Rays Power Infra commissions 9 MW PV plant in Karnataka, India
The project has been completed for their client Brewer Energy Pvt Ltd.
Ichigo finishes 43 MW ahead of schedule in Japan
Ichigo ECO Energy, a unit of Tokyo-based property investor Ichigo, has finished building a 43.34 MW solar project in central Japan, roughly four months ahead of schedule.
Canadian Solar to build 80.6 MW power plant in Brazil
Canadian Solar today announced the acquisition of an 80.6 MW PV project to be located in Minas Gerais, Brazil. The project received a 20-year PPA in Brazil’s second reserve auction, and will sell power to the Electrical Energy Commercialization Chamber.
Afghanistan issues tenders for three hybrid solar projects totaling 55 MW
A 40 MW plant will be located in an industrial area of Jalalabad City, while two more facilities, with a capacity of 10 MW and 5 MW, will be built in the provinces of Khost and Daykundi, respectively.
Equis to build 70.2 MW of solar in Taiwan
Equis Energy has won the rights to develop the biggest solar project in Taiwan, in a public auction that awarded 70.2 MW of PV capacity across two sites.
AIIB provides $210 million in funds for 490 MW of solar in Egypt
The bank is granting long-term debt financing for the construction of 11 solar plants.
Portugal: projects for solar parks are proliferating
In anticipation of possible auctions for large-scale solar and renewables, several projects for PV plants were submitted to the country’s local and central authorities over the past months. The latest of these is a 20 MW facility planned for the municipality of Vidigueira, in Southern Portugal.
European Commission releases dataset of solar generation time series
In order to help policymakers come up with an energy framework that would better reflect the solar power generation potential across Europe, the European Commission’s science and knowledge service Joint Research Center (JRC) has produced a dataset of solar energy production at national, regional and local level, by the hour for the last 30 years, based on the existing PV fleet at the end of 2015.
Solaria Energía completes another 9.5 MW solar plant in Uruguay
The Natelu solar plant was built near Mercedes, in the Uruguayan department of Soriano. The project was financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the Canadian Climate Fund (C2F).
Ingeteam installs 150 MW of central inverters in Brazil
The Spanish solar inverter specialist has supplied its 1,500 volt inverter stations to five 30 MW solar farms located in the north of the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo.
