Danish energy company Ørsted has grown its solar footprint by acquiring the Muscle Shoals solar project, a 294MW under construction solar power plant in Colbert County, Alabama, from Longroad Energy at its financial closing. Financial terms of the deal were not revealed. Concurrent to the solar plant acquisition, Ørsted said that it has entered into […]
Pekan solar power plant : Jacobs, a US construction company, has been selected by Hanwha Energy to provide owner’s engineer services for supporting the design, engineering, procurement, construction, installation, testing and commissioning of a new 100MW solar power plant in Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia. Upon its commissioning, the Pekan solar power plant will be linked to […]
Rewa Solar Project : Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 750MW Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Power project in Rewa, Madhya Pradesh state through a video conference. The solar power project in Madhya Pradesh is made up of three solar generating units, each of 250MW capacity. Developed in Gurh Tehsil of Rewa District on a […]
NextEnergy Capital, through its third institutional solar fund NextPower III, has acquired a 27.4MW solar power plant in Odisha, India from IBC SOLAR Energy for an undisclosed price. IBC SOLAR, which is the international project unit of Germany-based IBC SOLAR, built the solar power plant in Odisha and operated it since May 2018. Udo Möhrstedt […]
Total Solar International, a subsidiary of French oil and gas giant Total has begun the construction of a 52MW solar power plant called Miyagi Osato Solar Park located in Osato in the Japanese prefecture Miyagi, as per the latest solar industry news. The peaking solar power plant had secured financial close and is expected to […]
Energy acquisition news : Duke Energy Renewables has acquired the 200MW Holstein solar project to be constructed in the Nolan County in Texas from 8minute Solar Energy for an undisclosed price. 8minute Solar Energy, a Nevada-based solar power developer, led the development of the Holstein solar plant and arranged its engineering, procurement and construction contract, […]
Solar industry news : Florida Power & Light (FPL) announced its plans to build four new solar plants in Florida with a combined capacity of 298MW. The four new solar plants in Florida to be built this year will be Okeechobee Solar Energy Center in Okeechobee County, Hibiscus Solar Energy Center in Palm Beach County, […]
Solar industry news : Jiangsu Seraphim Solar System, a Chinese solar module manufacturer, has bagged an order to supply smart modules to a 9MW solar power plant in Australia, which is being developed by Kanowna Solar. The solar power plant will be built 95 km west of Moree in New South Wales. Seraphim will be […]
US solar industry news : Navisun, a solar power company has acquired OSG Solar I, a 2.746MW solar project in Orange, Massachusetts for an undisclosed price. OSG Solar I project has been in producing power since mid-2012. Through the acquisition, Navisun has started its mission to create a portfolio of solar power projects in the […]
Solar industry news : US photovoltaic manufacturer First Solar said that it will build a new 200MW solar power plant in Twiggs County in the US state of Georgia. The new solar power project was bagged by First Solar under the 525MWac Request for Proposals for Georgia Power’s Renewable Energy Development Initiative (REDI). Currently, the […]