Niger holds firm on plan to build solar park at diesel-fueled thermal plant
The solar plant is expected to have a capacity of up to 60 MW and will be located at the 100 MW Gorou Banda thermal power station commissioned in 2017.
UK infrastructure investor reports losses on Australian PV assets
In its first-half earnings report, John Laing revealed that it has suffered substantial losses, mainly due to performance issues related to its renewable energy projects.
Giant solar project announced in DR Congo
President Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo has laid the foundation stone for a vast, 1 GW Kinshasa Solar City photovoltaic project aimed at improving the capital’s power supply.
Edify Energy connects Australia’s largest PV farm to troubled section of grid
The 275 MW (AC)/333 MW (DC) Darlington Point Solar Farm features two synchronous condensers.
Portugal’s 700 MW solar auction ten times oversubscribed
Minister of the environment and climate action, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, announced the development and revealed nine of the ten lots tendered include energy storage.
South African chemicals producer seeks bids for 20 MW of PV
Sasol plans to power its operations in the municipalities of Secunda and Sasolburg with two 10 MW solar projects. The successful bidders with sell power to the factories under power purchase agreements.
Italy’s largest PV project comes online
A 103 MW solar park built by Danish developer European Energy has been connected to the grid after a year of construction work. The project had been started in 2011 and at one stage appeared doomed, when a national feed-in tariff program ended.
AES releases 1 GW renewable project solicitation
AES has released a request for proposal to buy up to 1 GW of new renewable projects as part of its partnership with Google.
‘Ultra-mega’ 2 GW renewables project approved in India
The state cabinet has approved a 74:26 joint venture proposal by publicly-owned hydropower company THDC India and the Uttar Pradesh New and Renewable Energy Development Agency for the ambitious project.
Tunisia’s 70 MW PV tender concludes with lowest bid of $0.044/kWh
Launched in July 2019, the procurement exercise has seen final bids ranging from TND millimes 125.3922 ($0.0444)/kWh to TND millimes 129.9736/kWh for projects ranging from 1 MW to 10 MW. The tender lot for projects of 1 MW, final bids are between TND millimes 189.500 ($0.0671)/kWh to TND millimes 213.500/kWh
