AFRICA
Phelan Shines In South Africa
The Sunday Times
Phelan Energy, a renewable energy developer run by Paschal Phelan, has agreed a financing deal for a $130M (€113M) solar project in South Africa.
NTPC Eyes 1gw Solar Projects In Africa
Pv magazine
State-owned power generator NTPC Limited is eyeing nearly 1 GW of solar power projects in Africa through the International Solar Alliance (ISA). This push for overseas projects is in line with the NTPC’s strategy to gain from the $1M contribution it made to the ISA fund corpus last year, according to BusinessLine.
UAE-based Amea Power Explores Sierra Leone’s Investment Opportunities
Journal du Cameroun
The United Arab Emirates-based AMEA Power, an energy producing giant, is exploring investment opportunities in Sierra Leone, a top official disclosed on Tuesday.
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ASIA
Japanese Gas Major To Ramp Up Overseas Investment
Oil Price
Tokyo Gas also said it wants to proactively seek new deals in renewable energy, including offshore wind power as the company aims to raise its equity interests in renewable energy to 600,000 kilowatts abroad by the mid-2020s from zero now.
France’s Total, Azerbaijan Sign MOU To Co-op On Renewable Energy
AZER News
Azerbaijan is taking serious steps to develop renewable energy sector to not rely on its hydrocarbons that are being run out and which are not also environmentally friendly.
Actis Plans New Firm To House All Renewable Energy Assets In India
Deal Street Asia
Actis will likely accommodate the solar projects of Essel Group in the new firm that the private equity fund plans to acquire in a deal valued at around $600 million, said a person aware of the development. It also plans to acquire around 200 megawatts (MW) of Shapoorji Pallonji group’s solar assets through Spring Energy Pvt. Ltd.
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AUSTRALIA
Chattanooga Solar Power Array Maker Takes On Its Biggest-ever Project
Time Free Press
The installation will produce enough electricity to meet the needs of more than 115,000 homes and displace more than 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions annually.
Italian Oil Giant Invests In Australian Solar
Pv tech
Eni Australia, a subsidiary of Italian oil and gas firm Eni, which has been active in Australia since 2000, has acquired a 33.7MW construction-ready solar-plus-storage project in the Northern Territory of Australia, from Katherine Solar, a joint venture between Australia’s Epuron and the UK-based Island Green Power.
Massive Solar-plus-storage Projects Move Forward In Australia
Pv magazine
The Robertstown region could host two big renewable energy projects – a 500 MW solar farm co-located with a 250 MW / 1 GWh battery storage capacity, and a construction-ready 200 MW PV project with 120 MWh of storage that forms part of the Solar River Project, the size of which could eventually double.
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EUROPE
‘Inkjet’ Solar Panels Poised To Revolutionise Green Energy
France 24
The 36-year-old has developed a novel inkjet processing method for perovskites — a new generation of cheaper solar cells — that makes it possible to produce solar panels under lower temperatures, thus sharply reducing costs
Self-generated Energy Soars In Spain As Solar Panels Plunge In Price
El Pais
Solar power is paving the way for a rise in self-generated energy in Spain. Installed capacity grew for the second year running in 2018 with a 94% hike on 2017 figures – and 90% of that was self-generated.
Germany’s Biggest Solar Park Will Be Built Without Subsidies
Bloomberg
EnBW AG said it plans to build Germany’s biggest solar park without subsidies, underscoring how falling costs are fueling green power investments in Europe’s largest economy.
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LATIN AMERICA
Enel Green Power Starts Construction Of South America’s Largest Wind Farm In Brazil
BN Americas
Enel, through its Brazilian renewable energy subsidiary Enel Green Power Brasil Participações Ltda. (“EGPB”), has started construction of the 716 MW Lagoa dos Ventos wind farm in the municipalities of Lagoa do Barro do Piauí, Queimada Nova and Dom Inocêncio, in Brazil’s northeastern state of Piauí. Lagoa dos Ventos, which is expected to enter into operation in 2021, is the largest wind facility currently under construction in South America and Enel Green Power’s largest wind farm worldwide.
Grenergy Finalises Sale Of 11 Small Chilean Solar Assets To Interenergy
Renewables Now
Grenergy Renovables SL (BME:GRE) finalised the sale of three small-scale photovoltaic (PV) facilities in Chile totalling 12 MWp to Latin American power plants operator InterEnergy Holdings.
Brazil’s Cade Okays Omega Geracao’s Purchase Of 303mw Wind Park
Renewables Now
Brazil’s Administrative Council for Economic Defense (CADE) approved without restrictions the acquisition by Brazilian renewable energy company Omega Geracao SA of the 303-MW Assurua wind park.
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MENA
$1bn Solar Industrial Park To Be Built In Saudi Arabia
MENA FN
Saudi Ajlan & Bros and Chinese Hanergy Thin Film Power Group inked an investment deal on the commencement of a solar thin-film industrial park project worth $1Bn billion in the Kingdom.
Renewable Energy On The Rise In The Middle East
Zawya
Primary energy demand in the region is expected to continue to rise at an annual rate of 1.9% through 2035. The report also noted that Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries plan to “install a total of almost 7 gigawatts new power generation capacity from renewable sources by the early 2020s.
Saudi Arabia To Raise $10bn From Privatisation By 2020
The National
A wave of privatisation deals in Saudi Arabia will raise $10 billion by 2020 as the kingdom presses on with its economic transformation plan, according to a study by global law firm Hogan Lovells
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NORTH AMERICA
Edp Renewables Signs A Build & Transfer Agreement For A 102mw Wind Farm Project
Reve
EDP Renewables (EDPR), a global leader in the renewable energy sector and one of the world’s largest wind energy producers, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has signed a Build & Transfer Agreement with Northern Indiana Public Service Company LLC (“NIPSCO”).
Iberdrola And Nike Go Global With New Wind Energy Partnership
Reve
The new agreement will see Nike facilities in Europe supplied by 40 MW of clean electricity from the Cavar wind farm complex in Navarra, northern Spain. Iberdrola, the world´s leading wind power company, will soon start construction on the complex which will see four wind turbines projects completed by 2020 with an overall capacity of 111 MW.
Indiana Utility Nipsco Embraces Homegrown Wind Power
North American Wind Power
Indiana utility company Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., has selected three new wind farms that will be tied into its electric system.
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