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Chile's non-conventional renewables created 35.7% of the nation's electricity in November, reads the most up to date report on the field from Chilean power commission CNE.

Colombia produced 89.26% of its electrical power from clean as well as sustainable sources in November, national grid operator XM Compania de Expertos en Mercados stated.

The Brazilian Development Bank, or BNDES, has authorized BRL 28 million (USD 5.6 m/EUR 4.9 m) in financing to support a 4.07-MW solar energy project established by agro-cooperative Copacol in the south of the nation.

Brazilian telecom Claro SA has actually linked to the grid a 6.3-MW distributed generation (DG) solar plant in the south of the country.

Mendubim solar site in Rio Grande do Norte is being developed with Scatec as well as Hydro Rein

Sungrow, the international market leader in the supply of photovoltaic inverters, is providing the PV inverters for the Serra do Mel 1 & 2 Photovoltaic Complex, owned by French power major Voltalia, with operations in 20 nations. The Brazilian project is located in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. The photovoltaic or pv plants found in Rio Grande do Norte become part of the business's biggest cluster worldwide.

The Brazilian state of Ceara on Friday approved ecological approval for a 4.6-GW solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) project which will generate power for the production of green hydrogen in Brazil's northeast.

Colombian ecological licensing authority ANLA said it had actually approved 4 solar PV projects completing around 800 MW of integrated capacity within the very first 100 days of the Gustavo Petro government, which assumed office on August 7.

Madrid-based clean energy developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) said on Wednesday that it has actually been given a preliminary ecological licence for the growth of a 300-MWac/327-MWp solar park project in Brazil.

Chilean energy Colbun SA on Monday inaugurated its 230-MW Diego de Almagro Sur solar farm with an 8-MW battery power storage space system (BESS) in Chile's Atacama area, as well as stated that it going to add the storage space component to most of its renewable resource projects in the future.

Latin American empire Enel Americas SA (BCS: ENELAM) claimed on Monday that it will certainly invest USD 5 billion (EUR 4.84 bn) in its electricity company in the area under the 2023-2025 strategic plan, and also straight most its investments to Colombia as well as Brazil.

Spanish solar power developer Solarpack has been provided an elderly loan amounting to close to COP 656 billion (USD 133.6 m/EUR 128.5 m) to construct two solar farms in Colombia.

Phase 1 of the Santa Luzia plant is anticipated to be totally operational in early 2024

Brazilian mining business Vale SA (BVMF: VALE3) announced on Thursday it has started power generation at a 766-MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in the town of Jaiba, Minas Gerais state.

Spanish integrated solar PV platform Enerside Energy SA (BME: ENRS) stated that it has actually authorized a power purchase agreement (PPA) to provide power from its 3.33 MWp distributed generation (DG) solar farm in Brazil to Brazilian renewables and sugar-energy company Raizen SA (BVMF: RAIZ4).