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VH Global buys 2nd Aussie solar farm under strategy to add storage to PV
UK investment firm VH Global Lasting Energy Opportunities (LON: GSEO) has actually settled the purchase of a 10.9-MW solar farm site in Queensland, Australia, spending GBP 5.9 million (USD 7.8 m/EUR 6.9 m), the firm stated today.
Dec 8, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, solar farm, VH Global
Idemitsu Completes Financing for 50 MW Solar Project in California
Idemitsu Renewables has actually introduced that it has actually closed on debt funding for its 50 MWp Central 40 solar project in Stanislaus County, California.
Jul 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, North America, International, Solar Project, Idemitsu, Cary Vandenberg, Andrew Redinger
Brookfield Renewable Issues CAD 400m Bond for Green Projects
Brookfield Renewable's CAD 400 million bond offering fuels green energy projects, with attractive interest rates and strong guarantees, backed by top financial institutions.
Jul 16, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Brookfield Renewable
Iberdrola launches a huge energy storage system in Spain
The solution was developed by i-DE, a power distribution unit of the Spanish utility giant. The 3-megawatt-hour battery is meant to strengthen electricity supply in the area, taking into consideration the surrounding solar arrays.
Nov 28, 2019 // Storage, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, i-DE
Energy Impact Partners leads EUR10 million investment in German domestic solar startup
Berlin-based greentech start-up Zolar has raised an additional EUR10 million (US$ 11.9 million) in a financial investment round led by Energy Impact Partners.
Mar 17, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, residential solar, investment fund, Energy Impact Partners, greentech, Zolar, Alex Melzer
21-year solar PPA for three French airports
The airports of Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget will be supplied with solar energy by French solar company Urbasolar and energy supplier GazelEnergie. The PV plants connected to the agreement are now in development and will begin providing power in 2021.
Feb 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, pv power plants, Europe, Edward Arkwright
Exhibitors in Dhaka upbeat about solar future
Getting on for 300 international exhibitors are attending the Solar Bangladesh Expo in Dhaka which opened today and runs until Saturday. pv magazine’s Syful Islam is walking the floors and hearing optimistic messages.
Oct 17, 2019 // Solar, rooftop PV, exelon, Dhaka, Solar Bangladesh Expo, Nahid Hasan, Kazi Atiqur Rahman, Ahsan Ullah Chowdhury, Denryo
Duke Energy Completes 74.9-MW Florida Solar Project
Duke Energy Florida completes the 74.9‑MW Jumper Creek solar complex in Sumter County—boosting Florida’s utility-scale solar pipeline and supporting 900 MW of new solar by 2028.
May 28, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Duke Energy, Florida, North America
EDPR protects 200MW Californian solar PPA
United States project, which is anticipated to be operational in 2024, additionally includes 150MW of storage space
Aug 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, EDPR
Axpo McDonald’s PPA Linked to 200-MWp Solar
Axpo’s 200-MWp Spain solar PPA with McDonald’s delivers renewable power, cuts Scope 2 emissions, and locks in long-term energy price certainty—while de-risking revenues through flexible balancing.
Mar 27, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Axpo, Europe, corporate ppa, McDonald’s
CWP Nears EBRD Loan for 192-MWp Serbian Solar
CWP nears EBRD financing for its 192-MWp Serbian solar farm, securing long-term debt and storage-ready design to de-risk construction and boost bankability in a shifting energy market.
Mar 25, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EBRD, Europe, Serbia, utility solar, project finance, CWP
Lenzing Expands Austrian Solar Fleet with New PV Plant
Lenzing boosts sustainability with a new 1.3-MWp solar plant, cutting carbon footprint and energy costs while transforming operations into flexible energy hubs.
Aug 25, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Austria, PV Power Plant, Lenzing Group
Hecate Energy Sells 514 MW Solar Plant to Tokyo Gas America
Hecate Energy has revealed the sale of its 514 MW ac Aktina Solar PV power plant situated in Wharton County, Texas, to Tokyo Gas America
Jul 30, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, pv power plants, North America, hecate energy, solar plant, Tokyo Gas, International, Gautam Bhandari, Tokyo Gas America
Renewable energy finance: Sovereign guarantees
Assurances against country-level risks are essential to make renewable energy investments bankable. Sovereign guarantees represent a government’s commitment to cover payments in case of default. Yet with this well-known instrument becoming harder to obtain, lesser-known risk mitigation alternatives can also be viable.
Jan 31, 2020 // Market Research
EPFL achieves 29.2% efficiency for tandem solar cell with fully textured silicon
Researchers in Switzerland made substantial progress with a method to perovskite-silicon tandem cell layout that they state might become integrated right into existing silicon PV production. They have announced the success of a 29.2% cell efficiency-- not far from the total record for tandem cells, and confirmed by Germany's Fraunhofer ISE.
May 2, 2022 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, Switzerland, efficiency, EPFL, Christophe Baliff