Brazil

Oil and gas major Royal Dutch Shell Plc (AMS: RDSA) has partnered up with Brazilian steel producer Gerdau SA (BVMF: GGBR4) to establish a 260-MWp solar project in Minas Gerais state.

Transmission infrastructure contractor as well as power business Celeo Redes Brasil along with solar firm Quinta Solar Energia plan to establish some 1.1 GW of solar capacity on the coast of Piaui state in Brazil.

Solar farms in the Brazilian Northeast have reached a new regional solar generation record of 1,028 ordinary megawatts (MWa) on February 1.

French renewables developer as well as power manufacturer Voltalia saw its annual power production get to a record high last year, with the business increased by a 25% increase in mounted solar capacity.

PV inverter expert Huayu New Energy has actually upgraded its portfolio of single-module microinverters, introducing them in the Brazilian market this month.

Brazil has published its long-anticipated net metering legislations that has presented a new framework for dispersed generation in the nation and will see any type of solar PV systems below 5MW eligible for internet metering tariffs till 2045.

Brazil's installed solar power generation capacity has actually hit 13 GW, residential solar power organization ABSOLAR revealed recently.

Brazilian gas and also power energy Eneva SA (B3: ENEV3) has reached an offer to absorb renewable resource firm Focus Energia Holding Participacoes SA (BVMF: POWE3), taking it off the marketplace just ten months after a BRL-887.4-million (USD 156.1 m/EUR 137.7 m) initial public offering (IPO).

Canadian Solar has finished the sale of a 635MWp solar PV plant in Brazil to renewable energy company VTRM Energia Participações.

Brazilian utility firm Neoenergia SA (BVMF: NEOE3) has actually set up the first support pile for the 149.3-MWp Luzia solar project in the state of Paraiba, it said.

'Solar Module Super League' member JinkoSolar has actually authorized a 2GW module supply deal with Brazilian PV supplier Aldo Solar.

Norwegian clean power producer Scatec ASA (OSL: SCATC) will set up a 532-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Rio Grande do Norte state, the local government announced on Saturday.

Solar farms in Brazil's Northeast have actually broken the neighborhood record 2 successive times in the very same day, the National Electric System Driver (ONS) stated on Thursday.

Portuguese renewable energy company EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI: EDPR) has actually secured a power purchase contract (PPA) connected to the result of the 209-MW Monte Verde solar PV project it plans to build in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte.

Brazilian investment manager Patria Investimentos, with its renewable energy system Essentia Energia, has actually put the 475-MWp Sol do Sertao photovoltaic (PV) complex right into operation in Brazil's Bahia state.