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Norwegian solar project developer and also nuclear power plant operator Scatec ASA and also Norwegian energy Equinor ASA have grid linked as well as started industrial operation of the 117 MW "Guanizuil IIA" solar power plant in Argentina, located in the Province of San Juan in the northwest of the nation.

The Brazilian device of oil as well as gas significant Royal Dutch Shell Plc (AMS: RDSA) has actually partnered up with local steel manufacturer Gerdau SA (BVMF: GGBR4) to create a 190-MW direct existing (DC) solar project in Minas Gerais state.

The federal government of Ecuador has actually elevated the targeted capability in the 2021 renewable resource tender to 500 MW from 200 MW, the ministry of energy as well as non-renewable natural deposits announced on Sunday.

Brazil's Piaui state revealed it will certainly create an atlas of the state's solar irradiation in collaboration with research foundation Fadex.

The cryptocurrency bitcoin currently consumes much more electrical energy a year than the entire of Argentina, according to current quotes from the University of Cambridge. That's since the creation of a bitcoin, in a process called mining, is achieved by effective computers that work all the time to translate and address complicated mathematical issues.

Portfolio Guanaco II is the fund's second in the nation

Latin American power manufacturer and representative Celsia introduced procedure of its 9.8-MW El Carmelo solar farm in Colombia, the company introduced over the weekend break.

Project in Barranquilla was awarded in a public tender carried out by the Ministry of Energy as well as Mine

The Brazilian government officials and also reps from Spanish PV field gamer Solatio Energia on Friday ushered in a solar energy facility that will include 810 MWp when fully up and running.

Engie Chile has actually been granted legal rights to create two hybrid projects in Chile that will certainly incorporate solar, wind and battery storage as well as have actually an incorporated capability of 1.5 GW.

Miami-based Atlas Renewable Energy wins IJGlobal's 2020 Latin America Sponsor of the Year Award and Latin America Solar Deal of the Year Award for its Ananuca Financial Deal. In 2020, the company authorized 3 major funding contracts: Ananuca worth USD 253 Million, Lar do Sol-- Casablanca worth USD 150 million and also New Juazeiro for USD 67 Million.

Collaboration with IPP Yinson Renewables will start building and construction of first 100MW in next six months

EQT framework has actually announced a takeover bid for Solarpack, which possesses around 450MW of functional solar PV projects.

Brazilian solar developer Lisarb Energy has actually authorized 15-year lease contracts for 20 MW of brand-new solar parks with local sugar and also ethanol manufacturer Raizen.

Asia boasts an expanding variety of markets with solar growth pipes in excess of 1GW, a new report by Fitch has found, with the region dominating the working as a consultant's project data source analysis this year.