Cecilia Keating concludes PV Tech’s end-of-year review, with a look back at Q4 2019's highlights, where bifacial modules narrowly missed being added to President Trump's broader suite of solar tariffs, free-market solar swept Europe, the world's climate priorities were put under the microscope at COP25, and sub-Saharan Africa wrestled with major energy crises.
Asset manager Encavis acquires portfolio of five solar parks from renewable developer BayWa r.e., including zero-subsidy, PPA-backed 8.8MW Barth V in North Germany.
Firm eyeing crown of resurging PV market taps Swiss offtaker in 10-year deal that will cover three installations, two in Castilla y León and a third in Castilla-La Mancha.
Danish player walks PV Tech through fundraising timetable and investment rationale of ‘Impact‘ vehicle set to focus on Germany, Ireland, France and the Netherlands.
The Beijing-backed development bank wants a slice of renewables action in one of the world's fastest-growing PV markets and will be offering sub-loans to private players via the Development and Investment Bank of Turkey.
Energy firm takes the floor at closing COP25 summit to announce plans for 1.7GW-plus ‘megaproject’ in Teruel, featuring PV (1.5GW), wind (139MW) and storage (160MW).
Investment bank joins EIB as they co-sponsor 436MW portfolio in European country and also backs CVE’s 110MW distributed generation pipeline in South American state.
EU’s plan to lead the global fight for a greener and fairer economy finds European PV ready for a deployment surge, after installing 16.7GW continent-wide in stellar 2019.
