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UK water business seeks solar energy from large scale, rooftop and floating plants
Southern Water has issued a request for information to source solar energy through bilateral power purchase agreements. The business is thinking about buying power from a blend of generation facilities.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Floating PV, UK, floating PV, Europe, rooftop PV, large scale plants
Foresight bags maiden EDF PPA deal for Spanish project
Solar investor Foresight has penned a 10-year power purchase agreement with EDF Trading for a 50MW project in Spain.
Dec 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, EDF, Europe, subsidy-free, foresight froup, Carlos Rey, Philipp Büssenschütt
EU and AfDB to fund Rural Electrification in Togo to a tune of €12million
The EU and AfDF to fund rural electrification program in Togo to a tune of 12 million Euros
Dec 23, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, off-grid solar, Africa, AfDB, Togo, EU, solar pump
Lightsource BP obtains nod for 400MW Oz solar
Wellington North project in NSW adjoins the 200MW near-complete Wellington PV farm
May 13, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Lightsource BP, Adam Pegg, Oceania, Solar Project
Boikanyo solar power plant (50 MWp) begins business operations
The Boikanyo solar photovoltaic or pv power plant is beginning its business procedures in South Africa. The plant in the Northern Cape Province has a capability of 50 MWp. This power is fed into the grid of the state-owned business Eskom.
Aug 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant, Boikanyo solar plant
Vikram Solar files for IPO to raise funds for 2GW cell and also module production facility
Vikram Solar has actually filed draft papers for its initial public offering (IPO) as it seeks to raise funds for a 2GW integrated cell as well as module factory in India.
Mar 24, 2022 // Manufacturing News, India, Tamil Nadu, IPO, Asia, Vikram Solar, PLI, initial public offering, production-linked incentive
Origin bags 900MW Oz solar project
Yarrabee site in NSW consists of a 450MW initial plant with planning approval to double the capacity
Apr 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, Origin, Oz solar project, Greg Jarvis
Voltalia to develop 123MW Uzbek solar farm
The project is scheduled for commissioning in 2024
Dec 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, tender, Asia, Uzbekistan, solar farm
Matrix Renewables closes EUR40m Spanish solar financing
Zaratán and Arroyadas projects in Valladolid will have an integrated capacity of 66MW when constructed
Feb 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Matrix Renewables
Two big solar farms captured in grid congestion pulled from sale
2 of the big solar farms caught up in newly verified congestion problems in the New South Wales grid-- exposed by RenewEconomy on Monday-- have been drawn from sale.
Aug 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, John Laing, Decmil
Johnson Controls partners with Capital Dynamics to increase funding for solar or battery storage projects
Johnson Controls announced a partnership with Capital Dynamics to increase the amount of capital available for customers in North America working on solar or battery storage projects. The agreement will grant easier access to funding for Johnson Controls customers using a Power Purchase Agreement for projects of varying sizes, starting at $1 million, by aggregating them into a larger portfolio of projects.
Aug 26, 2019 // Storage, Capital Dynamics, storage, North America, Johnson Controls, Brandie Williams, Benoit Allehaut
European Investment Bank and FMO go halves on 80MW of Kenyan solar
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Dutch development bank FMO have agreed to finance the construction and operation of a duo of Kenyan solar plants that have a combined capacity of 80MW.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, utility-scale PV, Kenya, Africa, east africa, european investment bank, frontier energ, fmo, grid-connected pv, David Langat, Ayaz Merali
EV battery passport to drive stationary storage space 2nd life in the UK
Electric vehicle producer Electra has subscribed to make use of a system which checks use throughout a gadget's in-vehicle lifetime to evaluate the potential for more usage in stationary applications.
Jun 24, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, EV, Electra
NTPC gets 500 MW solar project management contract from Mali
After a 285 MW award from Togo, this is the 2nd such overseas contract for the state-owned power manufacturer which aims to anchor 10 GW of solar parks in ISA participant countries over two years.
Jun 25, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, NTPC, Asia, Africa, Mali, Togo
English councils tender for solar car parks and storage space
2 regional authorities on the English southern coastline hurt for as much as 250 kW of solar generation capacity as well as at least 300 kWh of energy storage space under a setup which should not cost the cash-strapped councils a cent.
Aug 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Transport, UK, tender, Europe, solar car park