Clifford Chance has advised Munich-based BayWa r.e. on the sale of its biomethane portfolio to bmp greengas GmbH, a subsidiary of Erdgas Südwest GmbH. The parties have agreed not to disclose any details of the purchase price.
Five people working for BayWa r.e. in Munich also had their employment transferred as part of the transaction.

This issuance of 1.25 billion 3.455% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2029 represents the first 10-year benchmark note that TOTAL has issued in the US public market.

Latham & Watkins has advised TOTAL, a major energy player active in more than 130 countries, in connection with its registered public offering of $1.25 billion 3.455% Senior Guaranteed Notes due 2029 by its subsidiary Total Capital International as announced on February 11, 2019. This issuance represents the first 10-year benchmark note that Total has issued in the US public market.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Hedet vindpark AB, a company owned by Neoen and Prokon, on the project financing of the 81MW, 18 turbine Hedet onshore wind farm in Finland.

The senior debt for the financing is provided by KfW IPEX-Bank and SEB. The wind farm will be located across the municipality of Närpesin in western Finland. Google signed a ten-year power purchase agreement in July 2018 for all the electricity produced by Hedet.

Dentons Cardenas & Cardenas, through its partner Hernan Rodriguez, along with the Senior Associate Carlos Vicioso, and the Associate Carlos Arboleda, advised Gran Tierra Energy on the signing of agreements for the acquisition of three oil blocks located in the Departments of Arauca and Putumayo, Colombia. This transaction was possible through a series of asset sales agreements signed with the Colombian company, Vetra Exploracion y Produccion Colombia S.A.S. and the acquisition of shares of the Spanish company Vetra Southeast S.L.U.

Global law firm White & Case LLP has advised Stora Enso Oyj (Stora Enso), a leading global provider of renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wooden constructions and paper, on its inaugural Green Bond issue.

The firm's energy team has advised Zenobe Energy, one of the UK's largest independent battery storage firms, on its latest equity raise.

Zenobe Energy is an innovative energy storage firm with a strong UK market position, providing intelligent flexible power solutions to the utilities and infrastructure sectors, electric vehicle operators, and industrial and commercial businesses.

Herbert Smith Freehills has advised ACCIONA Energy on a long term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Viva Energy. The PPA commenced in January 2019.

Acciona’s recently-completed 132 MW wind farm at Mount Gellibrand is located near Viva Energy’s Geelong Refinery. The PPA provides for approximately 100GWh per annum, representing around one third of the Geelong Refinery’s annual electricity usage.

The Herbert Smith Freehills team was led by Gerard Pike, with support from senior associate David Ong and solicitor Simon Disney.

Global law firm Norton Rose Fulbright has advised Japanese power companies JERA Co., Inc. (JERA) and TEPCO Power Grid, Inc. (TEPCO PG) on an agreement to invest up to £25 million in the UK battery storage developer and operator, Zenobe Energy Ltd (Zenobe Energy). The investment is one of the largest direct investments from Japan into the

UK battery storage sector and is a strategic investment by JERA and TEPCO PG to leverage their cumulative experience as power producers, distribution and transmission system operators.