The Australian government and the renewables sector in the country have been ramping up its energy transition efforts. Although a lot of new policies and projects were announced in recent years, experts said more has to be done to address labour shortages, skills gaps and reliance on fossil fuels.
The Colombian ministry of mining and energy has unveiled a 290MW coal plant will decarbonise its activity and convert it to solar PV and energy storage.
Spanish renewables company Grenergy has secured US$148 million in green financing to complete the development of two solar PV projects in Chile with a combined capacity of around 300MW.
The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has announced its intent to buy 500MW worth of ‘firm and dispatchable’ clean power from grid-connected renewable energy projects in 25-year power purchase agreements (PPA).