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KKR buying RE firm ContourGlobal for £1.75 billion

Leading investment firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co (KKR) has announced that it is buying ContourGlobal, a renewable energy company. The deal is for £1.75 billion. According to KKR, the company is offering shareholders of ContourGlobal 263.6p for every share. This offer price represents a 36 per cent premium to the last closing price of […]

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ACEN, Puri Usaha Group partner to develop RE in Indonesia

Ayala Group’s listed energy platform, ACEN and the Puri Usaha Group have announced that they will work together on a platform for the joint development of renewable energy projects in Indonesia focusing on large-scale solar power plants, battery energy storage systems and green hydrogen projects. ACEN says that the plan is subject to applicable regulatory […]

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MNRE Minister Bhagwant Khuba At Intersolar Europe

Union Minister of State for Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, Bhagwant Khuba attended the Intersolar Europe 2022 held at Munich, Germany. The Minister delivered key note address at the investment promotion event on “India’s Solar Energy Market”. Bhagwant Khuba in his key note address said that ‘As Hon’ble PM Modiji’s ambitious Panchamrit targets set […]

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Ather Closes Series E Fund Raise With $128 Million Round From NIIFL, SOF, Hero Moto

Bengaluru based Ather Energy, a leading electric two-wheeler company in India, has confirmed the completion of its Series E round of funding with signing of investment agreements amounting to $128 million with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Limited’s (NIIFL) Strategic Opportunities Fund (SOF), and Hero MotoCorp, a significant shareholder of Ather, and additional investors. Details […]

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Lithium Price Surge Leaves Car Makers Comparing LFP with NCM batteries

Steep rises in battery raw materials prices since the start of 2021 have favoured a faster shift to LFP batteries for electric vehicles, over NMC batteries. Cobalt and Lithium for example have become dearer by 70% and 700% respectively. The lowest-cost pack has always been lithium-iron-phosphate, or LFP, the preferred choice of Tesla, Volkswagon and […]

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Hanwha invests $320M in cell, module mfg capacity expansion

Hanwha Solutions, a Korean company that owns clean energy solutions provider Qcells, has announced a $320 million investment plan for solar manufacturing expansion in the United States and Korea with the aim of providing secure, cleaner energy amid mounting calls for energy security and net-zero emissions. Hanwha said it will seek to spend $170 million […]

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Mubadala, ENGIE To Ease EV charging in Abu Dhabi, Middle East

Mubadala Investment Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with French energy major ENGIE for the development of a digital platform to enable charging electric vehicles in Abu Dhabi and the Middle East region. ENGIE is a global leader in energy business. The MoU entails that Mubadala and ENGIE will look to develop a […]

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