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Kosovo planning auction scheme for solar and wind capacity

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development is helping the Kosovan government develop a competitive scheme for the award of payments to renewable energy generators. The Balkan state wants to add 400 MW of clean energy capacity by 2026.

Sep 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EBRD, Kosovo, Valdrin Lluka

Duke snaps up Canadian Solar’s 200MWac Texan bifacial PV project

Duke Energy Renewables has clinched another major solar acquisition in Texas, bringing its PV project count up to four in the Lone Star state.

Sep 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Canadian Solar, Duke Energy Renewables, Texas, utility-scale PV, North America, bifacial modules, shell, recurrent energy, 8minute Solar Energy

Bangladesh’s first state-owned solar plant comes online

The new generation facility was financed by the Asian Development Bank and built by Chinese company ZTE Corp. The project will sell power to the grid for $0.065/kWh, a record low for solar in the country.

Sep 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, China, Bangladesh, Asia, rooftop solar, Asian Development Bank, ZTE Corp, Floating solar

Essent takes over Belgian solar installer Aralt

The Essent business of German utility RWE wants to widen its clean energy offer for Belgian clients. Last year Aralt achieved a €5 million turnover.

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Belgium, Aralt, Essent, Benelux

Australian Capital Territory ends 250MW first phase of renewables-and-storage reverse auctions

The Australian Capital Territory government has announced the final step of the first phase of its ‘reverse auction’ programme, with the announcement of a tender for 250MW of renewable energy generation alongside a 20MW/40MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, auctions, Oceania, tenders, autralian capital territory, act greens

Californian panel maker reaps US$40m in bid to double production

Solaria Corporation is to work towards a doubling of its panel manufacturing capabilities this year, a push financed by a new capital raise.

Sep 12, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, North America, T.J. Rodgers, Isidoro Quiroga, solaria corporation, investors

Truce with Michigan utility frees 584MW PV pipeline from planning limbo

US solar players have scored a victory in Michigan this week after regulators ratified a deal to unblock a 584MW PV pipeline, held up by years of standoff with a utility.

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, SEIA, FERC, PURPA, Michigan, MPSC, North America, michigan public services commission, Katherine Gensler

Top EU financier to refocus on market-based renewables, energy storage

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is debating plans to shift its multi-billion energy funding firepower to back energy storage and free-market renewables more decisively.

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, solar pv, Europe, subsidy-free pv, BESS, European Union, european investment bank, eib, green finance, storage systems bess

Limiting climate emergency will require ten-fold solar boom, DNV GL claims

Global solar PV capacity must increase ten-fold to 5TW by 2030 in order to meet the Paris climate targets, research body DNV GL has claimed.

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, solar pv, DNV GL, Ditlev Engel

ROUND-UP: UBS and Tetra Pak trumpet solar, World’s largest hospital PV project

UBS Singapore has signed a 10-year agreement with Singapore-headquartered energy, marine and utility company Sembcorp Industries to provide solar power for the bank’s offices.

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Amman, Jordan, Argentina, South america, Asia, Singapore, round-up, tetra pak, ubsi singapore, philadelphia solar, baywa r.e, sembcorp industries

Rajasthan issues tender for 113.5MW of small-scale solar

The Rajasthan Renewable Energy Corporation (RRECL) has issued a competitive tender for 113.5MW of small grid-connected solar projects in the desert state.

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Rajasthan, tenders, rajasthan renewable energy corporation

Enertis bags engineer contract for oil-backed 100MW plant in Oman

Enertis has stepped up its involvement with a solar project in the Middle East, said to be the world’s first utility-scale scheme to be wholly sponsored by an oil and gas major.

Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, tender, Asia, Oman, opwp, Enertis

Hybrid solar and micro-grids for Guyana

The nation’s cabinet has approved new contracts for solar projects under net metering rules across several regions. Investments include solar micro-grids for disconnected areas, grid-tied installations and hybrid projects.

Sep 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, South america, Guyana, Gafsons Industries Limited, Hinterland Electrification Company, Norwegian

Price ceilings set as Brazilian PV sector readies for debut in new-generation auction

Brazil has unveiled the tariff ceilings solar players will face as they compete for the first time in the so-called new generation tender, opening up a new avenue of government support.

Sep 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, solar pv, South america, Latin america, Brazil, jair bolsonaro, ANEEL, São Gonçalo, Absolar, bolsonaro, Rodrigo Sauaia, a-6 auction, tenders

Angola eyeing 600MW solar market within three years

Angola is expecting to kickstart its dormant solar sector by deploying several hundred megawatts worth of projects within three years, a top government official has said.

Sep 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Africa, subsaharan africa, Angola, luanda, policy, bsw, Baptista Borges, Intersolar

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