Search engine and information tech giant Google has purchased the output of renewable energy generation facilities totalling 841MW across several global territories.
Utility-scale renewable energy developer DP Energy Australia has submitted a development application for a 375MW combined wind and solar project in South Australia.
New York State has mandated a programme to have 50% of its electricity coming from renewable energy by 2030, after governor Andrew Cuomo ordered the State Department of Public Service to draw up a new Clean Energy Standard to support the target.
The eligibility of energy storage systems for a programme financing energy efficiency and renewables through property tax assessment shows that the technology is maturing rapidly, according to the CEO of the North American arm of Sonnenbatterie.
Renewable energy firm SunEdison has cancelled a US$250 million deal to buy a 16% stake in Brazil’s largest renewable energy company, Renova Energia S.A, which is the second time in two months that the developer has pulled out of deals in the Latin American region.
Solar independent power producer Etrion Corp has completed a €222 million (US$236 million) refinancing of the majority of its solar parks in Italy, which includes long-term, non-recourse bank debt and project bonds.