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Origis Energy has closed on $71 million in tax equity financing with U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance for its 75 MW Rice Creek Solar project in Putnam County, Fla.

The project is contracted with the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) for 12 of their participating member municipal utilities.

“U.S. Bank’s expertise and commitment to the renewable energy market is helping us realize our large solar portfolio” says Vikas Anand, CEO of Origis Energy.

“Rice Creek is another example of their support empowering us to scale effectively and bring clean energy projects online. We applaud FMPA for adding more cost-effective energy resources to meet the growing electricity demand of millions of Floridians, and U.S. Bank for supporting the project.”

Rice Creek is the third solar site in the Florida Municipal Solar Project. Origis Energy is the builder, owner and operator of the project. 

Latham & Watkins represented Origis Energy in the transaction, with Akerman serving as local counsel. Sheppard Mullin acted as U.S. Bank’s Counsel, with Balch & Bingham serving as local counsel.

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Countries Without God

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A couple of months ago, I happened to ask a friend who had emigrated from Sweden if she was religious. “No!” she exclaimed.  “Almost no one in Sweden is religious.”

As we see at left, there seems to be a huge correlation between atheism and the national level of happiness.  But what causes that?

Are believers unhappy people for some reason? That doesn’t make sense.

Here’s my two-fold theory. Atheists believe:

a) That we only live once, so we try to enjoy it while we can.

And, more importantly,

b) That we need to take care of one another (since there is no God).  We’re willing to make sacrifices if that means things like great education, universal healthcare, environmental responsibility, tolerable working conditions, and near-zero poverty.

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From the Independent: “Trump Administration to Pay Two More Companies to Walk Away from U.S. Offshore Wind Leases”

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From this article in The Independent:

The Trump administration announced two more payouts Monday for energy companies to walk away from U.S. offshore wind projects under development.

Bluepoint Wind and Golden State Wind have agreed to end their offshore wind leases in exchange for reimbursements totaling nearly $900 million. Both companies have decided not to pursue any new offshore wind projects in the United States, the Interior Department announced Monday.

Bluepoint Wind is an offshore wind project in the early stages of development off the coasts of New Jersey and New York, while Golden State Wind is a floating offshore wind project proposed off California’s central coast.

Trump is hellbent on destroying the renewable energy industry so as to benefit his billionaire friends in fossil fuels.

He’s on course to be remembered as the most destructive person in world history, with the possible exception of Adolph Hitler.

From the Independent: “Trump Administration to Pay Two More Companies to Walk Away from U.S. Offshore Wind Leases”

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Understanding Pete Hegseth

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What is said here about Pete Hegseth is clearly true.

But keep in mind that he’s fiercely loyal to Donald Trump, and Trump couldn’t possibly care what happens to the United States, as long as he can stay out of prison and enrich himself and his family.

Understanding Pete Hegseth

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