Guyana Raises $83.3 Million Financing For RE
Guyana To Use IDB & Norway Funds For 33 MW Solar & 34 MWh Storage Under GUYSOL
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) with funds from the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation have shelled out $83.3 million to help Guyana realize 33 MW utility solar PV capacity along with 34 MWh energy storage systems.
586 MW Wind & Solar Power Project In Brazil
Norsk Hydro’s Brazilian Bauxite Mine & Alumina Refinery Opt For RE Power From GIG & Hydro Rein
Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has joined hands with Norwegian renewables developer Hydro Rein to co-develop a 586 MW wind and solar power project in Brazil that will have Norsk Hydro’s bauxite mine and alumina refinery as sole offtakers of power generated.
55 GW Solar Registered For Brazil’s A-5 Auction
Brazil’s EPE Registers 115 GW New Energy Capacity For A-5 & A-6 Auctions
Brazil’s Energy Research Office of Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) has registered 114.86 GW new energy capacity for both A-5 and A-6 auctions to be held on September 16, 2022 out of which solar capacity accounts for 55.82 GW.
37 Bidders For Ecuador’s 500 MW RE Auction
Ecuador Attracts 37 Bidders For ERNC Block I Auction For 500 MW Capacity
Ecuador’s Ministry of Energy and Non-Renewable Natural Resources says 37 companies from 13 countries have registered their interest in the country’s 500 MW renewable energy tender that includes 120 MW solar PV capacity.
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438 MW Solar JV In Brazil Between Hydro Rein, Atlas & Albras & More From Vatia, Galp
Albras to source solar power from 438 MW solar plant in Brazil; IFC backs Colombia’s Vatia to strengthen its renewable energy portfolio; Galp to expand renewables portfolio with 4.8 GW capacity in Brazil.
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Cerro Dominador Scraps CSP For Chile Project To Focus On PV & More From Voltalia, Argentina
Cerro Dominador expanding solar project’s capacity to 600 MW in Chile; Voltalia’s 320 MW Brazilian solar project commissioned; Argentina has awarded Multiradio the contract to set up solar projects for 60 buildings under PERMER program.
Brazil’s CEMIG Launches Wind & Solar Tender
CEMIG Expanding Energy Generation Capacity; Seeks More Wind & Solar Power
Brazilian electricity supplier Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais (CEMIG) is soliciting proposals to acquire or contract electricity from wind and solar power plants in the country, a step that it says is aligned with its strategic business planning.
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Verano Energy Expands Chilean Portfolio With 116 MW Solar & More From Enel, CNE
Enel raises €600 million for sustainability projects in Latin America; Verano Energy acquires 15 solar projects in Chile; Dominican Republic grants concession agreement to 50 MW solar project.
Solar EPC Tender For 83 MW In Colombia
Colombian Utility EPM Looking For Contractors For Tepuy Photovoltaic Solar Park
Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), the electricity utility in Colombia, has launched a search for a solar EPC service provider to construct the 83 MW Tepuy Photovoltaic Solar Park in the municipality of La Dorada in the Department of Caldas.
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Statkraft To Build 671 MW Solar+Storage Project In Chile & More From Voltalia, Blue Elephant Energy
Statkraft secures environmental clearance for 671 MW solar & storage project in Chile; Voltalia breaks ground for 260 MW solar project in Brazil; Blue Elephant Energy acquires 44 MW solar capacity in Chile.
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Atlas Fires Up 244 MW Bifacial Solar Plant In Chile & More From Engie Brasil, Ecopetrol
Atlas Renewable Energy starts commercial operations of its 244 MW solar plant in Chile; Engie Brasil acquires 260 MW in Brazil; Ecopetrol starts solar powered green hydrogen production plant in Colombia.
Private IPP Auctioning Solar Power In Chile
Grenergy Launches Reverse Auction For 380 GWh/Year Solar Power In Chile
Spanish renewable energy company Grenergy has launched a competitive auction offering 380 GWh of solar production annually in Chile to generators, marketers and other industrial companies, calling it the 1st such auction that changes the conventional.
Barbados To Introduce RE Auctions
IDB Looking For Consultant To Devise Competitive RE Procurement Framework For Barbados
The island nation of Barbados wants to go the competitive auction way to source renewable energy for the country and is seeking help from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that has launched a tender to select a consultant to develop a technol.
Argentina Wants Solar For Public Buildings
Secretariat Of Electric Power Launches Tender For Solar System Installation For 281 Buildings
The Secretariat of Electric Power in Argentina has launched a call for interested bidders for solar system installation and power supply for 281 public, national and provincial buildings in 19 provinces of the country.
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Celsia & Grupo Bancolombia’s Solar Platform In Colombia & More From Voltalia, Ingeteam & Meteocontrol
Voltalia sells minority stake in 320 MW Brazilian plant; Ingeteam provides inverters for 210 MW Brazilian PV portfolio; meteocontrol to provide monitoring services for Celsia that has also launched a solar energy platform in Colombia with Grupo Bancolombia Capital.
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Colombian Air Force Base To Save $64 Million/Month With Solar Power 7 More From Norsk & Sonnedix
Norsk Solar signs up for 18 MW solar in Brazil; Sonnedix has energized its 10.5 MW solar farm in Chile; Colombian Air Force Base gets solar power plant for self-consumption.
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DOP 1.09 Billion For Renewables Support In 2021 In Dominican Republic & More From ABSOLAR, Enel
ABSOLAR says Brazil’s cumulative installed solar power capacity now exceeds 14 GW; Colombia’s SIC has approved merger of 4 companies to create a single Enel Colombia, focused on renewables and electromobility; Dominican Republic supported renewab.
Over 2 GW Solar Approved For Ceará
Coema Gives Environmental Clearance For 2.142 GW Solar Capacity In Brazil’s Ceará State
The state environmental council of the Brazilian state of Ceará, Coema has given its nod to 3 new renewable energy energy projects, all representing solar PV technology with a combined capacity of 2.142 GW, clearing their environmental licensing.
