Solar

The identity of the financial adviser to Companhia Energetica Integrada (CEI) on its recently formed renewables joint venture with Nebras Power Investment Management (NPIM) in Brazil has emerged.

Solar and energy storage company Catalyze, which is backed by EnCap Investments and Yorktown Partners, has acquired a solar development platform focused primarily on the Northeastern US.

EDF Renewables has bought a development-stage solar project from Boston-based Galehead Development.

Avangrid Renewables has appointed a new president of its onshore division, who previously oversaw onshore activities across the Americas for Siemens Gamesa.

Details have emerged on the debt package that New York-based private equity firm American Securities is slotting into place to support its acquisition of engineering, procurement and construction contractor Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE), and its operations and maintenance subsidiary SOLV.

The president of Vestas' North America division has left the firm for a role at an independent power producer based in the UK.

Spanish developer Cox Energy has begun the permitting process for a 9 MW solar park in Chile's O’Higgins region.

The Brazilian subsidiary of oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell plans to invest R$3 billion ($569.1 million) in power generation assets in the country.

Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources has announced the launch of three procurement processes for renewables, gas-fired and transmission projects in the country.

Solar Americas Capital is planning to co-finance more than 2 GW of solar projects in Brazil by 2026, marking its debut in the country's renewables market.