CleanTech Report 2019.10.10

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CleanTech Report October 10th 2019

AFRICA

Plans To Speed Up Electrification In Africa

Engineering News

Africa needs to connect around 73-million people to electricity every year to reach the goal of affordable and sustainable energy for every single African by 2030.

Southern African Wind Energy Association Launched

Engineering News

A regional association that will focus on unlocking wind energy opportunities across Southern Africa has been launched at the annual Windaba wind energy conference in Cape Town.

UN’s Green Climate Fund Backs South Africa In Financing Renewables

The African Exponent

The United Nations’ Green Climate Fund (GCF) has agreed to back the financing of renewables in South Africa. In a program called the Embedded Generation Investment Program (EGIP), the GCF will be joining the Development Bank of Southern Africa to support the economic ventures of South African renewable producers.

 

ASIA

Singapore’s First Virtual Power Plant To Be Developed By NTU

Channel News Asia

A VPP is a digital platform that coordinates energy resources – such as solar installations and energy storage systems – across different locations in Singapore like a single power station.

India To Miss 175GW Renewables Goal

Renewables Now

India is expected to miss its goal of having 175 GW of renewables generation capacity in 2022 by around 42% amid policy uncertainty and low interest in tender rounds.

Japan’s JERA To Buy 49% Stake In Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Project

Reuters

Japan’s power generator JERA Co said on Wednesday it will buy a 49% stake in the Formosa 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan from Macquarie Capital for an undisclosed sum, in a bid to expand its renewable energy portfolio.

 

AUSTRALIA

Lord Howe Island To Build Renewable Energy Microgrid

The Sydney Morning Herald

The tiny population of Lord Howe Island will soon be powered by a state-of-the-art solar and battery system to significantly curb its reliance on diesel generators.

Siemens Has Hydrogen Hopes For Powering Asia

Financial Review

Siemens Australia, the local arm of the German power engineering giant, has signed on as technology partner for a massive clean energy project that aims to make hydrogen for transport from 5000 megawatts of wind and solar power on the Western Australian coast.

Standalone Solar Replaces Power Lines In Remote Farming Community

ABC

A government-owned electricity company is taking customers off the grid by giving them standalone solar units, so they can pull down ageing and costly power lines.

 

EUROPE

SSE Picks Montrose For Seagreen O&M

MarineLink

Dublin-based SSE Renewables, a renewable energy subsidiary of Airtricity, has selected the port of Montrose on the east coast of Scotland to serve as the operations and maintenance (O&M) base for its 1100MW Seagreen offshore wind farm.

KGAL Raises €750M For European Renewable Energy Fund

Real Assets

The KGAL ESPF 4 fund, which closed on 30 September, has raised €750m at its final close after receiving capital commitments from investors from 13 European and Asian countries.

Level Ten Energy Expands To Europe As Interest In Power Purchase Agreements Expands

Clean Technica

The company announced on October 3rd that it has begun European operations. “We’re committed to making the global renewable energy market more accessible, transparent, and efficient,” says Smith. “By opening our Marketplace to European developers and buyers, we’re following through on our mission to expand renewable markets by dramatically improving the transactions.”

 

LATIN AMERICA

China Funds Largest Solar Park In Latin America

CGTN

China is the world’s largest producer of solar panel technology – tech that is now being exported and that is transforming energy sectors in countries such as Argentina, where the largest solar park in Latin America has recently been inaugurated.

Cubico Colombian JV Eyes 400MW Solar Surge

ReNews

UK renewables company Cubico has announced a partnership with Colombian energy company Celsia to develop a solar portfolio of up 400MW. The portfolio will be developed over the next two years. In Latin America, Cubico is already present in several countries including Brazil and Mexico.

Ecuador Scraps Fuel Subsidies

Electrek

President Lenin Moreno of Ecuador has scrapped fuel subsidies worth $1.3 billion a year. This has resulted in widespread protests since last week. Moreno said he scrapped the subsidies to boost Ecuador’s economy and ease the country’s debt. Ecuador has agreed to cut public spending in return for a loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

 

MENA

Solar PV Prices Fall To Record Lows In Tender For 900MW Solar Park In Dubai

Renew Economy

A consortium led by Saudi Arabia-based ACWA Power had reportedly lodged a world record low price bid of $16.953 ($A25) a megawatt hour for a 900MW solar park in Dubai.

Jordan’s 132KV Wind Energy Project Completed

ZAWYA

The National Electricity Power Company (NEPCO) has completed its 132-kilovolt wind energy project, which is to be connected with the 100-MW project for wind-generated electricity from mass energy in Tafileh, in the southern region of the Kingdom.

MENA Startup Update

ZAWYA

2019 year-to-date (YTD) saw $517 million in total funding, an increase of 30 percent compared to the same period of 2018, with a 3 percent increase in the number of deals. Moreover, the average deal size is at an all-time high of $2.5 million when excluding Souq and Careem, according to Q3 2019 MENA Venture Investment Report prepared by investment data platform, Magnitt.

 

NORTH AMERICA

Nobel Prize In Chemistry Win For Lithium-ion Batteries Is A Win For Green Energy

Electrek

John B Goodenough of the University of Texas at Austin, M. Stanley Whittingham of SUNY Binghamton University, and Akira Yoshino of Meijo University have won the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm today for the development of lithium-ion batteries.

49GW Of Solar For Virginia Means Lower Bills, More Jobs, Cleaner Air

PV Magazine

Adding at least 49 GW of solar through 2050 would save Virginia consumers money, according to an independent modeling run of the state’s grid. Thousands of jobs would be added, and public health would improve.

Opening Markets To Solar & Wind Could Save Billions In The Midwest

PV Magazine

A new report by the Wind Solar Alliance estimates that reforms to electricity markets which it has proposed in the PJM Interconnection and Midcontinent System Operator (MISO) grids could save consumers $48-$49 per year by allowing more wind and solar.

 
 

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