Intersolar Europe: from Trump to Turkey
The U.S. President’s anticipated decision to pull the country out of the COP21 Paris Agreement on climate change has been met with a healthy dose of bemusement and defiance at Intersolar Europe, where the universal opinion is that solar will find a way to thrive, in whatever political climate.
JinkoSolar supplies 65 MW of solar modules to Energon Solar in India
In its latest shipment to India, the Chinese Tier-1 solar company has supplied 65 MW of solar modules.
Solar Era seeks EPC for 5 MW in Sierra Leone
The project is the first phase of a 25 MW hybrid PV-thermal project that will be located near Bo, the second largest city in the country.
IBC Solar switches on 22.5 MW project in India
The German developer has completed its sixth solar PV plant in India.
Kazakhstan’s government announces 12 MW large-scale solar project
The country’s second MW-sized solar project is being planned by French company, ECM Technologies in cooperation with unspecified Chinese partners.
Antofagasta Minerals sells stake in 69.5 MW PV plant in Chile
The Chilean mining company also announced it will issue a new tender to select power producers for its copper mine Minera Zaldívar.
Lebanon issues RfP for 180 MW of solar
Lebanon’s authorities had received 256 bids for solar energy projects totaling 3 GW in the pre-selection phase of the tender process.
Botswana’s power utility seeks partner to build 100 MW solar park
The Botswana Power Corporation has issued an Expression of Interest to select a partner for the creation of an IPP joint venture company. Cooperation proposals must be submitted by June 14.
Fotowatio starts construction on two solar plants totaling 133.4 MW in Jordan
The Spanish developer has secured financing for the Mafraq I y Mafraq II projects in late March. Completion is scheduled for June 2018.
Intersolar Europe: Netherlands poised to become annual GW market
Solar applications under the Dutch SDE+ tender reached 2.6 GW in the first half of the year, said Dutch solar industry association Holland Solar, with country on course to become GW-scale market shortly.
