Renewables

The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has agreed to a R$250 million ($44m) loan to sugar, ethanol, and bioenergy company Companhia Melhoramentos Norte do Paraná (CMNP).

Apex Clean Energy has signed a power purchase agreement for the full capacity of its Coldwater Solar project in Michigan.

Swift Current Energy has closed a $300 million senior secured revolving credit facility to provide capital for its pipeline of US wind, solar and energy storage projects.

The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted Spanish utility Iberdrola approval to complete its $2.5 billion acquisition of the remaining 18.4% stake in North American subsidiary Avangrid.

Costa Rican state-owned power and telecommunications, provider Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), secured financing to remodel and expand the Tejona Wind Farm.

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has made a $7.3 billion investment in electric cooperatives to build clean energy for communities across the country through the Empowering Rural America program.

US middle-market energy and infrastructure private equity firm Kohlberg & Company has acquired a majority stake in North American energy efficiency, transition, sustainability services company CLEAResult from TPG Growth's Rise Fund.

Energy generation and trading company Comerc Energia has formed an energy trading joint venture with ethanol and sugar producer Copersucar.

BTG Pactual affiliate Engelheart Commodities Trading Partners has closed on its acquisition of global energy and technology company Trailstone Group from private equity fund manager Riverstone.

AES Andes has received the greenlight from Chile’s Environmental Evaluation Service to proceed with a $800 million hybrid project.