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US Solar Fund Plc (LON: USF) announced today it has employed monetary consultants to assist it take into consideration all possible critical alternatives to increase shareholder value, including the launch of a formal sale process for the entire firm.

Fontus Renewables picked the firm to carry out the EPC and also O&M contracts for 8 projects

Hanwha Group and lithium-ion battery maker LG Energy Solution Ltd (KRX:373220), or LGES, will make joint investment in energy storage system(ESS) battery manufacturing facilities in the US, both South Korean business stated today in separate announcements.

US renewable energy player Pristine Sun Corporation has announced a $250 million capital commitment from strategic private equity and family office investors to develop renewable energy projects. This will allow the firm to develop, finance, and build up to 5 GW of its solar projects.

US-based Ameresco has announced the acquisition of Milan-based ENERQOS Energy Solutions S.r.l., a renewable energy and energy efficiency firm, with the aim of expanding its portfolio in clean energy projects and solutions all over Italy.

20-year deal with the Southern California Public Power Authority to offtake from its 117MW Sapphire project

Antin Infrastructure Partners, a private equity company, has announced a voluntary cash tender offer to acquire and take Spanish renewable energy company Opdenergy Holding SA off the stock market. The total value of the acquisition is EUR 866 million (USD 924.5m).

Intersect Power LLC closes up-to-USD-800-million revolving corporate credit facility to fund renewable energy & storage production, green hydrogen projects, and 2.2 GW of solar & 1.4 GWh of storage capacity. A consortium of Deutsche Bank, Nomura & Santander serve as Coordinating Lead Arrangers.

Nucor, one of the US's largest steel product manufacturers, has just signed a 250 MW solar PPA with NextEra Energy Resources. The Sebree Solar project will bring USD 20 million in tax revenue to Kentucky and Nucor will also provide steel for a second solar site in Meade and Breckinridge counties. Construction begins this autumn with commissioning due in 2025.

Aisin Corp, a Japanese automotive parts supplier, has partnered with Greenalia to reserve 50 MW of energy from Texas' Misae II solar project. Greenalia will generate 130 GWh of electricity annually for Aisin's North American unit, 18% of the project's capacity. Misae II is expected to be operational by late 2025 and could expand up to 695 MWdc.

Origis Energy secures USD-344m loan from MUFG to finance a 200 MWac solar and 200 MWh energy storage project in Lowndes County, Mississippi. The project will provide 500 MWac of solar and 600 MWh of battery storage, supplying electricity with grid resiliency for a 25-year period. Construction has already started.

The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) board of directors have approved a €138 million (US$154 million) investment for Tunisia’s state-run electricity distribution network.

Utility giant Iberdrola has revealed 400MW of additional large-scale solar it intends to bring forward in Spain, unveiling its 2020 development pipeline in the process.

The South Korean capital has unveiled a plan to deploy rooftop PV on a million homes and all public buildings. The new initiative is designed to bring the city’s cumulative installed solar capacity to around 1 GW by the end of 2022.

Approximately 1.5 GW of new capability could be opened in the south as well as east of England by using solar, battery storage and wind for voltage control services.