Latest North America News
GIP announces multiple promotions
Global Infrastructure Partners has promoted Bob Callahan, Lucy Chadwick and Andrew Paulson to partner
Brookfield buys Urban Grid, bolstering renewables pipeline
Brookfield Renewable has bought utility-scale solar and energy storage developer Urban Grid and its pipeline of development-stage projects for $650 million
Mizuho recruits PF directors in New York
Mizuho Bank has recruited two new directors to its Americas project finance team in New York
Acquisition financing clinched for Illinois peaker trio
A Virginia-based energy company has wrapped acquisition financing for a portfolio of peaking power plants in Illinois
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More delays for Purple Line Transit P3
Transport North AmericaMaryland Board of Public Works has approved new contracts for the long-awaited Purple Line Light Rail P3, delaying the transit opening and increasing its costs
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Shell completes divestment from Deer Park refinery
Oil & Gas North AmericaShell has closed the sale of its interest in Deer Park Refining to Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex for $596 million
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Goldman Sachs hires for debt PPI group
Renewables North AmericaMarisol González de Cosío has been appointed head of infrastructure and utilities in the debt private placement investors group at Goldman Sachs in New York
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Seasoned Orrick attorney joins Intersect Power
Renewables North AmericaRenewables developer Intersect Power has hired a chief legal officer who was most recently a partner in Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe's corporate group in San Francisco for 12 years
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Swift Current wraps credit facility for renewables pipeline
Renewables North AmericaBoston-based Swift Current Energy has closed a $150 million credit facility to support its pipeline of utility-scale renewable energy and energy storage projects in the US
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SunEast sells nearly 1GW solar project pipeline
Renewables North AmericaA Canadian renewable energy company has emerged as the buyer of a nearly 1GW solar project pipeline that SunEast Renewables first started to assemble and market in 2020
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Greenbacker buys stake in Californian solar developer
Renewables North AmericaGreenbacker Capital Management has entered the floating solar market with an equity investment in a Californian solar developer that has projects in the US and Latin America
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NextEra's Jim Robo passes the torch to successor
Renewables North AmericaNextEra Energy has refreshed its senior leadership team as long-standing chairman and CEO Jim Robo prepares to step down
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NV Energy gets green light for solar, storage build-transfer
Renewables North AmericaNV Energy has received regulatory approval to acquire two solar-plus-storage projects in Nevada from Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners portfolio company Primergy as part of a build-transfer deal
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EDPR completes first wind repowering in the US
Renewables North AmericaEDP Renewables has repowered a merchant wind farm in Oklahoma, making it the first repowering project to be completed by the Spanish firm in the US
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Chesapeake to acquire Chief in cash and stock deal
Oil & Gas North AmericaChesapeake Energy has reached an agreement to acquire Chief E&D Holdings and associated non-operated interests held by affiliates of Tug Hill for $2 billion in cash and 9.44 million common shares
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Blackstone hires Summers as P3 head
Renewables North AmericaBlackstone has appointed Kurt Summers Jr, former city treasurer of Chicago, as head of public-private partnerships for Blackstone Infrastructure Partners
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EXCLUSIVE Update on Louisiana bridge P3
Transport North AmericaShortlisted bidders on the I-10 Calcasieu River Bridge P3 project will submit final RFPs in Q4 2022
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FC for Jamaican DG solar
Renewables North AmericaLondon-based developer Soléco Energy has reached financial close on a portfolio of distributed solar PV generation assets in Jamaica
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HIG Capital fund to acquire EYSA
Transport North AmericaMiami-based private equity firm HIG Capital is to acquire smart mobility services platform EYSA Group for an undisclosed sum