368 MW solar portfolio: 188 MW Honeysuckle Solar (St. Joseph County, IN) + 180 MW Prairie Ronde Solar (St. Landry Parish, LA)
Leveraging IRA domestic content incentives — nearly 800,000 First Solar panels across both projects. McDonald's corporate PPA for Prairie Ronde. COD 2024.
$460M
Deal Value
368MW
Capacity
Solar
Technology
IN, LA
Location
Deal Details
- Deal Type
- Project Finance
- Seller / Sponsor
- Lightsource bp
- Buyer / Financier
- Bank of America, ING, Lloyds, NatWest, SocGen
- Offtaker
- AEP Energy Partners, McDonald's
- Deal Value
- $460M
- Stage
- Under Construction
- ISO/RTO
- MISO
- Source
- Lightsource bp
Capital Structure
$460M
Total transaction value
Finance Counterparties
Lenders & Capital Providers
- lenders
- Bank of America, ING Capital, Lloyds Banking Group, NatWest, Societe Generale
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