Calpine Corporation

Company description

Calpine Corporation is a Fortune 500 power company founded in 1984 in San Jose, California. Calpine's headquarters were permanently moved from San Jose to Houston, Texas in 2009. The company is America’s largest generator of electricity from natural gas and geothermal resources. Calpine Corporation has a fleet of 87 power plants in operation or under construction that represents approximately 26,000 MW of generation capacity. Serving customers in 17 states and Canada, the company specializes in developing, constructing, owning and operating natural gas-fired and renewable geothermal power plants that use advanced technologies to generate power in a low-carbon and environmentally responsible manner.

Company details

City:
Houston
Address:
717 Texas Avenue. Suite 1000. Houston, TX 77002
Phone:

Participation in projects

Projects Transactions
List of the updates in which the company was involved

Company updates

  • November 16, 2023

    Commercial operation started at 500 MW Oberon solar and storage project in Riverside County

    Intersect Power has begun commercial operation at its 500 MW Oberon solar and storage project in Riverside County, California, USA. The undertaking utilized First Solar modules sourced from Ohio, NX...

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  • July 04, 2022

    ECP closes US$1.6bn continuation fund to buy direct stake in Calpine

    ECP has announced the financial close of a continuation fund with US$1.6 billion in capital commitments and that the continuation fund has signed a purchase and sale agreement to acquire a portion of...

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  • September 16, 2021

    Peninsula Clean Energy signs 35 MW PPA with Calpine Corp for The Geysers geothermal power plant

    Peninsula Clean Energy, a Community Choice Aggregation agency of San Mateo County, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Calpine Corporation for the 35 MW of the 725 MW Geysers geo...

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  • July 26, 2021

    Calpine, GE complete 20 MW/80 MWh Santa Ana Storage Project (SASP) in Southern California

    Calpine and GE Renewable Energy have completed the Santa Ana Storage Project (SASP) in Southern California. The project contains 20 MW/ 80 MWh (4hr) standalone battery energy storage system using GE's...

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  • November 13, 2020

    Northland Power completes acquisition of 300 MW wind portfolio in New York

    Toronto-based renewable energy developer Northland Power Inc has acquired three wind farm projects in New York.  Northland Power will take over the 124 MW Bluestone wind farm in S...

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  • October 26, 2020

    Fengate achieves financial close on 260 MW Freeport Energy Center acquisition

    Fengate Asset Management (Fengate), on behalf of their investors, has achieved financial close on the acquisition of the Freeport Energy Center from Calpine Corporation (Calpine). Freeport Energy Cen...

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  • April 16, 2020

    New York approves Calpine Corp's 124 MW wind project in Broome County

    The New York State Board on Electric Generation Siting and the Environment has reaffirmed its earlier decision granting Bluestone Wind, LLC (Bluestone Wind) approval to build and operate a wind farm i...

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  • February 13, 2020

    Calpine Corp wholly-owns 615 MW Russell City Energy Center in Hayward with 25% stake acquisition

    GE Energy Financial Services has announced the sale of a 25% stake in Russell City Energy Center, a 615 MW combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Hayward, California, to Calpine Corp. Sidley Austi...

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  • September 17, 2019

    LS Power divests Carville and Oneta gas-fired projects to Argo Infrastructure Partners

    LS Power Equity Advisors has entered into an agreement to sell the Carville Energy Center (516 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle facility in St. Gabriel, LA) and the Oneta Energy Center (1,127 MW na...

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  • May 03, 2019

    Starwood Energy agrees to aquire Garrison Energy Center and RockGen Energy Center from Calpine

    Starwood Energy Group has agreed to acquire two power plants from Calpine Corporation.  Calpine Corporation will sell its Garrison Energy Center, a 325 MW combined cycle plant located in De...

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