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In the suddenly hot again thermal power M&A market, Calpine announced this morning the acquisition of the Quail Run power plant from Lotus Infrastructure Partners. PeakLoad had the exclusive details on Aug. 5, 2024.

Today, Macquarie Group announced a deal to acquire a "significant minority stake" in The D. E. Shaw Group's D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), in a transaction first reported by PeakLoad on May 20, 2024.

Oil major bp has started disseminating deal teasers for the sale of its U.S. wind business, which owns interests in 10 operating wind farms. will ainger has the exclusive details for PeakLoad. Photo credit: BP Wind Energy.

Blackstone and ArcLight Capital Partners have agreed to sell Lightstone Generation, a portfolio company that includes the 2.6 GW coal-fired Gavin power plant in Ohio, to ECP (Energy Capital Partners). PeakLoad reported the exclusive details this morning.

Amid an uptick in thermal power M&A activity, Ares Management Corporation has agreed to sell a CCGT power plant in the PJM Interconnection to a consortium of electric cooperatives. PeakLoad has the exclusive details at www.peakload.com

Amid an uptick in thermal power M&A activity, Ares Management Corporation has agreed to sell a CCGT power plant in the PJM Interconnection to a consortium of electric cooperatives. PeakLoad has the exclusive details at www.peakload.com

Germany's largest power producer, RWE, is in advanced talks to acquire a stake in Calpine from an investor group led by ECP (Energy Capital Partners) and CPP Investments | Investissements RPC. PeakLoad had the exclusive details this morning. For more details, go to: www.peakload.com

Bank of America recently launched a $500 million capital raise for a company that is planning to bring solar module manufacturing to upstate New York. The effort is expected to benefit from provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act designed to support the on-shoring of the U.S. renewable energy supply chain. Full details at: www.peakload.com

Following recent natural gas local distribution company (LDC) sales by Dominion Energy and Entergy, an investor backed by a unit of JPMorgan Chase & Co. has put several LDCs up for sale. For exclusive details, reported on June 7, 2024, see: www.peakload.com

An infrastructure investor is in advanced discussions to acquire DESRI, the renewables arm of The D. E. Shaw Group, for an enterprise value that is expected to exceed $7 billion - representing one of the largest ever platform deals in the U.S. renewables sector. PeakLoad has the exclusive details: www.peakload.com