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Zimbabwe gold mine to be powered by PV
Caledonian Mining has exposed strategies to build a $13 million solar plant at the Blanket golden goose in southern Zimbabwe. It elevated funds for the project via a share sale.
Sep 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining
Gambia plans 150 MW solar project with 20 MWh storage option
The solar park will be connected to the Soma substation, a piece of grid infrastructure expected to increase electricity access in the country to 60%. The project will add to 30 MW of other solar facilities under development in the West African nation.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, storage, Africa, Gambia, ECOWAS, National Water & Electricity Company Ltd
Stock markets pumped $1.3bn into solar in the last quarter
Fundraising activity for solar leaped in the July-to-September period to provide healthy quarterly and year-so-far comparisons on 2018.
Oct 8, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Mercom Capital Group, bboxx, Raj Prabhu, ReNew Power
Burkina Faso gold mines to get 13 MW solar-plus-storage
Renewable energy is rapidly being adopted by mining companies as the combination of off-grid power and cheaply available renewables offers a strong business case.
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Total Eren, PV plant, solar-plus-storage, Africa, nordgold, Burkina Faso, Nikolai Zelenski
Nigeria to construct new solar-powered mini grids
PowerGen has completed installation of a new Nigeria-based mini grid and is planning the development of 9 other projects, all supported by the World Bank.
Dec 30, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Africa, Nigeria, PowerGen, Niger
Two new solar panel factory to be developed
According to the first annual report of the Commissariat for Renewable Energies and also Energy Efficiency (Cerefe), 2 new factories for the manufacturing of photovoltaic panels will certainly quickly see the light of day in Algeria. These installments developed by Milltech and also Zergoun Green Energy can provide 260 MWp of solar panels per year.
Dec 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Africa, Algeria, plant
Masdar targets 2GW Tanzania renewables pipe
Partnership with state power company will originally target 600MW of wind and also solar
Aug 9, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Masdar, Africa, Tanzania, Abdulla Zayed, Maharage Chande
Colombia backs PV plant as president touts clean energy shift at UN summit
One of the largest solar projects to date in Colombia has cleared a key planning hurdle as president Iván Duque promised clean energy leadership at this week’s UN summit.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canadian Solar, pv power plants, pv modules, South america, auctions, policy and regulation, tenders, Colombia, Iván Duque
AES on track for 2022 renewables contract targets, driven by United States market
Energy technology company AES Corporation is still on track to reach its target of 4.5-5.5 GW in long-lasting renewables and also energy storage contracts in 2022, having actually currently signed 1,618 MW in the year to date, according the firm's Q2 economic report.
Aug 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, pv power plants, financial results, AES, us, AES Corporation, project pipeline
Building starts on 200MWh Fluence BESS projects in Lithuania for 2022 conclusion
Building has started on the initial of four battery energy storage space systems (BESS) amounting to 200MW/200MWh from worldwide system integrator Fluence in Lithuania.
Jun 30, 2022 // Storage, Blockchain, Ukraine, Europe, investment, lithium-ion, Lithuania, EU, Fluence, Siemens Energy, renewables integration
Projekt Solartechnik secures PPA for 22 MW of Polish PV farms
Polish renewable resource developer Projekt Solartechnik (PST) stated today it will provide power from solar (PV) farms of a total of 22 MW to domestic renewable energy trader Respect Energy for nearly six years under a power purchase agreement (PPA).
Jan 19, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, PV Power Plant
NSW provides preparing nod to Akaysha's Waratah Super Battery project
The New South Wales federal government today stated it has awarded intending authorization for the 909 MW/1,915 MWh Waratah Super Battery project proposed by BlackRock Real Assets' Akaysha Energy.
Feb 23, 2023 // Storage, new south wales, Akaysha Energy
Terna bags enviro permit for 241-MW solar park in Greece
A solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) project with a capacity of 240.7 MW in Greece has been granted environmental approval by the country's Ministry of the Interior, the latter announced on Friday.
Mar 21, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, Solar Park, Terna
Solar O&M expert Nomad Electric goes into Romanian market
By opening its new Bucharest office, the team is expanding beyond its core market in Poland
Nov 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania, Nomad Electric
RIC Energy starts 23-MWp solar project in Uganda
Spanish solar PV developer RIC Energy revealed on Wednesday it had actually launched building of a 23-MWp solar (PV) farm in Uganda.
Jul 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, RIC Energy, Uganda, Solar Project