auctions and tenders

Portugal will aim to increase the share of renewables in electricity production to 80% by 2026, four years earlier than previously planned, its new government announced ahead of the country’s latest solar auction.

Italy has allocated 975MW of solar PV and wind capacity in its seventh renewables auction, according to figures from energy management agency GSE.

Algeria has launched a tender process to support the deployment of solar PV projects in the country with a total capacity of 1GW.

Chile has published details of its latest power auction, set to take place later this year and contract 5,250GWh per annum for 15 years.

Spain will allocate up to 140MW of distributed solar PV capacity in the country's next renewables auction, set to take place this April.

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled new rules to facilitate EU countries’ investments in renewables and help them reach their clean energy targets.  

Poland has allocated approximately 870MW of solar PV capacity in its latest round of renewables auctions that took place earlier this month, according to the country’s Energy Regulatory Office (URE).

Global solar PV deployment is on track to grow by 17% this year in spite of surging commodity prices increasing manufacturing costs, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA).

Portugal has launched its latest solar auction that is set to allocate 262MW of floating PV to be installed at seven dams across the country.

Uzbekistan is set to announce two new tenders for 400MW of solar capacity by the end of this year, the Central Asian nation’s energy minister, Alisher Sultanov, has said.