PV

Risen Energy Signs Contract for 261MW with OPDEnergy

Wednesday, 06 March 2019 REM Risen Energy has signed a collaborative contract for a 261MW project with Spain’s OPDEnergy. Under the contract, the Chinese firm will provide the high-efficiency modules, required for power stations to ...

BBOXX Raises $6.8 Million for Solar Energy in Africa

Tuesday, 05 March 2019 REM

BBOXX and Trine’s funding initiative has hit the $6.8 million (€6 million) mark – in what is the largest crowd-funded debt raise in the history of solar energy in Africa.

France

Sonnedix announces €28.5 million refinancing of 32 MW portfolio in France

Monday, 04 March 2019 Robin Whitlock

Global solar power producer Sonnedix has announced the non-recourse debt refinancing of a 32 MW portfolio of photovoltaic plants in south west France at a value of 28.5 million euros.

BBOXX Customers in Togo Receive Government Subsidy for Solar Payments

Friday, 01 March 2019 REM

BBOXX customers in Togo will now receive a subsidy to spend on solar energy - in what is the first government subsidy for the purpose of solar energy payments in Africa.

New Southern Energy Installs First Commercial Floating Solar Farm in Africa

Friday, 01 March 2019 Dan McCue African renewable energy company, New Southern Energy, has installed a state of the art microgrid solution at Marlenique Farm, owned by the Van der Merwe Family of the renowned Boplaas in Ceres. The farm ...

Uganda

Azuri GrowFast solar irrigation system named winner of UN Uganda renewable energy fund

Friday, 01 March 2019 Robin Whitlock GrowFast, the pay-as-you-go solar irrigation solution from Azuri Technologies, has been named a winner of the Uganda renewable energy fund launched by the UN CleanStart programme and Embassy of Sweden. ...

Ingeteam Opens Subsidiaries in Morocco and Peru

Wednesday, 27 February 2019 REM Ingeteam is opening two new subsidiaries in Morocco and Peru. With this expansion, the company now has a global presence in 22 countries. Both subsidiaries are focussed on the renewable energies sector ...

Singapore

Sunseap and Centurion Sign 20-Year Solar PPA

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 REM Centurion Corporation and Sunseap Group have signed a 20-year solar power purchase agreement for a workers dormitory in Singapore. Located at Jalan Papan and built by developer Centurion-Lian Beng (Papan) ...

Kyocera and LO3 Energy to Demonstrate Blockchain-Managed Virtual Power Plant

Tuesday, 26 February 2019 REM Kyocera Corporation and New York-based LO3 Energy Inc. have formed a joint project to test the feasibility of a blockchain-managed virtual power plant (VPP) utilizing a peer-to-peer distributed consensus ...

European payback times for solar power fell in 2018 finds new report

Thursday, 21 February 2019 Robin Whitlock Thanks to falling solar panel prices and increased CO2 cost for dirty fuels, payback times for solar power for consumers was way down in Europe in 2018 Norwegian roof-top solar company Otovo, has found. ...