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Macquarie announces major 20GW clean energy drive
Macquarie Group intends to build a 20GW renewables pipeline over the next five years through its Green Investment Group (GIG), the green finance bank it purchased from the British government in 2017.
Sep 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, macquarie, solarcentury, David Cameron, Green Investment Group
Lightsource BP closes financing on first utility-scale Australia project, boasts bifacial prominence
Lightsource BP has signed financing agreements to develop its maiden utility-scale solar project in Australia.
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, Australia, pv power plants, solar pv, bifacial, Lightsource BP, Adam Pegg, Oceania, finance
Sri Lanka Accelerates Roof Solar Investments, Says No to New Coal
ADB has funded a system of Ari Lanka to supply 4% rate of interest fundings to citizens for installing roof solar.
Island can cut 4% of greenhouse gas discharges by eliminating new coal power by 2030.
Aug 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Asia, Sri Lanka, Renewable Electricity, Coal power, Renewable Energy Goals
ANZ, CEFC deepen ties to help businesses invest in PV, EVs, storage
Australian banking and financial services giant ANZ has extended its collaboration with Sydney-based Clean Energy Finance Corp. via an additional $67.7 million financing commitment to help the nation’s businesses cut energy costs and reduce carbon emissions. The bank is also offering financial discounts for upgrades and new investments in solar PV, energy storage, electric vehicles and other technologies.
Aug 21, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, storage, Australia, rooftop, solar pv, Sydney, Oceania, Clean Energy Finance Corp., ANZ, Isaac Rankin, Energy Efficient Asset Finance program, Ian Learmonth
Major solar projects change hands in Colorado, California
The US renewables business of Japanese oil and gas major Idemitsu Kosan has bought a 100MW solar project in Colorado from GCL New Energy, a subsidiary of China's GCL New Energy Holdings.
Sep 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Grids, California, USA, Colorado, North America, GCL New Energy, acquisitions,, project acquisitions, 8minute, allianz global investors, solar frontier americas, Charles Pimentel, 8minute Solar Energy
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power acquires 123-MW solar project from First Solar
First Solar announced that Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, a personal business handled by the Renewable Power Group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), got the 123-MWAC American Kings Solar project in a transaction that shut at the end of June 2020. Found in Kings County, California, the project is backed by a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison as well as is set up to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, First Solar, Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, Eric Heintz, Greg Roer, Richard Romero
Voltalia Secures £20 Million to Build UK Solar Park
Voltalia has secured a £20 million financing package from Triodos Bank UK to fund its 34 MW Eastgate solar park in North Yorkshire, delivering renewable power under a 15-year PPA.
May 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, power purchase agreement, triodos bank, Eastgate Solar, UK Renewables
MIGA backs CrossBoundary with $495m guarantees for African energy expansion
MIGA’s US $495 m guarantee package will help CrossBoundary Energy deploy 100+ distributed solar, wind and battery projects in 20 African countries over 15 years.
Jul 24, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, MIGA, DRE
DSD Renewables Secures $238 Million For 233-MW US Solar Portfolio
DSD Renewables lands $238 million from First Citizens, Nomura and MUFG to deploy 233 MW of distributed solar plus storage across 12 US states and DC.
Jul 31, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, solar financing, DSD Renewables, First Citizens Bank
Sunly Raises €85 Million For Latvia’s 329-MW Solar Cluster Project
Sunly secures €85 million from EIB, EBRD, and SEB to build 329 MW of solar parks across Latvia, creating hybrid hubs that will add wind and storage in future.
Aug 4, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, financing, Sunly, Latvia, Baltic
Qair Secures Funding for Hybrid Solar Storage Portfolio Transforming Mauritius
French IPP Qair lines up loans to build 60 MW of solar-plus-battery plants, helping Mauritius curb diesel imports.
Aug 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, IPP Qair
Iraq's Solar Sunrise: Inching Toward Renewable Hope
Iraq is tapping into solar power to resolve chronic electricity shortages and access clean energy. With over 70 buildings solarized since 2020, Iraq is leading the way in renewable energy and offering $750 million in zero-interest loans to further its cause.
Nov 2, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Iraq
Neoen Secures Financing for South Australia Wind and Battery Project
Neoen secures financing for a 203 MW wind project and a 238.5 MW/477 MWh battery storage scheme in South Australia, providing renewable energy to mining group BHP.
Feb 6, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, South Australia, neoen
Scatec activate its 3rd solar park in Ukraine
Norway's Scatec Solar ASA (OSL: SSO) has hooked to the grid the 32-MW Kamianka plant in Ukraine's Cherkasy area, hence completing its third project in the nation.
Dec 30, 2020 // Plants, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec, Ukraine, Europe, Solar Park
Sonnedix, Cox Energy America get to fin close for 160-MWp PV project in Chile
Solar-focused independent power manufacturer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd on Thursday claimed that it has actually shut funding for a 160-MWp solar project in Chile, alongside its joint-venture partner Cox Energy America SAB de CV (BMV: COXA).
May 20, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Sonnedix, Chile, South america, Solar Project, Cox Energy America










