EDF Energies Nouvelle and 'Silicon Module Super League' (SMSL) member Canadian Solar will collaborate on the 191.5MW Pirapora I project, with the latter selling 80% of its stake in the facility.
Indian minister for energy and mines Piyush Goyal has said that distribution companies (Discoms) failing to implement the priority status for renewbale energy plants is hampering the industry.
SoCore Energy announced that construction has started on a 1.9MW ground-mounted, community-solar project in Leakey, Texas, for Bandera Electric Cooperative (BEC).
Subject to regulatory risks and financing issues, the potential for solar deployment in Sub Saharan Africa is exponential, with the rooftop sector set to explode, according to Solarcentury’s Daniel Davies and other panel experts at this year’s Solar Energy UK | Clean Energy Live show.
Credit ratings firm Fitch has praised Argentina’s RenovAR program for solar and wind utility-scale project plans, due to its structure that addresses legal and off-take risks.
Solar projects are continuing to sprout up across the US, as WGL Energy and NRG Energy have paved the way for a slew of new installations in both Minnesota and Massachusetts.
Recurrent Energy — a solar project developer and wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar — announced that it has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 100MW of PV power in California with MCE, California’s first operating community choice aggregation program.
The results of Mexico’s second long-term power auction, following a much awaited energy liberalisation, reveal ‘highly competitive’ rates, according to state power regulator and grid operator CENACE.
