Projects

Steel giant ArcelorMittal has announced plans to develop a 500-600MW solar plant in the Indian state of Karnataka after it withdrew from plans to construct a six million tonnes per annum steel mill.

UK developer Solarcentury has completed one of Panama’s first solar farms to be connected to the country’s grid.

Work is set to commence on the first phase of what is expected to be a 300MW PV project in Djibouti.

A 50.7MW PV installation has been completed near Tarlac City, Philippines.

A partnership between Spain-based solar firm Solarpack and US company Think Energy Partners is set to develop six PV projects totaling 100MW of capacity in the Indian state of Telangana.

Wells Fargo and 8point3 Energy Partners announced that a joint venture between the two companies has acquired 22MW worth of SunPower PV systems currently under construction at 27 Kern High School District (KHSD) locations in Kern County, California.

Samsung Renewable Energy, through a collaboration with Connor, Clark and Lunn Infrastructure, has closed on US$195 million of debt financing for a 50MW PV project in Windsor, Ontario.

Renewable energy company Duke Energy has announced plans to develop two PV projects in North Carolina with a combined generation capacity of 75MW.

Renewable energy company Elecnor announced that it is planning to construct a 25MW PV project in Barcaldine, Australia.

Norway-based IPP Scatec Solar has completed its first project in the US — a 104MW PV power plant in Utah.