PV

Sol Systems acquires 37 MW Illinois solar project from Lightrock Power

Friday, 29 April 2022 Robin Whitlock

Sol Systems, LLC, based in Washington DC, has announced it has acquired a 37 MW solar development project in Morgan County, Illinois from Lightrock Power.

South Africa

WiSolar prepares to create new job opportunities in South Africa

Wednesday, 16 March 2022 Robin Whitlock

African company WiSolar is preparing to generate new job opportunities in South Africa in order to reduce continuing unemployment in the region and to stimulate residential solar installation.

Ingeteam Supplying Solar Inverters for Mercury Renew Projects in Brazil

Monday, 14 March 2022 REM Ingeteam has supplied 108 solar inverters made in Brazil and 32 substations or power stations also assembled in the country. The supply was for two PV projects from Mercury Renew, a Grupo Comerc Energia ...

Burundi

Multinational effort brings first solar farm to Burundi

Thursday, 04 November 2021 Green energy developer Gigawatt Global has led an international effort in a six-year process to build Burundi’s first solar farm, consisting of a 7.5 MW solar PV plant located near the village of Mubuga. ...

NEoT Offgrid Africa and Winch Energy Limited deploy new solar solutions in Uganda and Sierra Leone

Monday, 04 October 2021 Robin Whitlock NEoT Offgrid Africa (NOA) and Winch Energy Limited have invested around $12 million in mini-grid projects in Uganda and Sierra Leone, contributing to their global ambition to build the largest portfolio ...

Spain

Statkraft accelerates solar investments - four new solar farms in southern Spain

Thursday, 13 May 2021 Robin Whitlock Energy giant Statkraft has announced its investment to construct four new solar plants in Cadiz, with an estimated value in the range of 200 million euros, thereby further strengthening its position in ...

Capital Dynamics and Hoosier Energy Sign 150MW Solar Energy PPA

Tuesday, 23 February 2021 REM Capital Dynamics CEI, the Clean Energy Infrastructure business line of Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, and Hoosier Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative, ...

Spain

STI Norland leads Spain’s business growth, according to Spanish trade body CEPYME

Wednesday, 20 January 2021 Robin Whitlock STI Norland, one of the largest manufacturers of solar trackers and fixed structures in the world, based in Navarra, Spain, has been included in the CEPYME500 list published annually by the Spanish Confederation ...

OutBack Power™ Partners with Power52 Foundation to Advance Solar Education

Friday, 20 November 2020 REM To help educate people on the importance of energy independence and to accelerate Power52’s mission of reducing unemployment and underemployment around Baltimore, OutBack Power Technologies recently ...

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Acquires Solar Portfolio Totaling 80 MW

Tuesday, 17 November 2020 REM Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC announced that, through a wholly-owned subsidiary, it purchased a to-be-constructed 80 MW solar project from Broad Reach Power LLC. The project, Fall River Solar, ...