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Italian renewables company Enel Green Power has been granted a clear-cut concession to construct a 116.45-MW solar farm in Peru, the Peruvian ministry of energy and mines introduced.

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.

Czech solar developer Solek Team has gotten a USD-85.25-million (EUR 69m) senior protected facility to sustain a portfolio of photovoltaic or pv (PV) projects in Chile with a combined capacity of at the very least 110 MW.

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.

Mytilineos is seeking to move its worldwide experience of solar and also storage project advancement to help decarbonise the Greek electric system as well as struck 3GW of PV ability by 2030.

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

Independent power manufacturer Sonnedix started operations at a 170MW solar plant in Chile, the firm's biggest PV project to-date. The plant, located in the nation's Pica neighborhood, came online on 30 January, roughly 19 months after building and construction initial started.

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.

German inverter producer SMA Solar Technology AG is supplying 46 Medium Voltage Power Station (MVPS) to the 220 MW "Diego de Almagro Sur" photovoltaic or pv power plant in Chile's Atacama Desert. The project is being built on part of the South American power manufacturer Colbun SA.

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.