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Recurrent Energy Announces $500 Million Capital Commitment from BlackRock to Grow Its Global Renewable Energy Platform
NEW YORK and GUELPH, ON, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. ("Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) and a global
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[{"type":"text","content":"NEW YORK and GUELPH, ON, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. (\"Canadian Solar\") (NASDAQ: CSIQ) and a global developer and owner of solar and energy storage assets, announced today that Recurrent Energy B.V. has secured a $500 million preferred equity investment commitment, convertible into common equity, from BlackRock through a fund managed by its Climate Infrastructure business (\"BlackRock\"). The $500 million investment will represent 20% of the outstanding fully diluted shares of Recurrent Energy on an as-converted basis. Canadian Solar will continue to own the remaining majority shares of Recurrent Energy after the closing of the investment.\n\nThe investment will provide Recurrent Energy with additional capital to grow its high value project development pipeline while executing its strategy to transition from a pure developer to a developer plus long-term owner and operator in select markets including the U.S. and Europe. This transition is expected to create a more diversified portfolio and provide more stable long-term revenue in low-risk currencies and enable Recurrent Energy to create and retain greater value in its own project development pipeline.\nRecurrent Energy is one of the world's largest and most geographically diversified utility-scale solar and energy storage project development platforms, with a strong and established track record of responsibly originating, developing, financing, and building around 9 GWp of solar and 3 GWh of battery storage power plants across six continents since 2009.\nAs of September 30, 2023, Recurrent Energy had a global development pipeline of 26 GW in solar and 55 GWh in storage, of which 13 GW and 12 GWh respectively are projects with interconnections. Recurrent Energy expects to have 4 GW of solar and 2 GWh of storage in operation in the U.S. and Europe by 2026. The perimeter of the transaction includes the U.S., Canada, Spain, Italy, the U.K., France, the Netherlands, Germany, South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Australia, South Korea and Taiwan; and excludes Canadian Solar's project development business in Japan and China, and certain assets in Latin America and Taiwan. Closing of the transaction is subject to regulatory approvals and certain terms and conditions in accordance with the transaction agreements.\nDr. Shawn Qu,...