http://iipower.comhttp://new.iipower.com©2010 Power Finance & Risk60The AmericasMacquarie Infrastructure Partners is buying a pair of landfill gas-fired facilities for $25 million from Ridgewood Renewable Power. http://iipower.com/Article/2663093/Macquarie-To-Buy-Landfill-Gas-Pair-Hunt-Financing.html9/7/2010 5:20:16 PMExelon will finance its $860 million entry into the wind development arena with its agreement to buy John Deere Renewables with senior unsecured bonds.http://iipower.com/Article/2662053/Exelon-To-Tap-Bonds-For-Deere-Purchase.html9/3/2010 6:31:02 PMNoble Environmental Power is talking to lenders and investors about restructuring a $227 million turbine loan and paying down a $460 million non-recourse loan it recently defaulted on.http://iipower.com/Article/2662051/Noble-Aims-To-Restructure-Debt.html9/3/2010 6:30:56 PMElectric utilities are looking to prefund capital expenditures and upcoming maturities with bond issues as peers have snagged record-low coupons in the past three weeks. http://iipower.com/Article/2662050/Utilities-Out-To-Snag-Low-Coupons.html9/3/2010 6:30:52 PMRoyal Dutch Shell is considering taking on partners or equity investors in its wind development unit Shell WindEnergy.http://iipower.com/Article/2662049/Shell-Scouts-Partners-Sale-For-Wind-Unit.html9/3/2010 6:30:48 PMCentral Vermont Public Service Corp. has agreed to purchase a retail book and hydropower assets from a unit of Omya Industries, a Swiss mineral processing company, for $32 million in cash. http://iipower.com/Article/2661187/Central-Vermont-Snags-Hydropower-Assets-Retail-Book.html9/2/2010 5:00:25 PMJPMorgan is taking a tax equity stake in two NextEra Energy Resources wind farms totaling 309 MW in the Midwest. http://iipower.com/Article/2661152/NextEra-Snares-JPMorgan-Tax-Equity.html9/2/2010 4:42:16 PMA JPMorgan investment vehicle is buying out the lessee and lessor of a 550 MW combined-cycle facility in Jackson, Mich.http://iipower.com/Article/2660356/JPMorgan-Unit-Chases-Mich-NatGas-Acquisition.html9/1/2010 5:36:17 PMShell WindEnergy is up for sale. Morgan Stanley is running the auction and teasers were sent out recently. http://iipower.com/Article/2660340/Shell-Hawks-Wind-Unit.html9/1/2010 5:20:07 PMExelon has entered the wind development arena with its agreement to buy John Deere Renewables for $860 million. http://iipower.com/Article/2659464/Exelon-Makes-Maiden-Foray-Via-Deere-Unit.html8/31/2010 4:21:28 PMThe Southern California Public Power Authority has issued $533 million in take or pay bonds to fund its pre-paid 20-year offtake agreement with Cannon Power Group’s 262 MW phase II of its Windy Point wind project.http://iipower.com/Article/2659463/SCPPA-Bonds-To-Fund-Wind-Offtake.html8/31/2010 4:21:17 PMRabobank has hired Tony Muoser, formerly head of HSH Nordbank’s wind energy finance group, for its renewable energy and infrastructure group as a managing director in New York. http://iipower.com/Article/2659654/Rabo-Scoops-Muoser.html8/31/2010Costa Rica-based Mesoamerica Energy has secured a $159 million construction term loan from the Export-Import Bank of the United States for its 100.2 MW Cerro de Hula wind farm in San Buenaventura, Honduras. http://iipower.com/Article/2658871/LatAm-Co-Snags-Honduras-Wind-Funds.html8/30/2010 5:34:47 PMNRG Energy expects its $525 million acquisition of a 1,279 MW combined cycle Kelson Holdings plant in Texas to be complete by year-end. http://iipower.com/Article/2658852/NRG-To-Wrap-Cottonwood-Purchase.html8/30/2010 5:10:20 PMExelon and Entergy are considering joining forces in a merger. http://iipower.com/Article/2658445/Exelon-Entergy-Talk-Merger.html8/27/2010 4:45:05 PMDeere & Co. has gone back to the two companies in the home stretch of the auction of its wind business to negotiate the final bids after offers came in below its roughly $925 million expectation. http://iipower.com/Article/2657599/Deere-Goes-Back-To-Bidders.html8/26/2010 4:15:24 PMCavallo Energy is targeting next April to begin financing its $525 million Cross Hudson Transmission line. http://iipower.com/Article/2657598/Cavallo-Targets-Mid-2011-Financing.html8/26/2010 4:15:10 PMPristine Power has wrapped a $333 million debt package backing its York Energy Centre in King, Ontario—minus Crédit Agricole, a planned lead arranger, which dropped out.http://iipower.com/Article/2657025/Pristine-Wraps-Peaker-DealMinus-CA.html8/25/2010 7:25:05 PMNextEra Energy Resources is talking to lenders for financing backing a pair of wind projects with a combined 249 MW capacity. http://iipower.com/Article/2657018/NextEra-Homes-In-On-Wind-Funds.html8/25/2010 6:55:40 PMA consortium that includes BlackRock subsidiary BlackRock Real Asset Equity Trust, has put operating company Milford Power Co. and its combined-cycle oil- and gas-fired facility on the block. http://iipower.com/Article/2656277/BlackRock-Sub-Group-Touts-Conn-Plant.html8/24/2010 5:53:55 PMAmeren Corp. has put its roughly 5 GW unregulated generation portfolio up for sale. http://iipower.com/Article/2656132/Ameren-Shops-5GW.html8/24/2010 3:51:40 PMDavid Albert, managing director of project and structured finance at Morgan Stanley, has joined The Carlyle Group. http://iipower.com/Article/2655514/Carlyle-Snags-Morgan-Stanley-MD.html8/23/2010 5:41:23 PMU.S. Power Generating Co. has filed its Chapter 11 bankruptcy petition for subsidiary Boston Generating as it looks to wrap a $1.1 billion sale to Constellation Energy. http://iipower.com/Article/2654733/BostonGen-Bankruptcy-Proceedings-Begin.html8/20/2010 5:12:42 PMLarry Kellerman, a former Goldman Sachs partner, is starting a private equity fund targeting investments in the power industry. http://iipower.com/Article/2654732/Kellerman-Preps-Power-PE-Shop.html8/20/2010 5:12:34 PMThe City of Victorville in California has issued a request for proposals to develop a roughly 30 MW photovoltaic project. http://iipower.com/Article/2654063/Victorville-Calif-Plots-Solar-Revival.html8/19/2010 5:46:34 PMSean O’Donnell, managing director at JPMorgan, left the firm last week. The reason for his departure could not be determined. http://iipower.com/Article/2653366/JPMorgan-MD-Exits.html8/18/2010 4:07:53 PMRahman D’Argenio, a director with First Reserve, has left to join Energy Capital Partners as a principal in October. http://iipower.com/Article/2652790/First-Reserve-Director-Joins-ECP.html8/17/2010 6:53:30 PMTaylor Biomass Energy has received initial approval for a $104 million loan guarantee from the U.S. Department of Energy for a 24 MW solid and wood waste-fired project in New York. http://iipower.com/Article/2650725/NY-Biomass-Co-Snags-Loan-Guarantee.html8/12/2010 5:52:13 PMJuhl Wind is putting a 20 MW wind farm in Grant County, Minn., wind farm on the block to repay debt holders.http://iipower.com/Article/2650711/Juhl-To-Sell-Farm-To-Pay-Down-Debt.html8/12/2010 5:23:36 PMGMR Infrastructure Limited is selling its co-ownership in InterGen, two years after it bought half the company from AIG Highstar for $1.1 billion. http://iipower.com/Article/2649923/InterGen-Co-Owner-Looks-To-Sell.html8/11/2010 6:12:04 PMFirst Reserve has failed to land amendments for its $1.1 billion Longview Power debt. http://iipower.com/Article/2649047/First-Reserve-Longview-Amendment-Fails.html8/10/2010 6:08:23 PMConstellation Energy has agreed to acquire U.S. Power Generating Co.’s Boston gas-fired generation facilities for about $1.1 billion through a bankruptcy process. http://iipower.com/Article/2648140/Constellation-Inks-Boston-Stalker-Bid.html8/9/2010 5:23:14 PMA mix of strategics and financial investors have submitted first round offers for Brick Power’s pair of natural gas-fired peakers in New England. http://iipower.com/Article/2648023/Brick-Power-Draws-Financial-Strategic-Bids.html8/9/2010 4:09:02 PMAxio Power has entered into an exclusive contract with a potential strategic buyer. http://iipower.com/Article/2647164/Axio-Enters-Into-Exclusive-Contract-With-Potential-Buyer.html8/6/2010 5:38:19 PMMacquarie Capital is shopping an affiliate fund’s stake in AltaLink, a transmission company out of Alberta, Canada. http://iipower.com/Article/2647163/Macquarie-Looks-To-Exit-AltaLink.html8/6/2010 5:38:16 PMDole affiliate Castle and Cooke’s proposed $750 million, 200MW offshore wind farm in Hawaii has been put on hold as the state and federal authorities complete environmental impact studies for the undersea cable that will connect the wind farm to the island of Oahu. http://iipower.com/Article/2646019/Dole-Wind-Farm-On-Hold.html8/5/2010 6:13:24 PMNV Energy will issue a request for proposals for renewable projects this fall. Winners of the RFP will garner 20- to 25-year offtake agreements, says David Hicks, director of renewable energy procurement and technical services in Las Vegas, Nev. http://iipower.com/Article/2645006/NV-Energy-Hunts-Renewables.html8/4/2010 5:25:45 PMCapital Power has agreed to buy Harbinger Capital Partners’ cogeneration plant in British Columbia, marking the Canadian independent power producer’s debut acquisition. http://iipower.com/Article/2645005/EPCOR-Spinoff-Snags-Harbinger-Plant.html8/4/2010 5:25:42 PMOrmat Technologies has bought out co-owner Constellation Energy’s stake in a 29 MW geothermal facility in Mammoth Lakes, Calif. http://iipower.com/Article/2644008/Ormat-Snags-Constellation-Geo-Stake.html8/3/2010 4:45:11 PMAmeren has started Ameren Transmission Company to develop transmission projects which will integrate renewable power into the grid. http://iipower.com/Article/2643011/Ameren-Launches-Transmission-Unit.html8/2/2010 4:54:57 PMInternational Power has bought a majority stake in Sea Breeze Power’s 99 MW Knob Hill wind project near Port Hardy, British Columbia. http://iipower.com/Article/2640908/Intl-Power-Takes-Vancouver-Wind-Stake.html7/29/2010 3:48:46 PMA group of investors based out of Chicago has bought a 50 MW natural gas-fired facility from Energy Investors Funds and JPMorgan—its first purchase and it has more on its radar.http://iipower.com/Article/2640021/Chi-Town-Group-Snags-Maiden-Asset.html7/28/2010 5:47:17 PMGoldman Sachs is reportedly looking to offload its 20% stake in Cogentrix Energy’s 2,331 MW generation portfolio.http://iipower.com/Article/2640013/Goldman-Peddles-Cogentrix-Stake-Sale.html7/28/2010 5:15:36 PMFour banks syndicating a $265 million loan backing Pristine Power’s $330 million, 393 MW gas-fired York Energy Centre in King, Ontario, expect the deal to wrap next week. http://iipower.com/Article/2638994/Pristine-Peaker-Loan-Nears-Close.html7/27/2010 6:00:45 PMU.S. Power Generating Co. and advisor Goldman Sachs will send out teasers next week for a possible merger or sale if its 2.3 GW Astoria Generating subsidiary and two development projects in New York. http://iipower.com/Article/2638993/US-PowerGen-Preps-Astoria-Merger-Sale.html7/27/2010 6:00:42 PMTerra-Gen has wrapped $1.2 billion in financing backing 570 MW of its Alta wind project, after wrapping a $580.2 million issue of pass-through certificates in a private offering.http://iipower.com/Article/2638063/Terra-Gen-Taps-Private-Mart-For-12B-Alta-Deal.html7/26/2010 6:08:52 PMSpinnaker Energy is aiming to raise $15 million to invigorate its more than 1.1 GW development pipeline that includes solar and wind projects. http://iipower.com/Article/2638062/Spinnaker-Seeks-Capital-Injection.html7/26/2010 6:08:47 PMCovanta Holding is considering selling its 305 MW portfolio of generation assets in Pacific Southeast Asia.http://iipower.com/Article/2637194/Covanta-Eyes-Asia-Divestiture.html7/23/2010 8:39:49 PMJohn Deere Renewables is considering shelving its wind portfolio after the two final bids didn’t hit the desired amount, deal observers say.http://iipower.com/Article/2637018/Deere-May-Nix-Sale-After-Lackluster-Bids.html7/23/2010 5:39:57 PMSolar thermal developer BrightSource Energy is considering an initial public offering as it talks to banks about its financing options.http://iipower.com/Article/2637017/BrightSource-Scouts-IPO-Financing.html7/23/2010 5:39:55 PMFirst Reserve expects amendments to the $1.1 billion financing package backing its 695 MW supercritical pulverized coal project in Maidsville, W.Va., to be finalized this week. http://iipower.com/Article/2636171/Longview-Amendment-To-Wrap-This-Week.html7/22/2010 6:13:24 PMBrick Power Holding has put for sale signs on its two natural gas-fired plants in New England: http://iipower.com/Article/2635243/New-England-NatGas-Pair-Hits-Market.html7/21/2010 5:11:46 PMRecurrent Energy has inked agreements with two international solar developers that will bolster its global reach as its parent Hudson Clean Energy Partners looks to sell the company. http://iipower.com/Article/2635242/Recurrent-Targets-Global-Push.html7/21/2010 5:11:45 PMFinancial advisor Fieldstone Capital Group will angle for at least a 70:30 debt-to-equity split for Fishermen’s Energy’s initial $120 million, 20 MW phase of its 370 MW offshore wind farm. http://iipower.com/Article/2634260/Fishermens-Targets-7030-Offshore-Debt.html7/20/2010 4:22:19 PMProject Resources Corporation has initiated discussions with bankers about financing its proposed $100 million, 50 MW Lakeswind project near Fargo-Moorhead, Minn.http://iipower.com/Article/2634259/Developer-Eyes-Another-Sale-Leaseback.html7/20/2010 4:19:31 PMBanks leading a roughly $600 million financing backing Northland Power’s 265 MW combined cycle plant in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, are launching the deal with a bank meeting in New York tomorrow. http://iipower.com/Article/2633405/Canadian-IPP-Preps-Big-Apple-Deal-Launch.html7/19/2010 6:01:25 PMLazard has hired Jonathan Turnbull, managing director and global head of infrastructure at Citigroup, as managing director of the power, energy, and infrastructure investment banking group. http://iipower.com/Article/2630570/Lazard-Snags-Citi-Infrastructure-Head.html7/14/2010 3:48:20 PMGuy Cirincione, head of project finance at Dexia Crédit Local in New York, has been hired by Siemens Financial Services as senior v.p. and general manager of energy finance. http://iipower.com/Article/2629744/Cirincione-Jumps-To-Siemens.html7/13/2010 6:45:07 PMPPL Corp.’s auction of three plants with a combined 900 MW capacity is drawing lackluster interest from potential buyers, who are wary of taking on merchant risk. http://iipower.com/Article/2628765/Market-Skirts-PPL-Merchant-Risk.html7/12/2010 5:46:59 PMArcLight Capital Partners has wrapped the purchase of a 640 MW natural gas simple cycle plant in Sandersville, Ga., from KGen Power for roughly $203/kW. http://iipower.com/Article/2628692/ArcLight-Snags-Ga-NatGas-Plant.html7/12/2010 4:47:32 PMWayzata Investment Partners has agreed to buy one of the four natural gas combined cycle generators at Entegra Power Group’s 2.3 GW Gila River plant near Phoenix, Ariz. http://iipower.com/Article/2627951/Entegra-Lines-Up-Minn-PE-Shop-For-Gila-Unit.html7/9/2010 5:56:41 PMGolden Spread Electric Cooperative has agreed to buy its first wind project—a 78.2 MW project from Cielo Wind Power. http://iipower.com/Article/2627950/Texas-Co-Op-Lassos-Debut-Wind-Farm.html7/9/2010 5:56:39 PMA group of banks are meeting to discuss debt financing for a $110 million, 55 MW waste-fired plant in Ben Hill, Ga., being developed by Decker Energy International subsidiary Fitzgerald Renewable Energy.http://iipower.com/Article/2626806/Bank-Meeting-Set-For-Decker-Sub-Biomass.html7/8/2010 4:37:51 PMDuke Energy Indiana has issued $500 million first mortgage bonds to pay fown credit facility debt and fund its capex program. http://iipower.com/Article/2626805/Duke-Sub-Takes-Down-Debt.html7/8/2010 4:37:49 PMSecond round bids for John Deere Renewables will likely encompass the whole portfolio instead of pieces, bankers say. http://iipower.com/Article/2626724/Deere-Sale-Tipped-As-Portfolio-Not-Piecemeal.html7/8/2010 3:51:14 PMHorizon Wind Energy has secured a tax equity deal in which a Wells Fargo subsidiary took an equity position in a trio of wind farms with a combined capacity of 604 MW. http://iipower.com/Article/2625927/Horizon-Inks-Wells-Fargo-Tax-Equity.html7/7/2010 4:51:30 PMLondon-based International Power is breaking into U.S. wind arena with its purchase of a roughly 1 GW portfolio of wind projects in Texas and Illinois from developer Element Markets.http://iipower.com/Article/2625303/Internatl-Power-Enters-US-Wind-Mart.html7/6/2010 10:10:37 PMInstead of adding green food coloring to its tasty brew, Brooklyn Brewery is greening its selection of ales year-round by using 100% wind power at its brewery in Brooklyn, N.Y. http://iipower.com/Article/2623880/Green-Beer-Not-Just-For-St-Patricks-Day.html7/2/2010Wind Capital Group is planning to approach lenders to finance several hundred megawatts of wind projects in the U.S. this fall. http://iipower.com/Article/2622816/Wind-Capital-Preps-Financings.html7/1/2010 5:57:32 PMMore consolidation is expected in the wind industry as developers struggle to pull projects across the finish line. http://iipower.com/Article/2621759/Wind-Set-For-Consolidation.html6/30/2010 5:14:52 PMA Credit Suisse unit has agreed to take a tax equity stake in a wind project Invenergy is building in Washington. http://iipower.com/Article/2619959/Invenergy-Lines-Up-CS-Tax-Equity.html6/28/2010 4:57:33 PMWind Energy Transmission Texas, which is developing almost 300 miles of transmission lines in West Texas, plans to invest 40% equity in the $400 million project, a deal watcher says. http://iipower.com/Article/2619958/Developer-Sets-Equity-In-Texas-Line.html6/28/2010 4:57:32 PMNorth American Power Group is in talks to sell two biomass plants in California to a financial investor. http://iipower.com/Article/2619125/NAPG-In-Talks-On-Biomass-Sale.html6/25/2010 5:45:08 PMSolar developer Sustainable Energy Capital Partners, and South Korean conglomerate KISCO are talking to banks about financing a 20 MW photovoltaic project they’re building on an old salt mine in the Mojave Desert. http://iipower.com/Article/2619124/Calif-Co-Korean-Manufacturer-Eye-Solar-Financing.html6/25/2010 5:45:03 PMFinavera Renewables, a Canadian renewables developer, is considering financing options for an $800 million, 301 MW wind portfolio that has landed offtake agreements with BC Hydro. http://iipower.com/Article/2618124/Canadian-Wind-Co-Plots-800M-Funding.html6/24/2010 6:48:06 PMDecker Energy International subsidiary Fitzgerald Renewable Energy is talking to lenders to finance a 55 MW wood waste-fired plant in Ben Hill, Ga., a project financier says.http://iipower.com/Article/2617279/Decker-Sub-Hunts-Biomass-Funds.html6/23/2010 6:22:41 PMBP Alternative Energy is talking to potential partners for a $500 million, 250 MW project in Colorado. http://iipower.com/Article/2617191/BP-Eyes-Partner-For-Colo-Wind.html6/23/2010 4:18:47 PMBanks leading financing backing GE Energy and Caithness Energy’s $2 billion Shepherds Flat wind project are pushing commitments through their respective credit committees ahead of a wider deal launch set for later this quarter. http://iipower.com/Article/2612289/Leads-Circle-Up-GE-Caithness-Deal.html6/22/2010 6:49:16 PMAlliant Energy has put its subsidiary Industrial Energy Applications on the auction block. IEA, based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is an asset manager and provides power and steam to industrial and commercial customers. http://iipower.com/Article/2604316/Alliant-Puts-Unit-On-Market.html6/21/2010 2:42:25 PMFPL Group subsidiary NextEra Energy Resources is talking to banks to finance its next round of wind projects. http://iipower.com/Article/2604288/FPL-Sub-Back-For-More-Funding.html6/21/2010 2:20:15 PMUnion Bank, a mainstay of power project finance, is expanding its syndications team into New York City. http://iipower.com/Article/2603545/Union-Bank-Opens-NYC-Outpost.html6/18/2010 6:18:41 PMDiversified Utility & Energy Trusts, or DUET Group, is selling its 29% stake in Duquesne Light Holdings, the Pittsburgh, Penn.-based utility holding company.http://iipower.com/Article/2603544/DUET-Preps-Utility-Stake-Sale.html6/18/2010 6:18:41 PMCompetitive Power Ventures has entered into several non-disclosure agreements with companies interested in taking an investment stake in its wind unit. http://iipower.com/Article/2603543/Potential-Investors-Look-At-CPV-Wind.html6/18/2010 6:18:40 PMU.S. Department of Energy has awarded the first loan guarantee under its Financial Institution Partnership Program to a $98.5 million facility for Nevada Geothermal Power. http://iipower.com/Article/2602352/Canadian-Geo-Co-Snags-Debut-FIPP-Guarantee.html6/17/2010 3:17:01 PMGrupo ACS, a Spanish construction firm, is said to have entered into an exclusive contract to purchase Third Planet Windpower. http://iipower.com/Article/2602351/Spanish-Conglomerate-Eyes-Third-Planet.html6/17/2010 3:17:00 PMPPL Corp. is looking to sell three plants in a combined 900 MW portfolio, which is expected to fetch roughly $200 million. http://iipower.com/Article/2597832/PPL-Hawks-900MW-Portfolio.html6/16/2010 2:38:43 PMAlliant Energy subsidiaries Interstate Power & Light and Wisconsin Power & Light have issued $300 million in debentures to pay down commercial paper.http://iipower.com/Article/2595887/Alliant-Subs-Take-Out-CP-With-Bonds.html6/14/2010 9:19:38 PMThird Planet Windpower has entered into an exclusive contract with a foreign suitor to sell itself. http://iipower.com/Article/2595871/Third-Planet-Enters-Exclusive-Purchasing-Talks.html6/14/2010 8:27:27 PMA Credit Suisse affiliate has taken an equity stake in Wind Capital Group’s Lost Creek farm in Missouri.http://iipower.com/Article/2593508/CS-Unit-Wraps-Mo-Wind-Equity-Stake.html6/10/2010 6:14:26 PMBaryonyx, an offshore wind developer, is looking to raise $5 million to fund the early stages of two projects in Texas. http://iipower.com/Article/2593332/Texas-Co-Targets-Offshore-Wind-Capital.html6/10/2010 4:35:52 PMVinod Mukani, director of structured finance at NordLB, is joining Deutsche Bank next week. http://iipower.com/Article/2592530/Deutsche-Bank-Taps-Nord-Financier.html6/9/2010 5:19:58 PMDTE Energy Services expects to finalize its acquisition of a 44 MW coal plant in Stockton, Calif., within a month after it received approval Thursday for a renegotiated offtake agreement to retrofit the plant into a biomass facility. http://iipower.com/Article/2586336/PPA-OK-Paves-Way-For-DTE-Acquisition.html6/7/2010 3:53:09 PMConsolidated Edison Company of New York has issued $700 million in unsecured debentures in two equal tranches for general infrastructure, upsized from a planned $600 million, reflecting strength in the bond market. http://iipower.com/Article/2586335/ConEd-NY-Upsizes-Notes.html6/7/2010 3:53:08 PMInvestors and market makers are getting more active in derivatives on renewable energy certificates, tradable notes representing 1 MWh of renewable power. http://iipower.com/Article/2585351/REC-Derivatives-Gather-Steam.html6/4/2010BMO Capital Markets, CIBC and Union Bank have signed on as leads for Northland Power’s C$700 million ($674 million) combined cycle project near North Battleford, Saskatchewan, says A.F. Anderson, cfo in Toronto.http://iipower.com/Article/2584178/Toronto-IPP-Inks-Leads-For-Saskatchewan-Plant.html6/3/2010 4:58:02 PMFinancing a wind farm off Atlantic City, N.J., this year hinges on whether the state approves renewable energy credits for offshore projects, says Anastasia Pozdniakova, managing director of Fieldstone Capital Group.http://iipower.com/Article/2584177/NJ-Offshore-Wind-Hinges-On-Credits.html6/3/2010 4:58:01 PMDuke Energy Carolinas is selling $450 million first mortgage bonds to fund costs associated with its ongoing generation construction program in North Carolina. http://iipower.com/Article/2584176/Duke-Carolinas-Unit-Funds-Construction-With-Bonds.html6/3/2010 4:58:00 PMBrookfield Asset Management, a Toronto-based renewables asset manager, has approached at least two European project finance banks about financing a greenfield transmission line in Texas. http://iipower.com/Article/2583264/Brookfield-Hunts-For-Transmission-Financing.html6/2/2010 6:17:34 PMCapital Power, an independent power producer in Edmonton, Canada, is targeting acquisitions of natural gas generation assets in the American northeast and west. http://iipower.com/Article/2583263/Canadian-IPP-Scouts-US-Gas-Generation.html6/2/2010 6:17:33 PMSyncarpha Capital, a newly formed private equity shop, is looking for development stage solar photovoltaic projects in which to invest. http://iipower.com/Article/2582194/Solar-PE-Shop-Looks-For-Investments-Acquisitions.html6/1/2010 6:45:46 PM