Chile’s Largest Floating Solar Power Plant Online
Hortifrut Brings Online Largest Floating Solar Power Plant In Chile With Solarity; Chile Approves 191.93 MW Sonnedix Project For Valparaiso
Hortifrut will procure solar power from a floating solar power plant (in the picture) that Solarity connected to the grid in Valparaiso region making it the horticultural company’s 8th solar project in the country.
Colombia Gets 1.5 GW Bids For First RE Tender
27 Domestic & International Firms Vying For First Renewable Energy Tender In Colombia; Government Planning To Auction 500 MW Capacity, Receives Bids For 1.5 GW: Reuters
Over the next 4 years, the Colombian government wants to increase the renewables capacity of the country from 50 MW today to 1.5 GW, according to Reuters.
Argentina’s RenovAr Round 3 Launch In Oct 2018
Argentina Announces ‘MiniRen’ Round 3 As Part Of RenovAr Program; Solar PV & Wind To Compete For 350 MW Capacity
In Argentina’s RenovAr Rounds 1, 1.5 and 2, the South American country awarded 400 MW, 516.2 MW and 556.8 MW of PV capacity. Wind won in each of the tender rounds.
No VAT For RE Equipment In Argentina
Developers In Argentina Don’t Have To Pay Sales Tax For PV Equipment Used In Renewable Energy Projects
Renewable energy project developers in Argentina won’t have to pay value added tax (VAT) for using renewable energy equipment in their projects. They will be exempted from paying VAT for purchase, manufacture or import of such components.
Brazil Projects Over 13 GW PV By 2026
Brazil’s Energy Ministry Publishes 10-Year Energy Plan Targeting PV Total of 13 GW From little more than 20 MW In 2016
Brazil’s Ministry of Mines and Energy believes there is scope to increase the country’s solar PV capacity from 21 MW in 2016 to 9,660 MW large-scale solar and 3,500 MW distributed solar by 2026..
