
Daily News Wrap-Up: Himachal Pradesh Allots 501 MW of Hydroelectric Projects to SJVN
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Himachal Pradesh Government has allocated 501 MW of hydroelectric projects to state-owned power producer SJVN. The 104 ...

Greece Approves €2.02 Billion for Developing 2.81 GW of Renewable Energy Projects
Greece has approved a budget of €2.02 billion (~$2.47 billion) to develop four renewable energy projects totaling 2.81 GW. Greece’s Interministerial Strategic Investment Committee approved an investment worth €888.13 million ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: IFC Approves $265 Million to Promote Electric Vehicles in Brazil
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Pacific Gas and Electric Company has requested approval from the California Public Utilities Commission for six additional ...

Gold Miners Need to Cut Harmful Emissions by 80% by 2050 to Meet Paris Climate Goals
Gold miners need to shift rapidly to renewable power generation sources to decarbonize the sector to be in line with the Paris Agreement's global warming target of 1.5°C, the World ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Andhra Pradesh’s Rajahmundry Airport Gets a 1 MW Solar Project
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Airports Authority of India (AAI) has inaugurated a 1 MW solar project at Rajahmundry airport in Rajamahendravaram, ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Goa’s First Project with Decentralized Clean Energy Inaugurated
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Goa’s Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy inaugurated the first pilot convergence project with a ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Hartek Bags a 1.8 MW Rooftop Solar Project in Rajasthan from Bikaji
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Hartek Solar, the rooftop solar division of the Hartek Group, has bagged a 1.8 MW rooftop solar ...

Funding and M&A Roundup: Silicon Ranch Raises $225 Million for 1 GW of Solar Projects
Silicon Ranch Corporation, the U.S. solar platform for Shell and an independent power producer, has closed an investment round that attracted $225 million in new equity capital. The round was ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Mizoram Gets its First Solar Project of 2 MW
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Mizoram's Power Minister Pu R. Lalzirliana inaugurated the state's first solar power project located at Tlungvel, about 58 kilometers ...

Tamil Nadu Commission Dismisses NSEFI’s Plea for Rollover of Banked Renewable Energy
The Tamil Nadu Electricity Regulatory Commission (TNERC) dismissed the National Solar energy Federation of India's (NSEFI) request to allow rollover of banked energy from open access projects under the captive ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: CERC and FERC Sign MoU to Work Together in the Electricity Sector
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: The Union Cabinet has given its approval to the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission's proposal for entering into a Memorandum ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Hindustan Coca-Cola Commissions Seven New Renewable Projects
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages (HCCB) announced the commissioning of seven additional renewable energy projects into service. Installed in ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Ecoppia to Supply Robotic Solutions for Azure’s 450 MW Solar Project
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan launched India's first solar energy-driven miniature train at Veli tourist village in ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Philips and Heineken to Sign a Pan-European Green Energy Deal
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Sungrow announced that it supplied its medium-voltage inverter solutions to a 100 MW solar park in Kaposvàr, south-west Hungary, ...

Funding and M&A Roundup: ITOCHU Acquires O&M Provider Bay4 Energy Services
Greencells, global engineering, procurement, and construction and maintenance service provider for utility-scale solar projects, placed the first tranche with a volume of €15 million (~$18.1 million) for its secured 6.5% ...

Project Finance Brief: ReneSola Sells 16 MW Solar Portfolio to Modus Asset Management
ReneSola Power, a fully integrated solar project developer, announced the sale of a portfolio of ground-mounted solar parks to Modus Asset Management, a Vilnius, Lithuania-based investment management company specialized in ...

Amazon Becomes World’s Largest Corporate Purchaser of Renewable Energy
E-commerce giant Amazon announced 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects totaling 3.4 GW of electricity production capacity, bringing its total investment in renewable energy in 2020 to 35 ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: Solarpack to Develop a 258 MW Solar Project in Ecuador
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Hydro-Québec has launched EVLO Energy Storage Inc., a subsidiary that designs, sells, and operates sustainable energy storage systems. These ...

Maharashtra Approves Draft Policy to Deploy 17 GW of Renewable Power by 2025
The Maharashtra State Cabinet has approved the draft policy ‘Unconventional Energy Generation Policy 2020’ to be adopted by the Department of Energy to promote non-conventional energy generation in the state. The agency ...

African Development Bank Pledges $50 Million to Help Energy Access Companies Tackle COVID-19
The African Development Bank's (AfDB) board of directors (BoD) has approved a $20 million concessional investment from the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) to establish the COVID-19 off-grid recovery ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: India’s Visaka Industries Installs Solar Roof at UAE Mosque
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: Visaka Industries Limited has installed ATUM, an integrated solar roof, in Sharjah, UAE. The solar integrated roof was ...

Italy Announces Special Tariffs for Shared Renewable Energy Generation by Prosumers
Italy has launched a new incentive program to encourage the local generation and sharing of renewable power. Two kinds of prosumers would be the beneficiaries of the incentive program: energy ...

Daily News Wrap-Up: IREDA Signs Deal to Help SJVN Expand its Renewable Portfolio
Here are some noteworthy cleantech announcements of the day from around the world: SJVN Limited has entered an agreement with the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (IREDA) for renewable project ...

NPAs in Renewable Industry Inevitable If Andhra Doesn’t Resolve Issue Soon
The National Solar Energy Federation of India (NSEFI) and the Indian Wind Power Association (IWPA) have written to the High Court of Andhra Pradesh urging them to expedite pending hearings ...

Project Finance Brief: Capital Dynamics Secures $327 Million for a 383 MW Solar Project
Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, announced that its Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business had achieved a financial close on a 383 MW Eagle Shadow Mountain solar ...