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EU Closes China Solar Probe Amid Firm Withdrawals
EU closes probes into Chinese bids for Romanian solar park as companies withdraw, citing commitment to EU climate goals. Controversy over subsidy regulation enforcement continues.
May 14, 2024 // Policy, Europe
Ørsted's Helena Energy Center Powers Up Texas Grid
Ørsted's Helena Energy Center in Texas is a shining example of clean energy innovation, harnessing wind and solar power to provide reliable electricity to the grid.
Jun 13, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, Ørsted, Helena Energy Center
AIIM in Talks to Sell Renewables Stake to BlackRock
AIIM seeks investors like BlackRock to expand its renewable energy business in Africa, offering a lucrative opportunity in a growing industry.
Jun 19, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, BlackRock, aiim
Infinigen Expands Solar Project with 15-MW BESS in Puerto Rico
Infinigen Renewables partners with FlexGen Systems to enhance solar project with 15-MW battery storage system in Puerto Rico. Commercial operation set for September 2025.
Apr 23, 2025 // Storage, USA, North America, Puerto Rico, Infinigen Renewables
CATL-led Indonesia Battery Integration Project breaks ground—US $6 billion for a full value-chain hub
CATL and Indonesian partners break ground on a US $6 bn integrated nickel-to-recycling battery complex; 6.9 GWh phase-one output due by end-2026.
Jul 3, 2025 // Storage, Asia, recycling, Indonesia, CATL, EVs, nickel value chain, Karawang, East Halmahera
Lightsource bp, Contact Energy Hit Financial Close on 150MW Solar
Lightsource bp and Contact Energy seal financial close on a 150MWac NZ solar project—clearing financing for construction of one of the nation’s largest renewables to boost low-carbon power.
Jun 18, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Lightsource BP, Oceania, pvpower plant, Contact Energy
Consortium gets funding for offshore PV platform
The Dutch "Merganser" consortium is obtaining project funding of EUR 7.8 million ($ 8.1 million) from the economic growth firm RVO (Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland) to create, test as well as assess its offshore photovoltaic platform.
Nov 22, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Merganser
Equinor examines developing solar project on Brazilian port
Norway's Equinor ASA (NYSE: EQNR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Brazilian private port Porto do Acu Operacoes to check into possibilities to create a solar project on the port's facilities in the next 12 months.
Feb 4, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, Equinor, Solar Project
Encavis purchases 25-MW solar project in Germany
German solar and wind farm operator Encavis AG (ETR: ECV) today revealed the acquisition of a 25-MWp solar farm incomplete near Berlin from Sunovis GmbH.
Oct 21, 2021 // Plants, Germany, Europe, encavis, Solar Project
RPCS partners with Nurturing Minds to bring e-readers to solar-powered girls’ school in Tanzania
RP Construction Services (RPCS) announced earlier this week the launch of a campaign to bring e-readers to the Secondary Education for Girls’ Advancement (SEGA) school in Morogoro, Tanzania, with the help of Nurturing Minds, a U.S.-based non-profit organization.
Sep 9, 2019 // Solar, USA, Africa, North America, RPCS, SEGA, Morogoro, Tanzania, Nurturing Minds, Laura DeDominicis
Hawaii’s Trailblazing Solar Market Continues to Struggle Without Net Metering
Hawaii’s residential solar market continues to contract, a phenomenon the industry largely attributes to policy changes that went into effect after the state ended net energy metering in 2015.
Aug 8, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Tariffs, Policy, Sunrun, Hawaii, HSEA, Will Giese, NEM, Marco Mangelsdorf
Australia’s Townsville battery gigafactory reaches new milestone
Plans to develop an 18 GWh lithium-ion battery factory in northern Queensland have reached an important milestone with the project feasibility study submitted to the Queensland government.
Oct 4, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, lithium-ion battery, Siemens, Magnis Energy, James Cook University, Edify Energy, Cameron Dick, Durr Megtec, Ausenco
Solar Hybrid Solutions Firm Zola Electric Increases $90 million
Earnings to be utilized to more create ZOLA Electric's technology, go into brand-new markets as well as drive distributed renewable resource
Lead investors consist of TotalEnergies Ventures, DBL Partners, Helios Investment Partners as well as Electron Capital Partners
Sep 24, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Distributed Energy, bill lenihan, edouard bulteau, fund raise, nancy pfund, total energies, ZOLA Electric, ZOLA flex
Argentina stakes claim to Latin American PV crown with 300MW launch
Argentina has staked a claim to Latin American solar records after wrapping up the extension of a complex that could reach gigawatt-scale proportions within 10 years.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, Argentina, South america, Asia, cauchari, jujuy, jemse, shanghai electric, power china, Gerardo Morales, Eduardo Macri
New Obton-Shannon Energy JV to spend €300m on 500MW of PV in Ireland
Danish renewables investor and developer Obton Energy has formed a joint venture with Irish solar developer Shannon Energy to develop 500MW of solar in Ireland over five years.
Jan 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Ireland, Europe, obton, ress 1, joint venture, shannon energy, Gerry Shannon, Anders Marcus