Mainstream, Actis Expand Partnership for African Solar and Wind Projects
Mainstream Renewable Power is expanding its existing partnership with Actis to jointly develop as much as 900 megawatts of wind and solar projects in Africa by 2018.
Mainstream Renewable Power is expanding its existing partnership with Actis to jointly develop as much as 900 megawatts of wind and solar projects in Africa by 2018.
Canadian Solar Inc. has acquired six solar projects totaling 46 megawatts of capacity in the United Kingdom, marking its entry into the country.
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd. has signed agreements to acquire three solar projects in the UK that have a combined capacity 48 megawatts.
India will house the world’s largest solar farm after an agreement was signed to develop a 750-megawatt project in Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh state.
Coronal Group has acquired the solar assets belonging to HelioSage Energy, which has 300 megawatts of capacity in advanced development and 1.5 gigawatts in planning stages.
US project developers SunEdison and First Solar have announced separate plans to develop 20 gigawatts of wind and solar farms in India, and are amongst companies that have committed to develop 266GW of renewable energy projects in the country.
China’s Trina Solar Ltd. has signed an agreement with PingAn Trust Co. and Jiangsu Jiuzhou Investment Group to jointly develop solar photovoltaic power plants in the country that will have up to 1,000 megawatts of total capacity by 2018.
ET Solar Australia Pty. a unit of China’s ET Solar Energy Corp., has secured A$20 million (US$15.4 million) debt financing facility with Clean Energy Finance Corp. for its commercial solar business.
Sandfire Resources NL has signed an agreement with juwi Renewable Energy Pty. to set up a 10.6-megawatt solar power station at its DeGrussa Copper Mine in Western Australia.
India’s Reliance Power has signed an agreement with the state of Rajasthan to set up 6,000 megawatts of solar capacity by 2025.
Innovative Solar Systems said it is ready to start construction of a 75-megawatt solar farm in Fayetteville, North Carolina after the project received all required approvals.