Projects

GameChange surpasses 1GW sales, Solarpack awarded lowest ever solar tariff in Chile, Scatec to build 100MW in Nigeria, Bermuda 6MW tender, CleanSpark, Webcor and Sungevity commercial microgrid.

Enel Green Power Chile, a subsidiary of Italian utility Enel, has completed the 97MW Carrera Pinto solar PV plant in Chile.

India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has blacklisted two solar firms from participating in any of its programmes for three years.

‘Silicon Module Super League’ (SMSL) member Canadian Solar has retained both PV module shipment and revenue guidance for 2016, despite fears of overcapacity hitting both third party demand and ASP declines as it plans tight inventory control, curtail capacity expansions and use its downstream PV project development business as its overall buffer.

The European Bank for Reconstruction and development (EBRD) may provide US$26 million debt financing for Indian firm ACME Cleantech to develop a 29MW solar PV project in the Zhambyl region of Southern Kazakhstan.

Inverter specialist SMA is taking over technical operations of the largest solar PV plant in Denmark from German-based PV developer Wircon.

Hong Kong-based PV firm Sky Solar intends to sell 152MW of solar projects in Japan to Solar Partnership Capital (SPC).

Pakistan’s National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) has received an application for a 20MW solar PV plant at the Shaheed Benazirabad District in the Southeast province of Sindh from Benazirabad Solar Power (BSPSPL).

Solar won 720GWh of the 12,430GWh of power on offer from the Chile National Energy Commission, but wind dominated.

Masdar surpasses 50% of 16MW Mauritania solar project, BHEL bags EPC order for 30MW of PV plants in West Bengal, Trina partners Cirque du Soleil, Argentina expects US$4 billion solar investment in five years, Consumers Energy completes 1MW Michigan community solar plant.