Power Plants

The Bolivian government's Chamber of Deputies has approved a €60 million (US$66.7 million) loan agreement from the French Development Agency (AFD) to help finance a 50MW solar PV plant in the department of Oruro.

CPV start-up Banyan Energy believes it has the right technology and business model to succeed where others have failed, writes Mark Osborne.

Four PV power plants totalling 98MW have been commissioned in the Philippines in the past fortnight in time for a deadline to qualify for the country’s feed-in tariff.

Struggling renewables firm SunEdison has appointed a new chief financial officer designee in preparation for the transition of its current CFO to a full-time role with the company's two yieldcos.

The Victorian state government in Australia aims to fast-track connections to the grid for rooftop solar installations, under the impending National Electricity (Victoria) Further Amendment Bill 2015.

Montreal-based fund manager Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) plans to make a US$150 million investment in renewable energy in India by targeting hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power assets.

China-based PV energy provider GCL New Energy Holdings (GCL NE) has updated its PV power plant installation figures for 2015.

Swiss power electronics firm ABB has won a contract to build a new high-voltage converter station connecting the grids of eastern Denmark and Germany.

Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) has awarded seven solar energy contracts totalling nearly 140MW with a weighted average price of CAD0.1567/kWh (US$0.12).

The US trade body formerly known as the Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) is to undergo a rebranding and drop ‘solar’ from its new name.