Financial & Legal

Global investment firm Brookfield Asset Management has acquired Canadian independent power producer (IPP) Boralex for C$9 billion (US$6.5 billion).

Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Zelestra has secured US$600 million in green financing for two solar PV projects totalling 440MW in Texas.

The 'new shape of solar' in the US residential sector is one driven by flexible private financing, according to Aurora Solar.

SolarPower Europe tells PV Tech Premium of the benefits of a ‘complimentary’ relationship between auctions and corporate PPAs.

Danantara, has secured US$1.4 billion to back the government’s push for 50GW of new renewable energy capacity by 2035, with a focus on solar.

PV manufacturer Canadian Solar’s first US-made solar cells are expected to be produced by the end of March in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

The European Investment Bank, Natixis CIB and IPP Sunprime Holdings have signed a project-finance operation for a 290MWp solar PV and energy storage portfolio in Italy.

The average price of a power purchase agreement (PPA) signed in Europe in February fell 6.4% from the previous month, according to Pexapark.

Clēnera has secured US$304 million in finance to advance the development of the 120MW Crimson Orchard solar-plus-storage project in Idaho.

PV Talk: According to kWh Analytics' Jason Kaminsky, 'there’s more capital available for risk and risk exposure' in the present investment environment.