Solar, storage and wave energy developer Carnegie Clean Energy has secured AU$200,000 of industry-matched funding from National Energy Resources Australia (NERA) to help it add solar power to an offshore gas platform run by Eni Australia in the Southern Bonaparte Basin.
Singapore-based renewable energy firm Sunseap and info-communications and mobile network company StarHub have partnered to offer customers in the region of Jurong, Singapore, the chance to purchase solar power without having to install their own systems.
Indian PV module manufacturer Waaree Energies has launched a do-It-yourself rooftop solar kit, aiming to reduce the time and manpower needed for standard installations.
Speakers at Energy Storage Europe were confident, despite a few reservations, that Germany’s new government which grants Chancellor Angela Merkel a fourth term in office will be good for the environment and for renewable energy.
Australian real estate developer Mirvac looks set to put a sizeable amount of solar-plus-storage into brand new homes in Sydney and Brisbane, with help from the national Clean Energy Finance Corporation.
German Renewables firm BayWa AG has acquired a 70% shareholding in a project pipeline of around 2GW of PV power plants from Dutch firm, GroenLeven Group.
India-based renewable energy company Suzlon Group has commissioned 340MW of solar projects across Telangana (210MW), Rajasthan (60MW DCR category) and Maharashtra (70MW).
PV project operator China Smarter Energy has signed off on a deal to acquire Ningxia Guxin Electricity, a joint venture between Shanghai Guxin Asset Management and Shandong Runfeng Group.
