Projects
Nigeria Launches $300 Million Fund to Accelerate Off-Grid Solar
Nigeria has established a $300 million Distributed Renewable Energy Fund (DRE Fund), a dedicated investment vehicle aimed at channelling private capital into mini-grids, off-grid solar, and other dist...
Banks Dig Deeper Into Solar Technology During Project Financing Reviews
Solar project financing is undergoing a quiet but significant shift. Banks and development finance institutions are no longer content to evaluate a developer's balance sheet or the strength of a power...
Generate Capital Closes $154.5M Tax Equity Fund for Community Solar
Generate Capital has closed a US$154.5 million tax equity investment through KeyState's SOLCAP solar tax equity platform, directing institutional capital into ten community solar projects located in N...
Energy secretary approves 500MW Green Hill Solar Farm in Northamptonshire
Energy secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh has approved the Development Consent Order (DCO) for the Green Hill Solar Farm, a 500MW photovoltaic project spanning Northamptonshire and Milton Keynes. Developer I...
New Coalition Helps US Small Towns Lead Clean Energy Transition
Mondale Robinson, mayor of Enfield, North Carolina, announced a new coalition at Canary Media's September summit aimed at helping US small towns lead the clean energy transition. The initiative organi...
Rajasthan expands renewable energy strategy to storage, hydrogen, manufacturing
Rajasthan is broadening its renewable energy strategy beyond solar and wind to include battery storage, green hydrogen and equipment manufacturing. Rohit Gupta, chairman and managing director of the R...
Montgomery County Rejects 200-MW Solar Project Amid Local Opposition
Montgomery County, Indiana, commissioners unanimously rejected a 200-MW solar project on Sept. 28, blocking a development by Engie North America that would have powered roughly 32,000 households annua...
PV Installation Goes Industrial as Labour Bottleneck Bites Solar Builders
Solar park construction is picking up pace worldwide, but the industry's growth is running into a familiar set of constraints. Land, grid connection points and workers form the sector's three-way bott...
Solar's Record Growth Meets Grid Bottlenecks and Next-Gen Tech Race
The solar industry is entering a defining phase: deployment records are falling across multiple continents, yet the infrastructure, quality and financing challenges that come with scale are becoming h...
Tata Power, Ocean Sun test membrane floating solar at Mulshi reservoir
Tata Power has partnered with Norway's Ocean Sun to test membrane-based floating solar technology in India, launching a 300 kWp pilot at the company's Mulshi reservoir in Maharashtra. The agreement wa...