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BlackRock Supports South Korean Solar Sector – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

South Korean solar energy company Brite Energy Partners has welcomed a USD 100 million investment from BlackRock Real Assets (BRA). BRA, a division of one of the world’s largest asset managers, BlackRock, has made its first investment in South Korea’s small-scale solar industry via its investment in Brite Energy. It follows Korea’s previously announced plans […]

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AC Energy to Raise $400 M From Issuance of Green Bonds – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

Ayala-led AC Energy Corporation (ACEN) is eyeing to fetch $400 million in gross proceeds from its issuance of senior guaranteed undated green bonds with non-callable 3.5-year fixed-for-life or non-deferrable term. In a media statement, the Ayala firm emphasized that the green bonds had been priced at 4.0-percent and the issuance was “more than five times […]

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Singapore’s Factory Activity Expands For 14th Month in August But At Slower Pace – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

An employee makes a final check on a solar panel at a Singapore factory. SINGAPORE: Singapore’s factory activity in August expanded for the 14th consecutive month, although at a slower rate than the previous month. The Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) in August dipped to 50.9 from 51.0, according to data released by the Singapore Institute […]

Siemens Energy signs pact for green hydrogen production in Egypt

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Japan, Russia to Cooperate in Hydrogen, Ammonia to Fight Climate Change – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

Japanese Industry Minister Hiroshi Kajiyama and Russian Energy Minister Nikolai Shulginov signed a statement on cooperation after a virtual meeting as part of the Eastern Economic Forum, which started on Thursday in Vladivostok, Russia TOKYO: Japan and Russia on Thursday agreed to work together on hydrogen and ammonia production, the Japanese industry ministry said on […]

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Japan’s Tepco Plans Solar-Powered Hydrogen Output – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

Japanese utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) has won a state subsidy to move forward its project to produce hydrogen using solar power generation in Kofu city, Yamanashi prefecture. Tepco and other six firms including petrochemical producer Toray, shipbuilder Hitachi Zosen, German engineering firm Siemens, compression device engineering Kaji Technology, boiler engineering Miura Industries and battery […]

GameChange Solar Completes Largest Solar Tracker Project in India for Tata Power

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Solarvest’s Shares Up on RM175m Large-Scale Solar Project Win – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

KUALA LUMPUR : Solarvest Holdings Bhd’s shares on Bursa Malaysia went up in the early session today after the group announced that its wholly-owned unit, Atlantic Blue Sdn Bhd (ABSB), secured a RM175 million large-scale solar (LSS) project in Chuping, Perlis. At 9.44 am, the counter rose 1.0 sen to RM1.38 with 1.24 million shares […]

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PHL Needs More Transmission Facilities – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

Renewable energy (RE) players said transmission line constraint is one of the possible hindrances to achieving the country’s target RE capacity in the next 20 years. The country is targeting a 35-percent RE share in the country’s energy mix by 2035 and at least a 40-percent RE share by 2040. The current mix is still […]

NTPC REL bags letter of award for 325 MW solar projects in Madhya Pradesh

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Legislation Needed to Allow Foreign Ownership in Solar, Wind Projects – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

MANILA, Philippines : Legislation may be needed to allow foreign ownership in solar and wind projects in the country, according to a ranking official of the Department of Energy. During the Energy Smart Forum organized by the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) on Tuesday, DOE Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella said relaxing foreign […]

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Tindo Decommissions Australia’s Only Solar Module Factory, Ahead of Expansion – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

Tindo Solar GM Robert Sporne, CEO Shayne Jaenisch, Shadow Minister for Climate Change and Energy Chris Bowen and Member for Makin Tony Zappia outside Tindo Solar in Adelaide. Australia’s only solar panel manufacturer has commenced the decommissioning of its South Australian manufacturing facility, as it makes way for larger, state-of-the-art factory. Tindo Solar started producing […]

–File–Staff are producing solar cell modules in a factory in east Chinas Jiangsu province, 19 September 2010.China will double its solar capacity

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WTO Backs U.S. in Solar Cell Case Brought By China – EQ Mag Pro

September 6, 2021 Anand Gupta

The United States secured a victory at the World Trade Organization on Thursday in a case brought by China over U.S. measures to limit the import of solar panel cells. The United States imposed a system of tariffs and a quota in 2018 after U.S. producers complained that imports of certain crystalline silicon photovoltaic cells […]