Power Plants

France-based investment firm Meridiam has completed financing of its second 30MW solar PV plant in Senegal.

Major global food company Nestle Group has agreed to have a rooftop solar system installed at one of its facilities in China by Goldman Sachs-backed rooftop PV specialist Asia Clean Capital (ACC).

Coronal Energy announced Tuesday that it intends to ramp up the number of solar projects it will acquire in 2017 and 2018.

Google has announced that it will reach 100% renewable energy across its global operations including data centres and offices within 2017.

Two companies are constructing a 1MW solar PV plant in Thailand using various combinations of technologies in order to set up a learning centre and advisory board to help solar developers across the Southeast Asia region.

Scatec Solar will make its first foray into the Brazilian market with a group of four projects totalling 150MW.

Renewable energy service provider Ameresco is playing a large part in bringing community solar to two towns in Massachusetts.

NLC tendering for 500MW(ac) in Tamil Nadu, Off-grid solar power for 1,000 villages in Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu 500MW utility-scale tender avoided.

India’s ongoing demonetization scheme, which has divided opinion globally, looks set to improve the finances of Indian distribution companies (Discoms) in what could be a boon to the solar sector, according to consultancy firm Mercom Capital Group.

EDF Energies Nouvelles, a subsidiary of EDF, has completed a 146MW solar plant and started constructing another 115MW plant in Chile.