MDPs Committed Climate Finance Worth $66 B in 2020: Joint Report Updated On Fri, Jul 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy According to the recently published 2020 Joint Report on Multilateral Development Banks’ Climate Finance, climate finance committed by major multilateral development banks (MDBs) rose to a total of $66 billion last year from $61.6 billion in 2019, of which, 58%—or $38 billion—was committed to low- and middle-income economies. The total climate cofinance committed during 2020 […] Read more
Canadian Solar Secures EUR 50 Million For Project Development in EMEA Updated On Fri, Jun 25th, 2021 by Saurenergy One of the leading solar PV module manufacturers, Canadian Solar Inc. has announced securing a Euro 50 million bilateral corporate facility with Banco Santander, S.A. The facility will support growth at Canadian Solar’s Global Energy business as it executes and expands on its project development pipeline in Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) region, and […] Read more
Experts Find Lower Costs, Cheap Credit To Be Decisive For Energy Future Updated On Fri, Jun 18th, 2021 by Saurenergy What does the energy landscape look like in the post-Covid era? Ajay Mathur, Director, International Solar Alliance, believes that as we look to the future, two-three key changes emerge: One, post the pandemic, energy equipment buyers are considering the operating costs of energy with greater emphasis, largely because of the greater availability of credit, which […] Read more
DR Congo Goes With Solar Off Grid To Power 3 Northern Cities Updated On Sun, Jun 6th, 2021 by Saurenergy Africa’s second largest country, and one of its poorest, the Democratic Republic of Congo (not to be confused with the neighboring Republic of Congo) has finally placed a big bet on renewable energy. The government there has finally gone for a $100 million investment off grid hybrid solar projects that will provide power to three cities […] Read more
CWP & Mauritania In MOU to Build Green H2 Plant, but will Citizens Benefit? Updated On Thu, Jun 3rd, 2021 by Saurenergy NSW-headquartered renewable energy developer CWP Global recently announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Mauritania for the development of a 30GW green hydrogen project. CWP claims that the project, called Aman, will be the world’s biggest renewable energy project, exporting green hydrogen and its derivatives to global markets. […] Read more
BP Acquires 9 GW Solar Portfolio in the U.S. Updated On Wed, Jun 2nd, 2021 by Saurenergy British oil and gas giant BP plc announced yesterday that it is purchasing 9 GW of solar development projects in the US from independent US solar developer 7X Energy, pouring $220 million and 1 GW of “safe harbour” equipment into the deal. The projects are expected to meet bp’s laid down low carbon investment criteria, […] Read more
Italian Wind Firm ERG Acquires 80 MW Renewables Portfolio in France Updated On Mon, May 24th, 2021 by Saurenergy Leading Italian wind power operator ERG announced in a press release on Friday its acquisition of a company that holds an operational renewables portfolio of 80 MW in France. ERG, through its subsidiary ERG Eolienne France, has signed an agreement with FPCI Capenergie 3, a fund managed by the Paris-based private equity investor Omnes Capital, to […] Read more
Energy Transition May Cost Upstream Oil & Gas Sector $14 T: WoodMac Updated On Thu, May 20th, 2021 by Saurenergy Even a rapidly transitioning world needs oil and gas supply for decades to come The energy transition represents US$14 trillion worth of uncertainty for upstream oil and gas, according to a new report by Wood Mackenzie. Oil and gas is a risky business. Over the years, those risks have been tempered by a single tenet […] Read more
Power Factors Set to Acquire Software Platform 3megawatt Updated On Wed, May 19th, 2021 by Saurenergy Costa Mesa-headquartered Power Factors, LLC, a leading renewable energy software provider in the U.S., announced today its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire 3megawatt GmbH, the German developer of the best-in-class BluePoint asset management software platform. Power Factors, LLC, offers hardware-agnostic software-as-a-service solution for performance monitoring, asset management, and optimization. 3megawatt’s mission is to […] Read more
