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Dominion Energy to add 150MW PV installation to Virginia pipeline

Dominion Energy is adding a 150MW PV project in Prince George County, Virginia, that will stand as the largest solar installation in Dominion Energy's portfolio within the state.

Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, North America, dominion

Energy Taiwan 2019 Talk: JNV Solar Power

JNV Solar Power has added its name to the service providers working to seize the window opened by Taiwan’s solar ambitions, PV Tech heard at last month’s Energy Taiwan 2019.

Nov 1, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, pv inverters, Huawei, Taiwan, jnv, Leanne Wong

French Development Agency helps Mozambique build 80 MW of solar capacity

Two PV plants are set to be built under the Project for Promotion of Auctions for Renewable Energies program, being implemented with the support of Mozambican utility Electricidade de Mocambique, which is likely to be the future off-taker of the solar energy generated.

Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec Solar, tender, Africa, Mozambique, French Development Agency, PROLER

Turks and Caicos launches Clinton Foundation-backed energy strategy

The government of the Turks and Caicos Islands, utility FortisTCI and the non-profit Clinton Foundation inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to kick off the initiatives in the country’s new energy transition strategy.

Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, utility-scale PV, Caribbean, fortistci, rocky mountain institute, clinton foundation

Off-grid solar sector witnesses sales of 4.1 million products in six months

Industry body Gogla and the World Bank’s Lighting Global program said the last six months set a record for off-grid solar deployment. Solar home systems and other small off-grid appliances are being used in ever larger numbers.

Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Asia, Africa, Gogla, Lighting Global

Netherlands puts forward €5 billion in new clean energy subsidies

The Netherlands has launched the latest round of its renewable energy subsidy programme SDE+ this week, with a budget to the tune of €5 billion (~US$5.6 billion).

Oct 31, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, subsidy, subsidy-free, sde+, holland, dutch

Acciona inks PPA with state-run desalination plant in Chile

Acciona has signed a supply deal with Chilean water utility Empresa Concesionaria de Servicios Sanitarios SA (ECONSSA Chile) that will fulfil the energy needs of a water desalination plant set to come online in the Atacama desert next year.

Oct 31, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, PPA, Chile, South america, Latin america, Acciona

Origis Energy hires RES to build 57.5MW Georgia project

US renewables developer Origis Energy revealed on Tuesday that it had hired Renewable Energy Systems (RES) for engineering, procurement and construction of its 57.5MW solar farm in Mitchell County, Georgia.

Oct 31, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, Europe, North America, renewable energy systems, origis

Haryana opens 20MW solar tender

Haryana Power Generation Corporation (HPGCL) has issued a tender for a 20MW grid-connected solar project at an old ash dyke, Faridabad, in the North Indian state of Haryana.

Oct 31, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Haryana, tender, Asia, hpgcl

Adani puts ambitious Australia solar energy plans on hold

Adani has put on hold ambitious plans to invest A$2bn-A$3bn in solar plants in Australia, blaming regulatory hitches that it said were causing delays for renewable operators seeking to connect to the National Grid.

Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Adani, Lucas Dow, Andrew Blakers

Cranberry farmers want to build solar panels over their bogs

America’s cranberry industry is looking to solar power for relief as it struggles with plummeting fruit prices.

Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Jordan Macknick, Michael Wainio

When are solar panels acceptable on historic buildings?

A study from Sweden seeks to consider how PV could be sympathetically installed on historic buildings. The researchers propose a target-based approach for assessing panel visibility.

Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Sweden, Solar Panels, Europe

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

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