1. Deriva Energy secured $127 million debt financing for renewable energy projects. 2. Projects include Ledyard Wind and Pisgah Ridge Solar facilities. 3. Principal Asset Management and MetLife Investment Management provided the financing. 4. Deriva Energy is now under Brookfield's management, enhancing its market position. 5. Principal Financial Group manages $555.8 billion in assets, supporting this transaction.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C., May 19, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Deriva Energy, LLC, a leader in clean power generation, operations and development, today announced that it has completed a $127 million debt financing for a portfolio of two operating energy assets.
Principal Asset ManagementSM and MetLife Investment Management provided Senior Secured Notes to the portfolio, which is comprised of two projects owned and operated by Deriva, Ledyard Wind and Pisgah Ridge Solar. Ledyard Wind is a 207 MW wind facility in Kossuth County, Iowa, and Pisgah Ridge is a 250 MW solar facility located in Navarro County, Texas. Both projects began commercial operations in 2022 and sell power under long-term power purchase agreements with two high quality corporate purchasers.
Thomas Hopkins, Director of Capital Markets at Deriva, said: "This transaction marks a significant accomplishment for the company and was completed during a period of heightened market turbulence driven by uncertainty over tariffs and international trade policy. We are grateful for the partnership of our investors, whose experience in renewable energy financings was extremely valuable, and we look forward to long and productive relationships with them."
Mansi Patel, Senior Managing Director and Head of Infrastructure Debt, for Principal Asset Management said: "We are thrilled to have led the structuring of this transaction, supporting Deriva's high-quality portfolio assets with a tailored financing solution. We are excited to continue to grow our firm's strong relationship."
This is the second debt financing arranged with Principal Asset Management and MetLife Investment Management since Brookfield's purchase of Deriva in October 2023; both firms invested in a $207 million Deriva debt transaction in October 2024.
Deriva Energy (formerly Duke Energy Renewables, LLC) is an established industry leader in clean energy, with over 6,200 megawatts of operating assets and over 10,500 MW of assets in development across the U.S. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Deriva is a portfolio company of Brookfield, one of the world's largest owners and operators of renewable power and climate transition assets. For more information about Deriva, visit derivaenergy.com.
With public and private market capabilities across all asset classes, Principal Asset Management and its investment specialists look at asset management through a different lens, creating solutions to help deliver client investment objectives. By applying local insights with global perspectives, Principal Asset Management identifies distinct and compelling investment opportunities for more than 1,100 institutional clients in over 80 markets. Principal Asset Management is the global investment solutions business for Principal Financial Group® (Nasdaq: PFG), managing $555.8 billion in assets[1] and recognized as a "Best Places to Work in Money Management"[2] for 12 consecutive years. Learn more at PrincipalAM.com.
[1] As of December 31, 2024
[2] Pensions & Investments, "The Best Places to Work in Money Management", among companies with 1,000 or more employees, December 2024.
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