Americas

President gives formal all-clear to auctioning of PV to power water transfer as he attends opening of 1MW first phase of separate floating project.

The news comes the same day as the company reports a loss of US$8.4 million in the third quarter of 2018.

‘MiniRen’ auction awards PV players 96.75MW of the 128MW they had collectively bidden for, with 13 projects contracted at average tariffs of US$57.59/MWh.

Ranger Power has proposed a 230MW, US$230 million PV installation just east of Nebraska’s capital of Lincoln.

Fitch: China’s upstream and US’ downstream solar will overcome fallout from trade war as conflict shifts flow of cheaper panels beyond North America.

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) and We Energies have signed off on a new partnership to acquire the remaining 150MW of the Badger Hollow Solar Farm.

Major polysilicon producer Wacker Chemie remains steadfastly impacted by weak demand, notably in China that continues to record polysilicon price declines that are below manufacturing costs.

Government confirms MoU negotiations are underway for foreign firm to develop project in country’s west, with substation already built and available.

The projects will be built by 2020 and power Amazon’s cloud computing service data centres.

Natixis and ARCO 3 SpA have closed senior facilities totaling US$69.1 million for a portfolio of solar PV plants in Chile with up to 70MW of generation capacity.