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PowerSouth Energy Cooperative to buy power from 80-MW solar park

PowerSouth Energy Cooperative, a generation and transmission cooperative serves customers in Alabama and northwest Florida, will be buying power from a 80-MW solar plant developed by Origis Energy. The two companies have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for...

Royal DSM backs RE100 goals with 61-MW solar VPPA with Origis

Florida-based Origis Energy has signed an off-take deal with Dutch life sciences and materials sciences company Koninklijke DSM NV for the output of a 61-MW solar project in Texas. The virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) is tied to the so-called...

TenneT awards innovative offshore wind grid project to 8 cable makers

Dutch transmission system operator (TSO) Tennet Holding BV has contracted eight companies to develop a new submarine cable system standard that is needed for offshore wind grid connections in the Netherlands and Germany. The contracted firms are Greece’s Hellenic Cables...

Covid-19: 150 GW renewable energy projects at risk in Asia Pacific

Up to 150 Gigawatt (GW) of wind and solar power projects across the Asia Pacific could be delayed or cancelled over the next five years (2020–24) if the coronavirus-led recession extends beyond 2020. This is equivalent to pushing back the...

SunPower idles factories as coronavirus hits solar demand

US solar panel maker SunPower Corp on Monday said it had temporarily stopped production at all of its factories in five countries as the coronavirus outbreak ravages demand for its products. The company, which primarily makes panels for the rooftop...

IRENA, African Union to Advance Renewable Energy in Response to COVID-19

The African Union Commission (AUC) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have announced that they have agreed to work closely to advance renewable energy across the continent to bolster Africa’s response to COVID-19. The two organisations will focus...

BlackRock Expands Sustainable Investments with the Close of a $5.1 Billion Energy and Power Infrastructure Fund

BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund (GEPIF) has achieved a $5.1 billion final close of Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund III (GEPIF III), making it the largest alternative investment fundraise in BlackRock history. The final close value...

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