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Schneider Picks ACEN to Green Cavite Factories
Schneider Electric taps ACEN to power five Cavite sites with 100% renewables via GEOP—Luzon eco-zone first, 11,600t CO2 avoided—setting a scalable corporate PPA blueprint for Southeast Asia.
Jan 7, 2026 // Plants, Asia, Schneider Electric, Philippines, ACEN
Saudi Arabia Unveils 4.5 GW Renewable Energy Tender
Saudi Arabia accelerates its green revolution, launching a tender for 4.5 GW of solar and wind projects, aiming for 50% renewable energy by 2030. Bright future ahead!
Sep 25, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, tender, Asia
African Infrastructure Gets Boost From $12 Billion Climate Fund
GCF commits $253.7 million to AFC Capital Infrastructure Fund Equity financial investment is largest made by GCF in Africa to date
Mar 21, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, gcf, AFC Capital Infrastructure Fund
Secure Solar Futures sets up 313-kW array atop Virginia homeless shelter
This month, CARITAS started powering its one-of-a-kind healing and homeless solutions facility in Richmond, Virginia, with solar power.
Dec 6, 2022 // Plants, CARITAS, Secure Solar Futures, Ryan McAllister, Karen Stanley
Various joint ventures complete 195MW of PV projects in Egypt’s Benban
A joint venture between Elsewedy Electric and EDF, along with Scatec Solar and its respective partners, have both commissioned PV projects near Benban, Egypt with a combined generation capacity of 195MW.
Aug 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec Solar, EDF, Asia, Africa, Elsewedy Electric and EDF, Benban, Egypt, Ahmad El Mokadem
Various joint ventures complete 195MW of PV projects in Egypt’s Benban
A joint venture between Elsewedy Electric and EDF, along with Scatec Solar and its respective partners, have both commissioned PV projects near Benban, Egypt with a combined generation capacity of 195MW.
Aug 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec Solar, EDF, Asia, Africa, Benban, Egypt, Ahmad El Mokadem, elsewedy
Dutch government seeks to privatize Tennet
Tennet needs more than €4.75 billion to invest in cross-border grid infrastructure between Germany and the Netherlands, as rising volumes of solar and wind are complicating network operations, said Dutch Finance Minister Wopke Hoekstra in a recent letter to the Dutch parliament, adding that the government may need to privatize the state-owned transmission system operator or sell off a stake in it.
Sep 16, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, Tennet, Wopke Hoekstra
Shumba Breaks Ground on 100-MW Botswana Solar Farm
Shumba Energy begins construction of its 100‑MW Tati Solar Project near Francistown, Botswana—an investment over BWP 1B—targeting commercial operations in 2027 and powering SAPP.
Jun 22, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Africa, Botswana, PV Power Plant, Shumba
Multilateral lenders finance Armenia's biggest PV plant
It has actually been 2 years because Fotowatio Renewable Ventures won the bid to create the 55 MW site as well as with money ultimately protected, the construct can proceed.
Jul 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, tender, Europe, Armenia, PV Power Plant, Mikel de Irala, Andrea Wiktorin
Global Grid Battery Storage space Capability will Likely Get to 134.6 GW by 2030: F&S
As more nations dedicate to renewable energy, F&S forecasts the global grid battery storage space capability to likely reach 134.6 GW by 2030.
Apr 16, 2021 // Storage, USA, China, Battery Storage, Asia, North America, Market research, Frost and Sullivan, Global Battery Storage Capacity
MENA to include 50GW of utility-scale solar by 2030, report says
Countries between East as well as North Africa have plans to increase utility-scale solar capacity by 49.5 GW by 2030, according to Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
Jun 30, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa, middle east, mena, Morocco
Meyer Burger resists rebel shareholder at EGM
The Swiss solar equipment supplier today fought off an attempt by its largest single shareholder to have a representative appointed to its board and to have its executive pay regime reviewed. Victory in that battle may secure the company some wiggle room, but the war over corporate strategy appears far from over.
Oct 31, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Europe, meyer burger, Switzerland, EGM, Mark Kerekes, Sentis
BayWa r.e. eyes 163MW mega solar project
BayWa r.e. is intending the development of a 163MW solar project in South Derbyshire.
Sep 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, baywa r.e., Solar Project
Japan's policymakers authorize higher 2030 renewable energy target
The Cabinet of Japan's government has authorized a plan to increase the national target for renewable energy in the electrical energy generation mix to in between 36% as well as 38% by 2030.
Oct 25, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, policy, decarbonisation, net zero, cop26, deployment target, energy security
$1.5 B Solar Desalination Plant Proposed in Egypt, reports Bloomberg
A three-company consortium remains in discussions with Egypt's sovereign riches fund to partner on the project that would certainly comply with a construct, have, run and move system.
Feb 24, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Scatec, Asia, Africa, Egypt, Metito Holdings Ltd., Orascom Construction, solar desalination plant, Water Needs