Aratina Solar Center 1B
Avantus secured a $300 million tax equity investment from Truist Bank for the Aratina 1 utility-scale solar and storage project in Kern County, California.
$300M
Deal Value
325MW
Capacity
Hybrid
Technology
CA
Location
Deal Details
- Deal Type
- Tax equity
- Seller / Sponsor
- Avantus
- Buyer / Financier
- Truist Bank
- Deal Value
- $300M
- Stage
- construction
- ISO/RTO
- CAISO
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