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering project finance options (PFR, 6/8/09). Great Lakes Ohio Wind Great Lakes (20 MW Offshore Wind) Near Cleveland, Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA KeyBanc has informal discussions with sponsor (PFR, 9/20). Greenfield South Power Unidentified (293 MW Gas) Ontario Credit Suisse B Loan $335M TBA Credit Suisse offering sweeteners to close deal (PFR, 8/2/10). Greengate Power Halkirk (150 MW Wind) Alberta TBA TBA C$350M TBA Closing in on PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 1/25/2010). GWF Energy Tracy (314 MW Combined Cycle) Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M 10-yr plus construction Deal wraps (PFR, 11/30/10). Homeland Renewable Energy, Laidlaw Energy Various (Biomass) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA JV to seek p.f. before August 2010 (PFR, 9/28/09). Horizon Wind Various (600 MW Wind) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking tax equity (PFR, 9/7/09). Blue Canyon (99 MW) Southern California GE EFS TBA TBA TBA GE EFS to loan money to the projects (PFR, 11/9/09). Arlington (103 MW) Gilliam County, Ore. GE EFS TBA TBA TBA Meadow Lake II (99 MW Wind) White County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA JPMorgan makes tax equity investment (PFR, 10/28/10). Hudson Transmission Partners Hudson Transmission Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Deal expected to launch in November (PFR, 10/25/10). International Power Various (3.5 GW Gas) New England, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA $770M debt due for refi in July (PFR, 9/7/09). Invenergy Beech Ridge (100.5 MW Wind) Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Le Plateau (138 MW Wind) Quebec, Canada Natixis, RBC TBA TBA TBA Natixis and RBC snag mandates (PFR, 11/10/10). White Oak (150 MW Wind) McLean County, Ill. TBA TBA $300M TBA Sponsor scouts financing (PFR, 10/27/10). ISAGEN Sogamoso (820 MW Hydro) Santander, Columbia Banco Santander Local/International Bonds $600M TBA Seeking ECA and multilaterals ahead of p.f. (PFR, 4/20/09). ITC Holdings Various (Transmission) Kansas, Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for ways to finance outside of revolver, FMBs (PFR, 12/14/09). Just-Wind Logan County (368 MW Wind) Logan County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Emmons County (900 MW Wind) Emmons County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders, tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Juwi Solar Various (200 MW Photovoltaic) Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Kruger Energy Chatham (100 MW Wind) Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Financial close reached, marking Deutsche Bank's reemergence into power mark (PFR, 5/28/10). Liberty Energy Liberty Energy Center Hamilton, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt/equity (PFR, 2/25/09). (6.5 MW Biosolid) Las Brisas Energy Center 1.3 GW Petroleum Coke Corpus Christi, Tex. Morgan Stanley Bonds, bank/construction loan $1 billion TBA Want to finance and then sell project (PFR, 3/29/10). Lincoln Renewable Energy Various (100 MW Solar PV) New Jersey TBA TBA $400-500M TBA Sponsor targets relationship lenders of Airtricity and SunPower (PFR, 10/11/10). LNG Development Pipeline (117 miles) Warrenton to Moalla, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will start talking to banks mid-2010 (PFR, 9/14/09). Longview Power Maidsville (695 MW Coal) Maidsville, W.Va Goldman, WestLB TBA $1.1B 7-yr Amendment proposal fails (PFR, 8/10/10). LS Power Cross Texas (300 Miles Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 70% debt on project (PFR, 2/16/09). Transmission) LS Power, NV Energy One Nevada Transmission Line Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA TBA TBA LS Power snags a loan from Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 9/21/10). Macquarie Capital Amherstburg (35 MW Solar) Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, Lloyds TSB, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Banks to club up for $100M (PFR, 6/8/09). Mainstream Renewable Power Laguna Verde (35 MW Wind) Valparaiso, Chile TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to German banks for financing (PFR, 2/2/09). Merchant Energy Partners East Cheyenne (Gas Storage 19 bcf) Logan County, Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to hire banks at year-end (PFR, 7/13/09). Mirant Marsh Landing (760 MW Gas-Fired) Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Mitsubishi Corp. Unidentified (300 MW Co-Gen) Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 1/12/09). Mitsui, Tokyo Gas Various (Gas-fired) Mexico Sumitomo, BoTM, Mizuho TBA TBA TBA Lead banks lined up (PFR, 1/11/10). Mohave Sun Power Unknown (340 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Will approach the market for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 4/27/09). National Wind Various (Wind) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with internat'l co. for partnership (PFR, 10/23/09). Goodhue (78 MW Wind) Goodhue County, Minn. TBA Tax Equity $160-180M TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unidentified (400 MW Wind) Northeast Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Unknown (500 MW Wind) Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and investors (PFR, 12/4/09). NaturEner Rim Rock (309 MW) Glacier and Toole Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to p.f. $500M of the project this year (PFR, 6/15/09). Nautilus Solar Energy, Starwood Energy Unknown (50-60 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders for multi-million dollar project (PFR, 2/23/09). Naikun Wind Energy, Enmax Green Power Naikun Phase I (400 MW Wind) Haida Gwaii, British Columbia BoTM TBA TBA TBA Looking beyond Canadian banks for p.f. (PFR, 10/5/09) Nevada Geothermal Blue Mountain (49.5 MW Geothermal) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services closes a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). Various (60 MW Geothermal) Nevada and Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor to seek DOE loan guarantees (PFR, 9/20/10). Nevada Hydro Talega-Escondido/Valley -Serrano (Transmission 500 kV) Southern California CIT Group TBA TBA TBA CIT shortlists equity co.'s for investing (PFR, 10/28/09). NextEra Energy Resources Genesis Solar Energy Project (250 MW) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA $1B+ TBA NextEra scouts financing for concentrating solar thermal plant (PFR, 10/11/10). Unknown (Concentrating Solar) Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor begins hunt for debt (PFR, 10/22/10). Blythe Energy Center (500 MW Gas-Fired) Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB TBA $305M 7-yr Deal wraps without SMBC (PFR, 12/22/10). NextLight Renewable Power Unknown (150 MW Solar) Boulder City, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will look for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 10/12/09). AV Solar Ranch I (230 MW Solar) Antelope Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Agua Caliente (280 MW Solar) Yuma, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Silver State (400 MW Solar) Primm, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Noble Environmental Power Granite Renewable (99 MW Wind) Coos County, N.H. TBA TBA TBA TBA WestLB considers participating (PFR, 11/2/10). Northland Power Kabinakagomi (26 MW Hydro) Kabinakagomi River, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets 2012 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Manitoulin Island (60 MW Wind) Maitoulin Island, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor talking to lenders about 2011 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Mont Louis (100 MW Wind) Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Closing is imminent (PFR, 11/17/10). Saskatchewan (265 MW Combined Cycle) North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Various (130 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor plans to finance projects between 2011 and 2013 (PFR, 8/9/10). NRG Energy El Segundo (550 MW Gas) Carlsbad, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors plot deal for Q1 (PFR, 1/17/11). Various (Solar) Various, U.S. Royal Bank of Scotland Revolver TBA TBA Deal on hold (PFR, 1/25/10). Ocean Renewable Various (165-210 MW Hydro) Alaska, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking equity investors (PFR, 10/27/09). Power Corp. Oglethorpe Power Vogtle (2.2 GW nuclear) Waynesboro, Ga. TBA TBA TBA TBA Snags DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 2/16/10). Ormat Technologies Brawley (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with JPMorgan for tax equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Various (80-90 MW Geothermal) California and Nevada John Hancock TBA TBA TBA John Hancock mandated to lead deal (12/8/10). OwnEnergy Various (Wind) U.S. TBA $200M TBA In talks with infrastructure funds (PFR, 12/14/09). Panda Energy Two 15-20 MW photovoltaic projects TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Con Edison Development will assist with financing (PFR, 5/3/10). Pattern Energy Various (Wind) Nevada, Ontario, Puerto Rico TBA TBA TBA TBA Pattern hunts over $1 billion in debt for projects (PFR, 1/21/11). Various Saskatchewan TBA Construction term $200-$400 M TBA Will seek financing by year-end (PFR, 3/23/10). Preneal Vientos del Istmo (395.9 MW Wind) Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). Pristine Power York Energy Centre (393 MW Gas) King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Grand Valley (20.3 MW) Grand Valley, Ontario TBA TBA $37.9M 20-yr Sponsor will seek financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Project Resources Corporation Lakeswind (100 MW Wind) Fargo-Moorhead, Minn. TBA TBA $200M TBA PRC in talks with MUFG about sales-leaseback (PFR, 11/8/10). Pure Energy Bayonne Energy Center (512 MW Gas) Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Quintana Capital Group, Chase Power Development Las Brisas Energy Center (1,320 MW petroleum coke-fired) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for more than $1 billion to finance the $3.2B project (PFR, 4/21/10). Radback Energy Oakley (624 MW Gas) Contra Costa County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM targets mandate (PFR, 1/27/11). Ram Power Iris (50 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor hopes to ink financing by mid-2011 (PFR, 8/18/10). Orita I (49.9 MW Geothermal) Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor considering a private placement (PFR, 9/20/10). Raser Technologies Unknown (42 MW Geo) Beaver County, Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA To look for financing pending DOE guarantee (PFR, 7/7/09). Recurrent Energy Various (170+ MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing expected in Q2 (PFR, 1/20/11). Various (335 MW Solar) Southwest U.S., Hawaii, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to finance with a mix of debt/equity (PFR, 3/23/09). Sunset Reservoir (5 MW Solar) San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). Renewable Ventures Unidentified (26 MW Solar) Apex, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to secure some p.f. next year (PFR, 8/24/09) Renewable Energy Systems Greenwich (99 MW Wind) Dorion, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 4/5/10). Talbot (99 MW Wind) Chatham Kent, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 11/23/09). Renewable Energy Services Limited Statia Terminals (24 MW Wind) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders (PFR, 2/9/09). Riverbank Power Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Sparta, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Unidentified (1 GW Hydro) Wiscasset, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Rollcast Energy Piedmont Green Power (50MW Biomass) Barnesville, Ga. MUFG, Investec TBA $133M TBA MUFG, Investec wrap $133 million financing (PFR, 10/27/10). Run of River Power Various (190 MW Run-of-River) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). Various (90 MW Biomass) British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (1/19/09). Santee Cooper, South Summer Nuclear Station Jenkinsville, S.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taps bonds for pre-construction (PFR, 12/7/09). Carolina Electric & Gas (2.2 GW Nuclear) Scotian Windfields, SkyPower Digby Neck (30 MW) Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Sharyland Utilities Unidentified (300 Miles Transmission) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to create REIT for equity (PFR, 2/16/09). Sithe Global Southdown (800 MW Combined Cycle) Mississauga, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 3/1/10). SkyPower Various (30 MW Solar PV) Ontario Deutsche Bank TBA TBA TBA Sponsor mandates Deutsche Bank to leading financing (PFR, 11/9/10). Sol Sage Various (10-20 MW Solar) East Coast, U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt and tax equity (PFR, 6/29/09). SolarGen USA Various (100 MW Solar) Central Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $400M TBA Sponsor hopes to close portfolio financing by year-end (PFR, 7/12/10). Solar Power Partners Various (600 MW Solar) TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Early 2011 targeted for closing of first chunk of debt financing (PFR, 8/2/10). SolarReserve Crescent Dunes (100 MW Solar) Tonopah, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors seeks 80% equity and a DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 7/30). Rice (150 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA SolarReserve seeks loan from U.S. Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 10/12/10). Solar Trust of America Various (485 MW Solar Thermal) Blythe, Calif. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank TBA $2B TBA Citi, Deutsche Bank talking to lenders about two solar thermal plants (PFR, 7/14/10). Solar Utilities Network Unknown (2 MW Solar) Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investors (PFR, 3/2/09). St-Laurent Ènergies Various (954 MW Wind) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks by mid-year (PFR, 1/18/10). Starwood Energy Group Sault Ste. Marie (40 MW solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA TBA TBA Starwood is hunting debt to develop 40 MW of photovoltaic projects in Ontario (PFR, 4/19/10). Starwood Energy Unidentified (290 MW Solar) Harquahala, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor looking for a PPA (PFR, 9/27/10). Unidentified (20 MW Solar) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). Unidentified (30 MW Solar PV) Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). Unidentified (100 MW Solar) Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hunts debt (PFR, 1/28/11). Stirling Energy Systems Imperial Valley (300 MW Solar) Imperial County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). Calico (300 MW Solar) San Bernardino, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). SunEdison Various (Solar) U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach lenders for $10-50M (PFR, 6/29/09). SunPower, Xcel Unidentified (19 MW Solar) Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/1/10). TDX Power Chakachamna (335 MW Hydro) Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeks combinations of state funding, equity and debt (PFR, 3/2/09). Tecta Solar Various (Solar) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for $10-20M tax equity (PFR, 6/5/09). Tenaska Trailblazer Energy Center (600 MW coal-fired) Nolan County, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska will seek financing after there is more clarity on climate change legistlation (PFR, 4/20/10). Various (250 MW Solar PV) California TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska scouts debt for two solar plants (PFR, 11/12/10). Terra-Gen Power Alta (150 MW Phase Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Turbine takeout TBA 7-yr Banks arranging financing (PFR, 3/8/10). Alta Phases 2-4 (570 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, including $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Alta Phases 5-8 (300-500 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor initiates talks with lenders about financing next phases (PFR, 10/25/10). Tioga Energy Various (100 MW Solar) U.S. and Canada TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 5/25/09). Transporta de Gas de Peru Pipeline Expansion Cuzco-Lima, Peru TBA TBA $320M TBA Looking for second round of funding (PFR 5/25/09) Tres Amigas Substation Clovis, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA In preliminary talks with lenders (PFR, 10/19/09). Trillium Power Wind Trillium Power I (700 MW Wind) Lake Ontario, Canada RBC TBA TBA TBA RBC to launch private equity placement (PFR, 8/31/09). U.S. Geothermal Neal Hot Springs (26 MW Geo) Boise, Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBA Coming to market at year-end for $120M (PFR, 2/16/09). San Emidio Expansion (3.6 MW Geo) Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA U.S. Power Generating Various (Peakers) New York, New York TBA Refinancing $680M TBA Looking at refinancing (PFR, 1/25/10). Unknown Unknown (Biomethane) Iowa Hannover Consulting TBA TBA TBA Looking to finance $80M project with 60% debt (PFR, 7/20/09). Western Wind Energy Windstar (120 MW Wind) Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA $249M TBA Deal closes, with Sun Life participating (see story, page xxx). Wind Energy Systems Technology Unidentified (300 MW Wind) Galveston, Texas BofA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with DOE, Bofa for funding (PFR, 2/8/10). Zeroes Mexico Unidentified (100 MW Waste) Monterrey, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a $50 million bridge (PFR, 1/26/09). Unidentified (50 MW Waste) Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Live Deals: Europe/Middle East Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Advanced Power, Siemens Unidentified (420 MW CCGT) North-Rhine Westphalia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate lead arranger (PFR, 2/16/09). Project Ventures Germany Bord Gáis Éireann Whitegate (445 MW Combined Cycle) County Cork, Ireland TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking EUR200 million form the EIB (PFR, 7/20/09). Bulgarian Energy Holdings, Dimosia Epichrisi Paroxis Ariou, Edison Unkown (100-mile Pipeline) Bulgaria to Greece TBA TBA TBA TBA EU providing EUR45M for the project (PFR, 7/24/09). Centrica Various (220 MW Wind) Scotland, U.K. Banco Santander, BoTM, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Rabobank Term Loan TBA 15-yr HSH exits deal (PFR, 7/14/09). CEZ Unknown (Wind) Romania TBA TBA EUR500M TBA Talking to the European Investment Bank (PFR. 3/9/09). Econcern Project Trullo (7 MW Solar) Puglia, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 2/2/09). Belwind (330 MW Wind) Oostende, Belgium ASN Bank, Dexia, EIB, Rabobank TBA TBA TBA Looking for an equity partner (PFR, 6/8/09). EGL Unidentified (800 MW Gas) Salerno, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Project Financing Solutions is advising (PFR, 1/26/09). Energos Unkown (7 MW Waste) Irvine, Scotland TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate bank (PFR, 2/23/09). EnergyMixx Various (1 GW Solar, Wind) Italy TBA TBA EUR60M TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 1/14/09). Gaelectric Holdings Portfolio (2 GW Wind) Montana and Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for partner, equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Masdar London Array (1 GW Wind) U.K. BoTM Unincorporated JV $440M TBA BoTM advising, shortlisting banks (PFR, 1/25/10). MGT Power Tees Renewable Energy Center (295 MW Biomass) Teesport, England TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks to arrange GBP500M (PFR, 7/21/09). Stora Enso Unknown (165 MW Cogen) Ostroleka, Poland European Investment Bank Loan TBA TBA EIB will provide up to half of the funding (PFR, 6/22/09). Live Deals: Asia/Pacific Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes ACME Group, eSolar Various (900 MW Solar) India TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 3/9/09). AES Mong Duong II (1,200 MW Coal) Vietnam TBA TBA TBA TBA Bankers anticipate the project to cost at least $2.4B (PFR, 5/24/10). CLP Group Theni (99 MW Wind) Southern India TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 9/28/09). Global EcoPower Various (160 MW Wind) China Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China TBA TBA TBA Looking for institutional investor equity (PFR, 2/9, 3/23/09). GMR Island Power (800 MW gas-fired) Singapore TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 60-70% p.f. $1.2B plant (PFR, 6/8/09). International Power PT Paiton Energy (815 MW coal) Indonesia JBIC TBA $1.5B TBA 10 Banks participating in financing (PFR, 3/9/10). Macquarie Capital Wind Fund Silverton (1 GW Wind) Barrier Ranges, Australia TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks for financing first phase (PFR, 8/3/09). Reliance Power Sasan (3,960 MW Coal) Madhya Pradesh, India TBA TBA $3B TBA Sponsor hunts international banks to refinance debt (PFR, 7/31/10). Live Deals: Africa Sponsor Project Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Aviva Mmamantswe (1 GW Coal) Gaborone, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Plant plans delayed by Eskom woes (PFR, 10/5/09). BioTherm Energy Various (85 MW Waste and South Africa TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to wrap four financings by year-end (5/15/09). Botswana Power Corp. Morpule (1.2 GW Coal) Palapye, Botswana Industrial and Commercial Bank, Standard Bank Bridge Loan $140M TBA Set to close in two months (PFR, 5/26/09). Loan $825M TBA CIC Energy, International Power Mmamabula (1.8 GW Coal) Mahalapye, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold as of August, 2009.
  • Portland General Electric is looking for an independent firm to help it manage its generation acquisitions as it looks to meet demand over the next decade.
  • Nuclear and clean coal-fired power will be included in the nation’s generation mix to meet President Obama’s goal of 80% clean energy by 2035.
  • George Jepsen, the Connecticut attorney general, has said the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control should reverse its decision to forego a review of Northeast Utilities’ $17.5 billion merger with NStar.
  • Hawaiian Electric Power Co. received state approval for its 20-year PPA with Honua Power’s 12 MW biomass project.
  • American Electric Power is planning to accelerate construction of its 580 MW Dresden, Ohio, combined cycle project so that it will be online in the first quarter of next year.
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is in discussions to lead a financing backing Radback Energy’s 624 MW combined-cycle Oakley plant in Contra Costa County, Calif.
  • Dynegy has received only one bid for the company, Carl Icahn’s $665 million offer, which expires at midnight.
  • The French government will seek bidders in the second quarter interested in building the nation’s first offshore wind farm.
  • The U.S. wind industry built 5.1 GW of new wind generation in 2010, the lowest since 2006.
  • The Missouri Senate has nixed a portion of a rule crafted by state regulators requiring investor-owned utilities to buy increasing amounts of renewable energy.
  • President Obama is expected to seek funding for renewables programs at tonight’s State of the Union address.
  • Intesa Sanpaolo has named Alessandro Vitale, a London-based director, as the head of project and industry specialized lending in New York.
  • AES Solar, a joint venture between Riverstone Holdings and AES Corp., has reportedly agreed to buy a solar project from Seattle-based developer Tuusso Energy.
  • Goldman Sachs Group expects the solar-panel industry to expand by 13% this year and is advising investors to buy shares of First Solar, SMA Solar Technology and GCL-Poly Energy Holdings.
  • An Ontario property owner has asked a Superior Court judge to cease wind development in the province until a medical study is conducted to determine the health impact of nearby turbines.
  • The New York Public Service Commission has approved Icahn Enterprises’ purchase of Dynegy.
  • The Saudi government has earmarked $133 million for renewable energy in 2011 as it plans a lengthy effort to slash its dependence on fossil fuels.
  • Foster City, Calif.-based SolarCity has purchased Clean Currents Solar of Rockville, Md., to broaden its rooftop solar installation business to the mid-Atlantic.
  • DnB NOR has hired Mark Dennes to build a U.S. power and renewables financing group in New York.
  • The New York State Public Service Commission has approved NRG Energy’s $1.4 billion, 1.04 GW gas-fired plant in Queens, N.Y.
  • Juan Kreutz, director at Barclays Capital, left the firm on Tuesday.
  • The California Division of Ratepayer Advocates has asked the California Public Utilities Commission to reconsider its approval of Pacific Gas & Electric’s offtake agreement for Radback Energy’s proposed 586 MW gas-fired plant in Oakley, Calif.
  • Wisconsin leaders have nixed biomass as a planned fuel source at a plant being built at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and instead will make it an entirely gas-fired facility.
  • Texas regulators have approved a 140-mile stretch of the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones through Hill County.
  • What helps food grow, gives some of us a healthy glow in the summer months, and increases the safety of U.S. Marines?
  • NRG Solar has scored a conditional $967 million loan from the U.S. Federal Financing Bank under the Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program.
  • SunEdison has snagged a $50 million non-recourse revolver from Rabobank to finance solar plants in the U.S.
  • Citigroup is among lenders and institutional investors looking at financings backing transmission projects in the Competitive Renewable Energy Zones in West Texas.
  • Pattern Energy is talking to lenders about raising nearly $1 billion to help finance roughly $1.3 billion in wind farms in Nevada, Ontario and Puerto Rico.
  • Consolidation in the wind sector, feed-in tariffs, transmission and U.S. shops looking for Canadian capital created the buzz at Euromoney Seminar's 2nd Annual Canadian Power Financing Conference.
  • --Geoff Krause, former cfo of Pristine Power, on financing challenges faced by smaller developers.
  • Competitive Power Ventures unit CPV Canada Development was in the midst of wrapping up its purchase of SkyPower affiliate Interwind's wind pipeline.
  • Pampa Energia, Argentina’s largest electrical provider, has agreed to spend $276 million to buy large stakes in Argentine electricity companies from Houston-based Ashmore Energy International.
  • China Resources Power Holdings, a Hong Kong-listed utility, expects to add 800 MW of wind generation annually—a roughly $970 million expense.
  • Environmental group Western Watersheds Project has sued multiple U.S. agencies, including the Bureau of Land Management, over the government’s fast-tracking of BrightSource Energy’s 370 MW Ivanpah solar farm in San Bernardino County, Calif.
  • Houston-based Clean Lines Energy, which is planning a $3.5 billion transmission line from wind farms in Oklahoma to western Tennessee, wants an administrative law judge to grant it public utility status.
  • First Energy’s proposed $4.7 billion purchase of Allegheny Energy has landed the approval of Maryland regulators.
  • Half-dozen lenders have made commitments to a $265 million refinancing backing a portfolio of wind farms owned by Edison Mission Energy subsidiary Viento Funding II.
  • Axio Power is trying to attract investors to solar photovoltaic projects by offering up minority stakes in development projects for $10 million.
  • Big, well-capitalized power developers active in Canada are expected to continue making acquisitions of projects, especially since they can snag lower development capital costs than smaller sponsors.
  • Recurrent Energy is considering a financing mix of bonds and loans backing roughly $700 million in solar photovoltaic projects in Ontario.
  • Pricing on an Energy Capital Partners $525 million financing package has been cut to 425 basis points over LIBOR from 450-475 bps due to oversubscription.
  • Renewables, including solar, wind, geothermal and biofuels, will increase their contribution to global energy between 2010 and 2030, from 5% to 18%, according to BP’s industry forecast.
  • Kristina Johnson, a former member of the AES Corp. board of directors, has rejoined the board.
  • The German government and the nation’s solar energy industry have struck an agreement that will lower subsidies for photovoltaic plants.
  • Swedish utility Vattenfall plans to build a wind farm generating up to 7.2 GW off the East Anglia coast in the North Sea after 2015.
  • First Wind has landed a $76 million financing backing its 40 MW Sheffield wind farm in Caledonia County, Vt.
  • Two Northern California-based scientists have estimated that the world would need roughly 4 million wind turbines—generating 5 MW apiece—to derive 100% of its electricity from renewables.
  • Dominion North Carolina Power has signed a 15-year contract to buy 1.4 MW generated by a solar plant near Jackson, N.C.
  • Invenergy is planning a second wind farm in Gratiot County, Mich.
  • Jersey Gardens Mall in Elizabeth, N.J., will build a 4.8 MW rooftop solar installation, which is expected to be the largest of its kind in North America.
  • Chinese President Hu Jintao is expected to discuss joint efforts between China and the U.S. on low-carbon technologies in a visit to Washington, D.C., this week.
  • Dexia Crédit Local is looking for a syndicator to replace Muriel Levi, v.p. of syndications in New York, who has relocated to its Paris headquarters.
  • PSEG Power has agreed to sell a combined-cycle plant to a municipal utility and another to a financial shop for a total of $687 million.
  • K Road Sun will tap the project finance markets this year to fund construction of a pair of photovoltaic projects and wants to bulk up its 3 GW development pipeline with solar and gas-fired acquisitions.
  • Calpine Corp. is selling $1.2 billion in 144A senior secured bonds in a private placement this week to refinance the remaining debt on a $4.7 billion term loan that fueled the company’s exit from bankruptcy court.
  • The U.S. Bureau of Land Management says it will rate how the 50 renewables projects it expects to assess in 2011 may affect tribal cultural, spiritual and natural resources.
  • Martin O’Malley, Maryland’s governor, is planning to introduce a bill next week requiring utilities to sign power purchase agreements for offshore wind farms.
  • The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power generated 20 percent of its electricity in 2020 through renewables, including wind solar and solar.
  • Kaua’i Island Utility Cooperative has inked a deal with Xtreme Power of Kyle, Texas to buy a 1.5 MW battery storage system, which will aid the intermittency of a 3 MW solar photovoltaic plant.
  • Massachusetts-based Evergreen Solar will close its U.S. solar manufacturing base in Devens, Mass.
  • New possibilities for the loan guarantee program, more available capital from private equity and lenders, leveraged leases, and regulation created the most buzz at Infocast's Projects & Money 2011 conference. Dozens of sponsors, bankers and investors gathered at Harrah's New Orleans for the event on Jan. 11-13. Senior Reporter Brian Eckhouse filed the following stories:
  • The project finance market was forecast to grow in 2010, according to bankers attending Infocast's Projects & Money conference in New Orleans.
  • --Elizabeth Waters, v.p. of the structured finance group at Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi at Infocast's Projects & Money 2011 conference in New Orleans, on lenders looking to expand their project financing deal volumes.
  • Turning off the mobile phones, PDAs, televisions and computers was not what the late Bill Cunningham had in mind when he decided to build his home off the grid in Southern Arizona.
  • * The season's second Eastern blizzard delayed or canceled New Orleans-bound flights for several panelists and attendees, including those departing from Atlanta and the Northeast. Some attendees fretted that their flights Wednesday or Thursday would be canceled or postponed.
  • Lawmakers are proposing new loan guarantee programs for renewables projects outside the purview of the U.S. Department of Energy, which manages the Sects. 1703 and 1705 initiatives.
  • Capital Power Income LP is on the presentation circuit, visiting interested buyers of its 1.4 GW fleet of natural gas-fired, biomass and hydro generation.
  • Constellation Energy has shuffled its financial leadership and established two new positions—a v.p. of operational finance at Constellation and cfo at its Baltimore Gas & Electric subsidiary.
  • The Illinois Senate rejected legislation supporting Tenaska’s $3.5 billion Taylorville coal-to-gas-fired project, which has been chosen for a $2.6 billion federal loan guarantee.
  • Free Flow Power, a Massachusetts hydro developer, is seeking preliminary approval to build two projects totaling 6 MW in Whatcom County, Mass.
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has decided to delay for three years a requirement that biomass-fired facilities have permits for emitting carbon dioxide.
  • The U.K. government could make its proposed Green Investment Bank’s home in Edinburgh, Scotland, as other financial institutions based there invest heavily in renewable energy.
  • Utilities will be on Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s investment list now that it has closed its first corporate mezzanine fund with $956 million in capital.
  • Gamesa is planning to start construction this quarter on a 40-50 MW wind project in Syria, the country’s first.
  • Société Générale will need to hire traders to fill out its newly acquired power and natural gas trading operations that is buying from RBS Sempra Commodities.
  • AltaLink and Epcor’s proposed Heartland transmission project in Alberta is set to begin public hearings in April.
  • A bill is floating in the Minnesota state house that would remove the ban on building new nuclear generation despite reservations from Gov. Mark Dayton.
  • CPV, NRG Energy and Radback Energy are talking to lenders about raising roughly $1.9 billion in debt for gas-fired projects that the sponsors are developing in California.
  • Invenergy has lined up a Japanese investor and a utility buyer for projects it’s developing in Canada and Montana, respectively.
  • John Greenwood, a Citi director in export and agency finance, will shift to the post of project finance director on the bank’s energy and infrastructure team.
  • Hawaiian Electric Co. has agreed to pay Castle & Cooke Resorts $0.13 per kWh for a 200 MW wind project and $0.11 per kWh for a 400 MW wind project on the island of Lanai in addition to transmission costs.
  • MidAmerican Energy has placed an order with Siemens for a batch of 258, 2.3 MW wind turbines to construct in Iowa projects.
  • Infigen Energy and partner Suntech have received approval for a $300 million, 100 MW solar photovoltaic project in New South Wales, Australia.
  • Xcel Energy, the sponsor of the Pueblo-to-Alamosa transmission project in Colorado and its primary opponent Trinchera Ranch have made final arguments to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission regarding the line, which would export solar power.
  • Dominion Resources offered to buy both Duke Energy and Progress Energy at a 10- to 15% premium over their stock prices in a letter sent on Friday.
  • Peter Mastic took the reins of National Wind today as ceo and president, succeeding Leon Steinberg, who is staying on as executive v.p. for an undetermined period of time.
  • GE Energy Financial Services and a Union Bank unit have bought Terra-Gen Power’s 150 MW Alta Wind I farm via a sale leaseback.
  • Mitsubishi Corp. is planning to invest JPY40 billion ($481.5 million) on a pair of wind projects in Idaho that Ridgeline Energy is developing.
  • Energy crop grower Aina Koa Pono, which mainly grows sweet sorghum and eucalyptus plants, is in talks with Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley and JPMorgan about raising money after securing agreements to fuel Hawaiian Electric Co.’s 80 MW Keahole plant.
  • Southern California Edison has signed power purchase agreements with SunPower for a 711 MW portfolio of three projects.
  • Ohio has given a lease to LEEDCo, which is working with Fresh Water Wind, to develop an offshore wind project in Lake Erie.
  • Shandong New Energy Co., a subsidiary of GD Power Development Co., has lined up preliminary approval for two wind projects totaling 400 MW in Eastern China.
  • Duke Energy and Progress Energy are expected to net serious savings via their merger, bankers say.
  • Barclays Capital has launched a $525 million financing package for Energy Capital Partner’s acquisition of Milford Power.
  • Cannon Power expects to talk to lenders in the second quarter about its 1 GW Aubanel Wind farm in Baja California.
  • EIG Global Energy Partners, the former energy and infrastructure group of Trust Company of the West, is eyeing investments in gas-fired and geothermal assets in the U.S. this year.
  • LS Power is looking to sell its combined-cycle plant in Bridgeport, Conn.
  • New Jersey is likely to finalize next week an incentive program that would promise capacity payments for up to 2 GW of natural gas-fired projects for up to a decade.
  • Iberdrola plans to spend $400 million on power projects in Mexico this year.
  • TransCanada has received approval from the Maine Land Use Regulation Commission for its expansion to the 44 MW Kibby wind farm in Franklin County.
  • Samsung Electronics Co. will spend $23 billion on environmentally-friendly companies, such as solar, by 2020.
  • California-based developer Deep Ocean Power is looking to double up renewable power sources at its offshore and onshore wind projects by adding solar installations.
  • High Plains Diversified Energy Corp. is planning to issue about $325 million in municipal bonds by the end of March as it looks to finance its $185.5 million purchase of a combined-cycle plant in Texas from Constellation Energy.
  • Western Wind Energy has closed a $249 million financing backing its 120 MW Windstar farm in Tehachapi, Calif.
  • The Empire State Building, perhaps New York’s most iconic building, is about to join it’s sister landmark, the Statue of Liberty, in going green.
  • Developers, project financiers and tax equity investors were considering using leveraged lease structures to finance wind and solar projects.
  • —Blair Thomas, ceo of EIG Global Energy Partners in Washington D.C., on the company’s sweet spot for gas-fired generation investments.
  • A Washington State panel has endorsed Invenergy’s $400 million plan to expand the Satsop gas-fired plant in Grays Harbor County.
  • Calpine Corp. has elected William Oberndorf to replace William Patterson, Calpine’s former board chairman who died in September, to its board of directors.
  • Plutonic Power Corp., a Vancouver-based renewables company, and GE Energy Financial Services have purchased a 50 MW portfolio of three planned photovoltaic plants from First Solar.
  • LDK Solar Co. of China has purchased a 70% stake in Granite Bay, Calif.-based Solar Power for roughly $33 million.
  • AQT Solar of Sunnyvale, Calif., is planning to build a $300 million solar cell manufacturing plant in Blythewood, S.C.
  • Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative secured a 20-year loan from two lenders to finance its $215 million acquisition of a stake in a Calpine-owned 1,038 MW combined cycle plant near Fairfield, Texas.
  • Dexia Crédit Local and Union Bank have wrapped a financing backing Toronto-based EDF Energies Nouvelles Canada’s roughly $48 million St. Isidore A solar photovoltaic plant in Ontario.
  • Energy Capital Partners unit EquiPower Resource Holdings will launch a $525 million financing package Thursday to fund its acquisition of Milford Power.
  • MetLife Investments is looking to hire a director to oversee its tax equity investment in renewables.
  • RES Americas has secured final approval for its 300 MW Pleasant Valley wind project in Minnesota. Construction is set to begin.
  • Texas has filed a petition with a U.S. federal court to block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency from mandating that the state include greenhouse gases in its pollution regulations.
  • Iberdrola is said to be in exclusive talks to buy $8 billion of generation and distribution assets from Ashmore Energy International, including the Brazilian distributor Elektro.
  • First Solar is partnering with China Guangdong Nuclear Solar Energy Development Co. on the first 30 MW phase of what is expected to be a 2 GW solar project in the Inner Mongolian desert.
  • The city council in Columbia, Mo., will make a decision on whether the city will buy the remaining portion of a 108 MW natural gas-fired plant owned by Ameren Energy Marketing.
  • Abengoa Solar has snagged a $1.45 billion loan from the U.S. Federal Financing Bank under the U.S. Department of Energy’s loan guarantee program for innovative renewables projects.
  • Seneca Capital, which owns the second-largest stake in Dynegy, wants the independent power producer’s shareholders to remove two board members, including Bruce Williamson, ceo.
  • The $1.1 billion sale of Boston Generating to Constellation Energy Group has closed, after a bankruptcy judge approved the transaction Monday.
  • No coal-fired plants have been built in the U.S. since 2008.
  • Biogreen Sustainable Energy can move forward with its proposed $75 million, 25 MW biomass plant in Oregon, after the La Pine, Ore., city council rejected an appeal of the project.
  • Sinovel, China’s leading wind turbine producer, expects to raise up to $1.4 billion in an initial public offering in Shanghai.
  • Montauk Energy Capital, a landfill gas developer, has agreed to buy a 34.7 MW portfolio of seven landfill gas-to-energy plants in the U.S. from Viridis Investment Management.
  • More than a dozen lenders are eyeing a $265 million refinancing backing a portfolio of wind farms owned by Edison Mission Energy subsidiary Viento Funding II.
  • Constellation Energy will sell the 550 MW Quail Run natural gas-fired plant for $185.3 million to High Plains Diversified Energy Corp., after buying it in April.
  • Solar Trust’s 250 MW Ridgecrest solar thermal project is one of just two proposals the California Energy Commission currently has under review—a decrease from last year.
  • Idaho Winds has petitioned the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to sell renewable credits to utilities in California while retaining the power generated by eight wind farms.
  • Turkish lawmakers have set feed-in tariffs for renewable power as the country looks to bring in wind, solar and hydropower investments.
  • Iberdrola has agreed to sell a portfolio of five natural gas-fired plants in Brazil to Neoenergia, a Brazilian power company, for BRL150 million ($90.3 million).
  • NextEra Energy Resources has agreed to buy a 150 MW wind project currently under construction in McLean County, Ill., from Invenergy.
  • Affiliates of ArcLight Capital Partners have wrapped a $275 million B loan led by Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse.
  • Merchant generation owners will likely look to sell this year if low power and electricity demand remain stagnant.
  • Transmission projects totaling at least $3.5 billion are expected to be financed in the next two years, after several years of slogging through municipal, state and federal regulatory bodies.
  • Caithness Energy and GE Energy Financial Services have wrapped the largest wind financing in the U.S., a $1.431 billion deal backing the roughly $1.9 billion Shepherds Flat wind farm.
  • SMART Papers, an Ohio-based paper manufacturer, will replace almost 50% of coal-fired generation at its 37.8 MW co-generation plant in Hamilton, Ohio, with biomass.
  • Dominion Virginia Power, a division of Dominion Resources, has snagged an air permit from the Virginia Air Pollution Control Board for a proposed 1.3 GW gas-fired plant near Warren County, Va.
  • AES Solar, a joint venture between AES Corp. and Riverstone Holdings, has wrapped $134.58 million in non-recourse financing backing the 24 MW II Terzo solar portfolio in the Lazio, Puglia and Sicilia regions of Italy.
  • Spain’s government expects to formalize a 30% cut to solar subsidies today, saving the nation roughly $969 million.
  • Tax equity remains a prized commodity despite several banks and investors tiptoeing back into the space.
  • The following is a directory of M&A deals that have closed in the power industry between Jan. 1 and Dec. 23. The accuracy of the information, which is derived from many sources, is deemed reliable but cannot be guaranteed. To report updates or provide additional information on closed deals for 2010, please contact Senior Reporter Holly Fletcher at (212) 224-3293 or email hfletcher@iinews.com. The full database is available at http://www.powerfinancerisk.com/GenerationSalePage.aspx.
  • Completed Generation Asset Sales 2010
  • A flurry of solar financings in North America is expected in 2011 and beyond, amid a widening field of lenders, prolonged subsidies and falling panel prices.
  • --Joseph Sauvage, head of power investment banking at Citigroup on whether M&A deal flow next year will be on par with activity in 2010.
  • Something is aglow at the Enoshima Aquarium in Kamakura, Japan, and it's certainly not the nativity star.
  • The following is a directory of power project finance deals that have closed between Jan.1 and Dec. 23. The accuracy of this information, which is derived from many sources, is deemed reliable but cannot be guaranteed. To report updates or provide additional information on closed deals for 2010, please call Senior Reporter Brian Eckhouse at (212) 224-3624 or e-mail beckhouse@iinews.com
  • The paucity of financing and power purchase agreements over the last year will likely spur M&A in the wind sector as developers look for ways to fund project pipelines.
  • Merchant generation owners will likely look to sell this year if low power and electricity demand remain stagnant.
  • Competitive Power Ventures has lined up a buyer for a stake in one of its natural gas-fired projects and is in discussions with potential buyers to sell a pair of wind projects.
  • Greengate Power Corp. has entered into a joint venture with Capital Power to build the 150 MW Halkirk 1 wind project in Alberta, Canada.
  • Egypt will accept proposals next year for wind developers to build and own two 500 MW projects.
  • GenOn Energy is planning to demolish its highly polluting, natural gas-fired Potrero Generating plant in San Francisco now that offtaker Pacific Gas & Electric Co.
  • China may spend up to CNY11.1 trillion ($1.7 trillion) over the next 10 years on developing power projects, including generation and transmission.
  • Element Power has bought 50 MW of turbines from Vestas for a project in New Mexico, the first phase of a 99 MW project.
  • Crédit Agricole and Lloyds TSB have closed a $311.5 million refinancing backing a NextEra Energy Resources combined-cycle plant in Blyth, Calif
  • Allegheny Energy and American Electric Power have asked the Public Service Commission of West Virginia to delay the procedural review schedule for their Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline (PATH) project to February 2012.
  • The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved SolarReserve’s proposed 110 MW concentrating solar plant near Tonopah, in southern Nevada.
  • PPL Corporation has named Steven Elliott, senior vice chairman at BNY Mellon, as a member of the company’s board of directors.
  • Output from new wind, hydro and solar plants in Australia dropped 80% this year from 2009 amid a challenging financing climate.
  • Atlantic Wind Connection has asked federal energy regulators for approval to build a transmission line along the Mid-Atlantic coast from New Jersey to Virginia capable of delivering 6 GW of offshore wind generation.
  • BP Wind Energy and Sempra Generation expect to close a roughly $400 million financing backing their Cedar Creek II wind farm this week.
  • The Midwest-ISO received approval for a cost recovery plan that is expected to pave the way for up to $5 billion of transmission projects meant to transport about 1.9 GW of wind power across the region.
  • American Electric Power has promoted Nicholas Akins, executive v.p. of power generation activities, to president.
  • Seneca Capital, a hedge fund, is challenging Dynegy’s new effort to sell itself to billionaire investor Carl Icahn for $665 million.
  • The New York Power Authority has delayed deciding which solar developers competing in an RFP process will get power purchase agreements until the first quarter.
  • Texas has over-incentivized projects—particularly wind farms—under a state law enabling school districts to grant tax breaks to lure capital intensive industries, says Susan Combs, Texas comptroller.
  • Cape Wind is still searching for offtakers to buy half of the generation from its proposed wind farm off the coast of Massachusetts.
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Citigroup, Royal Bank of Scotland and WestLB have wrapped a $1.3 billion financing backing Caithness Energy and GE Energy Financial Services’ $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind farm.
  • Covanta Holding has agreed to sell its stake in a 440 MW pulverized coal-fired plant in the Philippines to Electricity Generating Public Co. for $215 million cash.
  • While issuing notes for utility clients like Calpine, Dominion and Southern California Edison has been its traditional forte, UBS has recently dipped its toes in the market of professional dress by issuing a 43-page edict on what to wear in the office.
  • Three U.S. agencies have identified areas on public land in six Southwest states for the development of utility-scale solar projects.
  • NTR is in talks with a potential buyer for Tessera Solar as it looks at ways to fund the subsidiary’s more than $5 billion solar thermal development pipeline in California.
  • SteelRiver Transmission Company has issued $562 million in 4.71% senior secured notes to refinance existing construction loans for the 400 MW Trans Bay Cable Project in Northern California.
  • Nearly 20 banks are participating in a $366 million financing backing Caithness Energy and GE Energy Financial Services’ $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind farm.
  • Constellation Energy will use proceeds from a $550 million issuance of senior unsecured bonds to fund a portion of its Boston Generating Co. acquisition and to repurchase some outstanding notes.
  • Enbridge is reportedly buying a pair of wind projects totaling 216 MW that Invenergy has on the market in Canada.
  • International Power shareholders approved the merger with GDF Suez, smoothing the way for the two to establish the largest power and gas player with a market cap of EUR80 billion ($106 billion).
  • California regulators have approved the renewable auction mechanism program that will require utilities to hold two auctions a year to sign PPAs with the lowest-priced renewable projects 20 MW or smaller.
  • Dominion Resources has agreed to buy the East River wind project in West Virginia from BP.
  • Sen. John Rockefeller of West Virginia is planning to seek a vote to postpone regulations on carbon dioxide emission from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency before the end of the current congressional session.
  • Terra-Gen Power was planning the debt financing backing for a $1.4 billion, 700 MW phase of its Alta wind project in Tehachapi.
  • The U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant program almost certainly will be extended one year, through Dec. 31, 2011.
  • First Wind is about to launch a search for capital and a stake sale in its Northeast wind farm fleet as a way to capitalize its development pipeline since deciding to shelve its initial public offering.
  • Energy Answers International is hunting up to $1.2 billion in debt for two projects that are backed with equity from Energy Investors Funds.
  • Horizon Wind Energy has secured a 20-year offtake agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority for 44 MW from its 82 MW Pioneer Prairie wind project in Iowa.
  • Westar Energy has signed tentative power purchase agreements with two wind projects totaling 369 MW in Kansas.
  • Swiss private equity shop Capital Dynamics is planning to raise $800 million across two funds that will invest in renewable generation in the U.S., Europe and Australia.
  • The California Energy Commission has approved SolarReserve’s 150 MW Rice project as well as two of Solar Millennium projects, including a 500 MW project.
  • EDF will enter into exclusive talks with Poland for a 51% stake in Enea that is valued around $1.81 billion.
  • NRG Solar has agreed to buy the 290 MW Agua Caliente photovoltaic project, from First Solar for an undisclosed sum.
  • Pattern Energy Group has snagged equity from MetLife via a leveraged lease that it will use to refinance debt on its 101 MW Hatchet Ridge wind farm in Burney, Calif.
  • First Wind is considering ways to raise equity and development capital to fund its project pipeline since it decided to shelve its initial public offering.
  • The U.S. Department of Energy has finalized a $400 million loan guarantee for Abound Solar Manufacturing of Longmont, Colo.
  • Icahn Enterprises is buying Dynegy Inc. for $665 million.
  • The Mannington Township Planning Board of New Jersey has approved Chicago-based Lincoln Renewable Energy’s proposed $60 million, 10 MW Cedar Solar Farm in Salem County.
  • Topeka, Kan.-based utility Westar Energy has signed offtake agreements to buy 369 MW of wind generation from two farms planned in the state.
  • Palmer Renewable Energy of Springfield, Mass., will need state air quality permits to build a 38 MW biomass plant in Springfield, says Ed Pikula, the city’s attorney.
  • Alpine Energy has mandated BNP Paribas to lead a roughly $164 million financing backing its $205 million waste-to-energy plant in St. Croix.
  • Leads Crédit Agricole and Lloyds TSB expect to close a $305 million refinancing next week backing a NextEra Energy Resources combined-cycle plant in California.
  • Invenergy has reportedly agreed to sell two wind projects totaling 216 MW in Canada to an undisclosed buyer.
  • The energy unit of South Korea’s POSCO Power will form a joint venture with California-based Sustainable Energy Capital Partners to build a 300 MW solar plant in Boulder City, Nev.
  • NextEra Energy is looking to buy developer Actividades de Construccion y Servicios’ renewables assets.
  • The Associated Industries of Massachusetts has asked the state’s highest court to overturn National Grid’s power purchase agreement for the Cape Wind offshore farm in Nantucket Sound, which the state Department of Public Utilities approved last month.
  • Money managers are eying renewables investments in recycling and energy efficiency—areas that have clear policy mandates, unlike wind and solar.
  • Taiwan is considering cutting solar feed-in tariffs due to the lower cost of installing equipment.
  • Colmac Energy has agreed to sell a biomass and waste-fired facility near Mecca, Calif., to Greenleaf Power, almost two years after shelving the auction.
  • A group of roughly seven lenders aims to wrap a $400 million financing backing enXco’s 201 MW Lakefield wind farm in January.
  • Final bids for a stake in Shell WindEnergy’s 1.1 GW of wind farms are said to have come in Friday.
  • Invenergy has encountered opposition over the location of a proposed 75 MW wind project near Bernal Mesa, N.M. Locals want three miles between the wind turbines and residences while Invenergy has allotted 1,500 feet.
  • The Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel has asked the Department of Public Utility Control to rethink its decision to not review the merger between NSTAR and Northeast Utilities.
  • EDP Renovaveis has secured a power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy Commodities Group for its Top Crop II wind project in Illinois.
  • San Diego Gas & Electric has started construction of its $1.9 billion, 117-mile Sunrise Powerlink transmission line that will transport about 1 GW of renewable generation upon completion in 2012.
  • Huaneng Renewables Corp. has decided to pull its $640 million initial public offering after investor appetite was dampened by a weak Hong Kong market and indecision at the U.N. climate talks.
  • Third Planet Windpower has pulled the plug on finding a buyer after merger talks with Spanish construction company FCC fell through.
  • The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has pushed back issuing regulations for smog and boiler plates to July 2011 and 2012, respectively.
  • Rubenius, a renewable energy company based in Dubai, is planning to build a $4 billion, 1 GW power storage facility in Baja California.
  • Exelon has changed the name of John Deere Renewables to Exelon Wind.
  • Iberdrola Renewables is working with SunPower to build its 20 MW Copper Crossing photovoltaic project in Arizona, which is expected to be online next year.
  • Arizona Public Service Co. has agreed to buy power from two SunEdison projects totaling 37 MW.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners has shaved down its affiliates’ term B loan to $275 million from $370 million.
  • Congressional leaders have included a one-year extension to the deadline to start construction on projects that would qualify for the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant in a proposed tax bill.
  • Puget Sound Energy expects to issue at least $500 million in debt next year to fund the first phase of its 1.25 GW Lower Snake River wind farm and maturing bonds—and it’s open to pitches from firms looking to take part.
  • --Don Gaines, v.p. of finance and treasurer of Puget Sound Energy in Bellevue, Wash., on how relationship banks can secure spots on the company's expected bond issuance next year.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners was in the running for five generation and transmission assets put on the block Energy Investors Funds.
  • NextEra Energy Resources plans to build out its solar development pipeline.
  • Solar developers beware: another cost could be eating into profits in the form of a fee to use the sun as Angeles Duran, a 49-year-old Spaniard, has claimed ownership.
  • Bankers are expecting a $3.5 billion slug of wind generation refinancing over the next few years.
  • Macquarie Infrastructure Partners has wrapped a $220 million financing backing the acquisition and expansion of three landfill gas-to-energy projects in Rhode Island and California.
  • The Texas Public Utility Commission has approved Sharyland Utilities’ proposed $190 million, 91-miles transmission project to ship wind power.
  • Exelon will shutter its 645 MW Oyster Creek nuclear plant in New Jersey in 2019 to avoid adding costly cooling towers.
  • The Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism is evaluating options for an undersea transmission cable that would carry wind power from other islands to Oahu.
  • American Renewables’ 100 MW Gainesville biomass project has received approval from Florida regulators.
  • AGL Energy and Origin Energy have received the go ahead from Australian regulators to acquire generation assets from New South Wales.
  • Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp. has agreed to buy National Grid’s regulated utility assets in New Hampshire for $285 million.
  • NextEra Energy Resources has agreed to replace wind turbines at projects in California with new, more efficient turbines for an estimated $350 million cost.
  • Tucson Electric Power of Arizona will rent 50 acres at a site south of Tucson International Airport to build a 5 MW solar array.
  • Deepwater Wind has asked federal authorities for permission to build a $4.5-5 billion, 1 GW offshore wind farm in Rhode Island Sound, replacing its plans for a 350 MW farm there.
  • An Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission internal audit didn’t find evidence that a former official gave favorable treatment to Duke Energy Corp. before he joined the utility.
  • Blackstone Group is considering increasing the responsibilities of several senior managers as Stephen Schwarzman, ceo, prepares to spend much of the next six months outside the U.S. and in the aftermath of its failed bid for Dynegy last month.
  • Ormat Technologies has mandated John Hancock Life Insurance Company to arrange senior secured construction and term loan facilities for three geothermal plants it is building in California and Nevada.
  • Solar and wind groups are lobbying Congressional leaders to include an extension to the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant in a proposed tax package crafted Monday by President Obama and Senate Republican leaders.
  • Noble Environmental Power has agreed to sell its 99 MW Granite Reliable project in New Hampshire to Brookfield Renewable Power for an undisclosed amount.
  • The Colorado Public Utilities Commission has approved Xcel Energy’s plan to replace six coal-fired units with a new $530 million natural gas-fired plant.
  • Reliance on coal-fired generation will nearly halve by 2035 as more natural gas-fired plants come online, according to a report from Black & Veatch, an engineering and consultant firm.
  • James Turner, executive at Duke Energy in Indiana, has resigned amid an investigation into his relationship with the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
  • EDF has agreed to sell its stake in German utility EnBW to Land of Baden-Württemberg for EUR4.7 billion ($6.26 billion).
  • BNP Paribas has raised EUR437 million ($582 million) for its Clean Energy Fund that will invest in renewable projects in Europe.
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, BBVA, Société Générale and Caja Madrid have wrapped a $231 million financing backing Duke Energy’s existing 200 MW Top of the World Windpower farm near Casper, Wyo.
  • First Wind has scored a $98 million financing from Key Bank and NordLB backing the 60 MW Rollins Wind farm in Penobscot County, Maine.
  • The Government of Singapore Investment Corp. has agreed to buy a stake in Duquesne Light Holdings from Diversified Utility & Energy Trusts, or DUET Group.
  • Max Baucus, chairman of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee, says he will push to extend two federal renewables subsidies, including the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant, which is scheduled to expire Dec. 31.
  • Southern Co., Scana Corp. and NRG Energy are the most ready developers to begin building new nuclear reactors if they score U.S. approval.
  • The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is scaling back Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s plan to generate 40% of its power from renewables by 2020.
  • Federal nuclear regulators have determined that NextEra Energy Resources’ proposed 17% increase in output from two reactors at Point Beach Nuclear Plant in Two Rivers, Wis., won’t significantly affect the local environment.
  • Geneva-based renewables developer Etrion Corp. has wrapped a $76 million financing backing four solar plants in Italy that will generate 15 MW.
  • Invenergy and Stark Investments have pushed back their deadline for final round bids for their sale of a 570 MW combined-cycle facility in St. Clair, Ontario.
  • Ram Power has wrapped $160 million in debt financing for the second 26 MW expansion of its San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal plant near Léon, Nicaragua.
  • Edison Mission Energy’s wind portfolio is attracting interest from a number of would-be first-time direct investors—including U.S. pension funds and endowments.
  • A unit of Dallas oil giant Hunt Consolidated has joined with four investors to establish the first real estate investment trusts to invest in transmission and natural gas pipeline assets.
  • Midwest-ISO has approved a $1.2 billion transmission blueprint, including a $510 million Michigan Thumb Loop project that will tie wind projects into the grid.
  • Epcor Utilities is selling a 10.4% stake in Capital Power for $200 million to finance other projects.
  • Competitive Power Ventures has received the go ahead from the California Energy Commission for its 850 MW Sentinel natural-gas fired project.
  • The Spanish government has eliminated subsidies for solar thermal facilities in their first year of generation and cut wind subsidies by 35% until 2013.
  • Leaders from 10 European countries have signed a memorandum of understanding regarding the development of an offshore wind power grid in the North Sea that will interconnect to 140 GW of projects.
  • U.S.-based lenders considering offshore wind are grappling with a financing template that requires taking the risks of hiring multiple engineering, procurement and construction contractors, says Howard Steinberg, partner at Sherman & Sterling in New York.
  • Last week's Industry Current examined the factors behind the United States Trade Representative's investigation into whether China is unfairly subsidizing wind turbines, solar panels and other renewable equipment.
  • Infigen Energy is reconsidering divesting its 1.1 GW U.S. fleet.
  • First Wind was talking to banks about a financing backing its $240 million, 102 MW Milford II farm in Milford, Utah.
  • --Howard Steinberg, partner at Shearman & Sterling in New York, on offshore's advantage over onshore despite financing hurdles.
  • The Tulare County Supervisors of Central California have approved six solar farms being developed by Solar Projects Solutions of La Mirada, Calif.
  • Northeast Utilities subsidiaries Western Massachusetts Electric Co. and Connecticut Light & Power will build a roughly $800 million, 345-kV transmission line along a 23-mile stretch connecting Agawam, Mass., and Bloomfield, Conn.
  • BP Solar has begun clearing land at Brookhaven National Labs in Brookhaven, N.Y., for its $300 million, 32 MW solar array—the largest array in the state.
  • BP Wind Energy is meeting with Kansas residents about a proposed 300 MW farm in the state.
  • Aluminum Corp., a unit of China’s biggest maker of the metal, and Angang New Co. will buy $50 million stakes in the initial public offering of China Datang Corp.’s wind unit in Hong Kong.
  • Public Service Co. of Colorado has issued $400 million first mortgage bonds to fund a portion of its $739 million acquisition of two natural gas-fired facilities from Calpine.
  • Catalyst Renewables is gauging the interest of 10 banks about financing two $100 million biomass plants in New York.
  • Eurus Energy, the renewable development arm of Tokyo Electric Power Co., is looking to invest up to JPY100 billion ($1.2 billion) in wind and solar projects in the U.S., Europe and Asia over the next five years.
  • Xcel Energy has shelved plans to develop its Ashland biomass gasification plant near Lake Superior after construction costs increased 37% higher than initial projections.
  • Tenaska Energy has received the go-ahead from the Illinois House of Representatives to proceed with its $4 billion clean coal Taylorville Energy Center.
  • Dorad Energy has contracted John Wood Group to build its $875 million, 800 MW combined-cycle project in Israel.
  • AES Corp. has agreed to buy 49.6% of Turkish utility Entek Elektrick Uretimi, a unit of Koc Holding, for $136.5 million.
  • First Wind is seeking a roughly $75 million construction loan from Key Bank and NordLB backing its 60 MW Rollins Wind farm in Penobscot County, Maine.
  • NRG Solar, the solar development arm of NRG Energy, has agreed to buy the 250 MW California Valley Solar Ranch photovoltaic project from SunPower.
  • More than two dozen senators are campaigning Senate leadership to extend the U.S. Department of Treasury’s cash grant, which is due to expire at year-end.
  • The U.S. Department of the Interior has pledged to streamline the permitting process for offshore wind farms to limit the red tape Cape Wind Associates faced in developing its farm off the coast of Massachusetts.
  • Installed utility-scale solar-panel generators are expected to nearly double every year between 2010 and 2015, according to a study by GTM Research of Cambridge, Mass.
  • Indiana is lagging behind Illinois, Michigan and Ohio in renewables investment, as one of 14 states without a renewable energy standard.
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group has wrapped a $410 million package backing the refinancing of GWF Energy’s three simple-cycle gas-fired peakers in California.
  • A group of four lenders are in the process of foreclosing on Complete Energy’s 837 MW natural gas-fired facility in Mississippi.
  • A unit of Occidental Petroleum Corp. will buyout partner Sempra Generation’s stake in the 550 MW Elk Hills Power combined-cycle plant near Bakersfield, Calif.
  • At least five banks are eying a $305 million refinancing backing NextEra Energy Resources’ 507 MW combined-cycle plant in Blythe, Calif.
  • China Huaneng Group will buy GMR Group’s stake in InterGen for $1.23 billion.
  • Enbridge has agreed to buy a stake in Genalta Power, a Calgary-based company focused on waste energy.
  • Idaho Power has agreed to buy power from developer Rockland Wind Project’s 80 MW Rockland project for 25-years at $71.29 per MWh.
  • Clean tech companies raised $575.6 million in Q3, half of what was raised last year.
  • Huaneng Renewables Corp. will offer 2.5 billion shares for HK$2.98 ($0.38) to HK$3.98 ($0.51) each in its initial public offering in Hong Kong on Dec. 16.
  • Conduit Capital, a Macquarie Capital affiliate and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan are among investors looking to increase equity investments in Mexican power projects.
  • --Brian Eckhouse
  • NRG Energy’s $1.36 billion bid to buy a portfolio of four natural gas-fired plants from Dynegy is in the crosshairs of Blackstone Group’s failed takeover bid.
  • Geronimo Wind Energy has received initial approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for its 95 MW Paynesville wind project.
  • The U.S. Department of Interior has announced new guidelines for offshore wind development, creating a faster approval process.
  • The California Energy Commission will re-examine Tessera Solar’s 663.5 MW Calico solar project in December after its application was temporarily suspended because of a licensing error.
  • The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors has granted First Solar permission to proceed with its 230 MW AV Solar Ranch One after Northrop Grumman Corp. sought to block the project.
  • Calgary-based Enbridge was planning to finance its 90% stake in the $285 million, 99 MW Talbot wind project near Chatham, Ontario, on balance sheet.
  • --John Brim, head of corporate finance for energy and commodities for North America at BNP Paribas, on why the bank will focus on equity shops, independent power producers and developers in its new advisory shop.
  • The United States Trade Representative is expected to announce by mid-January whether it believes China is unfairly subsidizing its manufacturers of wind turbines, solar panels and other equipment for the clean energy sector.
  • Integrys Energy Group has issued $250 million in 10-year senior notes to take advantage of low rates.
  • Solar thermal developer SolarReserve has brought Chinese polysilicon producer GCL-Poly Energy Holdings on as a joint venture partner for its expansion into photovoltaic development.
  • Capital Power Income LP has put its 1.4 GW portfolio of natural gas-fired, biomass and hydro assets in the U.S. and Canada on the market.
  • BNP Paribas is ramping up a North American power M&A team.
  • Dynegy expects Blackstone Group’s proposed $604 million takeover bid will fail, acknowledges Bruce Williamson, chairman and ceo.
  • The Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities has approved National Grid’s power purchase agreement for Cape Wind Associates’ project off the state’s coast.
  • Defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. is challenging First Solar’s proposed 230 MW Solar Ranch 1 plant north of Los Angeles, contending that the project could disrupt a nearby facility that tests aircraft stealth technology.
  • Edison Mission Energy has wrapped a $75 million financing for its existing 100 MW High Lonesome Mesa wind farm in New Mexico.
  • Nellis Air Force Base is considering building an 18 MW solar array on its campus in Southern Nevada.
  • First Wind is talking to Key Bank and NordLB about debt for its 60 MW Rollins Wind farm in Penobscot County, Maine.
  • Energy Capital Partner unit EquiPower Resources Corp. has bought the 548 MW combined-cycle Milford Power facility in Milford, Conn., from a consortium of hedge fund owners.
  • Tenaska Energy has proposed a $500 million, 950 MW gas-fired plant in South Huntingdon, Penn.
  • Canadian energy companies are lobbying the government to develop a strategy to up its presence in the global renewables market as leaders review the nation’s support for renewable technologies.
  • Henri Proglio, EDF’s chairman and chief executive, anticipates the French utility’s future rests in nuclear energy—probably outside the U.S.
  • AGL Energy is looking to the government to help finance a 100 MW, $347 million solar photovoltaic plant in New South Wales.
  • Greenleaf Power, a biomass development company backed by Denham Capital, has finalized its purchase of a 32.5 MW biomass facility in Scotia, Calif.
  • Energias de Portugal is quietly shopping for a co-investor in its Horizon Wind Energy operation to push the development of a 6 GW pipeline.
  • Project Resources Corp. is looking to raise an undisclosed amount of capital to expand its wind development pipeline in the Midwest.
  • Manulife Financial and Canada Life Financial Corp. expect to close a $107.5 million loan this week backing Northland Power’s 100 MW wind farm in Quebec.
  • Emera is teaming with Nalcor Energy, a holding company for Canadian provinces Newfoundland and Labrador’s energy investments, on a $6 billion hydro and transmission project.
  • Clean Line Energy is planning a transmission line that would ship wind power from Oklahoma to Tennessee.
  • Silverado Power and Martifer have lined up offtake agreements with Southern California Edison for a 100 MW portfolio of solar projects in California.
  • NRG Energy is planning to develop an electric vehicle charging system in the 13 states where its new retail subsidiary Green Mountain Energy Co. operates.
  • Infigen Energy is in negotiations with potential investors for its Australian wind pipeline that could cost A$500 million ($492 million) a year.
  • --Larry Richardson, ceo of ReEnergy Holdings, a Riverstone Holdings-backed company in Latham, N.Y., on the company's plans to buy biomass and waste-fired plants near the Great Lakes and along the eastern seaboard within nine months.
  • Pennsylvania is poised to take off as a solar market as a result of an alternative energy portfolio standard adopted in 2004 whose solar targets are expected to ramp up rapidly.
  • BBVA and NaturEner officials have been pounding the pavement in New York speaking to banks and investors about financing the $700 million Rim Rock wind project.
  • Pristine Power planned to close a club deal for its 393 MW York Energy Centre peaker by year-end.
  • Dynegy has extended the deadline for shareholders to consider Blackstone Group’s $4.7 billion offer to Nov. 23.
  • FirstEnergy Corp. has called off a proposed conversion of part of its existing Shadyside, Ohio, coal-fired plant to biomass and will instead shut down two units at year-end.
  • The Philadelphia Eagles are planning a more than $30 million energy project at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, comprising 2,500 solar panels, 80 wind turbines and a generator running on natural gas and biodiesel.
  • Daniel Camus, head of international activities and former cfo of EDF, is leaving the company.
  • First Wind has initiated construction on the second phase of its roughly $400 million Milford Wind Corridor project in Beaver County, Utah.
  • Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., a unit of Energy Future Holdings, has given a group of bondholders more seniority in the debt pecking order with an $885 million exchange of senior secured second lien notes.
  • A $366 million financing backing Caithness Energy and GE Energy Financial Services’ $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind farm is comprised of $231 million in letters of credit and a $135 million term loan.
  • Vancouver-based Western Wind Energy expects to wrap a roughly $264 million financing backing its 120 MW Windstar farm in Tehachapi, Calif., in the next few weeks.
  • ReEnergy Holdings, a Riverstone Holdings-backed company focused on biomass and waste fuel-fired plants, has agreed to buy a facility fueled by tires from CMS Energy.
  • NRG Energy has teamed with Barclays on the first carbon-dioxide permit deal under California’s proposed cap-and-trade program.
  • Invenergy has tapped Gemma Renewable Power as its EPC contractor for its 200 MW Bishop Hill wind project in Henry County, Ill.
  • Dynegy will look to refinance debt and auction assets if shareholders reject Blackstone Group’s sweetened $604.5 million offer.
  • Exelon is planning a $5 billion capex including wind projects, nuclear upgrades and efficiency programs to reduce emissions over the next five years.
  • Duke Energy and Juwi Solar completed the 14 MW Blue Wing solar project in San Antonio, Texas.
  • Mark Dennes, BNP Paribas’ group head of energy in the Americas, has left the bank and launched his own advisory shop Energy Capital Advisors in New York.
  • e U.S. Department of the Interior has approved Solar Trust of America’s $3 billion, 500 MW Amargosa Farm Road solar thermal plant roughly 80 miles northwest of Las Vegas, Nev.
  • A slew of senior staffers have left Renewable Energy Systems Americas, the Bloomfield, Colo.-based wind developer and EPC contractor.
  • Constellation Energy’s $1.1 billion bid to buy Boston Generating Co. prevailed today in the court-run auction at the New York offices of law firm Latham & Watkins.
  • Final round bids for Brick Power’s pair of natural gas-fired plants in New England will be due middle of December.
  • Four ArcLight Capital Partners affiliates have priced a $370 million term B loan at 600 basis points over LIBOR.
  • EDF is considering whether it will move forward with its nuclear plans in the U.S. following the dissolution of a joint venture with Constellation Energy.
  • China Huaneng Group expects to close its $1.5 billion purchase of GMR Infrastructure’s 50% stake in InterGen by year end.
  • NorthLight Power has inked a PPA with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. for its 60 MW North Star Solar project in Mendota, Calif.
  • Blackstone Group will not raise its $4.50 per share Dynegy bid, which is being challenged by Seneca Capital and Carl Icahn.
  • AGL Energy and Origin Energy are among the bidders vying for A$3.5 billion ($3.4 billion) of power assets of the Australian province, New South Wales.
  • First Solar is hunting financing to support roughly $380 million in solar photovoltaic plants in Ontario.
  • Invenergy is seeking a permit to build a $50 million, 24 MW wind farm near Great Falls, Mont.
  • Carl Icahn, the activist investor, has indicated a willingness to extend a $2 billion credit line to Dynegy to overcome potential liquidity problems if Blackstone’s $4.7 billion buyout of the company is rejected.
  • The Solar Energy Industries Association and several ceos of solar companies are lobbying a lame-duck Congress to extend the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant before it sunsets Dec. 31.
  • Solar is expected to rival thermal generation economically within a decade, predicts the Boston Consulting Group.
  • GE Energy Financial Services has invested $6 billion in renewables over the past six years, achieving a multi-year goal.
  • Tenaska is aiming to raise $700-800 million in debt for its first two solar photovoltaic projects, both in Southern California.
  • --Jonathan Silver, executive director of the U.S. Department of Energy's loan program office in Washington, D.C., on the process for sponsors and lenders to secure loan guarantees for clean energy projects.
  • SkyPower was working with Marathon Capital to sell its wind development unit in Canada.
  • A unit of NASA has teamed up with the Electric Power Research Institute on an initiative to protect the U.S. power grid from solar storms activity that could damage the grid--not generate power.
  • PPL Corp. has finalized its permanent financing for its $7.6 billion purchase of E.ON’s Kentucky utility assets with seven tranches of notes in a $2.91 billion issuance that came a week after the acquisition finalized Nov. 1.
  • Renewable generation took center stage in generation asset auctions and sales in the third quarter.
  • DTE Energy Services is looking to build its fleet of coal-fired-cum-biomass plants through acquisitions after agreeing to buy a 49.5 MW plant in California—its second conversion in the state.
  • Hedge fund Seneca Capital has proposed to replace two Dynegy board members with Jeff Hunter, cfo of U.S. Power Generating Co., and E. Hunter Harrison, the former ceo of Canadian National Railway, as it looks to block Blackstone Group’s takeover.
  • Sempra Generation is shopping for a power purchase agreement for its 200 MW Rosamond solar project from California utilities.
  • TransAlta is planning to build an 800 MW Sundance 7 natural-gas fired plant near Edmonton, Alberta, at its existing 2.1 GW Sundance coal-fired facility.
  • E.ON is planning to sell about EUR15 billion ($21 billion) of assets by the end of 2013 as its earnings decline.
  • Solar panel and wind turbine manufacturers are increasingly take over targets as stocks lost about $400 billion in value this year.
  • Cogentrix has mandated GE Energy Financial Services to lead a $150-200 million refinancing of two coal-fired plants in Virginia.
  • More than a dozen lenders are looking at $360 million in credit facilities backing Caithness Energy and GE Energy Financial Services’ $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind farm.
  • DTE Energy Services is buying a large stake in the 49.5 MW Mt. Poso coal-fired plant in California and will convert it to a 44 MW biomass facility.
  • Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston, S.C., has launched a study to determine whether solar panels and a hydrogen fuel-cell backup system can be built without affecting the site’s historic integrity.
  • China Huaneng Group Corp. is planning a $1 billion initial public offering for its alternative energy unit in Hong Kong.
  • E.ON is planning to triple its renewable capacities in Europe by 2015 and expand beyond core markets in Europe, the U.S. and Russia.
  • Jim Mather, Scotland’s energy minister, has approved North British Wind Power’s proposed 144 MW wind farm at Fallago Rig in the Scottish Borders.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners affiliate Race Point Power is targeting a seven-year tenor for a $370 million term loan B.
  • Good Energies has taken a $50 million stake in Champlin Energy Co., a Santa Barbara, Calif.-based wind development shop with plans to bring projects online starting in mid- to late-2012.
  • Korea Electric Power Corp. will be looking for renewable acquisitions in North America to follow up on its foray in to the U.S. via an affiliate's purchase of Marubeni Sustainable Energy. Korea East-West Power Corp., the new parent of Marubeni unit, is targeting biomass, solar and wind acquisitions, says John Wood, executive v.p. at the newly renamed EWP Renewable Corp. in San Diego.
  • Invenergy has mandated Natixis and Royal Bank of Canada to lead a financing backing its $326.4 million, 138 MW Le Plateau wind farm in southeastern Quebec.
  • AES will look to banks to finance most of its planned $15 billion investment scheme in India over the next five years.
  • The U.S. Department of Interior is launching the first phase of a request for proposals today for an offshore wind project off the coast of Maryland that could be 1 GW.
  • Arizona Public Service Co. has agreed to purchase Southern California Edison’s 48% stake in a coal-fired plant for $294 million as the first step to shutting down a portion of the units.
  • Wells Fargo has teamed with GCL Solar Energy to install $100 million of solar photovoltaic projects in the U.S. by the end of 2011.
  • Enerjisa Enerji Uretim, a subsidiary of Austrian power company Verbund that develops generation in Turkey, is working with International Finance Corp., UniCredit and WestLB to arrange a EUR700 million ($972 million) financing behind a trio of power projects
  • SkyPower has mandated Deutsche Bank to lead a financing backing a roughly $120 million, 30 MW portfolio of solar plants in Ontario.
  • A group of second lien lenders to Boston Generating Co. are getting ready to make a bid to takeover the company.
  • Banks leading a financing backing GE Energy and Caithness Energy’s $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind farm are inviting lenders to a bank meeting in New York tomorrow.
  • Entergy is working with Morgan Stanley on the possible sale of its Vermont Yankee nuclear facility.
  • Developer RRE Austin Solar is planning two $240 million, 60 MW solar farms roughly 40 miles from Austin, Texas.
  • Solyndra is delaying expansion plans and closing first factory amid heavy competition from solar panel makes, particularly manufacturers in China.
  • Institutional Shareholder Services, a proxy advisory firm, is encouraging shareholders to approve Dynegy’s proposed $542 million sale to Blackstone Group.
  • Pioneer Green Energy of Austin, Texas, is studying whether there is sufficient wind in western Somerset County, Md., to build a wind farm.
  • Some offtake agreements in Florida, Idaho, Kentucky and Virginia for renewables generation have been scrapped or slowed this year as regulators resist higher costs for ratepayers.
  • Project Resources Corporation is talking with lenders about leading a financing via a sale-leaseback for its $100 million, 50 MW Lakeswind farm it is developing near Fargo-Moorhead, Minn.
  • First Wind still has its eye on an eventual initial public offering, despite pulling back its latest effort.
  • Financial players, including sovereign wealth funds and foreign investors, particularly from Asia, are being targeted as potential investors in Edison Mission Energy’s wind unit.
  • The shift to a Republican Congress is being taken as a negative for the renewables sector.
  • Bowersock Mills & Power Co. needs to line up buyers for $23 million in federal bonds by year-end to finance a hydro project in Wyandotte County.
  • Horizon Wind Energy is continuing to work with Oregon Department of Energy for permits to build its 300 MW Antelope Ridge wind project near Union County despite voters rejecting the plans at the polls on Tuesday.
  • Repairing the San Bruno natural gas pipeline and compensating victims may cost Pacific Gas & Electric Co. $1 billion.
  • Consolidated Water Power Co., a unit of Wisconsin-based NewPage Corp., has agreed to buy five hydro facilities on the Wisconsin River from Great Lakes Utilities for $70 million.
  • Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. has agreed to buy 30% of a subsidiary of FCC, the Spanish construction firm, in a deal to develop a EUR260 million ($370 million), 50 MW concentrated solar project in Spain.
  • Dexia Crédit Local has been mandated to lead a financing of more than $200 million backing an enXco project in Canada. NordLB and Société Générale are also looking at the deal, bankers say.
  • Energy Capital Partners is expected to vie with Constellation Energy to acquire Boston Generating at the court-run auction later this month.
  • Second round bids are coming due in the next few weeks for Invenergy's trio of Canadian assets. Credit Suisse is advising the seller.
  • Kevin McNamara, former director of finance at a Marubeni affiliate, has joined Cogentrix Energy as v.p. of project finance.
  • Deal Book is a matrix of energy project finance deals that PFR is tracking in the energy sector. The entries below are of new deals or deals where there has been change in their parameters or status. To report updates or provide additional information on the status of financings, please call Senior Reporter Brian Eckhouse at (212) 224-3624 or e-mail beckhouse@iinews.com.
  • --Richard Glick, v.p. of government affairs for Iberdrola Renewables in Washington, D.C., on how election results will effect renewables.
  • Ormat Technologies has bought a 50% stake in a 30 MW geothermal project in Oregon from Nevada Geothermal Power for $22.5 million.
  • Shell WindEnergy has shortlisted at least two bidders to take minority stakes in its share of a 1.1 GW portfolio of wind farms in the U.S. and Europe.
  • Senior advisors at the White House questioned the government’s support for Caithness Energy and General Electric Co.’s Shepherds Flat wind project in Oregon. In a memorandum to President Obama, the advisors recommended cutting funding for the federal loan guarantee program.
  • Venture capital investments in U.S. Clean technology companies dropped more than 50% last quarter from the year before.
  • Xcel Energy is asking for a $198 million rate increase in Minnesota to fund upgrades to its Monticello nuclear facility.
  • The White House is open to ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions, including alternatives to a cap-and-trade program, which President Obama had originally supported.
  • Australia will need to invest AUD$51 billion ($51.52 billion) in generation and distribution networks over the next five years.
  • Regional programs to cut emissions are expected to gain traction following the election results as conservatives, who are critical of climate change policies, won in the U.S. House of Representatives and democrats won the governor contests in California and Massachusetts.
  • California voters paved the way for new legislation to restrict greenhouse gas emissions by rejecting proposition 23, which would have repealed the existing limitations.
  • Suncor Energy, the biggest oil company in Canada, and partner Teck Resources, a diversified mining company, have tapped General Electric Co. to supply turbines for the 88 MW Wintering Hills project in Alberta that is expected to go into construction next year.
  • New policies in Australia and India are attracting investors to the wind industry, easing the credit crunch the market has faced for almost two years.
  • Enel is planning for strong retail investor interest in its Thursday stock debut of Enel Green Power and has re-weighted 78% of its shares in that direction.
  • WestLB is talking to Noble Environmental Power about participating in a financing backing the developer’s roughly $200 million, 99 MW Granite Reliable Power Windpark in Coos County, N.H.
  • U.S. Power Generating Co. has postponed bidder due diligence leading up to the second round of bids for subsidiary Astoria Generating Co.
  • Raser Technologies has agreed to forgo marketing a sale of its 14 MW geothermal facility near Thermo, Utah, in exchange for an upfront payment of $1.15 million from Evergreen Clean Energy.
  • Banco Sabadell and Mizuho Corporate Bank are planning to join a roughly $400 million financing backing BP Wind Energy’s Cedar Creek II wind farm.
  • Intel Corp. and Kohl’s Corp. lead the U.S. in buying electricity from renewables, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
  • The U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has approved Dynegy’s plan to be bought by Blackstone Group and sell four gas-fired plants to NRG Energy.
  • PPL Corp. has wrapped its $7.6 billion purchase of Louisville Gas & Electric and Kentucky Utilities from E.ON.
  • The Air Force Academy is planning an $18.3 million, 6 MW solar array on its Colorado campus.
  • First Reserve has completed a purchase of a 70 MW solar plant near Rovigo, Italy for $386 million from SunEdison’s parent, MEMC Electronic Materials.
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group is planning to buy Royal Bank of Scotland’s global project finance business for roughly GBP4 billion ($6.4 billion).
  • Consolidated Edison and the New York Power Authority will issue a request for proposals for a 350 MW or possibly 700 MW wind farm off the coast of Long Island, after wrapping economic, environmental and technical studies, which are in their final phases.
  • Barclays Capital and Credit Suisse are targeting next week to launch their roughly $400 million term loan B for ArcLight Capital Partners.
  • International Power turned down a $20 billion merger bid from AES in the days before it accepted an offer from GDF Suez.
  • Constellation Energy Group reported a $1.41 billion loss in the third quarter after it wrote down its nuclear joint venture with EDF.
  • American Electric Power Co. is planning to grow its transmission pipeline with agreements with Exelon and a unit of MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co. to build a total of $2.25 billion of projects.
  • Enel Green Power’s EUR2.6 billion ($3.6 billion) initial public offering was oversubscribed yet fell below its target after the share price was reduced to entice institutional investors.
  • Cheung Kong Infrastructure Holdings and Hong Kong Electric Holdings have completed the GBP5.775 billion ($9.26 billion) acquisition of EDF’s U.K. distribution network.
  • American Electric Power is having informal discussions with lenders about financing its $1.8 billion Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline.
  • Brookfield Renewable Power affiliate Brookfield Power U.S. Holding America is buying a 50% stake in the 35 MW Muck Valley hydro project.
  • NextEra Energy Resources has mandated Crédit Agricole and Lloyds TSB to lead $305 million in credit facilities backing a 507 MW combined-cycle plant.
  • First Wind has cancelled its initial public offering process after investor appetite fell short of expectations.
  • The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is proposing to spread costs for transporting renewables generation, an initiative Jon Wellinghoff, chairman of the commission, says would make wind and solar more competitive with coal and gas.
  • Duke Energy Corp. expects to have 1 GW of wind and solar generation by year-end, including a 200 MW wind farm in Wyoming that initiated production this month.
  • The Dec. 31 sunset of the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant likely will halt the boom of mega solar farms emerging in the Southwest, predicts David Crane, ceo of NRG Energy.
  • A subsidiary of BNB Renewable Energy, an Exton, Pa.-based renewables developer, has snagged a $10.5 million loan from the Ohio Department of Development backing a $21.6 million, 50 MW solar photovoltaic plant it is building in Napoleon, Ohio.
  • Boston-based Atlantic Power has purchased a 38 MW Cadillac biomass facility from ArcLight Capital Partners and Olympus Power for $77 million, or $1,944/kW. The
  • --Ronald Borod, partner at DLA Piper in Boston on banks looking to securitize receivables, from renewables projects as they contend with capital requirements under Basel III.
  • Competitive Power Ventures was looking to finance a roughly $1.2 billion, 600 MW pipeline of wind farms.
  • Stricter bank regulatory requirements are expected to spur U.S. renewable energy securitizations.
  • CoBank, Dekabank, GE Energy Financial Services, Helaba, ING and Scotia Bank have committed to a $305 million refinancing backing the refinancing of GWF Energy’s three simple-cycle natural gas-fired peakers in California.
  • Enel has cut the price range for the initial public offering of renewables unit Enel Green Power to €1.60-2.10 ($2.22-2.92) a share, from €1.80-2.10 ($2.50-2.92), to attract more investors.
  • First Wind Holdings expects to raise less money than it had predicted from its initial public offering.
  • EDF will look for a new American partner after ending its relationship with Constellation Energy to build nuclear plants.
  • US Bank is providing tax equity to help support 1,900 solar installations owned by San Francisco-based SunRun, which finances residential solar systems.
  • Kansas Gov. Mark Parkinson has launched the Kansas Interagency Working Group for Wind Energy, which bands together 10 state departments, including commerce and agriculture.
  • Horizon Wind Energy has finalized a tax equity investment from JPMorgan affiliate JPM Capital for its 99 MW Meadow Lake II wind farm in White County, Ind.
  • Invenergy is talking to lenders about financing its 150 MW White Oak wind farm in McLean County, Ill.
  • Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Investec North America have closed a $135 million financing backing Rollcast Energy’s Piedmont Green Power biomass plant in Barnesville, Ga.
  • Vestas is planning to close five factories in Denmark and Sweden amid falling demand for wind turbines in Europe and regulatory uncertainty in the U.S.
  • EDF is buying out Constellation Energy’s half of their joint venture to develop nuclear plants for $140 million.
  • A school district in Concord, Calif., has approved a $65.6 million deal with SunPower to build 11.2 MW of solar photovoltaic panels atop carports and district-owned buildings.
  • A North American unit of Japan-based Toyota Tsusho Corp. has purchased a $100 million, 45% stake in the 424 MW Oyster Creek combined-cycle plant from GE Energy Financial Services.
  • NRG Energy’s solar unit is investing $300 million in BrightSource Energy’s 393 MW Ivanpah solar thermal plant.
  • Calpine Corp. upsized an issuance of 10-year senior secured notes to $2 billion from $1.5 billion to take advantage of pricing.
  • The U.S. Department of the Interior has approved Solar Millennium’s $6 billion Blythe Solar Power Project, which is expected to be the world’s largest concentrated solar thermal plant.
  • Pennsylvania has again failed to enact a proposed solar energy standard of 1.5%.
  • The Offshore Wind Development Coalition is lobbying federal regulators to fast-track the approval process for offshore wind projects after Google announced its investment in Trans-Elect Development’s proposed transmission project, which would channel 6 GW of offshore generation from New Jersey to Virginia.
  • Boldt Company an Appleton, Wis.-based contractor, is partnering with AMEC, an international engineering and project management firm, on a $250 million project to convert a coal-fired plant to biomass at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
  • The Ontario government is scrapping TransCanada’s proposed $1.18 billion, 900 MW Oakville gas-fired plant near Toronto, because of sufficient local generation.
  • Second round bids are coming due in the next few weeks for Stark Investments’ 730 MW gas-fired Wolf Hollow plant.
  • The public utility of Riverside, Calif., is developing a $10 million, 1-2 MW solar array that may be expanded to 10 MW on a shuttered landfill south of Mount Rubidoux.
  • Analysts say First Wind Holdings’ expected $300 million initial public offering is risky, considering the potential sunset of the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant at year-end and the company’s accumulated losses of $233 million and outstanding debt of $582.2 million.
  • The value of solar stocks, including First Solar and SunPower, may slip if California voters approve Proposition 23, which would suspend a law curbing greenhouse gas emissions until the state’s unemployment rate is at or below 5.5%.
  • Solar companies have waited up to 19 months for the U.S. Department of Energy to decide whether to grant loan guarantees for projects, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association.
  • Massachusetts state rules limiting sponsors from receiving renewables subsidies would prohibit development of virtually all biomass plants, wood-burning biomass advocates contend.
  • Royal Bank of Scotland and Société Générale are planning to launch a $500-700 million financing backing Hudson Transmission Partners’ 660 MW transmission line by the middle of next month.
  • An Energy Future Holdings subsidiary has issued $686 million in a 144A bond to take down a portion of a $24.4 billion loan and to do a debt exchange.
  • Bids for Public Service Electric & Gas’ pair of 1 GW coal-fired plants in Texas are due tomorrow.
  • Terra-Gen Power is talking to bankers about financing the next three phases of its 3 GW Alta Wind Energy Center.
  • San Francisco-based private equity firm Silver Lake has invested roughly $100 million in Nobao Renewable Energy Holdings of Shanghai, which provides energy-efficiency technologies.
  • Maine expects to build its first offshore wind farm in 2016, followed by a larger floating farm at the same site in 2020.
  • Seneca Capital has asked shareholders to oppose Blackstone Group’s $4.50-per-share offer for Dynegy, arguing that it reflects an “unjustified underperformance” of the stocks leading into the August bid.
  • Ken Salazar, secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, has approved Tessera Solar’s 663.5 MW Calico solar plant in Southern California.
  • European renewables experts project growth in the industry even with the lingering effects of the recession and ongoing cuts to government subsidies.
  • First Wind is hunting wind project acquisitions to fill in gaps in its development pipeline as it looks to seal its initial public offering.
  • The process to bring in a partner or investors for Shell WindEnergy, the wind development unit of Royal Dutch Shell, has drawn light interest from financial players.
  • Chubu Electric Power Co. is buying Tenaska’s stakes in a natural gas-fired portfolio, marking the Japanese company’s debut investment in U.S. generation.
  • Solar Trust of America and its advisors Citigroup and Deutsche Bank were beginning to sound out investors on a solar thermal pipeline that carried up to a $6 billion pricetag.
  • --Eli Katz, partner at Chadbourne & Parke in New York, on a U.S. law that allows owners of renewables projects to write off 50% of project costs if they're commissioned this year.
  • Xcel Energy has received approval from state regulators to buy a pair of natural gas-fired plants totaling 962 MW from Calpine for $739 million.
  • Alstom and BrightSource Energy have agreed to build solar plants in the Mediterranean ring and North Africa, expanding their existing relationship.
  • Central Vermont Public Service and Green Mountain Power have increased the amount of power they will buy from Noble Environmental Power’s 99 MW Granite Reliable project in Coos County, N.H.
  • The Tennessee Valley Authority has signed a power purchase agreement with TradeWinds Energy’s 200 MW Caney River project in Elk County, Kan.
  • The Sacramento Municipal Utility District has signed a purchase order with Vestas for two dozen 3 MW turbines for its Solano 3 project near Rio Vista, Calif.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners is hunting a roughly $400 million term loan B to lever up a portfolio of assets it financed with equity.
  • Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA $450M TBA Financing on track for Dec. payments (PFR, 12/21/09). Stephenson County, Ill. Santander Mini-Perm $100M 4-yr Santander wraps loan and looks to retail round (see story, page xxx). British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Awaiting PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 12/14/09). Guatemala Banca de Inversion Bancolombia Corporación Financiera and Central American Bank of Economic Integration Construction and term loan $350M 10-yr Financing closed in March (PFR, 4/12/10). La Unión, El Salvador ABN, HSBC, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Planning to come to market (PFR, 4/9/09). Chile Crédit Agricole, Fortis, HSBC, WestLB TBA $200M 7-yr Project loses environmental permit (6/30/09). Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Begin talks with lenders by March (PFR, 1/12/09). St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 4/5/10). St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands TBA TBA TBA TBA Alpine targeting 80% debt (PFR, 10/19/10). Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 9/8/08). Various Barclays, BofA Term Loan $220M 7-year Loan closed ahead of drop-dead date (PFR, 6/21/10). TBA Barclays, Credit Suisse Term Loan $400M TBA Loan sought to lever existing assets (PFR, 10/25/10). Greene County, Miss. TBA TBA $365M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 8/24/10). Hamilton County, Fla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Finalizing fuel and offtake contracts (PFR, 2/22/10). Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer seeking $360-400 package for portolfio of solar PV (PFR, 7/12/10). Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA 45 MW Tallahassee plant cancelled; status of other projects N/A (PFR, 10/5/09). South Point, Ohio WestLB Construction Loan $350-400M TBA Relaunching deal, looking for $160M tax equity (PFR,5/27/09). Merritt, British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Bonneville County, Idaho BTMU, Caja Madrid, Mizuho and Sumitomo TBA $260M 15-yr Sumitomo joins group of lenders after financial close (PFR, 7/6/2010). Benton County, Ind. TBA TBA TBA TBA BoTM among a club backing deal (PFR, 10/11/10). Weld County, Colo. TBA TBA $400M 10-12-yr Commitments due Oct. 21 (PFR, 10/13/10). Southern California TBA TBA TBA TBA Financial close expected by year end (PFR, 7/5/10). Texas TBA TBA $240M TBA Developers plan 40% equity stake in $400M project (PFR, 7/5/2010). Essex County, Ontario Scotia TBA TBA TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 10/5/10). Minneapolis, Minn. TBA TBA $20.76M TBA Sponsor will hunt financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach banks in the fall for p.f. (PFR, 9/7/09). Oregon BoTM, WestLB, Morgan Stanley, Credit Suisse, RBS, Citi TBA TBA TBA Sponsors snag partial loan guarantee (PFR, 10/15/10). Erie, Pa. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Alliance, Ohio BoA TBA TBA TBA Springfield, Mass. BoA TBA TBA TBA Will proceed with financing pending permitting (PFR, 7/13/09). Linden, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a financial adviser (PFR, 1/14/09). Mexicali, Baja California TBA TBA TBA TBA Cannon puts out feelers to banks about 100 MW phase 1 (PFR, 6/28/10). Klickitat County, Wash TBA $180M TBA TBA Siemens likely to be mandated for next phase (PFR, 10/20). Nantucket Sound, Barclays TBA TBA TBA Signs on Siemens for wind turbines (PFR, 4/5/10). Franklin County, La. ING, WestLB Construction/Term loan $125M Construction + 5 yrs Deal set to close this month (PFR, 4/19/10). Hawaii TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with relationship lenders (PFR, 6/8/09). Salton Sea, Calif. WestLB, ING, SocGen Mini-Perm $297M 7-yr Financial close reached on $401 million deal (PFR, 5/24/10). Ridgefield, N.J.-to-New York TBA TBA $400-$450 million TBA Mid-2011 financing eyed (PFR, 8/30/10). Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Regulators say project is unnecessarily large (PFR, 10/29/09). Greenville, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Trouble securing financing w/o PPA (PFR, 6/22/09). Waneta Dam, B.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Decision on project's future expected (PFR, 2/15/10). Colo., Puerto Rico, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks roughly 80% debt for $700M portfolio (PFR, 9/13). Various U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Developer plans massive pipeline of wind projects (PFR, 10/4/10). Southern Peru TBA TBA TBA TBA Goldman Sachs, Sumitomo advising (PFR, 5/13/09). Jamaica TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks, multilaterals and ECAs for financing (PFR, 6/22/09). Mutton Mountain, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Tribes considering tax equity, outside developers (PFR, 1/19/09). British Columbia TBA TBA TBA TBA Weighing financing pending PPA award (PFR, 1/12/09). Tehachapi, Calif. Marathon Capital TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity, debt (PFR, 2/15/10). Woodward County, Okla Union Bank, Helaba, BoTM, LBBW, ING, Natixis TBA $230M TBA GE EFS invests equity for PTC (PFR, 2/22/10). Gray County, Kan. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). McIntosh County, N.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA Look to secure funding in the next 18 months (PFR, 2/22/10). Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to Chinese co. for partnership (PFR,1/27/10). Mississauga, Ontario Morgan Stanley TBA C$200-250M TBA MS making calls to lenders (PFR, 2/15/10). Dewey County, Okla. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taking bids to lead financing (PFR, 8/24/09). Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in March (PFR, 3/29/10). Petersurg, Neb. TBA TBA TBA TBA Club deal with pricing at 250 bps over LIBOR (PFR, 5/13/10). Vizcarra to Carhuaquero, Peru) TBA TBA TBA TBA Citi is advising (PFR, 3/9/09). Wyoming to Oregon Credit Suisse, Crédit Agricole, BMO, Scotia, SocGen, Banco Santander, RBS TBA $1.5B 7-yr Financial close reached (PFR, 5/17/31). Midwest TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for tax equity (PFR, 3/16/09) Nevada TBA TBA TBA TBA Tax equity deal to close in two months (PFR, 1/14/09). Clarksville, Tenn. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for banks to provide debt (PFR, 9/7/09). Minnesota Dexia, SocGen TBA TBA TBA CoBank weighs taking ticket (PFR, 10/20/10). Elko, Nev. DZ Bank, Fortis Capital TBA $120M TBA EIF takes ownership from TG Power (PFR, 10/5/09). U.S. TBA TBA $200M TBA Looking for recap (PFR, 2/15/10). Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering financing options (PFR, 1/11/10). Canada and Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a strategic partner (PFR, 3/30/09). Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). El Paso, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Applied for DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 6/22/09). Borden County, Texas Mizuho TBA $296.1M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/23/09). TBA Natixis, UniCredit, SMBC TBA $180-225M TBA Five banks close deal (see story, page xxx). Midwest, Pacific N.W. KeyBanc Capital Markets Turbine supply $140M Looking for financing (PFR, 5/23/09). Cambria County, Pa. TBA TBA $65M TBA Secures Treasury cash grant (PFR, 9/1/09). Krayn, Pa. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR, 2/16/09). Steuben County, N.Y. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt, tax equity (PFR 2/16/09). Idaho GE EFS TBA $322M 15-18-yr BoTM wraps $242 million, first phase of financing (PFR, 10/13/10). Mobile County, Ala. BNP, ING Construction/Term Loan $400M 7-yr Financial close on hold as sponsor works to secure equity (PFR, 7/16/10). Desert Center, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor hopes to begin construction in 2011 (PFR, 8/16/10). Maine and Western U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks (PFR, 10/19/09). Milford, Utah TBA TBA $220M TBA October closing eyed (PFR, 8/18/10). Danforth, Maine BNP, HSH, Rabo, GE, Union, Commerzbank Construction/bridge/working capital $116M 7-yr BNP wraps loan syndication (PFR, 4/19/10). Steuben County, N.Y. Commerzbank, Deutsche Bank, MUFJ and NordLB TBA TBA TBA First Wind lands refinance of wind farm (PFR, 9/13/10). Atlantic City, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeking at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split (PFR, 7/20/10). Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Financing planned for Q1-2 2010 (PFR, 6/1/09). Guanacaste, Costa Rica TBA TBA $80M TBA Sponsor looking to arrange a club (PFR, 1/30/09). Austin, Texas TBA TBA $150M TBA Looking to mandate before month-end (PFR, 9/14/09). Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Shelved funding plans due to credit crisis (PFR, 3/6/09). Reno, Nev. TBA TBA $200M TBA Year-end closing eyed (PFR, 10/4/10). Northern Plains TBA TBA TBA TBA Considering project finance options (PFR, 6/8/09). Near Cleveland, Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA KeyBanc has informal discussions with sponsor (PFR, 9/20). Ontario Credit Suisse B Loan $335M TBA Credit Suisse offering sweeteners to close deal (PFR, 8/2/10). Alberta TBA TBA C$350M TBA Closing in on PPA ahead of financing (PFR, 1/25/2010). Tracy, Calif. MUFG TBA $305M TBA Sponsor seeks roughly $305 million loan (PFR, 10/8/10). TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA JV to seek p.f. before August 2010 (PFR, 9/28/09). Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking tax equity (PFR, 9/7/09). Southern California GE EFS TBA TBA TBA GE EFS to loan money to the projects (PFR, 11/9/09). Gilliam County, Ore. GE EFS TBA TBA TBA Ridgefield, N.J.-New York RBS, SocGen TBA TBA TBA Competing project Cavallo Energy challenges worthiness of project (PFR, 6/24/10). New England, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA $770M debt due for refi in July (PFR, 9/7/09). Greenbrier County, W. Va. TBA TBA TBA TBA Deal wrapped in June (PFR, 7/19/10). Quebec, Canada TBA TBA TBA TBA Natixis and RBC mull participation (PFR, 10/13/10). Santander, Columbia Banco Santander Local/International Bonds $600M TBA Seeking ECA and multilaterals ahead of p.f. (PFR, 4/20/09). Kansas, Oklahoma TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for ways to finance outside of revolver, FMBs (PFR, 12/14/09). Logan County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Emmons County, S.D. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders, tax equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Various TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 1/19/09). Ontario Deutsche Bank Mini-Perm $220M 3-yr Financial close reached, marking Deutsche Bank's reemergence into power mark (PFR, 5/28/10). Hamilton, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt/equity (PFR, 2/25/09). Corpus Christi, Tex. Morgan Stanley Bonds, bank/construction loan $1 billion TBA Want to finance and then sell project (PFR, 3/29/10). New Jersey TBA TBA $400-500M TBA Sponsor targets relationship lenders of Airtricity and SunPower (PFR, 10/11/10). Warrenton to Moalla, Ore. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will start talking to banks mid-2010 (PFR, 9/14/09). Maidsville, W.Va Goldman, WestLB TBA $1.1B 7-yr Amendment proposal fails (PFR, 8/10/10). Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 70% debt on project (PFR, 2/16/09). Nevada Federal Financing Bank TBA TBA TBA LS Power snags a loan from Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 9/21/10). Amherstburg, Ontario Caixanova, Dexia, Lloyds TSB, WestLB TBA TBA TBA Banks to club up for $100M (PFR, 6/8/09). Valparaiso, Chile TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to German banks for financing (PFR, 2/2/09). Logan County, Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to hire banks at year-end (PFR, 7/13/09). Antioch, Calif. WestLB, RBS, RBC TBA $630M 10-yr Syndication wraps as retail round launches (PFR, 10/13/10). Tabasco, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 1/12/09). Mexico Sumitomo, BoTM, Mizuho TBA TBA TBA Lead banks lined up (PFR, 1/11/10). Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Will approach the market for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 4/27/09). U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with internat'l co. for partnership (PFR, 10/23/09). Goodhue County, Minn. TBA Tax Equity $160-180M TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Northeast Colo. TBA TBA TBA TBA Nearing PPA, financing (PFR, 10/12/09). Judith Basin, Wheatland, Golden Valley and Fergus Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders and investors (PFR, 12/4/09). Glacier and Toole Counties, Mont. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to p.f. $500M of the project this year (PFR, 6/15/09). Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders for multi-million dollar project (PFR, 2/23/09). Haida Gwaii, British Columbia BoTM TBA TBA TBA Looking beyond Canadian banks for p.f. (PFR, 10/5/09) Humboldt County, Nev. John Hancock TBA $98.5M 20-yr John Hancock Financial Services wraps a $98.5 million loan (PFR, 9/9/10). Nevada and Oregon TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor to seek DOE loan guarantees (PFR, 9/20/10). Southern California CIT Group TBA TBA TBA CIT shortlists equity co.'s for investing (PFR, 10/28/09). Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA $1B+ TBA NextEra scouts financing for concentrating solar thermal plant (PFR, 10/11/10). Florida TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor begins hunt for debt (PFR, 10/22/10). Blythe, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Lloyds TSB TBA $300M TBA NextEra mandates banks to lever existing plant (PFR, 10/22/10). Boulder City, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Will look for p.f. in 2010 (PFR, 10/12/09). Antelope Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Yuma, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Primm, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Coos County, N.H. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to GE EFS to take tax equity stake (PFR, 2/22/10). Kabinakagomi River, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor targets 2012 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Maitoulin Island, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor talking to lenders about 2011 financing (PFR, 8/9/10). Mont Louis, Quebec Manulife TBA $102M 20-yr plus construction Canada Life joins loan backing deal (PFR, 10/4/10). North Battleford, Saskatchewan CIBC, BMO, Union Bank Mini-Perm $580M 7-yr plus construction Deal wraps as Natixis takes final ticket (PFR, 8/31/10). Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor plans to finance projects between 2011 and 2013 (PFR, 8/9/10). Various, U.S. Royal Bank of Scotland Revolver TBA TBA Deal on hold (PFR, 1/25/10). Alaska, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking equity investors (PFR, 10/27/09). Waynesboro, Ga. TBA TBA TBA TBA Snags DOE Loan Guarantee (PFR, 2/16/10). Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with JPMorgan for tax equity (PFR, 2/9/09). U.S. TBA $200M TBA In talks with infrastructure funds (PFR, 12/14/09). TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Con Edison Development will assist with financing (PFR, 5/3/10). Ontario, Saskatchewan, Canada TBA Construction term $200-$400 M TBA Will seek financing by year-end (PFR, 3/23/10). Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor seeks financing in the next year (PFR, 8/11/10). King, Ontario ING, Union Bank, RBC Mini-Perm $330M 5-yr plus construction Deal wraps without Crédit Agricole (PFR, 8/25/10). Grand Valley, Ontario TBA TBA $37.9M 20-yr Sponsor will seek financing next year (PFR, 9/6/10). Fargo-Moorhead, Minn. TBA TBA $200M TBA PRC hunts for financing, sale-leaseback structure (PFR, 7/26/10). Bayonne, N.J. Crédit Agricole, WestLB Mini-Perm $370M TBA Deal wraps with eight banks participating (PFR, 10/4/10). Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for more than $1 billion to finance the $3.2B project (PFR, 4/21/10). Beaver County, Utah TBA TBA TBA TBA To look for financing pending DOE guarantee (PFR, 7/7/09). Southwest U.S., Hawaii, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to finance with a mix of debt/equity (PFR, 3/23/09). San Francisco, Calif. Prudential Capital Group TBA $18M TBA 24-year deal closes (PFR, 8/9/10). Apex, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to secure some p.f. next year (PFR, 8/24/09) Dorion, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 4/5/10). Chatham Kent, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Enbridge and RES to jointly develop (PFR, 11/23/09). Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor hopes to ink financing by mid-2011 (PFR, 8/18/10). Imperial Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $170-180M TBA Sponsor considering a private placement (PFR, 9/20/10). Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA In talks with lenders (PFR, 2/9/09). Barnesville, Ga. Mitsubishi Financial UFJ Group TBA $100M TBA Deal to launch in September (PFR, 8/18/10). Sparta, N.J. TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). Wiscasset, Maine TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders, potential partners (PFR, 2/3/09). British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (PFR, 1/19/09). British Columbia Jacob & Co. Securities TBA TBA TBA Seeking at least 60% debt on the projects (1/19/09). Jenkinsville, S.C. TBA TBA TBA TBA Taps bonds for pre-construction (PFR, 12/7/09). Nova Scotia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 2/9/09). Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to create REIT for equity (PFR, 2/16/09). Mississauga, Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold (PFR, 3/1/10). East Coast, U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for debt and tax equity (PFR, 6/29/09). Central Valley, Calif. TBA TBA $400M TBA Sponsor hopes to close portfolio financing by year-end (PFR, 7/12/10). TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA Early 2011 targeted for closing of first chunk of debt financing (PFR, 8/2/10). Tonopah, Nev. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsors seeks 80% equity and a DOE loan guarantee (PFR, 7/30). Blythe, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA SolarReserve seeks loan from U.S. Federal Financing Bank (PFR, 10/12/10). Blythe, Calif. Citigroup, Deutsche Bank TBA $2B TBA Citi, Deutsche Bank talking to lenders about two solar thermal plants (PFR, 7/14/10). Arizona TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investors (PFR, 3/2/09). Ontario TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks by mid-year (PFR, 1/18/10). Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA TBA TBA Starwood is hunting debt to develop 40 MW of photovoltaic projects in Ontario (PFR, 4/19/10). Harquahala, Ariz. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor looking for a PPA (PFR, 9/27/10). Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB TBA $100M TBA Deal wrapped (PFR, 1/18/10). Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario NordLB, KfW IPEX-Bank TBA $100M TBA Deal wraps (PFR, 9/28/10). Imperial County, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). San Bernardino, California TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for equity investment (PFR, 2/15/10). U.S. TBA TBA TBA TBA Planning to approach lenders for $10-50M (PFR, 6/29/09). Alamosa County, Colo. John Hancock, MetLife TBA $50M 20-yr Deal wrapped (PFR, 3/1/10). Alaska TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeks combinations of state funding, equity and debt (PFR, 3/2/09). Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for $10-20M tax equity (PFR, 6/5/09). Nolan County, Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Tenaska will seek financing after there is more clarity on climate change legistlation (PFR, 4/20/10). Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis Turbine takeout TBA 7-yr Banks arranging financing (PFR, 3/8/10). Tehachapi, Calif. Crédit Agricole, Natixis TBA $1.2B TBA Deal closes, including $580.2 million in pass-through certificates (PFR, 7/26/10). Tehachapi, Calif. TBA TBA TBA TBA Sponsor initiates talks with lenders about financing next phases (PFR, 10/25/10). U.S. and Canada TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders and equity investors (PFR, 5/25/09). Cuzco-Lima, Peru TBA TBA $320M TBA Looking for second round of funding (PFR 5/25/09) Clovis, N.M. TBA TBA TBA TBA In preliminary talks with lenders (PFR, 10/19/09). Lake Ontario, Canada RBC TBA TBA TBA RBC to launch private equity placement (PFR, 8/31/09). Boise, Idaho TBA TBA TBA TBA Coming to market at year-end for $120M (PFR, 2/16/09). Unknown TBA TBA TBA TBA New York, New York TBA Refinancing $680M TBA Looking at refinancing (PFR, 1/25/10). Iowa Hannover Consulting TBA TBA TBA Looking to finance $80M project with 60% debt (PFR, 7/20/09). Galveston, Texas BofA TBA TBA TBA In discussions with DOE, Bofa for funding (PFR, 2/8/10). Monterrey, Mexico TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for a $50 million bridge (PFR, 1/26/09). Texas TBA TBA TBA TBA Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes North-Rhine Westphalia TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate lead arranger (PFR, 2/16/09). Germany County Cork, Ireland TBA TBA TBA TBA Seeking EUR200 million form the EIB (PFR, 7/20/09). Bulgaria to Greece TBA TBA TBA TBA EU providing EUR45M for the project (PFR, 7/24/09). Scotland, U.K. Banco Santander, BoTM, Crédit Agricole, Dexia, KfW, Lloyds TSB, Rabobank Term Loan TBA 15-yr HSH exits deal (PFR, 7/14/09). Romania TBA TBA EUR500M TBA Talking to the European Investment Bank (PFR. 3/9/09). Puglia, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 2/2/09). Oostende, Belgium ASN Bank, Dexia, EIB, Rabobank TBA TBA TBA Looking for an equity partner (PFR, 6/8/09). Salerno, Italy TBA TBA TBA TBA Project Financing Solutions is advising (PFR, 1/26/09). Irvine, Scotland TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate bank (PFR, 2/23/09). Italy TBA TBA EUR60M TBA Looking for equity (PFR, 1/14/09). Montana and Ohio TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for partner, equity (PFR, 2/9/09). U.K. BoTM Unincorporated JV $440M TBA BoTM advising, shortlisting banks (PFR, 1/25/10). Teesport, England TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to mandate banks to arrange GBP500M (PFR, 7/21/09). Ostroleka, Poland European Investment Bank Loan TBA TBA EIB will provide up to half of the funding (PFR, 6/22/09). Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes India TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 80:20 debt-to-equity (PFR, 3/9/09). Vietnam TBA TBA TBA TBA Bankers anticipate the project to cost at least $2.4B (PFR, 5/24/10). Southern India TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to lenders (PFR, 9/28/09). China Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China TBA TBA TBA Looking for institutional investor equity (PFR, 2/9, 3/23/09). Singapore TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking for 60-70% p.f. $1.2B plant (PFR, 6/8/09). Indonesia JBIC TBA $1.5B TBA 10 Banks participating in financing (PFR, 3/9/10). Barrier Ranges, Australia TBA TBA TBA TBA Talking to banks for financing first phase (PFR, 8/3/09). Madhya Pradesh, India TBA TBA $3B TBA Sponsor hunts international banks to refinance debt (PFR, 7/31/10). Location Lead(s) Loan Loan Amount Tenor Notes Gaborone, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Plant plans delayed by Eskom woes (PFR, 10/5/09). South Africa TBA TBA TBA TBA Looking to wrap four financings by year-end (5/15/09). Palapye, Botswana Industrial and Commercial Bank, Standard Bank Bridge Loan $140M TBA Set to close in two months (PFR, 5/26/09). Loan $825M TBA Mahalapye, Botswana TBA TBA TBA TBA Project on hold as of August, 2009.
  • NextEra Energy Resources has put out feelers with bankers about financing at least one concentrating solar thermal plant.
  • The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is expediting approvals of 20 solar, wind and geothermal projects on public land in California, Arizona and Nevada to qualify their sponsors for the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant—some on or near ancient Native American tribal sites.
  • Wildlife biologists at the construction site of BrightSource Energy’s future solar plant in San Bernardino County, Calif., have discovered more tortoises than expected.
  • Constellation Energy is planning a 5.2 MW solar photovoltaic plant with Johnson Matthey and Preferred Unlimited at the Johnson Matthey facilities in West Deptford, N.J.
  • Christine Todd Whitman, a nuclear energy lobbyist, is encouraging Congress to include nuclear in its definition of “green” energy as lawmakers weigh a renewable energy standard.
  • Clemson University expects to initiate construction by month-end of a $100 million wind turbine test lab at the old Charleston Navy base in South Carolina.
  • CoBank is considering taking a ticket in a $400 million loan backing enXco’s 201 MW Lakefield wind farm.
  • Cannon Power is targeting the first quarter to wrap a roughly $180 million financing backing the 100 MW third phase of its Windy Point/Windy Flats project.
  • Carlyle/Riverstone has reportedly mandated an advisor to sell its 27.5 MW biomass facility in Kenansville, N.C.
  • Alpine Energy is looking to fund 80% of its roughly $205 million waste-to-energy plant in St. Croix with debt.
  • Dynegy sent a letter to shareholders addressing the “significant downside risk” to rejecting Blackstone Group’s $542 million buyout bid.
  • Consolidated Edison and Panda Energy International expects to bring a $90 million, 20 MW solar installation in New Jersey online next year.
  • United Technologies Corp. has agreed to pay GBR70 million ($110.7 million) for the outstanding shares of Clipper Windpower.
  • EDF has nominated Canadian lawyer Samuel Minzberg to be on the board of Constellation Energy.
  • Iberdrola Renewables expects to ink offtake agreements for 200 MW of renewable projects by year-end.
  • Tyr Energy and Chubu Electric Power Co. have agreed to buy portions of Tenaska’s stakes in a 4.8 GW natural gas-fired portfolio.
  • Terra-Gen Power has put the first stage of its 3 GW Alta Wind project in Tehachapi, Calif., up for sale.
  • Catalyst Renewables is looking to raise an undisclosed amount of capital to back its purchase of a 55 MW coal-fired plant from Energy Investors Funds after it finalizes a PPA for the facility.
  • Constellation Energy Group has offered to sell its 50% stake in a proposed third Maryland nuclear reactor to EDF Group for $1 in exchange for a $117 million reimbursement for development and design costs.
  • Solar Trust of America, which is developing the 1 GW solar thermal plant in Blythe, Calif., says its application for a U.S. loan guarantee is taking longer than expected.
  • Several Rhode Island communities are planning to build a $50-63 million onshore wind farm near Fall River, Mass.
  • Southern California Edison has initiated construction on a 6.7 MW solar photovoltaic plant in San Joaquin Valley, Calif.
  • Sumitomo Corp. and Korea Electric Power Corp. have won priority negotiating rights to build and operate a $1.8 billion, 1.6 GW gas-fired plant in Shuweihat, United Arab Emirates.
  • A new tax break allows renewable energy project owners to write off 50% of projects costs in addition to being able to take advantage of other federal subsidies, making such projects more attractive to tax equity investors.
  • The bumper year of renewable project financing doesn’t appear likely to be repeated as the expiration of the U.S. Department of Treasury cash grant program at year-end will leave a funding gap tough to fill.
  • JPMorgan is circling back to potential bidders for Boston Generating Co. as the bank looks to garner an extra to 2% commission.
  • First Wind kicked off a road show Thursday for an initial public offering pegged to raise $288-312 million.
  • EDF has mandated Lazard to advise on the potential sale of its 49.99% stake in a nuclear partnership with Constellation Energy.
  • Nova Scotia has approved a plan that requires the province to get 40% of its power from renewables by 2020.
  • Geothermal resources in West Virginia could produce 19 GW.
  • Entergy expects 3Q earnings to beat analyst expectations following months of hot weather and increased consumer use.
  • Enel Green Power shares are expected to debut between EUR1.8-2.1 ($2.52-2.94) each, as the company looks to raise up to EUR3.4 billion ($4.79 billion) to pay down debt.
  • South Korea is planning to invest KRW40 trillion won ($36 billion) over the next five years to develop renewables.
  • NordLB has promoted Nicolai Dillow, senior director of origination in New York, to head of structured finance origination in the Americas.
  • Royal Bank of Canada, Royal Bank of Scotland and WestLB have wrapped a $630 million loan backing Mirant's $700 million gas-fired Marsh Landing Generation project.
  • UIL Holdings Corp. is financing its $1.296 billion acquisition of three gas distribution companies from Iberdrola USA with $450 million in bonds. UIL wrapped the offering of senior unsecured notes Oct. 7.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners and Hess Corp. were deciding which bank would lead a financing backing its 512 MW gas-fired peaker in Bayonne, N.J.
  • --Darren Van't Hof, US Bank director of renewable energy investments in St. Louis, Mo., on the lack of growth in the number of tax equity investors.
  • Sempra Generation is planning a $500 million, 150 MW solar plant roughly 40 west of Phoenix, Ariz.
  • Constellation Energy Group is expected to decide whether to sell 12 coal-fired plants to EDF by its Oct. 22 board meeting.
  • Duke Energy Generation Services has formed a partnership with Integrys Energy Services to sell electricity generated by mounted photovoltaic arrays to commercial, government and utility customers across the U.S.
  • Bank of America has agreed to finance the final two phases of SunEdison’s $173 million solar project in Davidson County, N.C.
  • Xcel Energy unit Public Service Company of Colorado has agreed to buy electricity generated by a 30 MW photovoltaic plant that Iberdrola Renewables is developing in San Luis Valley, Colo.
  • Exelon and other sponsors are pulling back from proposed nuclear reactors in the U.S. amid decreased electrical demand and falling prices of competing energy sources.
  • Banks leading a financing backing GE Energy and Caithness Energy’s $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind farm expect to launch the deal in the next few weeks after securing a loan guarantee from U.S. Department of Energy for a portion of the $1.3 billion in debt.
  • Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, ING and NordLB have wrapped the first $242 million phase of financing backing GE Energy Financial Services and Exergy Development Group’s portfolio of Idaho wind farms.
  • First Wind today kicked off a road show as it looks to raise between $288-312 million in an initial public offering.
  • SolarReserve is looking to finance the more than $500 million, 150 MW Rice Solar Energy Project with help from the U.S. Department of Energy.
  • Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley had talks with EDF officials yesterday to discuss options for continuing the development of the third reactor at Calvert Cliffs without Constellation Energy.
  • Developers in Texas are building new coal-fired facilities at a faster pace than other states despite looming regulations on greenhouse gas emissions.
  • The North Carolina Utilities Commission has ruled that Duke Energy can use trees for wood-burning biomass plants instead of relying solely on waste-wood.
  • Enel is talking with Asian and Middle Eastern sovereign wealth funds about taking 2-3% stakes in the initial public offering for subsidiary Enel Green Power.
  • BrightSource Energy is eyeing expansions into Australia and South Africa to take advantage of friendly policies and abundant sun.
  • ArcLight Capital Partners and Olympus Power are likely to select a buyer for their 38 MW Cadillac biomass facility in Michigan by next week.
  • Natixis and Royal Bank of Canada are considering participating in a club deal backing Invenergy’s $326.4 million, 138 MW Le Plateau wind farm in southeastern Quebec.