Energy

Sustain your energy financing needs

Harness your company's growth potential

We provide value-added financing products and services to growth-oriented companies throughout the energy sector, including renewables, power, and oil and gas. By combining extensive industry experience, structuring expertise and underwriting capacity, we create comprehensive solutions for our clients' most critical strategic and funding needs.

Strength

As a top 20 bank with more than 125 years of service, our customers benefit from our top-tier credit quality, outstanding capital strength and strong liquid balance sheet.

Experience

We're an industry-leading arranger of power and renewables that can help you expand your operations.

Customization

You'll get creative and customized energy financing and advisory solutions to suit your needs.

Energy Financing Requirements

Energy financing solutions guidelines

We arrange senior secured-debt financing for power and renewable energy projects and businesses located in the US. Our large, diverse portfolio includes investments in all asset classes across the renewable energy and power sectors.

To be considered for power and renewable energy financing, the following criteria must be met.

  • Minimum debt requirement of $25 million per transaction
  • Committed equity
  • Project in late-stage development with all requirements to begin construction or operation
  • A minimum of 3 years of good historical business performance
Secure the capital you need to secure your growth

Power

In addition to financing conventional source power projects, we're among the leading arrangers of secured loans for renewable power and battery storage projects.

  • Renewable sector including solar power, wind, geothermal and hydropower
  • Conventional power financing
  • Battery and energy storage systems
  • Distributed generation
  • Power plant construction and acquisition
  • Electric energy infrastructure

Midstream

The midstream industry, with its vital role in transporting and storing energy resources, can rely on our customized financing solutions to support infrastructure development and ensure efficient supply chain operations.

  • Pipeline systems gathering and processing
  • Storage and terminals
  • Transmission

Exploration & Production

Get the exploration and production financing you need to unlock tapped reserves and power the world's energy needs.

  • Oil and gas production financing

Power and Renewable Energy Financial Solutions
Energy financing products and services

Your business relies on comprehensive solutions for your most critical power and renewable energy funding needs. Let's explore how we can put our extensive industry experience, structuring expertise and underwriting capacity to work for you.

  • Renewable energy project financing for solar, wind and geothermal industries
  • Utility-scale battery storage
  • Conventional energy project financing
  • Construction and term lending
  • Senior first lien debt, unitranche debt
  • Asset-based lending
  • Reserve-based lending
  • Capital markets and syndication support
  • Bid support
  • M&A financing

Energy Financing FAQ
People often ask us

Having the right capital financing solution in place can be essential to meeting project financing and expansion needs. The key is to work with a knowledgeable, stable partner with customizable capital options that align with your business goals. With access to the right solutions, you can react quickly to the ever-changing pace of the energy industry without interruption.

Qualities to look for in a power and renewable energy financial services partner include:

  • Expertise in your area of specialty and your asset base
  • Ability to lead complex transactions
  • Access to a broad variety of custom funding products
  • A team of highly experienced financial professionals dedicated to serving your company's strategic and financial needs

We offer traditional balance-sheet financing (asset-based, asset-backed and cash flow solutions), acquisition and growth capital, equipment leasing, project financing and advisory services to established companies throughout the energy sector, including renewables, power, and oil and gas. We're an energy and power industry-leading arranger of secured-debt financing and can help mitigate your needs across a variety of diverse solutions, from debt consolidation and M&A through bid support and battery storage.

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Not all applicants will qualify for financing. All finance programs and rates are subject to final approval by First Citizens and are subject to change at any time without notice. Supporting financial documentation may be required for any transaction with First Citizens. If a transaction is more than $500,000, supporting financial documentation will be required.

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