Projects

The Clean Energy Council (CEC), a body representing the renewables industry in Australia, has written to federal and state government ministers citing various barriers to the progress of clean energy in the country.

India’s government has now approved 27 solar parks, bringing the aggregate capacity to 18,418MW across 21 states and union territories.

Brazil’s Development Bank (BNDES) has raised US$100 million from three Japanese banks in order to invest in clean energy projects.

Homeowners with solar installations in Western Australia have labelled proposals from the state-owned utility Synergy to charge solar rooftop owners an extra fixed fee as an unfair “sun tax”.

The French Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy (MEDDE) has announced the 212 winning projects from its 800MW solar energy auction.

The Indian state of Jharkand is tendering for 1.2GW of grid-connected solar PV projects.

Turkey has proposed changes to ownership rules for the commercial solar segment in a move that could put off large international investors, according to an industry member.

A 3MWp solar power plant connected to energy storage has been completed at Antigua’s VC Bird International airport, part of a wider 10MWp project for the island.

India-based project developer Azure Power, which won 150MW of solar capacity in the Punjab solar auction in September, has signed a "solar power implementation agreement" with the Punjab Energy Development Agency (PEDA).

Israel-based automated solar solutions provider Ecoppia has signed a deal to retrofit the 40MW Ketura Solar plant in Israel with its robotic cleaning technology.