Markets & Finance

Greek fossil fuels company HELLENiQ has signed a deal to purchase 180MW solar PV portfolio in its home country from the Greek arm of UK-based renewables developer Lightsource.

An IRENA report into the cost of producing power has found that the levelised cost of electricity in the solar PV sector fell by 3% in 2022.

TeraPlast has received €1.1 million from the EU via the national government to build a 4.56MWp PV plant in northern Romania.

Solar PV has led the European Union’s growth in renewable energy generation during the first half of 2023, up 13% from H1 2022.

Colorado-headquartered clean energy platform Peregrine Energy Solutions has secured US$700 million in credit, equity and debt financing to bring its project pipeline online.

BayWa r.e. has acquired Brazilian solar distributor Ribeiro Solar, marking the company’s first involvement in the Brazilian solar sector.

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has announced a new round of funding to develop and deploy microgrid technologies across regional and remote communities, including a majority of it allocated for microgrid projects in First Nations communities.

Renewables developer Ameresco has closed a US$300 million senior secured loan facility with climate investment firm HASI to fund the development and construction of clean energy projects.

This week, Microsoft, Clearloop, Greenbacker and SolarBank have made notable investments into small-scale and community solar projects.

Chinese solar manufacturer Tongwei has planned to invest RMB20 billion (US$2.7 billion) in its Leshan project, in the Chinese province of Sichuan, to expand ingot pulling, slicing and cell production capacity, so as to accelerate the establishment of “China’s Green Silicon Valley”.