From: Mercom Capital Group

BOOM Power, a solar and battery storage project developer, has completed the sale of two solar projects totaling 110 MW in the U.K. to Enray Power, a solar and storage project developer. The sale includes Firsfield Solar, with an installed capacity of 71 MWp and an export capacity of up to 46.9 MWp, located in West Suffolk, and Osgodby Solar, with a capacity of 42.9 MWp, situated in North Yorkshire.

Headwater Energy, a utility-scale solar and energy storage development firm, secured $144 million construction financing for its 112.5 MWdc Gum Swamp solar project in North Carolina, arranged by BridgePeak Energy Capital and funded in part by Pathward. The loan originated under Pathward’s energy lending program and a lender syndicate, with BridgePeak serving as the lender service provider.

Decarbonization solutions company ReNew Energy Global (ReNew) has secured $331 million in debt funding from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the development of a large-scale clean energy project in Andhra Pradesh. ReNew said the Andhra Pradesh clean energy project integrates 837 MW of wind and solar capacity with a 415 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS). It aims to deliver 300 MW of peak power as well as a dependable baseload supply.

Akaysha Energy, an energy storage project developer, secured A$460 million (~$299 million) in project financing to fund construction of its Elaine battery energy storage system (BESS) in Victoria, Australia. With the closing of the financing, construction on the storage project has begun. A group of eight international and domestic banks, including BNP Paribas, CIBC, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, ING, Mizuho, MUFG, SMBC, and Société Générale, provided the funding.

N-Sun Energy, a solar development platform created by Alantra Solar, signed a €355 million (~$408 million) green financing agreement with Intesa Sanpaolo, through its Italian subsidiary N-Sun Energy Advisors Italy 2. The funding provided by Intesa Sanpaolo will be used for the development and construction of a 275 MWp portfolio of five photovoltaic and agrivoltaics projects across Italy.

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