France has added wind power capacity of 500 MW in the third quarter of this year, taking the total wind capacity installation in 2017 to 1,019 MW. This is approximately 23 per cent higher compared […]
Vattenfall has signed an offshore wind turbine deal with Siemens Gamesa for the supply and installation of 113 turbines of 8 MW each at three Danish projects having a total capacity of 950 MW. The […]
Thailand’s Wind Energy Holdings Co. Ltd has received $1.14 billion from the Siam Commercial Bank for funding five onshore wind farms having a combined capacity of 450 MW. The projects are expected to be completed […]
The Argentine government has awarded 1,408 MW of renewable energy projects, promising to increase the capacity to 2,000 MW in the coming months. The auction comprises capacities of 665.8 MW from wind power plants, 556.8 […]
Terra Firma, a private equity investor, is planning on selling its Italian solar power assets worth $1.2 billion. The sale of Rete Rinnovabile is expected to start in January and the solar farms that are […]
French multinational electric utility company ENGIE has announced its plan to switch from gas operations to clean fuel by 2050. The utility plans to use biogas and hydrogen to achieve 100 per cent green operations. […]
Finnish power utility Fortum has acquired 35 MW of combined solar power capacity in Russia from Russian solar module maker and project developer Hevel Solar. While the Pleshanovskaya (10 MW) and Grachevskaya (10 MW) plants […]
Turkish solar, renewable energy project developer Eko Yenilenebilir Enerjiler A.S. and the City Council of Ochakiv, southern Ukraine, have signed an MoU for the development of a 15 MW solar power plant within the city’s […]
Malaysian power utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has won a contract to build a 30 MW solar plant in Kedah state. The solar farm will be eligible for net metering schemes. The utility won the […]
Curaçao’s power utility company Aqualectra has released a tender for the development of rooftop solar projects on commercial buildings with a combined capacity of 10 MW to 15 MW. The power generated will be delivered […]
German renewable energy asset operator Capital Stage has acquired 47.6 MW of solar power projects from Sunstroom Engineering B.V. in the Netherlands. This comprises two projects – one in Melissant (10 MW) and the other […]
The International Solar Alliance (ISA) became a treaty based inter-governmental international organisation on December 6, 2017. It received four additional ratifications in November 2017 from Australia, Cuba, Malawi and Peru, thus taking the alliance’s overall […]
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has won contracts to supply over 300 wind turbines worth 780 MW. The company will supply a total of 310 wind turbines of different types to five separate wind energy projects […]
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) through a consortium has finalised a $653 million debt package for 13 solar projects at Benban Solar Park near Aswan in Egypt. The 13 plants will have a combined capacity […]
The Green Climate Fund is providing a $12 million grant as additional financing for 6 MW of grid-connected solar PV combined with 3MW/12MWh of battery energy storage projects on the Cook Islands. The project has […]
The Asian Development Bank has agreed to provide a $200 million loan with sovereign guarantee to the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) for the development of a 100 MW wind park in Sri Lanka. It is […]
China-based integrated and merchant PV manufacturer, the Tongwei Group has launched its high efficiency solar cell plant S2, in Chengdu, China, which includes the world’s first unmanned monocrystalline solar cell production line under the intelligent […]
The World Bank has approved two grants totalling $35 million from its Climate Investment Fund to improve electricity access and scale up renewable energy investments in Haiti. The bank noted that more than 5 million […]
Scatec Solar and its partners have reached financial closure for six solar PV projects in Egypt with a combined generation capacity of 400 MW. A group of international development finance institutions is providing $335 million […]
First Solar has reported record bookings of 4.5 GW in the quarter ended September 2017, taking the company’s order book to 7.4 GW, for shipments out to 2020. This has been a result of high […]
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