Onofrio Castiglia

New York

Journalist covering renewable energy for #Infralogic Whitewater canoeist and wannabe ski bum. Got tips? Email me at [email protected]

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Articles

Green Lantern Solar hires advisor for capital raise

Mar 29, 2025 | ionanalytics.com | Andrew Vitelli |Onofrio Castiglia |Keane Hoo

News (Intelligence) Green Lantern Solar, a Vermont-based community and C&I solar developer, has launched a capital raise, sources familiar with the situation told Infralogic. Javelin Capital is acting as financial advisor on the process that launched this month, the sources said. Green Lantern is looking for corporate level equity, according to the sources.
Outlook: A year of transition for energy transition

Jan 29, 2025 | ionanalytics.com | Chuck Stanley |Andrew Vitelli |Onofrio Castiglia |Edith Leung

News (Intelligence) In a year that promises major shifts in the political, economic and commercial landscape of the US energy sector, uncertainty and how it is managed will be a major theme in the coming year, industry experts tell Infralogic. Dealmakers are wrestling with dramatically rising energy demand projections and a near full reversal of renewable energy goals from the new administration in the White House.
GeoFuels preps USD 1.2bn Texas project

Dec 6, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Onofrio Castiglia |Rouhan Sharma

News (Intelligence) GeoFuels, the geothermal developer based in Sugar Land, Texas, is laying the groundwork to finance a modular project of up to USD 1.2bn, co-founder Mark Viehman told Infralogic. The region between Brownsville, Texas and northern Louisiana is rich with oil wells drilled in the past that hit water and thus moved on, Viehman said on the sidelines of Reuters Energy LIVE in Houston.
Sale process launched for battery developer

Nov 27, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Andrew Vitelli |Onofrio Castiglia |Keane Hoo

News (Intelligence) A sale process has launched for an up to 100% stake in Goshe Energy Storage, a private equity-owned battery storage developer, two sources familiar with the process said. PEI Global Partners is serving as sell side financial, the sources said, adding that teasers for the opportunity went out in the last week.
Goldman helping new GP on USD 6bn fundraise

Nov 23, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Onofrio Castiglia |Keane Hoo

News (Intelligence) New York City-based New Waters Capital is working with Goldman Sachs to secure initial investors for its first fundraise of between USD 5bn and USD 6bn, sources familiar with the matter told Infralogic. New Waters is being set up as a multi-strategy fund manager to invest in data centers serving AI and clean fuels, the sources said. CEO Bill Brown is spearheading the new fund.
Macquarie taps advisor for offshore wind unit sale

Oct 1, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Brendan Malkin |Onofrio Castiglia |Rouhan Sharma

Macquarie Group has hired Macquarie Capital to explore a potential sale of its global offshore wind developer Corio Generation, amidst a splurge of M&A activity among global renewables developers, sources familiar said. The Sydney-headquartered investor is planning to bilaterally approach strategic and financial investors later this year to gauge their interest in a full or partial stake sale of Corio rather than run a full blown two-stage auction, according to the sources.
Brookfield hires bankers for Luminace sale

Sep 26, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Andrew Vitelli |Onofrio Castiglia |Rouhan Sharma

News (Intelligence) Brookfield has hired RBC and Bank of America to market Luminace, its North American decarbonization-as-a-service platform, two sources familiar with the situation told Infralogic. Teasers have yet to go out, the sources said, but the process is expected to launch shortly. Bank of America and Brookfield declined to comment, while RBC and Luminace did not respond to inquiries.
Energy advisors scale up storage M&A

Sep 6, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Onofrio Castiglia |Keane Hoo

Podcast With renewables development accelerating to meet increasing US load growth, investors require capital to invest in greenfield projects. As a result, a great number of assets are coming to market so that investors can recycle capital for greenfield capex.
Fresh yet familiar firms get into M&A advisory

Aug 28, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Onofrio Castiglia |Andrew Vitelli |Edith Leung

Renewable energy investors are increasingly coming across a handful of sellside M&A advisors that are at once new and familiar. Onofrio Castiglia and Andrew Vitelli examine how some technical advisory firms have been expanding their offerings. Firms historically known for their analytics and data prowess have either launched or are strengthening their existing M&A advisory capabilities using institutional knowledge and networks to market mostly smaller assets or portfolios.
Brookfield Renewable Partners considering strategic options for Luminace, sources say

Aug 27, 2024 | ionanalytics.com | Pooja Sarkar |Onofrio Castiglia |Carlos Martinez

Brookfield Renewable Partners [TSX:BEP], is considering a sale of its North American decarbonization-as-a-service platform Luminace, said four sources familiar with the situation. Two of the sources said BEP is also considering a capital raise for the New York-based platform. Toronto-based BEP has not hired an investment bank, three of the sources said.