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Qair inks PPAs for 60-MW of solar-storage projects in Mauritius
French renewable power producer Qair has secured power off-take deals for four hybrid solar and battery storage space projects in Mauritius that will add 60 MW of capacity to the neighborhood electricity grid.
Mar 6, 2023 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, PPA, Africa, Qair, Mauritius, solar-storage projects
Clearway Energizes Solar-Storage Mega-Complex in California
Clearway Energy Group shines bright in Riverside County with 463 MW of solar and 186 MW in battery storage, powering 205,000 homes and a USD 1 billion investment.
Apr 19, 2024 // Storage, California, USA, North America, Clearway Energy Group
World Bank funds Uzbekistan's first solar-storage project
World Bank backs Uzbekistan's first solar project with energy storage, led by Masdar. A game-changer in Central Asia's renewable energy landscape.
May 22, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, world bank, Uzbekistan
Ark Energy's 300-MW Wind Farm Approved in Tasmania
Ark Energy's St Patricks Plains Wind Farm approved in Tasmania, with plans for a 500-MW solar project in New South Wales. Sustainable energy on the rise!
Jul 30, 2024 // Plants, Tasmania, Ark Energy
Corporate solar funding increases with PV assets in 'excellent demand'
There was a more than fourfold increase in corporate solar funding in Q1 2021 compared with the same quarter last year, in the middle of strong need for PV properties around the world, according to brand-new analysis by Mercom Capital.
Apr 16, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, investment, solar finance, Raj Prabhu, m&a, solar investment, Mercom Capital, acquisition, project acquisition
Biden Administration Picks 5 GW Mega Solar Project in Africa
Mega Solar is a partnership in between the Govts of Namibia and also Botswana, and others, which is expected to create as much as 5 GW of solar energy.
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Botswana, Namibia, International, biden, Mega Solar, Mark Carrato, Ambassador Johnson, Power Africa
Record 102 Bidders for 2.6 GW South Africa RE Tender
The high action indicates exactly how the tide has actually turned in favour of renewables in South Africa, otherwise a slow-moving transform to sustainable. Issues with its distribution companies has been condemned for much of the hold-ups in embracing renewable energy by South Africa.
Aug 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, South Africa, dmre, Department of Mineral Resources and Energy, Renewable Energy IPP Procurement Programme, REIPPPP
US-Based Odyssey Raises $5.34 m to Expand Distributed RE
The funding was led by Equal Ventures as well as the participating capitalists included Twelve Below, Abstract Ventures, Founder Collective, and MCJ Collective. The new funding will certainly be made use of to release new financial products for DRE in emerging markets.
Sep 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Nigeria Electrification Project, Abstract Ventures, Cathy Zoi, Distributed Renewable Energy, Emily McAteer, Equal Ventures, Founder Collective, MCJ Collective, Odyssey Energy Solutions, Rick Zullo, Twelve Below
AMEA Power to construct 2 solar energy plants in Morocco
Both solar projects will certainly become part of the very first phase of Noor PV II Programme. AMEA Power will certainly create 2 solar plants each having a capacity of 36 MW.
Apr 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, amea power, Wind Energy, solar power plants, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy, Noor PV II Programme
PV waste: 28 tons collected in Panama and Senegal
The PV Cycle Association collects and recycles PV waste. Having treated more than 30,000 tons since its creation, it estimates 150,000 tons of PV modules will reach the end of their lifecycle by 2030.
Sep 5, 2019 // Solar, Latin america, Europe, Africa, PV Cycle Association, PV waste, Bertrand Lempkowicz, Senegal
Scatec Solar Passes 1.5 GW Mark for Operational PV Projects
Scatec Solar has actually passed the landmark of 1.5 GW solar ability in operation internationally with the appointing of its newest 54 MW project in Ukraine
May 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec Solar, Ukraine, Europe, International, Projects
Canadian Solar Bags 256 MW Contracts For South Africa Largest Solar PPAs
Canadian Solar Inc. has introduced that its majority-owned subsidiary CSI Solar Co., Ltd. (" CSI Solar") signed a 256 MW solar module contract with SOLA Group, a Cape Town-based independent power producer. The 256 MWs will supply the first two biggest utility-scale solar energy projects in South Africa, which are based on private power purchase agreements (PPAs).
Dec 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, PPA, Africa, sola group, South Africa, Shawn Qu, BiHiKu7 modules, CSI Solar co, Dom Wills
Tunisia Comes Up With Solar Power Tenders Of 1 GW
The Tunisian government wishes to develop 8 solar power plants having capacities of 100 MW in the very first procurement exercise. Tenders will be granted in four various rounds.
Jan 10, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, STEG, Tunisia, Africa, Solar Power Projects, Hecha, Khobna, Société tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz, Tunisia PPAs, Tunisian
BLM Greenlights Avangrid's 44-MW Solar Park in California
BLM approves Avangrid's 44-MW Camino solar project in Kern County, California. The venture will create jobs, increase clean energy access, and enhance the state's power grid reliability.
Feb 1, 2024 // Plants, California, USA, North America, avangrid, Solar Park, BLM
Ranking Top 10 Solar Tracker Firms Worldwide
A solar tracker is a device released along with solar panels, guiding the latter in the direction of the sun. Trackers not just increase the energy capture yet additionally further boost the effectiveness of the total power generation procedure via reducing the angle of occurrence-- or the angle that a ray of light makes with a line perpendicular to the surface-- in between the incoming light and also the panel.
Jun 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Nextracker, Array Technologies, solar trackers, Global Market Insights Inc