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EDP turns on 1.25 MW of solar in Brazil
Brazilian power utility EDP Brasil SA (BVMF: ENBR3) has taken into procedure 1.25 MW of solar power plants in the nation's south.
Feb 1, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, EDP, South america, Brazil, PV Power Plant
Bpifrance invests in French renewable power producer Qair
French financial investment bank Bpifrance has come to be an investor in compatriot Qair after participating in a financing round sustaining the renewable power manufacturer's growth in the domestic and also international markets.
Feb 1, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Qair, Bpifrance
Canadian Solar sells part of Italian fund with 124-MWp solar portfolio
Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ) will discharge 30% of the favored units of CSFS Fund I, its first Italian different mutual fund which holds a 124.2-MWp portfolio of under-construction solar projects across Italy.
Feb 1, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, Italy, Europe
General Motors Commits $650 Million to Secure EV Raw Materials
General Motors invests $650 million in lithium mining to secure its electric vehicle supply chain and support its future production of more than 1 million EVs annually in North America by 2025.
Feb 1, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Transport, USA, North America, EV, General Motors
Rays Power Infra to Build 1800-MW Solar Park In Rajasthan
An MoU for the development of avant-garde PV photovoltaic or pv power plant was checked in the presence of Ashok Gehlot, Chief Minister of Rajasthan. The solar park will be divided among 3 300 MW projects as well as one 900 MW project.
Jan 31, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Solar Park, large-scale solar parks, Pawan Sharma, Rays Power Infra, Ashok Gehlot, Mayank Sharma
Banks files mega-battery UK planning application
2.8 GWh project at Thorpe Marsh in Yorkshire would capitalize on the site's existing 1.45 GW connection
Jan 31, 2023 // Storage, UK, Europe, Banks Group
Iberdrola wins nod for 1.2 GW Portuguese solar
Developer has safeguarded environmental approvals for the Fernando Pessoa project near Sines
Jan 31, 2023 // Plants, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, PV Power Plant
X-Elio starts up Japanese solar plant
16MW Sodegaura PV facility has been financed by investment banks ING and also Societe Generale
Jan 31, 2023 // Plants, Japan, Asia, x-elio, PV Power Plant
Wind and solar overtake gas in EU power generation in 2022
Wind and solar produced a record 22% of EU power last year, helping Europe to prevent a go back to coal power in the middle of the 2022 energy crisis, according to a report published today by power brain trust Ember.
Jan 31, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe
Banco Santander, Holaluz to promote self-consumption solar in Spain
Banco Santander (BME: SAN) will start using its clients a product that will enable them to obtain financing to equip their homes with photovoltaic (PV) panels, the Spanish lender claimed on Friday.
Jan 31, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Spain, Banco Santander, Europe, Holaluz
Sumitomo, Colbun ink green ammonia MoU in Chile
Chilean utility Colbun SA and also Japanese diversified group Sumitomo Corp (TYO:8053) revealed on Monday that they have developed a partnership to jointly study the expediency of green hydrogen-to-ammonia projects in Chile.
Jan 31, 2023 // Solar to Fuel, Chile, South america, sumitomo, green ammonia, Colbun
Norsk Solar protects funding for 18 MW of fresh solar in Brazil
Norwegian company Norsk Solar AS (FRA:62 L) revealed today that it has received greater than BRL 50 million (USD 9.8 m/EUR 9m) in non-recourse project financial obligation for the installation of 18 MW of solar capacity in Brazil.
Jan 31, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, Norsk Solar
MPower gets 5-MW shovel-ready solar project in Victoria
Sydney-based MPower Group Ltd (ASX: MPR) has actually acquired a 5-MW solar project with a shovel-ready status in the Aussie state of Victoria, the renewable energy project developer said on Monday.
Jan 31, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Victoria, MPower, Solar Project
Canadian Solar unit to include 14 GW of wafer, cell capacity
Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ) on Monday stated its majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co Ltd will certainly add manufacturing capacity in Jiangsu Province, China with a plan to generate 14 GW of wafers as well as cells in the preliminary phase.
Jan 31, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Canadian Solar
SSE buys rights to 3 solar sites in UK
UK energy firm SSE PLC's (LON: SSE) Solar and Battery unit has actually acquired the rights to 3 solar sites in the county of Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, which are presently experiencing a formal planning application process.
Jan 31, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, SSE