Projects

South African court rejects bid to block US$4.7 billion renewable energy deals, Canadian Solar acquires a 97.6MW solar project in Argentina, Nigerian Renewables association decries solar import duty.

UPDATED: Malaysian utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has signed 21-year power purchase agreements (PPA) with KBJ Hecmy and Redsol for two 30MW(AC) solar projects in Malaysia.

Leading integrated high-efficiency monocrystalline module manufacturer and ‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member LONGi Green Energy Technology plans to build a 228MW solar PV project in the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region of north-central China, according to a Shanghai Stock Exchange filing.

The Sindh government aims to hold auctions for 400MW of solar parks, install 15MW of rooftop solar on public buildings and reach 250,000 households with solar home systems, having released a new environmental framework.

Equis Energy has commissioned its largest solar project, a 135MW farm in Bagalkot District in the Indian state of Karnataka.

The prices were INR0.35-0.40/kWh higher than the last PV tender issued by the same authority, GUVNL, last year.

PV materials specialist DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions is collaborating with China-based wind turbine manufacturer, Envision using its Energy IoT platform, EnOS for analytical investigations into PV module degradation and failures, across a number of real world field studies.

The Softbank Vision Fund will begin a major investment partnership with Saudi Arabia that could see 200GW of solar generation capacity installed.

BYD and Biosar sign agreement over 75MW PV Project in Queensland, Vestas and EDPR install hybrid solar and wind project, F2i acquires six Italian solar projects totalling 51.5MW.

Malaysian utility Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has signed 21-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 180MW of solar PV projects in Malaysia, according to a filing on Bursa Malaysia.