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Port of Stockholm resumes commitment to solar energy as Sweden’s solar tax is canceled

Another commercial rootop PV system will be connected at a port’s facility on July 1, the same day in which the cancelation of the solar tax for commercial PV will be removed.

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Senegal’s first solar park comes online

A 30 MW solar plant in Santhiou Mékhé was officially inaugurated by the country’s president Macky Sall. The facility was built by Solairedirect and financed by French investors.

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Sweden’s Trine raises $6 million in funding round for solar projects

The crowd-investment platform for profitable solar energy projects will use the funds to expand operations in in East Africa and Europe.

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Spain’s 3 GW auction shifted to July 26

The Spanish Minister of Energy Álvaro Nadal said that this auction will have a more balanced approach towards the competings technologies, which are exclusively solar and wind.

Armenia receives 21 bids for 55 MW solar tender

The tendered 55 MW solar plant is part of the country’s six-year $58 million solar program.

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Mexico: 35% of 3.6 GW of solar assigned in last year’s auctions is under development

Mexico’s solar association Asolmex revealed that a good portion of the 28 solar projects selected in the 2016 renewable energy auctions is at an advanced stage of development or under construction.

Spain’s Canary Islands approves 15 solar projects

Projects include a solar park and several installations of hundreds of kilowatts, all of which located in the island of Gran Canaria.

Hevel starts construction on 10 MW PV plant for Russian oil giant Lukoil

The plant, which will be located in the Volgograd region, is Hevel’s first solar project in the region. With this new project, Lukoil’s installed solar capacity will near 30 MW.

German Development Bank finances 10 MW solar project in Tunisia

The solar facility will be built by Italian PV developer Ternienergia in the south of the country.

Spanish government approves Ellomay’s 300 MW solar project in southern Spain

The project is planned to be developed in the municipality of Talaván, in the southern region of Extremadura.

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