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UK Carbon Capture Company Storegga Raises ₤ 51.3 m Funding
Storegga introduced a ₤ 51.3 m funding increase on May 17 from a host of international backers. UK firms delighted in the confidence of international financiers depending on it to drive the transition to net zero.
May 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, decarbonisation, Carbon Capture, Foreign capital, Renewable, Storegga
Scatec funds 540MW South African solar portfolio
Construction will now kick off at three PV sites as well as a 225MW storage facility in the Kenhardt region
Jul 20, 2022 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Scatec, Africa, South Africa, Terje Pilskog, Jan Fourie
UBS Asset Management gets 700MW ERCOT BESS portfolio from Black Mountain Energy Storage
Programmer Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES) has marketed 700MW of development-stage projects to UBS Asset Management, its third substantial sale in the Texas ERCOT market in 2 months.
Aug 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Texas, investment, lithium-ion, North America, ERCOT, asset management, grid stabilising, renewables integration, standalone battery storage
Natixis leads US$ 360 million financing round for 360MW of distributed generation in Chile
Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) has actually led a US$ 360 million financing round for a Chilean PV portfolio consisting of more than 360MW.
Aug 23, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Natixis, Chile, South america, project financing, pmgd, cc&l infrastructure, distributed generation, carbonfree technology
Terra-Gen arranges funds for Phase 2 of massive solar-storage project
US independent renewable resource supplier Terra-Gen LLC stated today it has actually shut a USD-959-million (EUR 963.4 m) financing for the 2nd phase of its Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage facility in California.
Sep 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, terra-gen, Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage, Jim Pagano
Canadian Solar-owned 97.6MW PV plant powered up in Argentina
An Argentinian utility-scale PV project snapped up by Canadian Solar last year has started supplying power to the grid.
Jul 22, 2019 // Large-Scale, EPC, Argentinian, Canadian Solar, Parque Solar Cafayate, Powerchina, Argentina’s Energy Secretariat, BICE
Sonnedix breaks ground on 171MW PV plant in Chile’s Atacama
Sonnedix has marked the launch of construction works for a large-scale solar installation in Chile’s Atacama desert, with a view to power up the plant late next year.
Aug 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, IPP, Sonnedix, Chile, solar pv, utility-scale PV, plants, South america, Latin america, ground-breaking, atacama, atacama desert
Maharashtra eyes tariff cap of around US$0.040/kWh for new PV tender
India’s Maharashtra state has launched a process to procure a major slice of grid-linked solar power, pushing for low prices in line with earlier tenders this year.
Aug 29, 2019 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Tariffs, India, tender, Asia, tariff, prices, maharashtra, Vinay Rustagi
Africa’s ‘largest’ solar-plus-wind-plus-storage project unveiled
Japanese developer Eurus Energy and Australian-headquartered wind developer Windlab have signed a deal with Kenyan authorities to develop an 80MW solar-plus-wind-plus-storage facility in central Kenya.
Sep 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, Windlab, solar-plus-wind-plus-storage, Africa, Eurus Energy
Uzbekistan launches rebate program for rooftop PV
The Uzbek government last week opened a rooftop solar program which provides 30% of the initial costs for buying and installing a PV system, up to around $320 per project. Tax incentives are also available.
Sep 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, Canadian Solar, Asia, Uzbekistan
North Macedonia’s 35 MW solar tender attracts 82 bids
The government intends to build a 25 MW solar park in Sveti Nikole and a 10 MW facility in Makedonski Brod. The feed-in premium granted to the winning bids has been capped at €15/MWh.
Sep 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, North Macedonia, Kreshnik Bektashi, Sveti Nikole
Zimbabwe introduces smart-meter-led web metering as well as 500 MW solar tender
Utility the Zimbabwe Electricity Distribution Company has actually used solar energy system-owning consumers the possibility to run under brand-new web metering regulations. The state-owned utility has actually additionally begun tendering for an overall 500 MW of solar generation capability, according to Reuters.
May 18, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, Zimbabwe, Zetdc
Floating solar park starts commercial operations in Germany
Designer 7C Solarparken has actually deployed a 729 kW floating system on a lake near Salzwedel. Power trader Next Kraftwerke will incorporate power produced at the site into its virtual nuclear power plant.
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, 7C Solarparken, Steven De Proost
sPower finishes up financing for firm's largest solar project to date
United States independent power producer (IPP) sPower has wrapped up financing for its biggest project to date after safeguarding a US$ 700 million construction/term car loan.
Jul 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, sPower, Virginia, pv power plants, North America, Brian Callaway, spotsylvania solar
SNEC: Yingli Solar heightens ties with Chinese PV firms
China's Yingli Solar is partnering with a variety of high-profile players in its domestic market to achieve mutually useful undertakings as well as promote the country's tidy energy market.
Aug 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Yingli Solar