Albania launches tender for 100 MW solar park
The country’s third large-scale solar plant will be built near Durrës, a port city on the Adriatic Sea in western Albania.
India secures record-low solar tariff of $0.027/kWh
Solar Energy Corp. of India secured a bid of $0.027/kWh in a recent auction, which is 15% lower than Solarpack’s INR 2.36/kWh winning bid in a previous 2 GW procurement exercise.
New round, same result: PV takes it all in Germany’s wind-solar tender
The German authorities allocated around 202 MW of solar power in the procurement exercise. Final prices ranged between €0.0518 and €0.0545 per kWh.
Sri Lanka seeks consultants for $100m solar project
The project will be developed under a credit line facility from the Exim Bank of India.
Chile to launch auction for 2.31 TWh of renewables+storage in May
The country’s energy regulator will publish the auction’s final bidding terms in December. Projects awarded contracts under the auction will supply electricity under 15-year power purchase agreements for 2026-2040.
Juwi begins work on 204 MW solar park in Greece
The German renewable energy developer secured the €130m project in a tender held by the Greek government.
Japan’s sixth solar auction concludes with lowest bid of $0.095/kWh
Around 368.8 MW of PV projects were allocated in the sixth round of Japan’s procurement program for large-scale solar. The lowest price offered was ¥10.00/kWh ($0.095) and the highest ¥12.00, for an average price of ¥11.49.
Colombia to hold 5 GW renewables auction in Q1 2021
In addition to the auction, scheduled for the first quarter of 2021, the Latin American country is also defining a green hydrogen roadmap in collaboration with Chile.
Tender launched to build small-sized solar plants in Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is seeking proposals from independent power producers for PV plants ranging in size from 60 to 500 kW.
Spanish government to allocate over 10 GW of PV in auctions until 2025
In this year’s procurement exercise, the Spanish authorities should assign more than 1 GW of solar capacity while in next year’s auction, over 1.8 GW is expected to be allocated.
