Articles written by Blanca Díaz López

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Applications & Installations
Nicaragua hosts 12.5 MW PV plant relying on Recom modules The facility, located in Puerto Sandino, is one of the country’s largest PV plants. Modules provided by Recom were installed at the plant.
Blanca Díaz López
May 23, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Solar had no chance against wind in Spain’s renewable energy auction Spanish solar association UNEF claims PV was discriminated against in the auction and announced it will appeal to the European Commission.
Blanca Díaz López
May 17, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Brazilian state of Ceará approves three solar projects totaling 90 MW Ceará’s environmental authorities approved three 30 MW solar projects submitted by Steelcons Energy.
Blanca Díaz López
May 15, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Brazilian Development Bank grants first financing for large-scale PV The BNDES will support a 150 MW solar project being developed by EDF and Canadian Solar in the state of Minas Gerais. The project is scheduled to come online in August 2017.
Blanca Díaz López
May 12, 2017
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Brazil’s BNDES raises $1 billion through issue of green bonds The funds will be devoted to large-scale wind and solar projects across Brazil.
Blanca Díaz López
May 11, 2017
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Mexico publishes bidding rules for November’s renewable energy auction The auction will be held in November. Under the auction’s new dispostions, solar projects will be able to sell power to more entities, while prior to these new rules the only buyer was state-owned electric utility CFE.
Blanca Díaz López
May 09, 2017
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Applications & Installations
Brazil: over 10,000 PV systems are now installed under net metering The combined capacity of these installations has reached approximately 78 MW. The state with the highest number of PV systems under net metering is Minas Gerais.
Blanca Díaz López
May 09, 2017
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Markets & Policy
Spain loses its first renewable energy case in international courts Spain must pay €128 million for cuts to compensation for concentrating solar power (CSP) plants as ordered by the World Bank’s ICSID, where many other cases for investors in solar PV and other renewable energy projects are pending.
Blanca Díaz López
May 05, 2017
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Technology & Products
Chint’s project for solar factory in Brazil moves forward The Chinese module manufacturer intends to invest 112 million BRL ($35.2 million) in the manufacturing facility.
Blanca Díaz López
May 04, 2017