UK-based engineering and consulting company John Wood Group PLC (Wood) announced it has secured two solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts from an American power and energy company worth over $200 million.
World leading solar technology developer Aerial PV Inspection GmbH (AePVI) has formed an exclusive partnership with UK based start-up 2 Degrees Kelvin Ltd (2DegreesKelvin), to offer a range of in-situ Electroluminescence (EL) services to be applied to the aging UK solar fleet.
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK – Cheesecake Energy Limited (CEL) today announced it has received investment from the University of Nottingham to support UK-wide pilot programmes for the company’s energy storage solution.
Abu Dhabi Power Corporation (ADPower) announced the world’s lowest tariff for solar power. This came as ADPower’s subsidiary, Emirates Water and Electricity Company (EWEC), delivered a virtual read-out of five consortia’s technical and commercial bids for the 2 GW Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Independent Power Producer (IPP) project – to be located in Abu Dhabi.
Global integrated solar power company based in the U.K., Solarcentury, announced that Swedish installer of residential solar systems Svea Solar acquired the residential solar business of Solarcentury for an undisclosed sum.
Montpelier, VT, April 2, 2020 – The nonprofit Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA) today launched the 100% Clean Energy Collaborative, a new initiative to provide critical information sharing and knowledge transfer among states that have established 100% clean energy goals for their electricity sectors. The rapid adoption of aggressive clean energy targets by states has been one of the most important energy and climate change policy developments of the past few years; 14 states plus the District of Columbia have now set such goals. The new Collaborative will create a forum for those states to cooperate on program development in order to speed progress towards achieving the states’ ambitious targets.
While solar development has boomed under Feed-in Tariff (FiT) support in Vietnam, there now needs to be equal investment into mature asset management processes and technologies in order to retain investor confidence in the emerging markets. This is according to Alectris, the global operations and maintenance (O&M) provider for the solar industry and developer of industry-leading renewable energy ERP software, ACTIS.
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners P/S (CIP), a fund management company based in Denmark focused on energy infrastructure, announced it has entered into an agreement with Plus Renewable Technologies Ltd and Avondale Solar, LLC to acquire their interests in Fighting Jays Solar, a 440 MWdc solar PV project in Fort Bend County, Texas, which they are developing via their affiliate AP Solar Holdings, LLC.
Chinese conglomerate Tongwei Group Co., Ltd. announced the groundbreaking ceremony of a high-efficient solar cell production base and supporting facilities with annual capacity of 30 GW to be constructed in Chengdu City, China.
Canadian Solar Inc. announced the closing of a 17.7 MWp portfolio sale in Italy to independent solar power producer Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd.
A consortium consisting of ACWA Power, Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC) and Alternative Energy Projects Co. (AEPC) has achieved the financial closure for the 500 MW solar photovoltaic independent power project (IPP) at Ibri in the Sultanate of Oman, which is also the largest utility scale solar plant in the country as of date.
Tri Global Energy, a independent renewable energy originator and developer in the U.S., announced an agreement to sell the 180-megawatt Flatland Solar project located in Texas, to Silverpeak, an alternative investment firm focused on real estate, energy and credit.
