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Rolling Blackouts Frigid winter weather pushed south into the central United States early this week, straining electricity providers’ ability to deliver to customers. Texas, among the states hardest hit by the storm, experienced record low temperatures causing demand for power to far exceed electricity supply. Widespread outages on all generation resources resulting from the extreme ... Read more

NEW YORK and PORTLAND - Skyline Renewables, a leading North American renewables company, backed by Ardian, a world-leading private investment house, announced today that they will finance and manage the construction of a 250 megawatt (MW) solar project in Central West Texas. The Galloway I Solar Project, acquired from 8minute Solar Energy, is scheduled for operation by end of 2021. READ ... Read more

CCA Group stood out in 2019 among the financial advisory firms that specialize in tax equity transactions for their comprehensive solutions, client service and commercial nous, according to market participants surveyed by Power Finance & Risk. "They are hands down the gold standard," said one client. "They tell you exactly where in the model the ... Read more

The Taaleri SolarWind II fund has, together with AIP, Ilmarinen, and Akuo Energy, acquired 93% of the equity in the Escalade wind farm in Texas. Taaleri Energia, the project developer, will retain a minority stake in the project. The wind farm is located in Knox County, around 300kms west of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. ... Read more

Boston, MA - Longroad Energy, a US-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, announced today the financial close and start of construction of Little Bear Solar, comprising four separate projects totaling 215 MWdc in Fresno County, CA. Additionally, two Danish pension funds, PKA and PenSam, represented by their investment manager AIP, announced today that they ... Read more

Boston, MA – CCA Group, LLC, a boutique financial advisory firm that provides premier capital markets and advisory services primarily in the renewable energy and energy infrastructure markets, is pleased to announce that Jake Wenger, PE, has joined the firm as Director - Technical.  In a newly-established role, Mr. Wenger will work closely with the ... Read more

Portsmouth, NH – Great Bay Renewables, Inc. (“Great Bay”) is pleased to announce it has closed an investment in Apex Clean Energy’s (“Apex”) broad portfolio of wind and solar energy development projects located across North America. Apex has commercialized over 5 gigawatts of clean energy projects since inception in 2009.  Its current portfolio includes approximately ... Read more

Enel Green Power North America has started operations at two renewable energy plants in the United States totaling around 318 MW of capacity. The projects include the first 252-MW phase of the Roadrunner solar project in Texas and the 66-MW Whitney Hill wind project in Illinois. “This milestone emphasizes the scale of Enel Green Power’s ... Read more

Birmingham, AL, – Harbert Management Corporation (“HMC”) is pleased to announce that Gulf Pacific Power, LLC (“GPP”) has completed the acquisition of an 80% stake in EGPNA Renewable Energy Holdings, LLC (“REP”), a holding company that owns an 812 MW portfolio of five operating wind projects located in the United States and Canada. GPP formed ... Read more

More than 1,300 people attended the annual offshore wind conference hosted by the American Wind Energy Association in late October in Boston. A panel talked about the current market for financing offshore wind projects in the United States. The following is an edited transcript. At the time of the panel, the 800-megawatt Vineyard project had ... Read more