Solar Markets & Finance News

Greece relies on 100% renewables for the very first time ever
Greece's sustainable power plants have produced sufficient electrical energy to provide the nation's entire power demand over a straight five-hour duration on Friday, October 7, new information shows.
Oct 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Europe
Q-Energy acquires financing for Polish solar farm with Amazon PPA
Spanish renewables financial investment platform Q-Energy last week stated it has shut financing for a 113-MWp (87-MW AC) solar farm in Poland that will create electricity for United States technology group Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN).
Oct 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Poland, Amazon, Europe, Q-Energy, solar farm
Iraq Aims To Develop 5,000 MW Solar Power Projects Next Year
The revelation has been made by Iraq's Electricity Minister Adel Karim. The nation will sign contracts with local as well as worldwide business for the development of the solar projects.
Oct 11, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Masdar, Asia, Iraq, Adel Karim, OPEC
United States Residential Solar Systems See Growth in Size, Decline in Price
An annual solar report launched by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LNBL), Tracking the Sun, has made essential monitorings about the residential solar systems in the US. The report records the trends in the US market for near 2.5 million systems mounted in 2021 year-end, along with the preliminary data for the initial half of 2022.
Oct 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Market Research, supply chain, module costs, awrence Berkeley National Laboratory, median installed prices, non-residential solar systems, Residential Solar Systems
Germany might install 1.5 GWp of solar on noise protection structures
Germany has the prospective to release 1,478 MWp of solar capacity on noise protection structures along railways as well as roads, reveals an evaluation by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV).
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe
MasTec concludes USD-1.1 bn IEA purchase
United States infrastructure contractor MasTec (NYSE: MTZ) has actually ended its formerly announced takeover of renewables expert Infrastructure as well as Energy Alternatives Inc (NASDAQ: IEA).
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, MasTec, Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc
FEMA proposes change to constructing code that can enhance expense of ground-mounted solar
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually issued countermeasures for a change to the 2024 International Building Code that can boost the prices and inspection requirements of ground-mounted solar projects.
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, SEIA, FEMA, Abby Hopper
London 'intending to lower land offered for solar'
Broadening the interpretation of property reserved for farming will reduce areas for new solar farms
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett, solar farm, Guardian, Doug Parr
Aer Soleir indicators PV arrangement with NRG+.
The alliance will certainly help the company realise approximately 500MW of solar projects.
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Aer Soleir, NRG+, Andy Kinsella, Marcus Horgan
ATCO Acquires RE Portfolio Worth C$ 730 M From Suncor Energy
It includes a diversified operating portfolio of wind assets-- consisting of the new 202 MW Forty Mile wind project in Alberta and a majority interest in the Adelaide wind facility in Ontario. The main declaration held that the transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2023.
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, power purchase agreement, Wind Energy, wind power, ATCO, Bob Myles, Canadian Utilities Limited, Nancy Southern, wind facility
Victoria honors 623 MW of solar plus 600 MWh of storage space
The government of Victoria, Australia, today announced the winners in its 2nd renewable energy auction, assigning 623 MW of solar and 365 MW/600 MWh of energy storage space projects to be developed throughout 4 Renewable Energy Zones (REZ).
Oct 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Victoria, Australia, Oceania, renewable energy zones, rez
Green Genius, Respect Energy indicator 10-year solar PPA in Poland
Lithuanian renewables designer Green Genius stated that it has authorized a power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 25 GWh of solar electricity to Poland's Respect Energy, a specialist in trading renewable energy.
Oct 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Green Genius, Respect Energy, poland ppa
Solar racking provider Unirac secures extra PE companies as investors
Middle-market personal equity firm Greenbelt Capital Partners has led a bulk recapitalisation investment of an undisclosed amount in US solar racking and also mounting solutions provider Unirac Inc
Oct 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Unirac, Greenbelt Capital Partners, Sam Graham
Austria seeks to award 700 MW of solar, 190 MW of wind
Austria is readied to open up a tender with a target date of December 13, seeking to assign 700 MW of solar, 190 MW of wind as well as 7.5 MWel of biomass capacity.
Oct 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Austria
Impax, BNRG eye 1.6 GW Irish and also United States solar opportunities
Team plans to take 70MW of projects in Maine into construction in coming months
Oct 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BNRG, North America, impax