Brazil

Solar farms in the Brazilian Northeast have actually registered a brand-new regional solar generation record of 561 typical megawatts (MWa) on April 6.

Scatec has unveiled a NOK 100 billion (US$ 11.7 billion) strategy that will certainly see the business increase its renewables portfolio to 15GW over the next four years.

Powertis has actually begun building and construction service two PV plants in Brazil that each have a capacity of 112.5 MWp and are the Spanish designer's first solar projects in the South American country.

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Brazilian power energy Copel (BVMF: CPLE6) has taken into operations the first three units, totalling 3-MWp, of its Bandeirantes solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the North area of Parana state.

Nextracker Inc. has actually been picked by Brazilian EPC company Andrade Gutierrez and designer Elera Renováveis (previously Brookfield Energia Renovável) to supply 830 MW of its solar tracker innovation, NX Horizon for Phase I of the Janaúba solar complex situated near the city of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

EDP will certainly concentrate on The United States and Canada to ramp up its solar capacity in the following five years as part of a brand-new tactical update that will see the Portuguese energy target more than 50GW of renewables enhancements by 2030.

When operational later this year the entire 864MW Sao Goncalo solar park will certainly consist of greater than 2.2 million panels

Brazilian energy firm JKL Energy plans to develop a 1-GW solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) power complicated in Piaui state, the local government revealed on Thursday.

Norway's Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazilian private port Porto do Acu Operacoes to check into possibilities to create a solar project on the port's facilities in the next 12 months.

Scatec said it went through a "transformational" year in 2020, with its complete renewables pipeline currently standing at a record high of 10.5 GW.

Chinese PV inverter producer Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd. announced that its cumulative shipments in the Americas hit a considerable turning point of 10 GW by the end of 2020.

The Brazilian renewables subsidiary of Enel Group has revealed strategies to increase the São Gonçalo solar PV plant, which it claims is South America's largest, with a 256MW capacity enhancement.

The wind farms Lagoa dos Ventos III (396 MW), Morro do Chapéu Sul II (353 MW), Cumaru (206 MW) and also Fontes dos Ventos II (99 MW), in addition to the São Gonçalo III (256 MW) solar plant will certainly be primarily sustained by power supply contracts in the Brazilian complimentary power market.

Brazil's Algar Telecom introduced on Wednesday that the 5.9-MWp Capim Branco II solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Minas Gerais state is currently functional.