financing

US independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Energy has secured US$3.5 billion in financing to support the development of a 1.63GW/1.9GWh solar-plus-storage project in Arkansas.

Independent power producer Sonnedix has reached financial close on a 102MW solar PV portfolio in Spain and Italy.

US real estate company CIM Group has launched an energy platform with a 2GW portfolio of solar PV and battery energy storage system (BESS) assets.

UK-based IPP Enviromena has signed a £825 million (US$1.1 billion) financing package to support its 1GW solar PV portfolio in the UK.

Renalfa IPP has secured funding from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) for its Szihalom 450MW solar-plus-storage project in Hungary.

Solar developer Heelstone Renewable Energy has started construction on two US solar PV projects with a combined capacity of 206MW.

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.

Renewable energy investment platform Nexwell Power has closed a €167 million (US$191 million) multi-tranche project financing for a 248MW solar PV portfolio in Spain.

Primergy, launched by Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, has secured a US$760 million refinancing for its Gemini Solar and Storage Project in Clark County, Nevada.

The selling price of several solar PV module technology types in Europe has increased between January and February of this year.