Month: April 2017

Vietnam’s Daklak province has granted licences and signed MoUs for the development of solar projects worth $3.3 billion. Some of the key investors for the projects are US-based AES Corporation investing $750 million in a […]

Philippines-based AC Energy Holdings, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ayala Corporation, has signed an agreement to acquire 100 per cent ownership of Philippines-based renewable energy developer Bronzeoak Clean Energy. The financial details of the transaction […]

South Korea-based solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturer Hanwha Q Cells and Turkey-based Kalyon Enerji have won a 1 GW tender at Konya, Turkey. Under the tender, the companies will sell the generated electricity at a feed-in […]

Denmark-based wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has received orders totalling 72 MW in Ukraine and Germany. In Ukraine, Vestas has received a 41 MW order for a project located in Novotroitsk, Kherson. The order entails the […]

Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer Senvion has signed a contract with renewable energy investor NTR for the 10.25 MW Teevurcher wind farm in Meath, Ireland. As per the contract, Senvion will supply five units of MM82 […]

Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has received an order from ABO Wind for the Muntila wind farm located in Finland. Nordex will supply three units of N131/3000 wind turbines and undertake maintenance of the wind […]

France-based renewable power producer GreenWish Partners has decided to invest $280 million in the development of three solar power plants aggregating 200 MW in Nigeria. The first plant of 100 MW capacity will be set up […]

The French Energy Regulatory Authority has released a 450 MW tender for the installation of renewable energy projects. The capacity will be tendered over a three-year period through nine separate windows of 50 MW each […]

The Swedish energy agency Energimyndigheten has allocated SEK 225 million for the country’s solar rebate programme for small-sized PV projects in 2017, the same as in 2016. Under the programme, homeowners and private as well […]

First Solar has achieved financial closure for the 48.5 MW Manildra Solar Farm in New South Wales, Australia. The project will utilise First Solar’s 466,000 thin-film modules, and deploy single-axis tracking technology. It will take […]

Ienova, a unit of US-based natural gas utilities holding company Sempra Energy, has signed a 20-year PPA for a 110 MW PV project in Mexico with local steel manufacturer Deacero. According to the company, the […]

Rio Energy has secured BRL 848 million from the National Bank for Economic and Social Development for the construction of a 223 MW wind farm project in Brazil. The project comprises eight wind farms, which […]

Elsewedy Electric has signed an MoU with a consortium of Japan-based Marubeni Corporation and the Government of Egypt to develop a new wind power plant in the Gulf of Suez on a build-own-operate basis. The […]

Denver-based private equity firm GSSG has announced its plan to invest more than $120 million in the Japanese solar market over the next three years. GSSG, which was established in early 2013, sees Japan as […]

China-based Astronergy has completed a 16.5 MW solar PV project on Jeju Island in South Korea at an investment of KRW 29.7 billion. The company was responsible for the EPC of the plant and will […]

The world’s largest brewer, Anheuser-Busch InBev has joined the RE100 initiative with a commitment to power its global operations, which account for almost 6 tWh of electricity annually, with 100 per cent renewable sources. Led […]

Vestas has announced three separate orders for wind projects in China. One of these is located in eastern China’s Shandong province, and its delivery and commissioning are expected to begin in the third quarter of […]

Lebanon’s Center for Energy Conservation (LCEC) has stated that it will issue a request for proposal (RfP) for the installation of 180 MW of solar capacity by mid-April 2017. The agency has received 256 bids […]