Solar
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Patent infringement lawsuits are becoming commonplace in the renewable energy sector as manufacturers look to take advantage of the US’ lucrative tax credit regime.
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Pine Gate Renewables has closed a $650 million investment round led by Generate Capital, the Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan (HOOPP), and HESTA.
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Axium Infrastructure’s Coachella subsidiary will sell its 49% interest in Morongo Transmission to the Morongo Band of Mission Indians.
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Sunpower has closed business units and made layoffs as part of its efforts to secure long-term financial sustainability amid restructuring and refinancing initiatives.
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Agilitas Energy has closed $100 million in debt financing from Nomura to grow its 250MW portfolio of solar and energy projects in the northeast US.
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Naturgy’s subsidiary Global Power Generation (GPG) is planning a solar project in the region of Atacama in Chile.
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Central Coast Community Energy (3CE), a California community choice aggregator, has issued a request for proposals (RFP) for clean energy and storage power purchase agreements (PPAs).
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BW Solar has agreed to sell 12 New York community solar projects totalling 76.7MW to solar and battery storage developer Catalyze.
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Renewable developer Hecate Energy has secured a siting agreement and conditional use permit for its 150MW solar project from Cumberland County, Virginia.
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State-owned power and telecommunications provider Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE) has awarded 5 solar projects in Costa Rica.
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Chilean energy group Copec has agreed to acquire a 123MW solar project from Solarpack’s subsidiary Maria Elena.
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Norwegian renewable energy provider Scatec and energy company Statkraft have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a solar plant in Brazil.
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The Hyundai Motor Group has signed a 15-year solar power purchase agreement (PPA) with Matrix Renewables.
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Renewables infrastructure firm True Green Capital Management has partnered with Qcells to install up to 450MW of solar projects across the US.
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Norwegian energy company Statkraft has received approval to move ahead and start construction of its Parina solar project in Chile.
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Brazil's state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras is adding solar projects to 3 of the company’s refineries.
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The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.93 billion in qualifying advanced energy project tax credit allocations – known as 48C tax credits – to 35 projects focused on renewable manufacturing and greenhouse gas emission reduction.
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US-based firm Bernhard has entered a 30-year energy-as-a-service (EaaS) partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health (HMH), resulting in a $134 million solar energy and battery storage system.
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Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has filed another patent infringement lawsuit regarding its PV solar cell technology in Texas.
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Solar manufacturer Maxeon Solar Technologies has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against REC Solar Holdings regarding its PV solar cell technology in Texas.
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Renewable energy executives – speaking at S&P Global Power Markets – are downplaying the political risk of the November US election on the nation’s energy transition.
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Engie North America has inked an agreement to develop 12 renewable projects totalling 15GWh to power the facilities of technology and science company RTX.
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HASI has amended and extended its corporate unsecured credit facility with 14 banks to $1.65 billion, including a revolving line of credit, term loan A, and Green Commercial Paper Note Program (CarbonCount Green CP).
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Stellantis has agreed to buy into solar developer 360Energy in Argentina.
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Spanish developer Ecoener secured green financing for a solar project the company is developing in Guatemala.
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ForeFront Power, a commercial and industrial solar energy and storage developer, has hired Ruben Fontes as chief executive.
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Arevon Energy has inked a long-term tolling agreement with electricity provider MCE for its 250MW Cormorant Energy Storage Project in Daly City, California.
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Brazilian power generator Eneva will issue R$2.5 billion ($475 million) in debentures to refinance assets.
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Madison Energy Infrastructure has acquired the commercial assets, solar development pipeline, and development team of Sun Tribe Solar.
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Origis Energy has closed a $136 million construction financing facility and a conversion-to-term loan from MUFG for its 75MW Rice Creek Solar project in Florida.
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Nova Clean Energy has acquired HyFuels, a 1GW mid-to-late-stage wind and solar development that also contains an early-stage green ammonia project on the Texas Gulf coast.
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SolaREIT has closed $13 million in real estate financings for several NineDot Energy battery energy storage (BESS) projects in New York City.
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US-based Recurrent Energy has secured R$343 million ($70 million) in non-recourse project financing for a solar project in Brazil.
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Arevon Energy has appointed the former co-president of Starwood Infrastructure Finance as its chief investment officer, based in New York.
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Vinci Group has acquired a minority stake in NatPower SA, a renewable energy developer which operates in Italy, the UK, and the US, in a deal valued at €50 million ($53m).
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Renewables developers are readying themselves for more supply chain disruption as additional tariffs on China-made panels are under consideration from the US government.
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Commercial solar and clean energy development platform Sunrock Distributed Generation (DG) has entered a tax equity partnership with US student and consumer loan financier Nelnet.
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Renewable energy infrastructure investor Excelsior Energy Capital has signed a long-term agreement with solar manufacturer Heliene to acquire 2GW of PV modules.
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Consumers Energy – Michigan’s largest power provider – has entered an agreement to provide electricity to 44 Walmart stores in the State.
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Peru’s Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) is readying 26 renewable energy projects to be built in the coming years.
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Arevon Energy has closed a $352 million credit facility with a consortium of banks led by the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) for its 228MW Posey Solar Project in Indiana.
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Brazil's Superintendency for the Development of the Northeast (Sudene) has approved a R$26.6 million ($5.3m) loan for the 212MWp Milagres solar project, developed by Lightsource BP.
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Renewable energy infrastructure fund manager Excelsior Energy Capital has launched Lydian Energy, an independent power producer (IPP) specialising in the development, construction, and operation of utility-scale solar and battery energy storage projects in North America.
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Lader Energy's Puertos de Santander solar park has obtained an environmental permit from Colombia's national authority of environmental licences (ANLA).
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The International Finance Corporation (IFC) has committed up to R$250 million ($49.4m) to a Brazilian fund financing the acquisition and installation of distributed solar generation assets.
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Lightsource BP has proposed the sale of its Happy and Oxbow solar facilities, PFR has learned.
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Alternus Clean Energy, a utility-scale independent power producer, has entered a joint venture partnership with Acadia Energy to develop 200MW of microgrid projects in New York State.
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Tri-State Generation will replace retiring chief operating officer (COO) Billy Ingold with 2 internal promotions, PFR has learned.
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Granite Shore Power has announced the retirement of its 439MW Merrimack coal plant in 2028, marking the end of the last operating coal plant in New England.
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Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has secured a €110 million ($120m) multi-currency facility from a consortium of banks led by Investec to support its solar and storage project pipeline in Canada, the US, and abroad.
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EDF Renewables Brasil and Serena Geração have completed the share swap of their stakes in the Pirapora Solar Complex and the Ventos da Bahia wind farm.
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French renewables company GreenYellow has secured financing of 172 billion pesos ($44.7m) with Banco de Bogotá for its 85MWp solar power generation portfolio in Colombia.
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Maxeon Solar Technologies US has appointed Vikas Desai as its chief financial officer in the San Jose, California office.
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Solar and storage developer MN8 has closed a private placement at $325 million from Mercuria Energy Group and Ridgewood Infrastructure to grow its US pipeline of solar, storage, and electric vehicle (EV) charging projects.
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Renew Energy Partners has completed financing on its fourth investment vehicle, Renew Energy Efficiency Projects 4 (EEP4), and signed a master revolving loan and security agreement with Mitsubishi.
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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has signed 2 power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 200MW with Microsoft.
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Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking has closed a $900 million letter of credit with Invenergy to fund its project development pipeline of utility-scale wind and solar projects, as well as battery storage systems.
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Walmart has made a tax equity investment in a Pivot Energy community solar project portfolio, reaching its goal of supporting 1GW of renewable capacity across the US.
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The National Energy Commission (CNE) has granted a permanent concession to Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina for a solar project in the Dominican Republic.
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EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and superstore megachain Walmart have inked a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for part of a 180MW solar project in Texas.
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