Latin America News

Renewables Now covered M&A stories about Drax, GoldenPeaks Poland, Fidra Energy, Helios Solar, Inox Clean and others in the past week. Below is the full list:

Power utility Engie Energia Chile this week secured an environmental approval for its Los Portones project in the southern Chilean region of Los Lagos, where is has set out to build a 148.8-MW wind farm coupled with a battery energy storage system (BESS).

Latin America and the Caribbean posted a 66% regional renewables share in January 2026, led by the rush of hydropower as output from solar, wind and geothermal plants declined from the previous month, according to a report published by the Latin American and Caribbean Energy Organization (OLACDE) on June 4.

French energy group EDF is in talks with LS Power on the sale of its North American renewable power business, which has a gigawatt-scale portfolio of assets in operation and a large development pipeline, Bloomberg reported, citing sources.

Chilean utility Engie Energia Chile said it had raised about CLP 122.09 billion (USD 136.2m/EUR 117.0m) through the placement of a seven-year green bond in the local market, with proceeds earmarked for renewable energy projects.

Brazil's competition regulator, CADE, has approved without restrictions a stake acquisition transaction between local miner company Samarco Mineracao and renewables developer Casa dos Ventos.