Solar Markets & Finance News

In this category, we are collecting all the top financial news from the solar market: selling prices and production costs, project sponsoring and investing, governmental subsidies and grants, tenders, sales and proposals – whatever is related to economics of solar power. Let's keep track of sustainable energy market events together.

United States to finance 500-MW solar project duo in Angola
The Export-Import Bank of the USA (EXIM) will certainly extend a direct car loan to back the building and construction of two solar parks in the Republic of Angola amounting to more than 500 MW.
Jun 7, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, Africa, North America, Angola, Solar Project
AES buys 2-GW solar-plus-storage project in California from Avantus
United States power business AES Corp (NYSE: AES) on Wednesday claimed it has acquired the biggest permitted solar-plus-storage project in the US, the 2-GW Bellefield plan, in Kern County, California, from its developer, Avantus.
Jun 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, California, USA, North America, AES, Avantus
United States solar newbie launches
Crow Holdings Renewables is originally concentrated on creating mid-sized utility scale as well as additionally community PV sites
Jun 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America
Q Energy offloads Spanish solar portfolio
Pair of projects in Ciadad Real have begun construction as well as schedule online in 2024
Jun 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Q Energy
Enlight inks 1st corp PPA in Israel with software huge Amdocs
Israeli renewables designer Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd (TLV: ENLT, NASDAQ: ENLT) has inked an agreement to supply power to a new office campus people software company Amdocs (NASDAQ: DOX).
Jun 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Asia, Israel, ENLIGHT, Amdocs
Covestro to purchase solar energy from Ørsted for site in Texas
German polymer products manufacturer Covestro AG (ETR:1 COV) has actually struck a virtual power purchase agreement (vPPA) with the United States subsidiary of Denmark's Ørsted A/S (CPH: ORSTED) to resource 90 MW of solar power for its site in Baytown, Texas.
Jun 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, North America, Ørsted, COVESTRO
Solar Energy Structure to market 90-MW Spanish PV project trio
Spanish solar developer and also installer Solar Energy Structure has actually signed a definitive agreement for the divestment of as much as 90 MW of solar (PV) projects to an unrevealed provided European independent power producer.
Jun 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Solar Energy Structure
German industry org requires separate tender for agri-PV
Germany should introduce a separate auction for agrivoltaic solar projects to take advantage of the dual use agricultural land and also reach the targeted installed solar capacity of 215 GW by 2030, according to energy and also water industry association BDEW.
Jun 6, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe
Mytilineos acquires five Alberta solar projects
The purchase covers over 1GW of capacity
Jun 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, PV Power Plant, Mytilineos, Alberta solar project
Oklahoma State University group selected to receive a $750,000 grant from NASA
A project from Oklahoma State University was picked to receive a $750,000 grant from NASA.
Jun 5, 2023 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, NASA, perovskite solar cell, Oklahoma State University
Queensland to relocate away from coal with USD-40.9 bn green plan
The Queensland federal government in Australia launched a draft costs that legislates an 80% renewable resource target by 2035 and sets an objective to transform the state's coal-fired power stations into clean energy hubs.
Jun 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, queensland
EIB provides EUR 200m for residential, SMEs solar projects in Brazil
The European Investment Bank (EIB) revealed on Friday it is giving a EUR-200-million (USD 215.2 m) lending to Sicredi, a Brazilian participating banks, to fund the application of solar systems on homes, small as well as medium-sized companies, as well as rural properties.
Jun 5, 2023 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, eib, Solar Project
Heelstone secures funds for 345 MW of US solar projects
US utility-scale solar developer Heelstone Renewable resource LLC has actually secured USD 357 million (EUR 333.9 m) in the red funding to support the building and construction and operations of 5 utility-scale solar projects with a consolidated straight current (DC) capacity of concerning 345 MW.
Jun 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Solar Project, Heelstone
State agency funds 180-MW 'agrivoltaic' project in Ohio
The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA) issued $275 million in air quality revenue bonds to finance Madison Fields Solar Project in Madison County, Ohio.
Jun 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PV Power Plant
Solar racking maker GP JOULE rebrands as Goldbeck Solar
Goldbeck Solar, a Germany-based solar power solutions company, is rebranding its North American EPC Division, formerly known as GP JOULE EPC North America. Effective immediately, the division will currently run under the name Goldbeck Solar.
Jun 2, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Goldbeck Solar