Large-scale renewable energy developer Intersect Power has secured a revolving credit facility to the tune of US$800 million to support the deployment of its solar, energy storage and wind asset pipeline.
French petroleum major TotalEnergies has signed an agreement with fellow fossil fuel company Petronas to develop a 100MW solar farm in Queensland, Australia.
Sunnova aimed to tap into the opportunities in the market as its electricity prices are about US$0.43 per kWh, three times the average power price in the US.
Global renewables investor Actis has agreed to sell 100% of African independent power producer (IPP) BTE Renewables to French utility giant Engie and investment firm Meridiam for US$1 billion.
Indian module manufacturer Vikram Solar has formed a joint venture (JV) with private equity firm Phalanx Impact Partners, and venture capital company Das & Co. to develop a vertically integrated solar manufacturing operation in the US.
Recently, US-based solar tracker company Nevados signed two deals with solar PV developer Ampliform and independent power producer (IPP) Energix Renewables to supply trackers. As it started reaching out to the solar PV industry in the US, we invited Yezin Taha, founder and CEO of Nevados, to talk about the company's business, products, technology and plans.
Finnish utility Fortum has begun development on an 80MW solar PV plant in Finland’s Virolahti municipality in the Southeast of the country bordering Russia. It will be Fortum’s first solar PV project in its home country.
