Projects

Zimbabwe state-owned power company Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) has applied to develop three solar PV plants with the Zimbabwe Energy Regulatory Authority (ZERA).

Consulting and EPC firm Pöyry has been awarded a contract for EPC services on a 30MW solar PV plant in Bahia, Brazil by an unnamed developer.

Greenwood Energy closes on financing for a 26MW portfolio of US PV projects.

Various projects located in the 1.8GW Benban solar park will be co-financed by AIIB and the International Financial Corporation.

China-based integrated PV manufacturer ReneSola has signed an agreement to sell a 24MW portfolio of ground-mount PV projects under development in North Carolina, US, to a subsidiary of Panda Green Energy - formerly known as United Photovoltaics.

Solar PV recycling firm, PV CYCLE has signed an agreement with solar panel refurbishment experts, Rinovasol to include their product offering to a new ‘Global Membership Certification.’

Spanish energy firm Acciona Energía and the Solar Energy Institute of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (IES-UPM) have claimed a world record for the amount of electricity generated from solar PV modules scientifically measured at one of Latin America’s largest solar plants.

Thai energy and waste management firm Padaeng Industry (PDI) has acquired a portfolio of six operational solar PV farms in Thailand with a combined capacity of 30MW from Armstrong Asset Management and Dragon Capital for a total of THB1.3 billion (US$39 million).

Power electronics firm Ingeteam has supplied inverters to five solar projects of 30MW capacity each in Brazil.

Given the tight land restrictions of the East Asian island, this would be a huge development.