Lender / Financier
US Department of Energy
Track
41
Deals Tracked
$120.38B
Deal Value
34,022.8MW
Total Capacity
2
Executive Moves
Other
Top Technology
Deal Activity
Apr 23LenderNatrium Kemmerer Unit 1 — 345 MW sodium-cooled fast reactor with integrated molten-salt energy storage system (boostable to 500 MW peak), Kemmerer, Wyoming — first utility-scale advanced nuclear plant under construction in US historyOtherNuclear500 MW
Feb 25LenderSouthern Company grid reliability program — 16 GW firm power including 5 GW new gas, 6 GW nuclear uprates/renewals, hydropower, BESS, 1300+ miles transmission in Georgia and AlabamaProject FinanceSolar + Storage$26.50B16,000 MW
Dec 2LenderTVA Clinch River 600 MW BWRX-300 SMR (2 units, Oak Ridge TN) + Holtec Palisades 680 MWe dual SMR-300 (Pioneer 1 & 2, Covert MI)Project FinanceNuclear$800M1,280 MW
Nov 18LenderCrane Clean Energy Center — 835 MW nuclear reactor restart, Pennsylvania (formerly Three Mile Island Unit 1)Project FinanceNuclear$1.00B835 MW
Oct 29LenderWabash Valley Resources clean ammonia + integrated CCS facility — 500,000 metric tons/year carbon-negative ammoniaProject FinanceCarbon Capture & DAC$1.50B
Oct 16LenderTransmission upgrades — ~5,000 miles of transmission lines across AEP service territoryProject FinanceOther$1.60B
Jan 16LenderTransmission upgrades across New Jersey service territoryProject FinanceOther$716M
Jan 16LenderUp to 6 green hydrogen production and liquefaction facilities across the US (first project: Graham, Texas)Project FinanceHydrogen & Fuel Cells$1.66B
Jan 15LenderTrenton Channel Energy CenterDOE loan guarantee (conditional commitment)BESS220 MW
Dec 19LenderVertically integrated solar manufacturing facility — ingots, wafers, cells, and modules — Cartersville, Georgia. 3.3 GW annual capacityProject FinanceOther$1.45B
Dec 17LenderProject Polaris — conditional commitment for hydropower, BESS, transmission, VPP across Northern & Central CaliforniaProject FinanceSolar + Storage$15.00B
Dec 17LenderStarPlus Energy lithium-ion battery cell factories — ~67 GWh/yr battery cell capacity, Kokomo, IndianaProject FinanceOther$7.54B
Dec 16LenderBlueOval SK EV battery manufacturing — 120+ GWh/yr battery production capacity across 3 plants (BlueOval City TN + 2 Glendale KY plants)Project FinanceOther$9.63B
Dec 15LenderWEC Energy 1.7 GW renewable portfolio — utility-scale solar, wind, and energy storage across WisconsinProject FinanceSolar + Storage$2.50B1,700 MW
Dec 3LenderProject AMAZE — Zinc-bromine battery manufacturing expansion, Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania. Target 8 GWh/year capacity by 2027Project FinanceOther$304M
Nov 25LenderGrain Belt Express — 2,500 MW HVDC transmission line connecting Midwest gridsProject FinanceOther$4.90B2,500 MW
Nov 25LenderProject Polo — up to 1,000 distributed solar PV and battery energy storage systems across 27 statesProject FinanceSolar + Storage$290M100 MW
Nov 25LenderProject Horizon — EV manufacturing facility, Stanton Springs North, GeorgiaProject FinanceOther$6.57B
Nov 8LenderConsumers Energy grid modernization — solar, wind, battery storage, and virtual power plants across MichiganProject FinanceSolar + Storage$5.23B2,000 MW
Nov 1LenderDTE Electric renewable generation and storage — solar, wind, battery installations across MichiganProject FinanceSolar + Storage$7.17B3,000 MW
Oct 28LenderThacker Pass Phase 1 — 40,000 tpa lithium carbonate mining/processing facility, Humboldt County, NevadaProject FinanceOther$2.26B
Oct 16LenderProject Marahu — 200 MW solar PV + 285 MW/1,140 MWh BESS in Guayama and Salinas, Puerto RicoProject FinanceSolar + Storage$861M200 MW
Oct 1LenderProject Marahu — 200 MW solar PV + 285 MW / 1,140 MWh BESS, Guayama (Jobos) + Salinas, Puerto RicoProject FinanceSolar + Storage$861M485 MW
Sep 30LenderPalisades Nuclear Plant restart — 800 MW nuclear generating station, Covert Township, MichiganProject FinanceNuclear$1.52B800 MW
Jul 12LenderViejas Microgrid — 15 MW solar PV + 38 MWh long-duration energy storage on Tribal lands near Alpine, CAProject FinanceSolar + Storage$73M15 MW
May 14LenderUp to 6 green hydrogen production and liquefaction facilities — first project: Project Limestone (Graham, TX, 45 tpd liquid H2)Project FinanceHydrogen & Fuel Cells$1.66B
Mar 1LenderThacker Pass lithium processing plant (largest US lithium reserve, Nevada)Project FinanceOther$2.26B
Sep 1LenderProject Hestia (residential solar loan expansion)Project FinanceSolar$3.00B
Dec 12LenderUltium Cells 3 lithium-ion battery cell plants — Lordstown OH, Lansing MI, Spring Hill TNProject FinanceBESS$2.50B
Nov 30LenderHALEU production cascade — 16 AC100M centrifuges at Piketon, OHProject FinanceNuclear$150M
Nov 21LenderDiablo Canyon Power Plant — 2,256 MW nuclear (Units 1+2), Avila Beach CAProject FinanceNuclear$1.10B2,256 MW
Sep 30LenderAntelope Valley Solar Ranch OneDOE loan guaranteeSolar$646M253 MW
Sep 30LenderCalifornia Valley Solar RanchDOE loan guaranteeSolar$1.24B249.8 MW
Sep 30LenderDesert Sunlight 250DOE loan guaranteeSolar$1.50B249.7 MW
Sep 29LenderMojave Solar ProjectDOE loan guaranteeSolar$1.20B280 MW
Sep 29LenderMesquite Solar 1DOE loan guaranteeSolar$337M170 MW
Sep 28LenderCrescent Dunes Solar EnergyDOE loan guaranteeSolar$737M125 MW
Aug 17LenderRecord Hill WindDOE loan guaranteeWind$102M50.6 MW
Aug 5LenderAgua Caliente Solar ProjectDOE loan guaranteeSolar$967M347.7 MW
Apr 11LenderIvanpah 1DOE loan guaranteeSolar$1.60B126 MW
Dec 21LenderSolana Generating StationDOE loan guaranteeSolar$1.45B280 MW
Key People
LG
Lane Genatowski
Senior Advisor, Office of the Chief Financial Officer
31
deals
TF
Tina Francone
Director, Grid Deployment Office
31
deals
DC
David Crane
Under Secretary for Infrastructure
31
deals
MR
Maria Robinson
Director
28
deals
CW
Chris Wright
Secretary of Energy
7
deals
GB
Greg Beard
Senior Advisor, Loan Programs Office
6
deals
GB
Gregory Beard
Director
6
deals
AR
Audrey Robertson
Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE)
5
deals
Change of Control
1 joined1 departed
Apr 29Departure
Jigar Shah← was Director, Loan Programs Office
to Multiplier (advisory firm) / Powerhouse VenturesSource →Track US Department of Energy and 100+ firms
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