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Private Utility In India Issues 350-Megawatt Solar-Wind Hybrid Tender

A private power distribution company in India issued a tender to procure energy from solar-wind hybrid projects with a goal to fulfill its Renewable Purchase Obligation, and possibly, to reduce the cost of power procurement.

Jul 25, 2019 // Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited, AEML, Solar Energy Corporation of India, Asia

sPower and PSEG Long Island construct 20-MWac New York solar system

sPower, a company handling development, construction and operation of solar power facilities, and PSEG Long Island, a major electric utility provider, have completed a 20-MWac solar plant in Riverhead, New York. The project will provide power for approximately 2,870 homes annually, as New York moves to completely decarbonize its electricity system by 2040.

Jul 24, 2019 // Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, New York, sPower, PSEG Long Island, Paul Napoli, Long Island, North America

Ecuador to kick-off 500 MW renewables auction

Through the procurement exercise, the Ecuadorian government will select wind, solar and mini hydropower projects. Selected developers will be granted a 25-year PPA, while the sole off-taker of the generated energy will be state-owned utility Corporacion Electrica de Ecuador, S.A. (CELEC).

Jul 24, 2019 // Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, Ecuador, Villonaco II, Villonaco III, El Aromo, CELEC, Corporacion Electrica de Ecuador, South america

Aussie 10GW solar-plus-storage colossus gets government backing

Australian authorities have rallied behind what is arguably the largest solar-plus-storage project to be conceived in the world’s history.

Jul 22, 2019 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Australian, Michael Gunner, Northern Territory, Tennant Creek, Singapore’s SunCable, Victoria, Australia’s Smart Energy Council, Victoria’s Solar, Smart Energy Council's

Canadian Solar-owned 97.6MW PV plant powered up in Argentina

An Argentinian utility-scale PV project snapped up by Canadian Solar last year has started supplying power to the grid.

Jul 22, 2019 // Large-Scale, EPC, Argentinian, Canadian Solar, Parque Solar Cafayate, Powerchina, Argentina’s Energy Secretariat, BICE

German fund partners with ReNew Petra to develop annual 100MW of US solar

German clean energy fund Hep Kapitalverwaltung AG has entered the US distributed solar market with an investment in regional developer ReNew Petra.

Jul 18, 2019 // Large-Scale, USA, German, Hep Kapitalverwaltung AG, ReNew Petra, North Carolina, Christian Hamann, Zorya Energy Advisors, North America

The top ten winners in China’s 23GW tender

Last week the Chinese National Energy Administration (NEA) revealed the winners of its feed-in tariff (FiT) auction.

Jul 18, 2019 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, NEA, Chinese National Energy Administration, FiT, New Deal, Sungrow, China General Nuclear Power Group, China Datang, Tongwei, Guangzhou Development Group, Jinko Solar, China HuaNeng Group, China Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection Group, Singyes Solar, Carrie Xiao

Scatec Solar reaches commercial operation on 66MW PV project in Malaysia

Scatec Solar and its partners have grid connected its third solar power plant in Malaysia, the 66MW Merchang plant. Scatec now boasts a 197MW PV pipeline within the country.

Jul 18, 2019 // Large-Scale, Raymond Carlsen, PPAs, Scatec Solar, Scatec, ITRAMAS-led, Malaysia, Asia

Masdar inks MoU to develop 300 MW of solar in Armenia

The Armenian solar market has been somewhat slow to take off, but it could be experiencing a serious push, following an announcement that Abu Dhabi-based energy company Masdar plans to deploy 500 MW of solar and wind capacity in the country.

Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, David Papazian, ANIF, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar

Scatec Solar has reached commercial operation for the 66 MW Merchang solar plant

Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected its third solar power plant in Malaysia, the 66 MW (DC) Merchang plant. The company now has a total of 197 MW in operation in the country.

Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, CEO of Scatec Solar, Raymond Carlsen, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, TNB, Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs

Tunisia launches tender for another 70 MW of solar

Through this procurement exercise, the Tunisian government hopes to build six solar plants with a capacity of 10 MW each and ten 1 MW small solar parks.

Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Société Tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (STEG), STEG, Build Own Operate, BOO

Abu Dhabi turns on the 'world's biggest' single site solar plant made from 3.2MILLION panels that will supply 90,000 people with electricity

Noor Abu Dhabi, Sweihan, will reduce CO2 emissions by 1million metric tonnes Project is 3.1 square miles in size and cost the emirate £700million to build Currently, UAE have the 29th highest carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels

Jul 9, 2019 // Large-Scale

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