The Week in Deals
5 deals| Date | Deal Type | Tech | Seller / Sponsor | Buyer / Financier | Size | Location | Status | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6 | Environmental attributes purchase agreement | Solar+BESS | Sunraycer Renewables | Meta Platforms | 147.5 MW | TX | Announced | Sunraycer Renewables signed Environmental Attribute Purchase Agreements with Meta covering the Midpoint and Gaia solar projects in Texas. | |
| May 6 | Construction financing | Solar | D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments | Fifth Third Bank | 140 MW | MI | Closed | DESRI and Ranger Power closed financing for the White Tail Solar project within a 290 MWac two-project Michigan financing, with lenders including Fifth Third Bank, Zions Bancorporation, Bank of America, Commerzbank and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank. | |
| May 6 | Public power PPA | Solar | D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments | Michigan Public Power Agency | 140 MW | MI | Announced | White Tail Solar is contracted to supply power to the Lansing Board of Water & Light and the Michigan Public Power Agency. | |
| May 5 | Construction loan | Solar | D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments | Fifth Third Bank | 150 MW | MI | Closed | Heartwood Solar achieved financial close, with construction financing from a lender group led by Fifth Third Bank and Zions Bancorporation as coordinating lead arrangers; the $290 MWac figure cited covers Heartwood plus White Tail Solar. | |
| May 5 | Utility offtake agreement | Solar | D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments | Consumers Energy | 150 MW | MI | Closed | Heartwood Solar has a power purchase agreement with Consumers Energy. |
Change of Control
2 movesElisabeth Yandell McNeil joined as Shareholder, Energy & Natural Resources, Seattle at Greenberg Traurig (from Partner, K&L Gates)
McNeil joined Greenberg Traurig as part of a 3-shareholder energy team lateral from K&L Gates Seattle — covering renewables M&A and carbon capture transactions across the West Coast/Pacific Northwest.
May 9
Claire Hansen Suni joined as Shareholder, Energy & Natural Resources, Seattle at Greenberg Traurig (from Partner, K&L Gates)
Suni completed the 3-shareholder Seattle team move from K&L Gates to Greenberg Traurig — adding clean energy, decarbonization, and natural-resources M&A depth.
May 9
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