Brazil: BNDES and KFW launch $142.7 million credit facility for solar, renewables
The development banks of Brazil and Germany will jointly support, among other things, solar, wind, mini-hydro and biomass power projetcs.
Renewables rising in Canada, but solar still sidelined — report
Renewable energy developers connected roughly 1.29 GW of new capacity to the Canadian grid in 2016, but solar remains a negligible part of that growth, accounting for just 0.5% of total nationwide electricity generation last year, according to the National Energy Board (NEB).
Asunim plugs in 40.3 MW of PV in Turkey
The solar park consisting of two different sites was built near Manisa, in Turkey’s western Aegean Region.
Canadian Solar awarded 112 MW project in Brazil
Leading module manufacturer, Canadian Solar has been awarded a 112 MW project in Brazil, after the country allocated around 574 MW of PV in its recent A-4 power auction.
Acwa Power secures financing for 61.3 MW Jordan project
The project’s lenders are the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), Deutsche Investitions- Und Entwicklungsgesellschaft Mbh (DEG) and Arab Bank to Risha for Solar Power Projects PSC. The facility will be built in the eastern province of Risha by the first quarter of 2019.
Troubleshooting efforts in PV plants: follow up Q&A from the recent pv magazine webinar
Troubleshooting in solar plants requires not only trying to find a diagnosis of why the performance ratio is reduced, but also to localize faulty modules. In a recent pv magazine webinar, experts discussed four troubleshooting cases and explored whether module-resolved monitoring would help reduce the effort, and thereby decrease LCOE.
Argentina awards additional 259 MW of PV in third auction round
The developers of the five newly selected PV projects, which were initially excluded from the round, have agreed to reduce their prices to the levels of those selected in late November. The additional solar capacity has raised the total assigned power for PV up to 816.3 MW.
Solar Frontier sells California solar project to X-Elio
The U.S. development division of the Japanese thin film PV maker has now developed and sold six utility-scale solar projects totaling 173 MW.
Latin America’s largest PV project comes online
The Villanueva III projects, part of the 754 MW Villanueva complex, has started to inject power to the Mexican grid nine months ahead of schedule. Part of the solar park is still under construction by Italian energy company Enel.
Spain’s Extremadura region prepares to host another giant solar plant
The new 300 MW project is being planned by U.K.-based Solarcentury, Spanish developer Genia Global Energy, and France’s Canopy.
