The Green Investment Group (GIG) and Hydro Rein have agreed to form a joint venture to build and operate a 586 MW wind and solar power project in Brazil.
Equinor and Petrobras are cooperating to develop the 4GW Aracatu offshore wind farm, a project located in the Campos Basin, 20 km off of the southeast coast of Brazil.
GE Renewable Energy’s Hydro and Grid Solutions businesses have jointly signed a contract to upgrade the 14 GW Itaipu hydropower plant in Brazil and Paraguay.
Nordex has won a contract from Acciona Energía to supply wind turbines for the 131 MW San Juan de Marcona wind farm in southwestern Peru.
GE Renewable Energy’s Hydro division has signed a contract with SPIC Brasil to lead the modernisation of São Simão Hydroelectric Power Plant’s generating units and auxiliary services.
GE has won an order to deliver power generation equipment capable of generating 670 MW for Generadora Gatún power plant in Panama.
Shell has announced a plan to develop new offshore wind projects off the coast of Brazil.
US power plant builder APR Energy (APR) has announced that it will supply Evolution Power Partners (EPP) with a 228 MW gas-fired power plant, to be located in Itaguai, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The Argentine government is expected to sign a financing agreement with China to secure $35 billion for infrastructure projects under a five-year investment plan.
The Brazil government said that the country’s power generation capacity will increase by 37 per cent from 200 GW to 275 GW over the next 10 years.