US-based firm Sunpower, a manufacturer of high-efficiency crystalline silicon PV cells, roof tiles, and solar panels, has collaborated with True Green Capital (TGC) Management, a privately owned asset management firm. Together they are planning to […]
The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) has reportedly completed linking solar rooftop plants aggregating 17.7 MW on 450 residential and commercial buildings under the net metering scheme, which was launched in early 2015. The […]
Denmark’s Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate has announced that it will launch a new incentive scheme for PV projects that are less than 1 MW. The new scheme will have a budget of $16.5 […]
Spain-based renewable energy companies Acciona and Gransolar have acquired a 100 MW engineering, procurement and construction contract for a solar park in Lilyvale, in the state of Queensland, Australia. The facility will cover approximately 396 […]
State-owned utility Ethiopian Electric Power has launched a request for pre-qualification for the deployment of 250 MW of PV capacity. Through the tender, the utility hopes to build two 125 MW alternating current (AC) PV plants under […]
Finnish company Suomen Hyötytuuli has commissioned an offshore wind farm. The installation includes 10 turbines of 4.2 MW each and rotors with a hub height of 90 metres and diameter of 130 metres. The farm […]
Spain-based X-Elio, a developer of renewable energy projects, has issued project bonds worth $108 million in order to refinance five solar plants in Spain with a total combined capacity of 33 MW. The financing scheme […]
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $50 million loan to help fund rooftop solar generation systems in Sri Lanka. ADB will also administer a $1 million loan from the Asian Clean Energy Fund […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued $500 million worth of short-term global green bonds. The bonds have a four-year tenor and pay a coupon rate of 1.38 per cent. Barclays, Citi […]
The French government has planned to invest $23.5 billion in an energy transition plan, out of which $10.58 billion will be spent towards improved energy efficiency, $8.23 billion for renewables and $4.7 billion to precipitate […]
Germany-based Senvion has secured a contract from EREN RE for the delivery of 27 units of Senvion’s 3.6M114 next electrical turbines, totalling a capacity of 707 MW, in Argentina. The project was awarded in the […]
Siemens Gamesa has secured an order from the Guangdong Electric Power Design Institute for supplying 34 MW of wind turbines in China. The order consists of 13 G114-2.625 MW turbines at the Hubei Energy Lichuan […]
Denmark-based Vestas has received an order from Italy-based Tozzi Sud for eight V117-3.45 MW turbines and three V112-3.45 MW turbines. The project will be located at the Monteverde Wind Park, Avellino province, south Italy. The […]
Singapore-based Sunseap Group, a clean energy solutions provider, has secured a $55.65 million investment from Banpu Public, a Thailand-based mining and power company. The additional funding will increase the group’s equity value to $222.6 million […]
The state government of New York has received proposals for 200 large-scale renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of over 13 GW under the two recently launched biddings. The bids were launched following two […]
Algeria-based renewable energy project developer Soliwind has announced that it has started the construction of a 1.39 MW rooftop PV system at the Ahmed Ben Bella International Airport in Oran, Algeria. To be installed on […]
The Tokyo Stock Exchange has approved the listing of the Canadian Solar Infrastructure Fund (CSIF) on the Japanese exchange’s infrastructure investment fund securities market. The fund will serve as a vehicle through which long-term investments […]
A consortium of China-based Shanghai Electric and Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power has won an order from the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority to build a 700 MW concentrating solar power plant. The power generated will […]
Russia-based solar firm Hevel Group has completed construction at the 20 MW Maima Solar Park in the Altai Republic, Russia, achieving 50 per cent of the company’s 90 MW project pipeline in Russia. Solar modules […]
GE Power Conversion, a subsidiary of US-based GE, has won a turnkey contract for the construction of a 50 MW solar park in Egypt for the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company. Saudi Arabia-based Fas Energy awarded […]
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