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Enphase Energy microinverter shipments in Q2 surpass 1.2 million

Leading microinverter supplier, Enphase Energy shipped over 1.2 million units in the second quarter of 2019, with its latest IQ 7 model accounting for around 98% of shipment total.

Aug 2, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, USA, SunPower, Australia, Enphase Energy, microinverters, rooftop, Inverters, Oceania, North America

Capital Dynamics grows Nevada portfolio with solar-plus-storage foray

Global asset management firm Capital Dynamics has purchased an 180MWac / 231MWdc solar project that includes a 90MWac / 360MWh energy storage facility in Boulder City, Nevada for an undisclosed sum.

Aug 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar, Capital Dynamics, USA, Nevada, Skylar Townsite LLC, Gigawatt 1, Rob Roy, Adam Kramer, North America

Natixis, Arroyo close financing on up to 70MW of PV projects in Chile

Natixis and ARCO 3 SpA have closed senior facilities totaling US$69.1 million for a portfolio of solar PV plants in Chile, with up to 70MW of generation capacity.

Aug 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Solar, Natixis, ARCO, Arroyo, Chile, South america

ABO sells Spanish PV portfolio, links debut Hungarian project

ABO Wind has reached key solar milestones across two of its European target markets, notching up a major sale in Spain and linking its first Hungarian PV project.

Aug 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PV Tech, ABO, Wiesbaden, Hungary, plants, Europe

Orange Jordan adds 37 MW of solar under ‘wheeling’ scheme

With grid capacity a limiting factor, the Middle Eastern country has moved to foster private-to-private solar projects to meet industrial power demand.

Aug 1, 2019 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar, EBRD, Orange Jordan, Kawar Investment, Hussein Bin Talal, Mafraq, Amman, Jordan, Asia

Microsoft is on a solar shopping spree

The tech giant has signed a power contract for the output of First Solar’s 150 MWac Sun Streams 2 solar plant, bringing its procurement of solar to almost 500 MW – but none of its PV projects have been completed yet.

Aug 1, 2019 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Solar, USA, Microsoft, Sun Streams2, Virginia, Apple, North America

Safari Energy Offers New Solar Financial Solution

New York City-based solar partner Safari Energy has launched a new solar financial solution.

Aug 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Solar, USA, New York, Solar, John Nordeman, Safari Energy, Matt Rudey, PPL Corp., North America

Portugal claims spot in solar history with record-low auction prices

Portugal’s latest solar auction has concluded with record-smashing low prices, a top government official revealed to PV Tech today.

Jul 31, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, PV Tech, Europe

Australia’s green bank will prioritise storage and grid stability in FY20

Australia’s state-run renewable energy financier, Clean Energy Finance Corp (CEFC) will shift gears over the next 12 months to prioritise investments in grid stability and large-scale energy storage, according to its latest funding update.

Jul 31, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Clean Energy Finance Corp, CEFC, Oceania

‘Record’ prices reported as Portugal’s PV auction nears conclusion

Portugal’s first-ever solar auction has triggered prices likely to break European records, the country’s media has reported one week before the results are known.

Jul 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Expresso, EDP, Galp, EDF, Iberdrola, Voltalia, Finerge, Europe

Axpo boosts German subsidy-free scene with PPA debut

Axpo has become the offtaker of one of Germany’s supposedly first zero-subsidy projects, with a new power purchase agreement (PPA) covering the plant’s first few years of life.

Jul 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, EPC, Axpo, MaxSolar, PV Tech

Sunnova Raises $170M in First US Solar IPO in Years

“We’re the first solar company that went public that’s headquartered in Houston,” CEO John Berger tells GTM. “Now you know the energy business has really changed.”

Jul 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Sunnova, SolarCity, Sunnova CEO, Greentech Media, IPO, John Berger, First Solar

China Power clean energy unit to de-list from Hong Kong exchange

The business will come under the control of its Chinese state-owned parent power company after a shareholder vote agreed the move earlier this month.

Jul 25, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, China, China Power Clean Energy Development, China Power, Hong Kong, Asia

Finance ROUND-UP: CleanCapital’s US$300m, Fotowatio’s loan, Soltage’s 200MW push

BlackRock-backed CleanCapital bags funding, 75.2MW purchase

Jul 22, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, CleanCapital, KDC Solar, C&I, Credit Suisse, BlackRock

Aussie 10GW solar-plus-storage colossus gets government backing

Australian authorities have rallied behind what is arguably the largest solar-plus-storage project to be conceived in the world’s history.

Jul 22, 2019 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Australian, Michael Gunner, Northern Territory, Tennant Creek, Singapore’s SunCable, Victoria, Australia’s Smart Energy Council, Victoria’s Solar, Smart Energy Council's

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