Latest North America News
Funding secured for St Kitts solar
Battery storage company Leclanché has secured construction financing for a 36.5MW solar-plus-storage unit on the Caribbean island of St Kitts
CoBank adds to infra market intelligence team
CoBank has boosted its research and market intelligence capabilities with the hire of Teri Viswanath as lead economist for power, energy and water
Nautilus Solar snaps up community solar portfolio
Nautilus Solar Energy has bought a community solar portfolio in Minnesota from ReneSola Energy
Vivint wraps $545 million in alternative financing
Vivint Solar has raised $545 million of debt across 2 transactions that it began working on earlier this year after nixing a solar securitisation that was "on the cusp of closing" when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the US
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Michigan uni issues RFQ
Social & Defence North AmericaThe Eastern Michigan University has issued an RFQ to enter into a long-term public private partnership with a private party for future projects
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Capstone closes on student housing project
Social & Defence North AmericaCapstone Development Partners has reached financial close on its San Diego State University on-campus student housing community project called VIVA 5750
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JTA could deny 38 firms
Transport North AmericaThe Jacksonville Transport Authority (JTA) has identified 38 firms that are potentially ineligible for the upcoming Ultimate Urban Circulator Program procurement
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Private equity investor buys fibre provider
Telecoms North AmericaPrivate equity investor GI Partners has acquired a majority interest in Floridian fibre business Blue Stream Fiber
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AES a winner in Hawaii RFP
Renewables North AmericaAES Distributed Energy is among the developers to have won solar-plus-storage contracts in Hawaiian Electric’s August 2019 request for proposals
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DESRI acquires, finances solar farm
Renewables North AmericaDE Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired and reached financial close on the 100MW Hunter solar project in Emery County, Utah
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Ares, IGS close third residential solar fund
Renewables North AmericaAres Management Corp and IGS Solar have raised debt and tax equity for their latest residential solar financing vehicle, IGS Resi Solar III
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Cross-border DG solar portfolio auction launched
Renewables North AmericaOntario-based Grasshopper Solar is marketing a nearly 150MW (DC) distributed solar portfolio spread across Canada and the US
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Hanwha subsidiary hammers out steel mill PPA
Renewables North AmericaHanwha Group affiliate 174 Power Global has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for a behind-the-meter solar project that will power a steel mill in Texas
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EXCLUSIVE Swift Current launches sale of Texas wind project
Renewables North AmericaBoston-based renewables developer Swift Current Energy has launched an auction for a wind project in central Texas.
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EXCLUSIVE PNE markets US wind project
Renewables North AmericaThe US subsidiary of German developer PNE has launched a sale process for a development-stage wind farm in the US Southwest Power Pool
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RFQ issued for Ontario Line
Transport North AmericaInfrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have issued 2 RFQs for the Ontario Line Project
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Equinix to buy 25 data centres
Telecoms North AmericaCalifornia-headquartered internet specialist Equinix has signed an agreement with Bell Canada to purchase 25 data centres on 13 sites in Canada for $750 million
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Iliad teams up with Digicel for Caribbean mobile
Telecoms North AmericaIliad, the French telecoms company, has teamed up with Caribbean mobile network provider Digicel to share and deploy mobile services across the region
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Longroad and SB among Hawaii RFP winners
Renewables North AmericaLongroad Energy and SB Energy are the latest winners to be announced following Hawaiian Electric’s solar-plus-storage and standalone storage request for proposals