Solar Markets & Finance News

Borosil Renewables Plans To End Up Being Largest Non Chinese Solar Glass Maker
Solar panel glass maker Borosil Renewables has announced that it will invest Rs 1,500 crore over the following 2 years to broaden its capacity by nearly 2.5 times and supply glass for 15 GW of solar modules by FY25.
May 10, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, solar glass, anti-dumping duty, Borosil Renewables, Pradeep Kheruka, Interfloat Group
Cypress Creek closes US$ 125m debt facility to fund solar, storage pipeline
Independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Renewables has actually closed a US$ 125 million debt facility to fund the expansion of its solar and storage space pipe.
May 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, IPP, Cypress Creek Renewables, North America, project pipeline, Crédit Agricole, debt facility
Ukraine conflict dents Scatec's opening quarter earnings
Russia's invasion of Ukraine was blamed for a collapse in Q1 earnings recorded by independent power manufacturer (IPP) Scatec.
May 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Scatec, Ukraine, Europe, financial results, Asia, BESS, Philippines, green hydrogen, green ammonia, development pipeline
NextEnergy Solar co-invests in 210-MW solar project in Portugal
NextEnergy Solar Fund Ltd (LON: NESF), the detailed investment firm handled by NextEnergy Capital Group, on Monday said it has inked its 2nd co-investment offer abroad for a 13% stake in a 210-MW solar project in Portugal.
May 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, Solar Project, NextEnergy
Altius Announces $32.5 million investments in RE platform
Altius' subsidiary Great Bay Renewables has actually carried out agreements to spend into a new international renewables development platform called Bluestar Energy Capital. Great Bay is likewise investing alongside another institutional financier for a minority equity ownership in Bluestar
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Declan Flanagan, Renewable Energy, Lincoln Clean Energy, Apollo Global Management, Altius Renewable Royalties Corp, Bluestar Energy Capital, Frank Getman, Great Bay Renewables, Nova Clean Energy, Ørsted Onshore
Azure Power appoints new CEO following April resignations
Indian independent power manufacturer (IPP) Azure Power has appointed Harsh Shah as CEO, reliable from 1 July, following the resignation of its previous CEO, Ranjit Gupta, last month.
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Azure Power, ceo, executive appointments, harsh shah
LONGi plots solar wafer, cell and also module capacity leap as Q1 revenue jumps 17%.
Leading solar manufacturer LONGi has actually disclosed it expects to finish 2022 with solar wafer, cell and also module production capacity of 150GW, 60GW and also 85GW respectively.
May 9, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, LONGi, solar manufacturing, manufacturing capacity, solar wafers, solar shipments
SunPower to buy platform upgrades as domestic solar customer backlog gets to new record
US household solar installer SunPower's backlog soared to a record 13,800 customers entering Q2 2022 with the installer validating a series of financial investments it is making to meet surging demand.
May 9, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, SunPower, financial results, North America, Battery Energy Storage, Peter Faricy, sunvault
Five EU member specifies urge bloc to get to 1TW of installed solar PV by 2030
The European Union (EU) need to establish greater solar PV release targets as well as speed up the energy shift to phase out its energy dependency on Russia immediately, according to 5 member states of the bloc.
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, rooftop, Europe, Belgium, European Union, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Austria, european commission, energy transition, deployment target, european manufacturing, domestic manufacturing, REPowerEU
EDPR includes 465MW of renewables capacity in Q1 following Sunseap acquisition
EDP Renewables (EDPR) added an overall of 465MW of wind as well as solar capacity in Q1 2022, generally because of its acquisition of Singaporean designer Sunseap, while it recorded a net earnings of EUR66 million (US$ 69.8 million), up 75% on the previous year.
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, EDP, financial results, EDP Renewables, apac, EDPR, Sunseap, capacity expansion
EU Countries Call for 1,000 Gigawatts of Solar Energy by 2030
Scale-up of voltaics would amount to current worldwide capacity Spain, Austria among nations to call for rapid rollout
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, Austria, Russia
NatPower offers 22-MWp solar PV portfolio in Italy to Theia
Renewables designer NatPower has offered a 22-MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) portfolio in Italy to Theia Investments for an undisclosed amount.
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, NatPower, Theia
Greenbacker purchases 50 MW of NY solar projects from Hecate
Lasting facilities investor Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GREC) on Monday said it has acquired utility-scale solar projects totalling 50 MW, all located in Greene County, in the state of New York.
May 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, hecate, greenbacker, solar projects
Amazon agrees 450-MW solar purchase in California with AES
Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) has dedicated to acquiring electrical power from 450 MW of solar parks to power its data centres in California under a handle power supplier AES Corp (NYSE: AES).
May 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Amazon, North America, AES
Boosts in power cost forecasts provide boost for Bluefield, Octopus Renewables
Bluefield Solar and Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust (ORIT) have detailed the continued influence of the high power prices seen across Europe in a lingering fad across the sector.
May 6, 2022 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Bluefield, financials, ORIT, Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust, Nav, Results