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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.

Colombia has actually awarded contracts to 11 solar PV projects with a combined capability of 796.3 MW in its 3rd renewable energy auction.

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.

Latin American power company AES Andes SA on Friday inaugurated as well as appointed its 61-MWp San Fernando solar farm in Colombia.

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.

Portuguese power team Galp Energia SGPS SA (ELI: GALP) has actually accepted acquire and also develop a 594-MWp solar portfolio in Brazil, marking its entry in the country's renewables market.

Cerro Dominador, a company that owns and runs the namesake 210-MW PV as well as CSP plant in Chile, this week safeguarded an ecological license to develop a 690-MW CSP mega-complex in the country.

This demonstrates Sungrow's commitment to sustainable advancement and also initiatives to expand the regional energy market as well as decarbonise, stated the company. Sungrow's projects in Latin America include an 852 MW photovoltaic or pv plant in Brazil, a 400 MW project in Chile and also a 100 MW project in Argentina.

Madrid-based platform Matrix Renewables, produced by asset manager TPG, has authorized a non-recourse long-term financing agreement for its roughly 82-MW Los Llanos solar portfolio in Colombia.

Brazilian renewables firm Renova Energia SA (BVMF: RNEW11) has actually been offered preliminary licences for 703.5 MW of wind as well as solar projects in the Bahia state.

Neoen, an independent producer of renewable energy specifically, has actually appointed its Altiplano 200 solar power plant-- a 208 MWp solar park located in the Salta district of Argentina. Altiplano will be generating 650,000 MWh of green electricity each year, equivalent to the yearly electrical energy usage of 215,000 people, said Neon.

Independent power producer (IPP) Total Eren has actually gotten property administration software supplier Inaccess to keep track of the procedure of numerous of its solar PV plants in Argentina, Australia, Brazil, and also Kazakhstan.

Microinverter vendor Enphase Energy has gotten in Brazil's residential and also C&I solar market, introducing its IQ7+ microinverter in the country.

The government of Ecuador on Monday announced it will certainly conduct 3 public choice procedures for new power projects, amongst them a tender to award giving ins for the construction and procedure of 500 MW of renewables.