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Hycsa Launches Green Capital Division for Solar Projects
Grupo Hycsa launches HYCSA Green Capital, focusing on renewable energy and sustainability to reduce carbon footprint and provide affordable energy solutions in Latin America.
Aug 12, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, PV Power Plant, Grupo Hycsa launches HYCSA Green Capital
7X Energy stockpiles 2GWac of inverters to make most of closing ITC window
Solar and storage developer 7X Energy has spent more than US$100 million to stockpile 2GWac of Power Electronics inverters in order to take advantage of the full investment tax credit (ITC) before it starts to taper next year.
Oct 10, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, USA, SunPower, Inverters, North America, 7x energy, power electronics, hannon armstrong sustainable infrastructure capital, Clay Butler
Bidders line up for Ecuador renewables auction
The final results of the exercise, which attracted 22 participants, will be known on April 15. A 200 MW solar project will be assigned in the auction, with the winning bidder for that facility securing a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Nov 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Ecuador, South america, auction, Carlos St. James
Kenya’s Kisumu County launches tender for solar mini-grids
The local authority is seeking proposals to build mini-grids with generation capacities of more than 5 kW to power hospitals, markets, water pumping and street lighting. The council has expressed a strong preference for the build, operate and transfer project development model.
Nov 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, tender, Kenya, Africa, mini-grids
LONGi walks wafer rates as prices volatility set to remain
LONGi has increased its wafer rates for the very first time in almost two months with the market supported for continued high prices throughout the remainder of the year.
Aug 20, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tongwei, polysilicon, solar cell, Daqo New Energy, LONGi, solar wafer
Exclusive company gets Swinerton Renewable Energy and SOLV
Personal equity strong American Securities has entered an agreement to obtain Swinerton Renewable Energy, the renewable energy division of Swinerton Builders, and wholly-owned subsidiary SOLV from Swinerton Incorporated.
Sep 21, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Swinerton Renewable Energy, North America, George Hershman, SOLV, American Securities, Kevin Penn
Azure Power appoints new CEO following April resignations
Indian independent power manufacturer (IPP) Azure Power has appointed Harsh Shah as CEO, reliable from 1 July, following the resignation of its previous CEO, Ranjit Gupta, last month.
May 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Azure Power, ceo, executive appointments, harsh shah
EDF Renewables Signs1 GW of Solar & Storage Projects in New York
EDF Renewables will install a 350 MWac solar power plant with 20 MW of co-located storage in the towns of Columbia and Litchfield. EDF Renewables will install a 350 MWac solar power plant with 20 MW of co-located storage in Niagara County's Hartland. EDF Renewables will install a 240 MWac solar power plant with 20 MW of co-located storage in St. Lawrence County.
Jun 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, clean energy, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, tender, EDF Renewables, International, Solar Project
Maxwell, Cybrid utilize light conversion film to enhance HJT module power output
Solar cell production equipment vendor Suzhou Maxwell Technologies has boosted the power of a 60-cell heterojunction (HJT) module by more than 5W thanks to the addition of a light conversion film.
Apr 20, 2022 // Manufacturing News, heterojunction, HJT, maxwell technologies, cybrid
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
Sterling and Wilson Solar to launch IPO this week
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group’s solar EPC business will hit the capital markets with an initial public offering on Aug. 6.
Aug 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, IPO, SWSL, utility-scale PV
Is a California solar+storage boom about to happen?
The California Independent System Operator has warned state regulators that there could be a 4.7 GW capacity shortfall in 2022, in the early evening hours of the annual peak demand events of September. The grid operator has suggested the alteration of water cooling laws, as well as increased procurement of resources.
Aug 21, 2019 // Storage, Grids, Solar, California, USA, California Independent System Operator, grid operator, California Public Utilities Commission
North Macedonia’s 35 MW solar tender attracts 82 bids
The government intends to build a 25 MW solar park in Sveti Nikole and a 10 MW facility in Makedonski Brod. The feed-in premium granted to the winning bids has been capped at €15/MWh.
Sep 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, North Macedonia, Kreshnik Bektashi, Sveti Nikole
UK comes in second in new European PPA Index
Brand-new analysis has actually located that the UK has the 2nd highest percentage of jobs with PPA provides out of fourteen European nations.
Jul 28, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, Europe, Jason Tundermann
EBRD may fund ACWA's 200 MW solar plant in Egypt with $54 million car loan
The $155,4 million project was secured by the Saudi energy giant with a tender held in 2019. The center will sell power at a rate of $0.02752/ kWh.
Sep 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, EBRD, Asia, Africa, Egypt, PV Power Plant