Interview: Quercus CEO reveals more about 600 MW Iranian solar project
Diego Biasi, CEO of British investment firm Quercus, talks to pv magazine about the company’s plans to develop a 600 MW solar farm in Iran, which will not only be one of the biggest PV plants in the world but a seismic solar development for both the MENA region and Iran.
Enel breaks ground on 137.7 MW solar plant in South Australia
The $157 million project will be built with 420,000 polycrystalline modules mounted on single-axis tracker near Port Augusta.
Belgium’s Flanders region raises 2020 targets for solar and wind
Because biomass is not performing as expected, the Belgian Flemish-speaking region has raised by one third its EU targets for solar and wind, and has improved investment conditions for commercial and industrial PV.
Interview: Large-scale PV in Brazil should be perfect fit for auction, says solar association president
The Brazilian government is preparing to contract new large-scale PV projects in a new auction to be held in December. The president of the Brazilian solar association ABSOLAR has explained to pv magazine details of the new competition and has also described the future scenarios of utility-scale solar in Brazil.
Russia may auction off just 57 MW of solar in 2018
Overall, the Russian government is reportedly set to allocate around 1 GW of renewable energy capacity next year, but wind is expected to have the largest share.
Sheffield set to welcome UK’s first mega-battery plant
Sheffield will host Britain’s first industrial-scale battery plant, in a bid to help the grid adopt to the rapidly increasing amount of renewable power in the U.K.
Czech storage market on the starting blocks
Storage systems with a combined capacity of up to 100 MW could be installed in the Czech Republic under a specific incentive program by 2020.
Enel sells 80% of 1 GW large-scale solar in Mexico
The transaction is worth $1.35 billion and includes another 700 MW of wind power plants. The majority interest in the projects was sold to Canada-based CDPQ and CKD Infraestructura México.
European Investment Bank partners with International Solar Alliance, confirms €800m ($940m) Indian RE support scheme
The EIB has also confirmed that it will provide $940 million in financial support for Indian renewable Energy.
Dubai has 17 MW of solar installed under net metering
The Shams Dubai initiative encourages DEWA residential and commercial customers to install rooftop PV systems under net metering in order to reduce their energy bills.
