South america

Neoenergia begins work with 149-MWp solar project in Brazil
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.
Dec 9, 2021 // Plants, South america, Brazil, Solar Project, Neoenergia
Mountain Partners to Create Chile's First Climate VC Fund
Mountain Partners AG's Chilean division is setting up the country's very first venture capital fund that will only buy firms that add to combating climate change.
Dec 8, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Mountain Partners, Santiago Caniggia
Acciona inaugurates 300MW Chile solar
Output from the Malgarida 1 as well as 2 and Almeyda PV plants will provide the grid in Diego de Almagro
Dec 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, South america, Acciona, PV Power Plant
JinkoSolar pens 2GW Brazilian module supply bargain
'Solar Module Super League' member JinkoSolar has actually authorized a 2GW module supply deal with Brazilian PV supplier Aldo Solar.
Dec 2, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, South america, Latin america, JinkoSolar, Brazil, PV module, aldo solar
Wartsila wins Chile storage contract
8MW battery system will be co-located with Colbun's 230MW Diego de Almagro solar farm
Nov 30, 2021 // Storage, Chile, South america, Wartsila, solar farm, Christoph Perathoner
Austria's CCE cuts ribbon at 87-MWp solar farm in Chile
Austria-based solar designer CCE Group GmbH has actually inaugurated the 87-MWp La Huella solar farm in Chile, its very first such project in the South American nation.
Nov 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, South america, Europe, cce, Austria, solar farm
Mainstream Renewable Power increases over US$ 100m to pursue multi-GW pipe as well as come to be 'worldwide power major'
Mainstream Renewable Power has actually safeguarded EUR90 million (US$ 101.6 million) in equity funding to sustain the build-out of a multi-gigawatt pipe throughout Latin America, Africa and also the Asia Pacific area.
Nov 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Africa, South Africa, mainstream renewable power, aker horizons, corporate funding, equity finance
Chile to Dual its Energy Storage Capacity Along With AES
The partnership is expected to enable Chile to store as well as deliver up to 1,563 MWh daily of energy to the system. This indicates preventing greater than 200,000 tons of CO2 discharges each year, the equivalent of getting rid of more than 80,000 personal vehicles from the streets of Chile.
Nov 11, 2021 // Storage, Chile, South america, Juan Carlos Jobet, Ricardo Falú, cop26, AES Andes, 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Bernerd Da Santos
Scatec to build 532-MW solar plant in Brazil
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.
Nov 9, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, South america, Brazil, solar plant
Chile inaugurates 3-MW solar plant
Chilean officials recently inaugurated the 3-MW Tamarugo solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Tamagural district, northern Chilean region of Tarapaca.
Nov 8, 2021 // Plants, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant
Brazil breaks new solar daily records in Northeast
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.
Oct 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, solar farm
Chile's renewables grow share to 31.8% in Sept
Chile produced 2,077 GWh of its electricity with non-conventional renewable resource resources in September, or 40.9% more than in the exact same month in 2020, according to the most up to date figures launched by Chilean power compensation CNE.
Oct 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america
Spain's Solarpack wins 252 MWp of solar in Colombian auction
Spanish solar power business Solarpack Corporacion Tecnologica SA (BME: SPK) officially announced that it has safeguarded power acquisition arrangements (PPAs) for two solar projects totalling 252 MWp in Colombia's renewables auction today.
Oct 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, South america, Europe, auction, Solarpack, Colombia
Colombia awards 800MW of solar in 3rd renewables auction
Colombia has actually awarded contracts to 11 solar PV projects with a combined capability of 796.3 MW in its 3rd renewable energy auction.
Oct 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, tender, South america, Latin america, auction, Colombia
SUSI Partners enters Latin America with 200MW renewables procurement in Chile
Swiss fund manager SUSI Partners is obtaining a portfolio of greater than 200MW of distributed solar PV and wind possessions in Chile, marking its first investment in Latin America.
Oct 27, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Latin america, distributed solar, pmgd, project acquisition, distributed generation, SUSI Partners