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El Salvador will build 100 MW solar PV with $15m financing from Finland
January 15, 2018
El Salvador’s renewable energy share is steadily growing, and an injection of $15m for a solar project will see that share increase further. Marking FinnFund’s first entry into El Salvador, the Finnish development financier will provide $15 million in loan funding to build 100 MW of solar PV across rural areas. Ten solar power plants […]
Two solar project tenders launched in Dutch Caribbean
December 5, 2017
Two Dutch Caribbean islands have launched tenders for solar projects. Curaçao’s power utility Aqualectra issued a tender for the construction of a solar project with a capacity of 10 – 15 MW. The utility Saba Electric Company, the provider of power for Saba Island, released a tender for a 1 MW solar park with 1.5 […]
BMR Energy to build solar PV for Jamaican sugar industry
November 8, 2017
An important partnership has formed between a leading regional solar developer and Jamaica’s sugar industry. Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Karl Samuda, made the announcement at the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between SCJ Holdings Ltd and BMR Energy LLC. The Monymusk sugar factory in Clarendon, Jamaica will get a solar upgrade […]
Construction begins for Saint Lucia’s first solar farm
October 4, 2017
Three months after signing the contract, LUCELEC and US-based solar energy company, GROUPOTEC, and other stakeholders gathered last week for the ground breaking ceremony for the 3 MW solar PV project in Saint Lucia. This will be Saint Lucia’s first utility-scale renewable energy project. Diesel generators currently account for over 99% of the islands energy […]
Solar PV and microgrids post-Irma: Some survive, others sustain damage
September 28, 2017
Antigua at 50km from the eye of the storm saw sustained winds at time exceeding 275 km/hour. The solar power system on Antiguga – designed and installed by PV Energy – survived hurricane Irma without damages or substantial system failures. Designed to withstand hurricanes of up to the category 4, each of the 55 solar power […]
Colombia inaugurates first solar farm
September 13, 2017
Colombia’s efforts to diversify its electricity mix is finally coming to fruition. The first utility-scale solar project is now online, a 9.8 MW ground-mounted project with modules provided by Jinko Solar. Colombian renewable energy company, Celsia, developed the project and has plans to develop a further 250 MW in Colombia and Panama. PV projects registered […]
JinkoSolar supplies 35 MW of solar PV modules to Gransolar Mexico project
August 11, 2017
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. (“JinkoSolar” or the “Company”) (NYSE: JKS), a global leader in the solar PV industry, today announced that it has supplied 35.46 MW of solar modules to Gransolar, a specialist renewable energy construction company, for a PV project in Mexico. JinkoSolar supplied its high efficiency PV modules to the largest solar power plant in […]
St Eustatius microgrid to be expanded after successful tests
July 20, 2017
In March 2016, SMA Sunbelt commissioned a 1.89 MW solar PV and 1 MW/572 kWh Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) battery energy storage system on the Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius. The objective of the retrofitted renewable energy plant was, and is, to reduce the diesel consumption of existing diesel generators on the island, thus generating savings […]
Sungrow to provide storage system for PV + storage project in Bahamas
July 20, 2017
Sungrow, the global leading PV inverter system solution supplier, has announced to have provided the entire energy storage system for a PV + storage project in the Bahamas. The highly integrated 500kWh energy storage system, which is customized for the North American C&I market and consists of a 250kW storage inverter and 500kWh of lithium ion […]