ppas

February 20, 2017
South African utility Eskom is defying the injunction of president Jacob Zuma by attempting to negotiate tariffs with preferred bidders as opposed to signing existing PPAs outright, according to the South African Renewable Energy Council (SAREC).
February 13, 2017
Eskom is conditionally committing to follow through with South African president Jacob Zuma’s announcement that the utility will indeed sign the remaining PPAs under the government’s renewable procurement programme (REIPPPP).
February 10, 2017
Jacob Zuma, the South African president, announced on Thursday that the country’s biggest utility Eskom will indeed sign the outstanding PPAs won in the fourth round of the successful Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
February 6, 2017
Investors from Solarcentury and Actis imparted wisdom on how to manage the risks and reap the benefits of African PV at Solar Media’s Solar Finance & Investment Europe event.
February 2, 2017
Hawaiian Electric Companies (HECO) and Texas’ NRG Energy have signed new PPAs to bring online over 100MW of new solar in Oahu, with three utility-scale PV projects.
January 23, 2017
The battle between South Africa’s utility Eskom and renewable independent power producers (IPPs) continues with legal confirmation that IPPs can force Eskom’s hand to force it to sign the power purchase agreements (PPAs) under the government’s procurement programme.
December 15, 2016
US solar developer Innovative Solar Systems has been awarded 720MW of 25-year solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) from undisclosed power off-takers in the Mid-West.
November 16, 2016
Direct ownership of solar panels is set to overtake leasing in 2017 for the first time since 2011, according to new analysis by GTM Research.
September 7, 2016
The Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) for Egyptian solar power projects has fallen for 500kW-20MW projects and 20-50MW projects, according to an announcement by electricity minister Mohamed Shaker at a press conference on Tuesday.
August 15, 2016
Omotayo Dairo, founder and chief executive of Nigeria-based wind and renewable energy firm Quintas Renewable Energy Solutions, discusses whether Nigeria's recent PPA signings will translate into realised projects.

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