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A round-up of the most up to date information in solar project advancement, as Brazilian mining firm Vale intends a 766MWp center, a 500MW portfolio modifications hands in Canada and also ReneSola offers Polish parks.

Sonnedix has acquired a Chilean solar project currently under advancement that will certainly become the independent power producer's third-largest PV plant when functional.

Repsol will increase investment in solar PV and also wind in the following 5 years as seek to reach 15GW of renewable energy capability by 2030.

Independent solar energy producer (IPP) Sonnedix has actually acquired a 160MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Chile from Andes Solar, a renewable resource designer and also fitter.

Chilean authorities have revealed strategies to carry out an auction next year, looking to acquire 2,310 GWh of eco-friendly power from generation and also storage.

Canadian Solar Inc. (the "Company", or "Canadian Solar") (NASDAQ: CSIQ), among the world's largest solar power firms, announced that it just recently authorized a power purchase arrangement (" PPA") with BTG Pactual (" BTG", B3: BPAC11) and that it was granted with two projects in an exclusive auction by Furnas Centrais Elétricas (" Furnas") for a total of 862 MWp in solar energy projects in Brazil.

PV farm in Atacama Desert schedules on online in mid-2021

The federal government of Colombia has actually introduced plans to hold a renewable energy auction in the very first quarter of 2021 that it says could stand for an investment of greater than US$ 6 billion in the nation.

Enthusiastic proposals to increase environment-friendly hydrogen production in Chile and South Australia have been introduced this week, as both look to capitalize growing supplies of renewables to help decarbonise their economic situations and also meet eco-friendly energy targets.

Spain-based renewables designer OPDEnergy has safeguarded financing for 17 MW of small dispersed generation solar installments (PMGD) in Chile, it claimed on Tuesday.

Wood Mackenzie experts provide an overview as well as solar pricing for the Latin American market.

Sungrow has struck the 1 GW mark for PV inverter collective shipments to Chile, and also it took starting point in the delivery position in Chile this year.

Norwegian renewables large Statkraft is to acquire UK-headquartered solar designer Solarcentury, taking on a 6GW global portfolio in doing so.

Brazil's National Development Bank (BNDES) stated on Friday it will certainly sustain the building and construction of 505 MW of solar projects via lendings of over BRL 1.1 billion (USD 195.7 m/EUR 165m).

Atlas Renewable Energy protects $67m financing from IDB Invest and DNB Bank for the Jacaranda project in Brazil