Solar Markets & Finance News

Nigeria releases off-grid solar tender
The Nigerian Ministry of Power is approving bids to develop seven off-grid PV projects, in addition to various other installations that will certainly boost accessibility to energy.
Aug 25, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, Nigeria
Warrington Borough Council introduces green financial investment plan for solar farm
Warrington Borough Council is introducing a green financial investment plan, which will certainly permit regional residents to help fund a brand-new solar farm.
Aug 21, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Warrington Borough Council, Cllr Russ Bowden
Indian solar association requires immediate implementation of 50% BCD
India must established right away a basic customizeds obligation (BCD) of a minimum of 50% on solar tools to safeguard the future of neighborhood suppliers, the chairman of trade body All India Solar Industries Association (AISIA) claimed.
Aug 21, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, India, China, pv modules, solar cells, Asia, tariffs, safeguard duty, basic customs duty, trade levy, Hitesh Doshi, aisia
Tetra Tech Wins USAID Renewable Energy Contract Worth $29.7 Million
USAID has actually awarded Tetra Tech a five-year, USD 29.7 million single-award contract for the continuation of its Scaling Up Renewable Energy project (SURE II).
Aug 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, SURE II, Tetra Tech, Tetra Tech Renewable Energy USAID, USAID, Dan Batrack
Capital Dynamics and also Tenaska companion for 2GW of battery storage space in The golden state
Possession management company Capital Dynamics has authorized a deal with Nebraskan independent power manufacturer Tenaska to create nine battery energy storage space system (BESS) projects situated in California's highest possible electrical load centres.
Aug 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Capital Dynamics, California, USA, Battery Storage, CAISO, BESS, North America, Benoit Allehaut, Bernadette Del Chiaro, Tenaska, wildfires
RWE to take renewables 'to the next level' adhering to EUR2bn capital raise
Germany's RWE has raised around EUR2 billion to accelerate its standing in renewable energy.
Aug 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, rwe, e.on, energy transition, capital raise, utility, Martin Schmitz
China Three Gorges gets 570 MW of Spanish solar
The power company has won the race to acquire a 572 MW, 13-project solar plant portfolio owned by Madrid-based, Canadian-U.S.-controlled designer X-Elio.
Aug 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, China, Europe, Asia, x-elio, Three Gorges New Energy Co
Erdogan opens up ingot-to-module solar factory in Ankara
The $1.4 billion cost consists of a 1 GW solar field 260km away in Konya. The manufacturing facility will certainly be created exclusively by Kalyon Solar Technologies after advancement partner Hanwha Q-Cells bowed out the project.
Aug 20, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Turkey, Peter Fath, Erdogan, Kalyon Solar Technologies
Canadian Solar provides $13m to clear up class action
The Sino-Canadian solar producer has moved to settle a ten-year-old case in which it was accused of breaching generally accepted audit principles in its 2009 numbers. The firm has actually indicated the negotiation, which is yet to be authorized, is not a sign of regret.
Aug 20, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, Canadian Solar, North America, action
New company version to assist utilities have as well as operate rooftop PV
Researchers from the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in the U.S. have defined a utility-ownership design for roof PV they say can elevate power company investor earnings 2-5%.
Aug 20, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, USA, rooftop PV, North America
China Three Gorges gets in Spanish solar market with X-Elio deal
China Three Gorges is to get in Spain's solar fray through the acquisition of a 500MW profile from designer X-Elio.
Aug 19, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, China, Europe, Asia, x-elio, m&a, china three gorges, Wu Shengliang, Lluis Nogeura
Lithium battery equipment makers buffeted by Covid
Grid scale lith-ion batteries may be increasing Stateside, yet an expected recovery in the assembly line sector will be put on hold up until following year because of the pandemic, according to one expert.
Aug 19, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, IHS Markit, Europe, Asia, lithium, North America, middle east, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, northern africa, covid-19
Solar, wind, storage investment falls down in Australia as threats on designers expand
A brand-new evaluation by the Clean Energy Council discloses a significant fall in the number of large-scale renewable resource projects committed in the second quarter of 2020, with simply 3 projects standing for 410 MW of new ability reaching financial close-- the most affordable degree given that 2017.
Aug 19, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton
Energy storage financial investment to come close to $10bn in 2025
Expert IHS Markit has anticipated storage space will certainly rebound this year following its very first year-on-year decline in 2019. The modern technology is being rolled out at speed despite Covid-19 with state-level plans readied to maintain the US the worldwide capital for the next five years.
Aug 19, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, China, United Kingdom, Australia, IHS Markit, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America, covid-19, United States
Evaluation of Ireland's first renewables auction
Harsh Goenka, from solar forecasting business Solargis evaluates the results of the nation's initial clean energy tender for pv publication after the procurement workout safeguarded an ordinary solar power price of EUR72.92/ MWh.
Aug 19, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Ireland, Europe, Solargis, Harsh Goenka, Marcel Suri