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Avangrid sells stake in 20MW Arizona PV project to Axium

Avangrid Renewables has signed off on an agreement with Axium Infrastructure to transfer 50% ownership of both the Copper Crossing Solar Project and Dry Lake II Wind Farm in the coming months.

Sep 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Arizona, North America, axium, avangrid, Laura Beane

FTC Solar’s Voyager trackers supplied to 150MW Oregon PV portfolio

FTC Solar has started delivery and construction support for its Voyager single-axis tracker on a pipeline of PV projects in Oregon with a total installed generation capacity of 150MW.

Sep 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, ftc solar, Oregon, Tony Etnyre

Belgium’s largest PV rooftop commissioned by ArcelorMittal

The €7.5 million project, built by Dutch energy provider Eneco, is intended to power operations at the Ghent factory of the Indian steel manufacturer. Arcelor’s employees were invited to participate through crowdfunding.

Sep 17, 2019 // Rooftop PV, Europe, Belgium, Perpetum Energy, PV rooftop, Ghent factory, Eneco, Iwein Goigne

French postal service aims to deliver stable energy bill using renewables

The La Poste Group wants one or more green corporate PPAs, to be procured through a tender. The postal service wants to hedge against volatile energy prices.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, tender, Europe, La Poste Group

Poland slashes VAT for residential solar from 23% to 8%

The Polish parliament has adopted new environmental provisions which also include a tax reduction for micro PV. The measure comes on top of the Mój Prąd rebate scheme for residential rooftop projects ranging in size from 2 kW to 10 kW which was launched in July.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Poland, Europe, Andrzej Sebastian Duda, esidential

The US tops 37.9 GW of large scale solar

That record figure of utility scale PV was under contract at the end of June with 8.7 GWdc under construction. However, installation levels fell slightly, year-over-year.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, USA, ITC, Texas, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Minnesota

An organic solar cell for indoor light

A Swedish-Chinese research team has developed an organic cell said to be ideal for wide use in daily life to power internet of things-enabled devices. The cell could be used to power sensors that detect and measure moisture, particle concentrations, temperature and other parameters indoors.

Sep 17, 2019 // Technology, USA, Sweden, UK, China, Europe, Asia, North America, Linköping University, Academy of Sciences, Jianhui Hou, organic solar cell

Sahel summit backs ‘Desert to Power’ plan to bring solar to 60 million

An African Development Bank (AfDB) initiative that wants to install 10GW of solar energy across the Sahel by 2025 was endorsed by G5 Sahel heads of state at a summit held last week in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, France, Europe, Africa, North America, AfDB, G5 Sahel, Christian Kaboré, Akinwumi Adesina

Major subsidy-free solar project secures financially-hedged PPA in Spain

Spain’s subsidy-free solar scene has marked another boost after a power purchase agreement (PPA) was secured for a major project in the country’s centre-west.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Extremadura, Spain, Europe, subsidy-free pv, encavis, solarcentury

‘New RWE’ sets sights on world-leading renewables position

German power major RWE has reiterated its commitment to becoming one of the world’s largest developers of solar, wind and energy storage after the European Commission green-lit its proposed asset swap with E.On.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, pv power plants, Europe, rwe, e.on, innogy, Rolf Martin Schmitz, Markus Krebber

ReneSola touts profitability comeback but short-term debt looms high

Progress with solar projects worldwide have helped push ReneSola back onto the profitability path, with a cash boost "tentatively" secured from its top shareholder as short-term borrowings continue to pile.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, New York, China, renesola, shanghai, Shelley Xu, Xianshou Li

Six developers bag 1.85GW in Indian government solar auctions

The state-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has revealed the results of two major utility-scale auctions held in June that saw six companies win 1.85GW of capacity.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Solar Energy Corporation of India, auctions, utility-scale, Rajasthan, tenders, ntpc corporation, mahindra susten

US utility-scale solar pipeline swells to record 37.9GW

The US now has a record-breaking 37.9GW of utility-scale solar in the works after 11.2GW of new projects were announced in H1 2019, according to a new report from Wood Mackenzie and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA).

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, USA, SEIA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Texas, Wood Mackenzie, Utah, Abigail Ross Hopper, ikea, ingka group, Colin Smith

EBRD to bankroll Kazakhstan’s new clean energy push after PV build-out

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to spearhead the multi-million-euro new phase of Kazakhstan’s renewable programme, now set to progress from a PV-only first phase.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EBRD, Asia, kazakhstan

Michigan utility issues RfP for PV projects in 25MW-to-200MW range

DTE Energy  is issuing a Request for Proposals (RfP) for a new pipeline of PV and wind projects in Michigan.

Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Michigan, dte, rfp

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