The utility group, Enel Colombia, signed a PPA to sell some of the output from the 486.7 MW Guayepo I & II solar farm to the Colombian brewery Bavaria SA. Source: IEEFA
Eneva SA secured a US$58.3 million loan from Banco do Nordeste do Brasil SA to fund the development and construction of an 870 MWp solar PV project in Brazil. Source: Renewables Now
Brazil added 514.63 MW of solar and wind power capacity in July. Solar farms account for most of the additional capacity, with 330.51 MW added in the month. Source: Financial Eye
Enel Green Power began construction on the 487 MW Guayepo I and II solar park project in northern Colombia. The project’s total investment is US$290 million and will generate more than 1 TWh/year of energy. Source: Renewables Now
State-owned power generator NTPC is seeking global bids on behalf of Unión Eléctrica de Cuba (UNE) for 1,150 MW of grid-connected solar PV and 150 MW/150 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) projects in Cuba. Source: Renewables Now
The government of the Dominican Republic has inaugurated the 50 MW solar farm, El Soco. The total investment in the plant was approximately US$90 million. Source: Renewables Now
The Barbados Workers’ Union, Barbados National Oil Company Limited, and Emera Caribbean signed an MoU to begin constructing a US$25 million, 10 MW solar plant at Mangrove, St. Philip, within a year. Source: GIS Barbados
The Eastern Caribbean Central Bank’s solar power canopy is the biggest solar-power generation system on St Kitts and Nevis. It is also the biggest solar-power system in the Eastern Caribbean operated by any entity other than a power company. Source: Central Banking
