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Dutch system operator to fund grid boost to accommodate 2GW of PV, wind

Dutch system operator TenneT has announced that it will invest €215 million (US$237 million) to accommodate 2GW of solar and wind capacity towards the country's north.

Oct 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, Tennet, distribution network, sfieu, lsse, Ben Voorhorst

EU clears joint ownership of Spanish solar firm X-Elio by private equity duo

The European Union’s executive arm has approved a major ownership shake-up of Spanish developer X-Elio Energy, giving Brookfield Asset Management the green light to purchase a 20% stake from Acek Renewables alongside a 30% tranche from US infrastructure fund KKR.

Oct 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, x-elio, Toronto, brookfield asset management, european commission, terraform, Acek, Gestamp Renewables, Jorge Barredo López

India rebukes analyst claims it will miss clean energy targets

Expert warnings that India will be falling short of its renewable deployment targets have sparked a strong-worded rebuke from the government, which has slammed them as “ill-founded”

Oct 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Policy, India, Asia, auction, tariff, Vinay Rustagi, CRISIL, narendra modi, mnre

ReneSola’s project disposals ramp with 22.3MW in China offloaded

PV project developer and EPC firm, ReneSola is continuing with plans to offload operating plants to recoup cash and invest in new projects.

Oct 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, pv power plants, Asia, investment, renesola, Shelley Xu

Reden, Natixis close financing on up to 100MW of PV projects in Chile

Reden Investments Chile and Natixis have successfully closed senior facilities totaling US$96.4 million for an up-to-100MW portfolio of PV projects in Chile.

Oct 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Natixis, Engie, Chile, South america, Reden

India to fall well short of 175 GW renewables target

A report by Indian ratings agency CRISIL points to a rising rate of tender failures, an inconsistent policy approach from central and state governments and restrictive solar energy tariff caps and says India could have just 104 GW of renewables capacity by 2022.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, India, SECI, Asia, tariff, CRISIL

German government wants 98 GW of solar by 2030

The new. more ambitious target is part of a climate protection program Berlin is now defining. The solar sector believes, however, 98 GW will not be enough to ensure the country’s energy transition.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Angela Merkel, Carsten Körnig

Supermarket rooftop brings commercial solar – and silicon carbide inverters – to Norway

The sizeable rooftop array will feature latest-generation inverters. The project planners claim using 1500 V technology on a commercial rooftop allowed them to drive down costs 10-15%.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Rooftop PV, Europe, rooftop PV, Kaco, Siemens, Norway, Trine Kopstad Berenten

Repsol sets up renewables unit

After turning to clean energy last year, the Spanish oil company plans to deploy 4.5 GW of renewables generation capacity by 2024.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Repsol Renovables, Joao Paulo Costeira

Several buyers keen on REC Silicon’s Butte facility, CTO tells PV Tech

Norwegian polysilicon manufacturer REC Silicon announced last Thursday it is considering selling its silane gas facility in Butte, in the US state of Montana.

Oct 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Washington, polysilicon, Montana, North America, REC Silicon, trade war, silane gas, James May

Prices drop in eighth round of France’s rooftop PV auction

The winners of the eighth round of France’s rooftop PV tender series have drawn lower average prices than peers awarded just four months ago, new results show.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, France, Wood Mackenzie, auctions, Europe, rooftop PV, tenders, frassenheim, ministry for the ecological and solidarity transition

Major solar farm plan to power Angus pharmaceutical plant

Ambitious proposals have emerged to power a major Angus pharmaceutical plant with electricity from a giant solar farm on land a few miles away.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Angus, GSK, Proposal of Application Notice, Kate Cowey

Shalom plans solar farm and new teaching block

Shalom College is planning to expand its campus with the introduction of a collaborative learning building and the largest school solar farm in Queensland.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, queensland, Shalom College, Dan McMahon

Italy’s historic ’Tuscia’ region deluged by 1.35 GW of large scale solar

The central Italian province of Viterbo has 1,359 MW of solar generation capacity in the development and approvals process. The mass of projects has raised opposition from some locals and developers are in talks with government officials to discuss how concerns can be addressed.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe

Another Polish coal mine powered by solar

Poland’s fourth largest energy company, Enea, will build a 30 MW solar plant for the Bogdanka coal mine in which the utility is majority shareholder. The project will sell power to the mine through a long-term supply deal.

Oct 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, coal, Zespół Elektrowni Pątnów-Adamów-Konin SA, Enea

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