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Canadian Solar Connects Six Solar Power Plants And Exceeds 100MWp In UK

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Canadian Solar Inc., one of the world’s largest solar power companies, has announced that it has connected an additional six solar power plants, totaling 39.4MWp to the grid, bringing its total fleet of solar power plants in commercial operation in the United Kingdom to approximately 103.0MWp. The six solar power plants were connected to the grid in March 2016 under the Renewable Obligations Certificate (ROC) program. In the past 14 years, the company has successfully deployed over 14 GW of premium quality modules in over 90 countries around the world.

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SolarCity, Credit Suisse Agree $150m For US Solar And Battery Storage Deployment

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SolarCity Corporation has announced has announced a new $150 million non-recourse financing facility with Credit Suisse to support the deployment of commercial solar energy systems—including battery storage systems—for businesses, schools and government organizations across the United States. “Our asset portfolio enables us to continually bring in new capital from top tier institutional and corporate investors,” said Jeff Munson, Director, Structured Finance, of SolarCity.

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Mexico: Envision and ViveEnergia Awarded PPC For 90MW Wind Farm

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Envision Energy, the world’s leading smart energy solution provider, and ViveEnergia, a Mexican company developing renewable energy projects, were awarded a long-term power purchasing contract with the Mexican Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). The strategic agreement signed in 2015 between Envision and ViveEnergia represented China’s largest direct investment in Mexico in the sector.

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Trina Solar And Tegnatia Join Forces To Accelerate Solar PV In Turkey

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As the world’s largest supplier of solar PV modules and the most bankable PV module manufacturer globally, Trina Solar is targeting the growth of PV Solar in Turkey. market. “It represents an important milestone in the promising Turkish market”, said Mr. Rongfang Yin, Assistant Vice President at Trina. Tegnatia provides turnkey services covering the design, implementation, and maintenance of medium- to large-scale solar parks, and is aiming to bring solar power to a wider section of the Turkish population.

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DTE Energy Transforms Detroit Brownfield Land Into Solar Power Array

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DTE Energy, Michigan’s leading provider of and investor in solar energy, has received approval from the Detroit City Council to develop one of the largest urban solar power arrays in the country on a 10-acre vacant parcel of land in Detroit. The project will generate more than $1 million in tax revenue for the City over the life of the 20-year lease and will produce enough clean energy to power nearly 450 homes. DTE plans to begin construction on the project in May, with completion scheduled for the end of 2016.

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Thailand: Trina Solar Begins PV Production With 700MW Annual Cells Capacity

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The manufacturing facility is located in Rayong, Thailand and Trina Solar has also secured $143m in financing agreements with Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (SCB) and China Minsheng Banking Corporation Ltd (CMBC). “The investment in Thailand fits our strategy of prudent capacity expansion in select overseas markets to deliver industry-leading products to customers in the US and Europe in particular as we strive to increase the profitability of the company,” said Mr. Jifan Gao, Chairman and CEO of Trina Solar.

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42MW Futtsu Solar Power Facility Completion Will Serve Tokyo Energy Needs

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The facility is one of the largest solar PV projects serving Tokyo.”Japan is an exciting market – it is the third-largest electric grid in the world and renewables represent the only domestic energy resource. With modest improvements, innovation and effective utilisation of the current 27GW of pumped hydro facilities, the Japanese grid offers one of the best opportunities in the world to transition to carbon-free electrical generation”, said Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Development.

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South Africa And Saudi Arabia Inaugurate $325m Bokpoort CSP Project

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The R5 Billion ($325m) project has one of the highest solar radiation footprints in the world with the plant providing 220,000 MWh per annum power to more than 200,000 homes, day and night; and having a thermal storage capacity of 9.3 hours of full load operation. It has already earned industry accolades including African Community Project of the Year; Project Finance ‘Deal of the Year’ by PFI, and World Finance’s Solar Deal of the Year.

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Saudi Arabian Acwa Power Acquires 50MW Solar Project In Jordan

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The acquisition for an undisclosed fee comes as the government of Jordan has awards power purchase agreements for 12 solar energy projects, seeking to install 200 megawatts in total. It will result in about 2.3 million tonnes of CO2 saved during its PPA term, which is roughly enough to power 15,000 homes. Prior to the acquisition a 20-year power purchase agreement had already been signed with Jordan’s National Electric Power Company (NEPCO). Germany’s ET Solutions AG will be providing engineering, procurement and construction services.

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Japan’s Sumitomo Boosts Sustainable Pelletized Biomass In Brazil

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With the participation of Sumitomo Corporation, Brazil’s Cosan Biomassa will increase its exports to Japan and Europe along with increased domestic sales, of up to 45 million tons/year of sugarcane pellets. Cosan has developed a fuel pellet made from sugarcane residues such as bagasse from the sugar mill and straw left over in the sugarcane field, and built a large-scale production plant (annual capacity 175,000 tons), the world’s first, last September. It commenced commercial production in December 2015.

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Sunverge Advances In Australian Energy Storage Market

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Sunverge Energy, a market leader in intelligent storage and distributed energy resource management, has announced a $36.5 million Series C round of financing. AGL Energy Ltd., Australia’s largest publicly traded energy retailer, joined current investors the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), SBCVC, Siemens Venture Capital and Total Energy Ventures International.

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