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723 GW of New Wind Capacity Expected in the Next Decade : WoodMac

Wood Mackenzie Power and Renewables ‘Global Wind Power Market Outlook Update: Q1 2019’ report predicts the additions of nearly 723 GW of new wind capacity in the decade leading up to 2028. According to the report, 50.2GW of new wind power was added globally in 2018, a 4% increase Year on Year (YoY) and the […]

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InfraCo Africa Signs $2.2 M Loan Agreements with Gigawatt Global

InfraCo Africa has signed $2.2 million convertible loan agreements with energy developer Gigawatt Global for the development of the Samburu Solar and Transmara Solar projects in Kenya. Each with a capacity of 10MWAC, the sister facilities will generate clean, reliable electricity in some of the poorest counties in the country. The financing committed by InfraCo Africa will […]

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Japan’s Eurus Energy Acquires Share in Winlab Africa

Japan’s wind energy developer Eurus Energy has acquired a share in Winlab Africa, a subsidiary of the Australian group Winlab Limited, with an investment of $10 million. The money will be used to finance several projects, including the Miombo Hewani wind farm in southwest Tanzania. A company statement explained that through this investment, Eurus Energy, […]

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Iberdrola Commences Work on $340 million Spanish Solar Plant

Spanish utility Iberdrola has commenced work on a 500-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic power plant in Badajoz, Spain. It is its first PV project in Europe. The facility, Iberdrola’s first photovoltaic plant in Europe, will use 1.5 million panels spread across a 1,000-hectare site. The company will invest around 300 million (US$340 million) euros in its development. Iberdrola […]

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NRG Systems and ZX Lidars Seal New Partnership

With the Wind Energy market getting a second wind on the back of offshore sites and wider markets opening up in Asia and South America, consolidation and partnerships are starting up in the sector. NRG Systems, Inc., a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of wind, solar, and meteorological applications, has announced […]

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In a First: Solar Panels That Store Both Electricity and Heat

Building-integrated PV cells that supply both heat and electricity have been developed at SINTEF’s solar cell lab in Trondheim. One answer to new energy demands of the world is to install building-integrated PV (BIPV) cells, either in the form of roof tiles or facade elements. However, the feasibility of this will require lower costs and […]

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ENEL Acquires 650 MW of Renewable Capacity From EGPNA REP

The overall consideration paid for the transaction amounts to approximately 256 million US dollars, for an enterprise value equal to around 900 million US dollars. Enel S.p.A., acting through its renewable subsidiary Enel Green Power North America Inc. (EGPNA), finalised the acquisition of 100 percent of seven fully operational renewable plants totalling 650 MW from […]

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China’s Ambitious Solar Power Space Project is a bet on the future

China plans to have a solar power station orbiting the earth at 36,000 km, allowing it to tap the energy of the sun’s rays without interference from the atmosphere or loss of sunlight. According to Chinese media, the country is working on plans to build a solar farm in space. The project is hugely ambitious […]

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Atlas Renewable Energy Secures $152 Mn For Financing of 3 Solar Plants in Brazil

The three projects are estimated to benefit around 470,000 families per year with clean, renewable energy and will avoid the emission of 108,000 tons of CO2 annually. Atlas Renewable Energy, a leader in clean energy in Latin America, announced the completion of long-term financing of three of its solar energy plants in Brazil for a total amount […]

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