Sustainability Trends

On June 30, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) successfully closed $73 million of Senior Secured Credit Facilities in support of Cenergy Power and its Grounded ESP II LLC portfolio. The facilities comprise a $31 million construction-to-term loan, $41 million in aggregate bridge loans, and $1 million in letters of credit, which will be used to fund construction costs at the Portfolio. KBCM acted as Coordinating Lead Arranger, Depository Agent, Collateral Agent, and Administrative Agent.

The Grounded ESP II LLC portfolio consists of four Illinois community solar assets totaling 24 MW across the Ameren and ComEd utility zones. All projects received the IL Shines REC awards. The projects are expected to reach commercial operations by the end of the 2025.

This represents the first financing transaction between KBCM and Cenergy.

About Cenergy Power
Cenergy Power, formed in 2006 by a group of seasoned power system professionals and financial experts, is a leading distributed generation and small utility-scale solar developer, owner and operator with more than 450 MWs of experience working with local communities and businesses on value-added solar projects. For more information, please visit: www.cenergypower.com

In June 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) successfully closed $280 million of Senior Secured Credit Facilities (the Facilities) for Scout Clean Energy’s Gonzaga Ridge Wind Project in Merced County, California. The Facilities include a Construction Loan, a Transfer Bridge Loan, and Letter of Credit Facility. Proceeds will be used to fund construction of the 147.5 MW wind repowering project, which revitalizes the original 18 MW Gonzaga Ridge wind farm built in the 1980s. KBCM acted as Coordinating Lead Arranger and Administrative Agent.

About Scout Clean Energy
Scout Clean Energy is a renewable energy developer and owner-operator based in Boulder, Colorado with a nationwide portfolio of wind, solar, and storage projects totaling 1.6 GW of operating and construction capacity, 2.1 GW of late-stage development assets, and a 19+ GW development pipeline. Scout has expertise in all aspects of renewables project development, permitting, power marketing, finance, construction, 24/7 operations, and asset management. Scout is a portfolio company managed by Brookfield Asset Management, which acquired Scout in 2022.

KBCM Relationship
Scout Clean Energy is a longstanding client of Key across multiple financing and M&A transactions. In 2022, KBCM advised Quinbrook on their $1 billion sale of Scout to Brookfield Renewable. This financing represents the ninth transaction between Scout and KBCM and the 11th transaction between Brookfield Renewable and KBCM.

On June 25, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) successfully closed on a $125 million Senior Secured Credit Facility to support BlueWave’s distributed generation solar-plus-storage portfolio. 

The facility is structured as a revolving construction and operating warehouse, enabling BlueWave to fund project construction costs and reach a critical mass before pursuing alternative refinancing at maturity. KBCM acted as Coordinating Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, Depositary Agent, and Issuing Bank.

The inital portfolio includes 55.1 MWdc of solar and 13.7 MWh of storage across Massachusetts and New York. Projects are being constructed with tier-1 equipment and contracted by a diverse mix of high-credit-quality offtakers across lucrative community solar markets.

This represents the third transaction between BlueWave and KBCM, and the fifth transaction between Axium and KBCM.

BlueWave Overview
Established in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, BlueWave is a pioneering renewable energy company that develops, owns, and operates solar and battery storage projects. Diversified across the U.S. Northeast and Mid-Atlantic markets, BlueWave is building one of the largest distributed generation pipelines across 200+ sites, with more than 900 MW of solar and 5 GW of storage.

Axium Infrastructure Overview
Axium Infrastructure is an independent portfolio management firm dedicated to generating long-term investment returns through investing in core infrastructure assets. Axium acquired BlueWave in May 2022 and committed to funding BlueWave as it transitions from a develop-and-flip business to an independent power producer. As of September 30, 2024, Axium Infrastructure has over C$11.5 billion in assets under management, as well as C$2.0 billion in co-investments.

On May 13, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) closed the sale of a 100% equity stake in Sun Tribe Development to TerraForm Power, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management. KBCM was mandated by Sun Tribe as its exclusive financial advisor to identify a strategic partner to support the continued buildout of their 4+ GW solar and energy storage pipeline. With the transaction, TerraForm is initiating a new growth strategy and more than doubling its development pipeline to over 6,000 MW of solar and battery energy storage.

About Sun Tribe Development
Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia, Sun Tribe is a utility-scale solar and energy storage developer focused on development in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. Their track record includes the establishment of a 4 GW project pipeline and monetizing over 20 projects which represent 800+ MW across four states since inception. Counterparties to Sun Tribe PPAs and owners of Sun Tribe-developed projects include Dominion Energy (NYSE: DOM), Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), Con Edison Utilities (NYSE: ED), PPL Utilities (NYSE: PPL), RWE Clean Energy (DAX: RWE), and more, placing Sun Tribe in the company of some of the nation’s most sophisticated power buyers and owner-operators.

About TerraForm Power
TerraForm Power, a controlled affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, is a leading owner, operator, and producer of renewable energy in North America. The company’s portfolio contains 3,400 MW of utility-scale wind, solar, and battery storage facilities with operations in 23 U.S. states and Ontario, Canada. TerraForm Power’s high-quality diversified assets generate significant organic cash flow, and support repowering, co-location, and hybridization opportunities within its broad existing footprint, as well as greenfield development. The company has a high-quality, approximately 6,000 MW renewable development pipeline and is well positioned to meet surging electricity demand.

About Brookfield Asset Management
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. (NYSE: BAM, TSX: BAM) is a leading global alternative asset manager, headquartered in New York, with over $1 trillion of assets under management. Brookfield operates Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE: BEP, TSX: BEP), one of the world’s largest publicly traded platforms for renewable power and sustainable solutions. Their renewable power portfolio consists of hydroelectric, wind, utility-scale solar, and storage facilities and their sustainable solutions assets include their investment in a leading global nuclear services business and a portfolio of investments in carbon capture and storage capacity, agricultural renewable natural gas, materials recycling and eFuels manufacturing capacity, among others.

On May 15, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) successfully closed on three facilities totaling $1.3 billion of Senior Secured Credit Facilities (the Facilities) for Doral Renewables’ Mammoth South and Central projects (Portfolio).

The Facilities comprise a $412 million Construction-to-Term Loan, $624 million in Tax Equity and Tax Credit Bridge Loans, and $259 million in Letters of Credit. This transaction will help fund construction of the 1.1 GW Portfolio and serves as the takeout to the KBCM-led bridge financing that closed in August 2024. KBCM acted as Coordinating Lead Arranger, Sole Bookrunner, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Depositary Agent.

The project is in Pulaski County, Indiana, and along with its sister project, Mammoth North, will form the largest standalone solar portfolio in the U.S. The project includes three utility-scale solar projects: Mammoth South, Mammoth Central I, and Mammoth Central II, totaling 1,128 MWdc. All three have long-term investment grade rated power purchase agreements and are expected to be operational by December 2026. Once operational, the Mammoth Solar portfolio will have a capacity of 1.3 GW and power approximately 275,000 households annually.

This represents the third transaction between Doral Renewables and KBCM.

Doral Renewables Overview
Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Doral Renewables is a developer, owner, and operator of utility-scale solar, co-located solar and storage, and standalone storage projects across North America. The Company’s solar and storage development portfolio totals over 18 GW, including 400 MW in operation and 950 MW under construction. The Company operates in 22 states across seven electricity markets and has over $2.5 billion in long-term wholesale power purchase agreements with U.S. customers.

Doral Renewables has global leadership and investments from the Doral Group (TASE: DORL.TA), Migdal Group, and Clean Air Generation, with further financial backing from Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO), a leading global asset manager. In June 2024, Doral Renewables announced a $400 million minority equity investment on behalf of the largest Dutch pension fund, APG, which looks after the pensions of 4.6 million participants and manages approximately €544 billion in pension assets.

On April 24, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) successfully closed $184 million of Senior Secured Credit Facilities for Clearway Energy Group’s (CEG) Tuolumne utility-scale wind project in Klickitat County, Washington. The facilities are comprised of $162 million in Term Loan, $14 million Debt Service Reserve LC, $7 million in PPA LC, and $1 million in BSA LC. Proceeds will fund the project’s operations post-acquisition. KBCM acted as Joint Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, and Collateral Agent. 

Tuolumne is a 137 MW utility-scale wind project in the WECC – PNW power market, previously owned and operated by Turlock Irrigation District. Clearway has acquired Tuolumne, and the project will continue to generate revenue via a 15-year power purchase agreement with its original owner, Turlock Irrigation District. 

This represents the twentieth transaction between CEG and KBCM.

About Clearway Energy Group:
CEG was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Princeton, New Jersey. It is a full-scope Development & Operations platform with over 11.8 GW of wind, solar, and energy storage assets in operation. In 2022, TotalEnergies acquired 50% of CEG from Global Infrastructure Partners. As of April 2025, CEG has an extensive pipeline of 30 GW of solar, wind and storage projects in both regulated and deregulated regions. The company is also committed to grid reliability with over 10 GW of paired and standalone storage in development. CEG’s management team has over 1,000 employees with operating solar and wind projects in 35 states.

On April 11, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) successfully closed $165.5 million in Senior Secured Credit Facilities (the Facilities) to refinance US Solar Fund’s (USF) operating solar portfolio. Amber Infrastructure Group (Amber or the Investment Manager) is the investment manager for US Solar Fund and responsible for USF’s investment origination, asset management, and fund management.

The Facilities comprise a $127.1 million Term Loan, a $10.5 million Revolving Credit Facility, and $27.9 million in Letters of Credit. The proceeds were used to refinance the existing debt on the portfolio and smooth out amortization to help US Solar Fund manage its dividend yield. KBCM acted as the Coordinating Lead Arranger, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and Issuing Bank.

The portfolio includes 41 operating solar assets with a total capacity of 443 MWdc, diversified across California, North Carolina, Oregon, and Utah.

Investment Manager Overview
Amber Infrastructure is an international infrastructure specialist, focused on investment origination, development, asset management, and fund management. Amber’s core business focuses on infrastructure assets across the public, transport, energy, digital, and demographic infrastructure sectors. The Investment Manager is responsible for the day-to-day management of US Solar Fund, whose investment objective is to provide investors with attractive and sustainable dividends with an element of capital growth by owning and operating solar power assets in North America.

American Electric Power (AEP) announced the pricing of a registered underwritten offering of 19,607,844 shares of its common stock at $102 per share on March 24, 2025. The shares are expected to be borrowed by forward counterparties or their affiliates from third parties and sold to the underwriters in connection with forward sale agreements. AEP has the option to choose cash settlement or net share settlement for all or part of its rights or obligations under these agreements. If AEP opts for physical settlement, the net proceeds will be used for general corporate purposes, such as capital contributions to its utility subsidiaries, acquisitions, or debt repayment. KeyBanc Capital Markets acted as a co-manager for this offering.

About American Electric Power
American Electric Power is committed to improving customers’ lives with reliable, affordable power. They are investing $54 billion from 2025 through 2029 to enhance service for customers and support the growing energy needs of our communities. Their nearly 16,000 employees operate and maintain the nation’s largest electric transmission system with 40,000 line miles, along with more than 225,000 miles of distribution lines to deliver energy to 5.6 million customers in 11 states. AEP is one of the nation's largest electricity producers with approximately 29,000 megawatts of diverse generating capacity.

On March 4th, 2025, KeyBanc Capital Markets Inc. (KBCM) successfully closed on $1.7 billion of Senior Secured Credit Facilities (the Facilities) supporting Copia Power’s utility-scale solar plus energy storage project (Maricopa or the Project). The Facilities comprise a $1,416 million construction-to-term loan, a $90 million tax-credit bridge loan, and $204 million in letters of credit. Proceeds will be used to fund the Project’s construction costs. KBCM acted as Coordinating Lead Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, and Syndication Agent.

Maricopa is a 691 MWdc solar + 2,200 MWh energy storage project located in Maricopa County, Arizona, interconnecting to the Arizona Public Service owned Delaney Substation. The Project is being developed with tier-1 equipment and will be constructed in two phases beginning in Q1 2025. Maricopa is expected to reach full commercial operations in Q1 2027.

This represents the fourth transaction between Copia Power and KBCM.

Copia Power Overview
Copia Power is a renewable energy infrastructure platform launched by The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) in March 2021. Created with the acquisition of Tenaska’s 6 GW solar and energy storage pipeline, Copia’s goal is to become a leading, integrated energy transition platform specializing in developing, owning, and operating giga-scale projects in select U.S. markets. The company is led by industry veterans with extensive shared experience in developing, commercializing, constructing, and operating more than 10 GW of renewable energy projects.

Since its launch, Copia Power has built a robust 20+ GW development pipeline across the U.S. with an additional 1.5 GW of projects beginning construction in the last 12 months. KBCM advised Copia Power (f.k.a. Birch) on its platform investment from The Carlyle Group in March 2021.

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) is a rate-regulated electric utility involved in the generation, transmission, distribution and sale of electric energy in Florida. FPL is the largest electric utility in the state of Florida and one of the largest electric utilities in the U.S. As of December 31, 2023, FPL had 32,276 megawatts of net generating capacity, approximately 90,000 circuit miles of transmission and distribution lines and 883 substations.

FPL priced $2.0 billion of First Mortgage Bonds in three tranches:

• A $350 add-on of FPL’s 5.300% First Mortgage Bonds due 2034 at a spread of T+73 bps and a price of 100.109%
• $950 million of First Mortgage Bonds due 2055 at a spread of T+93 bps for a coupon of 5.700%
• $700 million of First Mortgage Bonds due 2065 at a spread of T+103 bps for a coupon of 5.800%

The deal was extremely well received by the market, with a total orderbook size of $11.9 billon, resulting in a 6.0x overall oversubscription. The 2064 tranche alone attracted over $5.5 billion in interest, representing an 8.0x oversubscription. Each tranche also priced with minimal or no new issue concessions.

FPL plans to use net proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes, including repaying a portion of its outstanding commercial paper obligations and prefunding the refinancing of a portion of its bonds maturing in 2025.

KeyBanc Capital Markets acted as Active Joint Bookrunner on the transaction.

KeyBanc Capital Markets served as exclusive sell-side advisor to Renewable Properties on the sale of its 11 megawatt direct current (MW_DC) solar community solar portfolio to Nautilus Solar. The portfolio was composed of two late-stage community solar assets in Illinois. The transaction closed in January 2025.

Nautilus Solar Energy Overview
Nautilus Solar Energy is one of the largest providers of community solar in the U.S., providing cleaner energy to residential and commercial customers in local communities. Nautilus operates and manages more than 150 solar farms in 12 states and is responsible for financing, development, maintenance, and customer service for the lifetime of the project. Founded in 2006, Nautilus has helped shape the future of solar to provide an equitable and affordable renewable energy choice for all. Nautilus is owned by Power Sustainable, a wholly owned subsidiary of Power Corporation of Canada. Power Sustainable is a multi-platform alternative asset manager with a long-term investment approach focused on sustainable strategies.

Renewable Properties Overview
Founded in 2017, Renewable Properties specializes in developing and investing in small-scale utility, community solar, energy storage, and electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure projects throughout the U.S. Led by experienced renewable energy professionals with development and investment experience, Renewable Properties is active in 16 states and has more than 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of solar and energy storage under development with over 250 MW under construction or in operation. Renewable Properties works closely with communities, developers, landowners, utilities, and financial institutions looking to invest in solar energy systems.

On January 21, 2025, Torch Clean Energy (Torch or the Company), a premier U.S.-based utility-scale solar and storage developer, announced a strategic investment from Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP). This partnership with MSIP marks a pivotal transformation for Torch, enabling it to transition from a development platform to an integrated clean power platform with capabilities across development, construction, and asset management. MSIP’s investment in Torch provides committed capital to expand and transition the Torch platform. KeyBanc Capital Markets (KBCM) served on the transaction as Exclusive Financial Advisor to Torch Clean Energy.

KBCM ran a dual-track process for Torch — a broadly marketed sale of the Company’s development-complete solar and storage portfolio in parallel with a platform equity capital raise marketed to select investors. This approach allowed Torch to consider a transformational platform partnership alongside a non-dilutive asset sale. KBCM highlighted Torch’s differentiated strategy and above-market profitability, which resulted in the Company’s equity partnership with MSIP. 

About Torch Clean Energy
Torch Clean Energy is a clean energy and battery storage developer with extensive experience developing, permitting, designing, and building solar, wind, and battery energy storage projects. Torch has originated, developed, and sold 1.2+ gigawatts (GW) of renewable power projects. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Torch Clean Energy has operated as an independent, founder-owned developer since 2015. 

About Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) is a leading global private infrastructure investment platform with approximately $16 billion in assets under management. Founded in 2006, MSIP has invested in a diverse portfolio of more than 35 investments across transport, digital infrastructure, energy transition, and utilities. MSIP targets assets that provide essential public goods and services with the potential for value creation through active asset management.