The Week in Deals
1 deal| Date | Deal Type | Tech | Seller / Sponsor | Buyer / Financier | Size | Location | Status | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 1 | Power Purchase & Offtake | Other | NextEra Energy Resources | Google / OPPD | 420 MW | NE | Announced | Joint Google-OPPD (Omaha Public Power District) clean energy project. 420 MW solar + 170 MW / 680 MWh 4-hour battery storage. OPPD acquires capacity; Google supports 24/7 CFE goal. NextEra to own and operate. COD expected 2027. OPPD seeing 100 MW/yr load growth. |
Change of Control
2 movesEduardo Menezes joined as Chief Executive Officer at Air Products (from Former EVP, EMEA (2018-2021), Linde plc)
Activist-driven CEO change at world's largest merchant hydrogen producer. Linde veteran Menezes succeeds Seifi Ghasemi after Mantle Ridge campaign — pivots company strategy on multi-billion-dollar low-carbon hydrogen mega-projects (NEOM, Louisiana Clean Energy Complex).
Paris Theofanidis joined as Partner, Energy Transactions, Houston at Sidley Austin (from Partner, Global Finance, Paul Hastings)
Energy finance/derivatives expert Theofanidis anchored Sidley's Houston energy build — with deep capital-markets, structured-finance, and tax-equity work across upstream, midstream, and renewables.
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