From: Mercom Capital Group

Green Gravity, a gravity-based energy storage solutions developer, raised AU$9 million (~$6 million) in a Series A funding to complete product development for its gravitational energy storage technology. The funding was led by HMC Capital, BlueScopeX, Pacific Channel, Sumisho Coal Australia Holdings, and other key institutional investors.

BNZ, a solar project developer and an independent power produce, announced that it has completed its first Total IPP Financing for over €680 million (~$744 million) in several countries. The funding includes a senior debt facility and ancillary credit facilities of €420 million (~$459 million), secured by Clean Energy Fund III of Nuveen’s portfolio from a group of financial institutions formed by the European Investment Bank, ABN AMRO, Intesa Sanpaolo, NatWest, SMBC, and Bankinter with Palmer acting as an agent.

NW, an energy storage project developer and energy transition group, has secured € 430 million (~$466 million) in non-recourse bank financing from Santander CIB and Rabobank. The funding will enable the company to develop and upgrade the JBox-distributed electricity storage unit and establish more than 2GWh of energy storage projects in Finland and France by the end of 2025.

Roofsol Energy, a Maharashtra-based rooftop solar EPC services provider, has raised ₹255 million (~$3.03 million) in its inaugural round of equity funding. The funds were raised through private placements from high net-worth individuals led by fund manager Equity4life IH Analytics. Roofsol Energy plans to utilize the funds to accelerate the development of OPEX business for developing solar assets in subsidiary companies.

Multi-business conglomerate Adani Enterprises has completed a Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP) of equity shares, each with a face value of ₹1 (~$0.012), raising around ₹42 billion (~$500 million). A total of 14,179,608 equity shares were issued at a price of ₹2,962 (~$35) per share through the QIP. Proceeds from the QIP will be used to fund capital expenditures, repay debt, and support general corporate purposes.

Karnataka-based solar project developer Ravindra Energy has raised ₹1.79 billion (~$21.29 million) by selling 24.3 million equity shares. The Securities and Exchange Board of India approved the allotment of 24.3 equity million shares at a face value of ₹10 (~$0.11) per equity share and a premium of ₹64 (~$0.76) per equity share on a preferential basis.

Azure Power Global has announced the completion of its ₹24 billion (~$285.54 million) refinancing transaction, structured as a term loan underwritten by REC Limited. Following this transaction, the company has prepaid its green bonds, issued in 2019 for $350 million and backed by ten solar projects commissioned between 2016 and 2019.

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Read last week’s funding roundup.