Latest Renewables News
AfDB approves $20m for off-grid CRP fund
The AfDB has approved a $20 million concessional investment to support the $70 million second phase of the Covid-19 Off-Grid Recovery Platform
INVL expands solar footprint in Romania
INVL Asset Management has agreed to acquire 6 Romanian solar projects with a combined capacity of 102.7MW
Step forward for Irish offshore wind farm
Fuinneamh Sceirde Teoranta – a JV between Macquarie’s Corio Generation and Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan – has completed geophysical surveys on the 450MW Sceirde Rocks Offshore Wind Farm off Carna’s coast, Ireland
Berenberg backs Polish solar portfolio
Renewables developer Green Genius has secured financing for the construction of a 69MW solar park portfolio in Poland
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MUFG Oz arranges green loan
Renewables Asia PacificThe Sydney arm of MUFG has arranged a A$140 million loan facility to help finance ACEN’s renewables portfolio expansion plans in Australia
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Plenitude invests in Italian, Spanish renewables
Renewables EuropeEni’s wholly-owned subsidiary Plenitude has acquired a 65% stake in developer Hergo Renewables from Italy-based shareholder Infrastrutture
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Iberdrola, Solvay partner for French solar
Renewables EuropeIberdrola and chemical company Solvay have teamed up for the development of a 65MW solar PV project to provide electricity to Solvay’s operations in Tavaux and Saint Fons in France
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SMBC adds PF VP in US
Renewables North AmericaJapanese bank SMBC has hired a new vice president to its project finance team
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Subsea clean energy MoU signs
Renewables EuropeBaker Hughes has signed an MoU with 2 Scottish technology companies to identify integrated wave energy and subsea storage solutions
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BP to purchase stake in Kansas wind project
Renewables North AmericaOil and gas company BP Energy has struck a deal to purchase the remaining 50% stake of a 470MW wind project in Kansas that the company co-owns with American Electric Power
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Mazars promotes PF senior executive in Joburg
Renewables Sub-Saharan AfricaMazars has promoted Shameek Purbhoo to a senior executive role within the firm’s project finance and M&A departments in Johannesburg
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Nyserda seeks to procure 2GW of renewables
Renewables North AmericaThe New York State Energy Research and Development Authority has launched a tender for 2GW of large-scale renewable energy projects in the state
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Final permits for Harmony Energy solar farm
Renewables Asia PacificUK based renewables developer Harmony Energy is progressing with the delivery of the proposed Waikato Solar Farm in New Zealand, with plans to have it fully operational by 2025
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Enefit Green to acquire 2 Estonian solar projects
Renewables EuropeEnefit Green has agreed to acquire Estonian solar developer Rääbiste Põllud
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Ex-Natixis MD lands at SocGen
Renewables North AmericaA former managing director at Natixis has landed at Societe Generale after leaving his position in July
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Brookfield to inject $2bn+ in India renewables
Renewables Asia PacificBrookfield Asset Management will inject more than $2 billion in renewable energy projects across India
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Cox Energy to enter Colombian energy trading market
Renewables Latin AmericaSpanish solar developer Cox Energy has had the greenlight to trade within Colombia’s wholesale energy market
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Uzbekistan, Huawei pen on renewables
Renewables Asia PacificUzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy and Huawei Tech Investment Tashkent have signed an MoU on the development of renewable energy sources in the Central Asian state
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EWE, GMH ink solar PPA for steel industry
Renewables EuropeEnergy supplier EWE has signed a PPA with GMH Group to supply its largest electric steel plant in Georgsmarienhütte, Germany, with solar power