Solar Commercial Plants News

Singapore water agency awards 3MW of floating PV contracts to local firm
Singapore's national water agency PUB has awarded contracts to build two 1.5MW floating solar projects on the Bedok and Lower Seletar Reservoirs to local engineering firm BBR Greentech.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Singapore, Chan Chun Sing
EDP buys 50% stake in 278MW of First Solar projects in the US
Energias de Portugal (EDP), through its subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has acquired a 50% stake in a 278MW US solar portfolio that was developed by First Solar.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, EDP, First Solar, North America, CdTe
French development agency finances 49MW Vietnam solar project
The French development agency AFD has signed off on a EUR24.2 million (US$26.9 million) loan for a 49MW solar project in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, with the country's monopoly utility EVN.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Asia, Vietnam, evn, sorsea, afd, gia lai, hydropower, solar-plus-hydro, debt, Nguyen Xuan Nam
ROUND-UP: SunPower feeds Chevron oilfield, 25MW Assam tender, Sodexo Constant MoU
SunPower building 35MW project to supply Chevron's Lost Hills Oil Field. Assam tenders for 25MW solar project. Constant Energy partners Sodexo Thailand
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, India, SunPower, tender, Thailand, Asia, North America, Chevron, Nam Nguyen, Assam, Constant Energy, Sodexo, Allen Satterwhite
Japan’s Mitsui sells 679MW of solar and wind in Canada
Japanese trading corporation Mitsui & Co has sold its interest in a 679MW portfolio of operational Canadian wind and solar to Canadian infrastructure management firm Axium.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Japan, Canada, Asia, North America, mitsui, engie canada inc
Origis Energy chooses RES to construct Georgia’s Tanglewood Solar project
Origis Energy USA announced it has selected Renewable Energy Systems to construct the Origis Energy Tanglewood Solar project, a 57.5-MWAC solar farm in Mitchell County, Georgia. Origis Energy developed the solar site as one of the facilities under the Georgia Power Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI) serving the utility’s customers participating in the Commercial and Industrial REDI (C&I REDI) program. This contract represents the first construction partnership between Origis Energy and RES. Origis Energy will own and operate the facility.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, First Solar, Europe, North America, res, Origis Energy, Johan Vanhee, Tim Jordan
For biggest public health benefit, Harvard says more solar should be installed in Great Lakes, Mid-Atlantic regions
A new Harvard study shows that to achieve the biggest improvements in public health and the greatest benefits from renewable energy, wind turbines should be installed in the Upper Midwest and solar power should be installed in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic regions. When adjusting for energy produced, the benefits ranged from $28 per MWh of energy produced from wind in California, to $113 per MWh of wind in the Upper Midwest and for utility-scale solar in the Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, Harvard, Jonathan Buonocore, Drew Michanowicz
KDC Solar completes 4 MW of solar carports for New Jersey hospital
KDC Solar has completed a 4-MW solar carport project for CentraState, a healthcare provider in Freehold Township, New Jersey. Combined with a previously completed ground-mount array, CentraState can now generate 61% of its energy consumption via on-site solar.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, KDC Solar, New Jersey, North America, CentraState, Thomas W. Scott, Alan Epstein
20 MW solar-plus-storage project tender at Zimbabwe gold mine
Canadian business Caledonia Mining Corporation plc wants to build a power plant at its Blanket mine near Gwanda, in southern Zimbabwe.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining Corporation
China’s solar installations slump to 4.6GW in Q3
According to official figures released by China’s National Energy Administration, new solar capacity installations in the third quarter of 2019 slumped to only 4.6GW under new support mechanisms that were implemented mid-year.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, NEA, China, AECEA, pv power plants, Asia, Frank Haugwitz
Luminous Energy eyes 1.2GW pipeline as works start on ‘springboard’ Australia project
Luminous Energy has commenced connection works on its 162MWac solar farm in Australia, with the developer eyeing up 1.2GW of works across multiple markets.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, UK, Australia, Europe, utility-scale, Oceania, PWC, luminous energy, grid connection, Paul Chivers
Singapore ‘cannot rest on laurels’ with 2GW solar by 2030 goal - minister
Singapore has targeted 2GW of solar by 2030 and 200MW of energy storage beyond 2025, but will continue to rely on natural gas for the next 50 years, according to a government official.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, storage, Asia, Singapore, sorsea, targets, peak shaving, vertical solar, island, Chan Chun Sing
Total Solar DG has completed Construction of Solar PV rooftop for CARROS Centre in Singapore
Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) has completed the installation of a solar photovoltaic rooftop system for CARROS Centre, Singapore's first-of-a-kind integrated mega hub dedicated to the Automotive Industry.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Asia, rooftop PV, Singapore, Total Solar Distributed Generation, CARROS, Raymond Ng, Gavin Adda
Dominion Energy acquires 72MW PV project in South Carolina from First Solar
Dominion Energy has acquired a 72MW PV project from First Solar that is expected to enter service in late 2019. The installation will provide power and renewable energy attributes under a Dominion Energy South Carolina contract that was previously filed and accepted in South Carolina.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, Keller Kissam, dominion
EDF secures a slice of UK supermarket Tesco’s corporate solar plan
The French energy giant will provide supermarket Tesco with electricity from 17 rooftop PV installations and two wind farms for a renewables portfolio generation capacity of 59 MW. The groceries retailer has announced plans to install 187 solar rooftops.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, UK, EDF, Europe, rooftop PV, Cleantech Solar, Tesco, Jason Tarry