Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has described a report from the Wall Street Journal that claimed the Kingdom has stopped a plan to build the world’s biggest solar power generation project as “inaccurate”.
It has been reported that Saudi Arabia has shelved a $200 billion plan with SoftBank Group of Japan to build what would have been the world’s biggest solar power generation project.
The Enterprise Sri Lanka project, launched by the Sri Lankan Ministry of Finance and Mass Media, has received $50 million from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a rooftop solar power generation project.
GE Power has been chosen by EPC Construtora Quebec, a Brazilian engineering company, to provide its 4.4 MW and 2.2 MW LV5 1500 V inverters and skids for the 14 MW Verde Vale III solar power project in Guanambi, Brazil.
Pacifico Energy has started construction work on two solar power plants in Japan with a total combined capacity of 184 MW.
SIMEC ZEN Energy has launched a $1 billion 1 GW dispatchable renewable energy programme, consisting of a number of projects, including cogeneration at the Whyalla steel plant in South Australia.
Engie has signed an agreement with the Gabonese financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) to deploy eight hybrid solar power plants in Gabon, with a combined capacity of 2.2 MW.
Nagabhushana Reddy, the Indian High Commissioner to Nigeria, has said that India and Nigeria will work together to develop renewable energy in Nigeria, in line with international agreements signed by both countries.
Japan’s SoftBank Group Corporation has announced that it will invest between $60-100 billion in solar power generation in India.
Tata Power Renewable Energy has announced that it has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with GE to provide solar power solutions for six manufacturing and services sites in India.