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Voltalia seals solar power supply contract with Braskem in Brazil

French renewables company Voltalia SA (EPA:VLTSA) has inked a 20-year solar power sale contract with Brazilian thermoplastic resin producer Braskem (BVMF:BRKM5) concerning a portion...

Chilean energy provider aims to build 788 MW solar park

Power provider Colbún has applied for environmental approval to build the 788 MW Planta Fotovoltaica Inti Pacha project in Chile. According to a document published by Chile’s...

Colombian oil company to power fossil fuel extraction with 50 MW of solar

Colombian state-owned oil company Ecopetrol has announced plans for a 50 MW solar park which will be owned by its Cenit hydrocarbon transportation and logistics subsidiary. The...

IDB Invest lends USD 110m for DG solar expansion in Brazil

IDB Invest, the private sector arm of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), has granted a local currency loan equivalent to USD 110 million (EUR 101.5m)...

Brazilian hydropower dam to host 30 MW of floating solar

Belgian engineering firm Tractebel, a unit of French energy giant Engie, plans to build three floating PV arrays with 30 MW of capacity at...

South America’s ‘largest’ solar photovoltaic project is up and running

A 475 megawatt (MW) section of what is being described by energy firm the Enel Group as South America’s “largest” solar photovoltaic (PV) facility has started...

5.5 GW of unsubsidized solar for Brazil

Thanks to a clear plan of energy auctions including PV, the Brazilian energy market is currently the only Latin American market which keeps providing steady...

Bolsonaro scraps solar tax planned by Brazilian regulator

A brief post on the Facebook account of Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro announced agreement has been reached with Rodrigo Maia, president of the Chamber of Deputies,...

JinkoSolar and PHB Eletrônica Ltda Together to Sign One More Year of Partnership in Brazil

JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (the “Company,” or “JinkoSolar”) , one of the largest and most innovative solar module manufacturers in the world and PHB...

Fossil fuel dependence and poor governance? Fasten your seatbelts

“The geopolitical drama lies in the decline of fossil fuels, not the growth of renewables.” That is one of the headline statements in a study...

Solar Power Mexico: rising to the challenge

Solar Power Mexico 2019 came at a time when the new government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) had just taken office, and uncertainty...

Bangladesh sets solar import standards

The government of Bangladesh has heeded the call from domestic solar manufacturers to introduce minimum standards on PV modules, inverters, charge controllers and batteries. Bangladeshi manufacturers have been echoing...

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Australia solar Installation hits 40 GW

An IEA survey of solar power applications in Australia shows that the country installed 5.2 GW of solar capacity in 2024 and reached a...

Versiris Energy completes logistically tricky rooftop solar project

Versiris Energy completed a 575.36-kWDC rooftop solar project for a national commercial retail facility in Chanhassen, Minnesota. Versisis, a commercial solar developer and subsidiary...

Recurrent Energy Sells 275 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Project in New South Wales to European Investor

Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. and a global developer of solar and energy storage assets, has finalized the sale of its...

Azerbaijan seeks Chinese help in achieving “green” power dream

Azerbaijan is hoping China can play a big role in helping Baku fulfill its ambitions of building a “green energy corridor” to Europe. Azerbaijani officials...