portfolio acquisition

Spanish IPP Sonnedix has acquired five solar projects in Sicily and Lazio, Italy, with a combined capacity of 226MW.

Matthias Taft, the chief executive officer of renewables developer BayWa r.e., will leave the company at the end of August.

French private equity firm Ardian Clean Energy Evergreen Fund (ACEEF) has bought 117 solar PV plants, worth 116MW of total capacity in several locations in Italy.

Colombian energy supplier Celsia has acquired a 375MW solar PV portfolio in Colombia from renewables developer Mainstream Renewable Power.

Actis has acquired Stride Climate Investments, from the Macquarie Group, and with it a 371MW portfolio of operating solar assets in India.

In related Romanian news, Simtel has partnered with Monsson to develop, construct and sell 150MW of solar PV and/or hybrid projects.

Sonnedix has acquired an 80MW solar PV plant in Sicily, Italy, from Blunova, which is part of a wider agreement to acquire a 250MW portfolio.

Masdar would acquire a minority stake in Enel Green Power Spain Solar which owns an operational solar PV portfolio of 2GW in Spain.

Singaporean state-owned energy company Sembcorp has completed the acquisition of 245MW of renewables projects in Vietnam.

Excelsior Energy Capital has sold a 38-project solar-plus-storage portfolio, with a combined capacity of 89MW, to BlackRock.