Power Plants

Bogotá’s fresh preparations for tender it called off in February mark fresh chance for country seen as a dormant but promising market.

Genex to reach financial close by the autumn for innovative pumped storage plant offering dispatchable solar through disused gold mine.

Government confirms 10GW across 64 projects has applied for support from two-layered 1.4GW tender, meant to award contracts later this summer.

Major PV inverter manufacturer and EPC provider, Sungrow Power Suplly Co has supplied and grid connected a total of 1.4GW of inverters for PV power plants in the first-half of 2019.

Hanergy has completed what it claims is the largest PV glass curtain wall in China.

Espejo de Tarapacá project is meant to plug support gap for Chilean energy storage by pairing up 300MW system with 561MW PV plant in Atacama.

‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Solar has supplied 168MW of high-efficiency’ Hi-MO 1’ monocrystalline PERC modules to Sunseap International’s completed PV power plant in Ninh Thuan province, Vietnam.

Van der Valk Solar Systems and BirdBlocker have teamed to bring the ‘BirdBlocker’ device to the UK and Ireland. Birds can build nests under rooftop PV panels, which can result in sound pollution or damage to the panels and PV system. The BirdBlocker system is designed to be installed easily with new panels or retrofit.

Mercom: US$300m ReNew Power deal and stock exchange listings help industry raise US$6bn in H1 2019 from venture capitalists, public markets and debt providers.

Pine Gate Renewables has started construction on Bowman Solar, a 101MW PV project spanning 263 hectares in Orangeburg County, South Carolina. Once completed, the site will be one of the largest solar projects in the state.