Tag Archives: Latin America

EDF Renewables North America Signs Agreement with Southern California Public Power Authority for Photovoltaic Solar+Storage Energy Project

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Now.Solar

EDF Renewables North America today announced a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for a portion of the Bonanza Solar and Storage project. The carbon-free electricity generated by the 125 MWac solar photovoltaic (PV) system and 65 … Continue reading →

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Head of International Energy Agency considers China world champion in wind power and photovoltaic

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Now.Solar

China has emerged as a world champion in green energy, achieving a remarkable surge in renewable capacity and playing a pivotal role in global energy cooperation, said Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency (IEA).  Global renewable energy … Continue reading →

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OHLA is awarded a new photovoltaic plant in Spain for more than 45 million euros

Posted on March 31, 2024 by Now.Solar

OHLA expands its clean energy portfolio. The company adds a new renewable contract after contracting the construction, start-up and operation of a new photovoltaic plant in Castilla y León, for an amount of more than 45 million euros. Over the … Continue reading →

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Avangrid Completes Installation of First Five Wind Turbines, Prepares to Deliver First Power from Nation-Leading Vineyard Wind 1 Project

Posted on February 29, 2024 by Now.Solar

Avangrid Completes Installation of First Five Turbines, Prepares to Deliver First Power from Nation-Leading Vineyard Wind 1 Project Developer working toward first delivery of clean energy to 30,000 homes and businesses from first large-scale offshore wind farm in the United … Continue reading →

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Wind power in Peru: Acciona wind farm

Posted on January 24, 2024 by Now.Solar

ACCIONA Energía has connected its first renewable energy project in Peru, the San Juan de Marcona wind farm (135,7MW), to the National Interconnected Electricity System (SEIN) grid, representing an investment by the global renewable energy company of US$180 million (€164 … Continue reading →

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Chile, 17 hours of storage with Concentrated Solar Power

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Now.Solar

In the Atacama Desert, the driest in the world located in northern Chile, the only Concentrated Solar Power tower in Latin America operates, a symbol of an energy revolution in the making against climate change. Aerial view of Cerro Dominador, … Continue reading →

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America’s clean energy future needs #WindNow – and requires further government action

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Now.Solar

As countries around the world continue to focus on energy independence and climate-change targets, the United States has enacted legislation with the potential to change the renewable energy landscape in North America.  Today Siemens Gamesa, a global wind energy leader, … Continue reading →

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Boosting Efficiency Delivering affordability, security and jobs in Latin America

Posted on October 18, 2023 by Now.Solar

The first fuelEnergy efficiency improvements have delivered big savings – and provide big opportunities Today the world is facing an energy crisis within a broader climate emergency. The crisis comes on the heels of the Covid-19 pandemic, already volatile energy … Continue reading →

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Scaling up Private Financefor Clean Energyin Emergingand Developing Economies

Posted on October 2, 2023 by Now.Solar

Executive summary How Emerging Market and Developing Economies (EMDEs) meet their rising energy needs will be pivotal to their and the world’s energy and climate future. This country grouping covers a wide variety of low-income and middle-income economies, many of … Continue reading →

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Off-grid Solar System Market 2022 Report Gives Immense Knowledge on Competitive Nature of Key Players till 2030

Posted on December 15, 2022 by Now.Solar

Oct 25, 2022 (Alliance News via COMTEX) — The recent research report published by Report Ocean gives an insight into the global Off-grid Solar System market. According to this published competitive intelligence analysis, the global market is expected to experience a … Continue reading →

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Investor presentation July 2022

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Now.Solar

The following presentation is being made only to, and is only directed at, persons to whom such presentation may lawfully be communicated (’relevant persons’). Any person who is not a relevant person should not rely, act or make assessment on … Continue reading →

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NEWS: U.S. House Passes Sen. Ossoff’s Solar Energy Manufacturing for America Act

Posted on October 12, 2022 by Now.Solar

Source:JON OSSOFF

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NDCs AND RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS IN 2021: Are we on the right path to a climate-safe future?

Posted on September 19, 2022 by Now.Solar

Introduction Since the historic signing of the Paris Climate Change Agreement in 2015, nearly all countries have committed to limiting the increase in the average global temperature to well below 2 degrees Celsius (°C) this century compared to pre-industrial levels, … Continue reading →

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Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation The Hydrogen Factor

Posted on September 16, 2022 by Now.Solar

FOREWORDThe accelerating deployment of renewables has set in motion a global energy transformation with farreaching geopolitical implications. The report “A New World”, released in 2019 by IRENA’s Global Commission on the Geopolitics of the Energy Transformation, was the first foray … Continue reading →

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Solar Shakeout Continues: Gehrlicher Solar files insolvency papers

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Gehrlicher Solar was the 22nd largest EPC in 2012 according to IHS Research. Gehrlicher Solar has become the latest German firm to file for insolvency according to court papers lodged on Friday seen by PV-Tech. It began proceedings on the same day … Continue reading →

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India at No. 4 on the EY Renewable energy country attractiveness index – Feb 2013

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Ritesh Pothan

Against a backdrop of surging subsidy deficits and public outcry against escalating energy bills, capacity auctions are now becoming the preferred policy mechanism and this issue of the Country attractiveness indices (CAI) analyzes these dramatic changes. The end of 2012 … Continue reading →

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