JP Casey

Globeleq has purchased Scatec’s 52.5% share in the 41MW Central Solar de Mocuba solar PV plant in Mozambique.

The European Investment Bank will loan €300 million to Banco Santander (Brasil) to build 600MWp of small-scale solar in Brazil.

The NTR Clean Power Fund has financed three Spanish solar power projects with a combined capacity of 115MWp.

BioPower Operations has announced plans to build a 1GW solar power facility in the South African state of Mpumalanga.

Altaaqa Renewables has closed financing for its 119MWp Wadi ad-Dawasir plant, which will be built in Saudi Arabia.

The European Investment Bank has announced plans to increase its funding for its REPowerEU project by €15 billion.

The Bhutanese government has started construction on the country’s first utility-scale solar farm, the 17.38MW Sephu solar project.

EWEC has announced that it is considering four bids from companies interested in constructing the new 1.5GW Al Ajban solar plant.

DE Shaw Renewable Investments has started construction at its 200MWac San Juan solar and storage project in the US state of New Mexico.

An initiative to help optimise the use of farmland is helping to steer hostile local stakeholders towards supporting renewables.