UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR

Statkraft to obtain Solarcentury, adding 6GW to international solar portfolio
Norwegian renewables large Statkraft is to acquire UK-headquartered solar designer Solarcentury, taking on a 6GW global portfolio in doing so.
Nov 2, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Chile, South america, Europe, solarcentury, Statkraft, Christian Rynning-Tønnesen, Van den Heuvel
Investment estimates for 2020 remain to indicate a record downturn in investing
Released in May 2020, the IEA's World Energy Investment 2020 pointed to a record downturn in international power financial investment. This write-up offers an upgrade to those figures based on extra recent analysis, showing that capital expenditures throughout the energy market are anticipated to fall by 18% this year to $1.5 trillion.
Oct 28, 2020 // Market Research, USA, Saudi Arabia, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, China, Europe, Asia, investment, North America, Russia, International
Australia's largest solar farm to proceed as Neoen finishes AU$ 600m financing
What stands to be Australia's biggest solar farm at 460MWp can currently proceed after Neoen settled a funding package for it.
Oct 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Natixis, Australia, neoen, Oceania, investment, financing, hsbc, sterling and wilson, société générale, mufg bank, nordlb
Polish coal giant PGE to create 3GW of solar as part of renewables push
Poland's biggest utility plans to develop 3GW of solar PV over the following ten years as it seeks to increase decarbonisation initiatives as well as come to be carbon neutral by 2050.
Oct 20, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Poland, Europe, eastern europe, coal, Polska Grupa Energetyczna, energy transition
JinkoSolar lands supply contract for Europe's largest bifacial solar farm yet
JinkoSolar has actually penciled a module supply arrangement to supply bifacial panels for Europe's largest bifacial solar project to date.
Oct 20, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Greece, bifacial, Europe, JinkoSolar, juwi, swan
National Grid doubles down on United States renewables, Enact reinforces possession management capacities
A round-up of the current news from the United States solar market, consisting of information from National Grid, Enact Systems as well as Inovateus Solar.
Oct 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, Inovateus Solar, national grid us, enact systems, brilliant capital, Daniel Westerman, Deep Chakraborty
Enel starts building of firm's second North American solar-storage project
Enel Green Power has broken ground on its 2nd North American solar-plus-storage project as it remains to increase its US renewables fleet and intends to strike 1GW of released battery storage space in two years.
Oct 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, PPA, Texas, Enel, solar-plus-storage, power purchase agreement, North America, colocation
Mainstream Renewable Power continues financing run as 1.3 GW Chilean pipe edges closer
Renewables designer Mainstream Renewable Power (MRP) has shut a US$ 280 million financing facility to assist progress a wind and solar project pipe in Chile with a complete ability of 1.3 GW.
Oct 15, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Chile, South america, mainstream renewable power, andes renovables, Paul Corrigan
IEA: Solar the 'brand-new king' of power, will certainly exceed for decades to find
Solar is the "brand-new king" of electrical power, the International Energy Agency has claimed, with the asset course set to release more brand-new capability after that any other innovation each year for the coming decades.
Oct 13, 2020 // Market Research, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, IEA, Fatih Birol, decarbonisation, covid-19, grids
Western Australia's roof PV development readied to displace large-scale solar
Roof PV is readied to be the fastest-growing form of new capacity in Western Australia (WA), with renewable energy forecast to reach a minimum of 70% generation ability by 2040, a brand-new roadmap for the state reveals.
Oct 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, Bill Johnston, rooftop PV, Oceania, Western Australia, Audrey Zibelman
Behind the surge of US utility-driven solar
As the US turns in the direction of a presidential political election that will quite choose the nation's path for the next four years, federal plan in the direction of renewables as well as, certainly, climate action generally, hangs in the balance.
Oct 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Trump, North America, biden, utility solar, Devashree Saha
EDF, Total JV lands 1.35 GW of India solar project awards
Eden Renewables India, the EDF and Total-owned joint endeavor, has sealed its standing in India's solar market by getting honors for 1.35 GW of new-build solar PV.
Oct 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, Total Eren, SECI, Asia, large-scale solar, EDF Renewables, Fabienne Demol
UK unsubsidised solar built-out accelerates as 'substantial' pipe enhancements are exposed
The UK is witnessing a velocity of its subsidy-free solar construct out, equally as the nation's pipe of utility-scale projects observed a record month for enhancements.
Oct 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, UK, Europe, subsidy-free solar, John Rennocks, lss digital series
Renewable resource among one of the most pandemic-resilient framework sub-sectors
Renewables has actually been called amongst one of the most pandemic-resilient facilities sub-sectors, thanks in part to their ability to safeguard finance in addition to federal government initiatives to grow the eco-friendly economic situation, according to a new white paper from investment firm Foresight Group.
Sep 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, UK, Europe, foresight group, covid-19, pandemic, Peter Bolton
Total preserves Spanish solar press with 3.3 GW advancement bargain
French oil significant Total will aim to cover all the electricity usage of its European industrial websites from solar energy by 2025 after securing a brand-new advancement agreement with Spanish company Ignis.
Sep 25, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Europe, Total, Patrick Pouyanné, ignis