New Delhi : As part of its net zero commitments, Chhattisgarh-based mining company SECL has lined up an investment of Rs 1,218 crore spread up to financial year 2025-26 for setting up solar projects. South Eastern Coalfields Ltd (SECL), with 67 blocks, is among the top three coal producing subsidiaries of Coal India Ltd (CIL), […]
International Solar Alliance signs MoU with Africa50 to finance solar projects – EQ Mag
The International Solar Alliance (ISA), a platform for increased deployment of solar energy technologies, and Africa50, the pan-African infrastructure investment platform, announced on Thursday that they had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to support and finance solar projects in Africa. According to a press statement, the MoU was signed in Lomé, Togo, at the […]
HPCL Issue Tender for project management consultant for installing 100 MW of solar projects at Galiveedu Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh – EQ Mag
HPCL Issue Tender for project management consultant for installing 100 MW of solar projects at Galiveedu Solar Park in Andhra Pradesh The last date to submit the bids is July 18, 2023. Bids will be opened on the same day. bidder must have an average annual turnover in the last three financial years as INR […]
Energy platform Athein seeks up to $300 mln for solar projects – EQ Mag
Milan Koev, Athein’s chief executive based in Singapore, said the company seeks $1bln in total over the next five years, to fund the 2.5 gigawatt-peak (GWp) pipeline of projects HONG KONG/SINGAPORE : Asian renewable energy platform Athein is seeking to raise between $250 million and $300 million in equity from investors to fund its planned […]
Albioma secures 12.1 MWp of solar in French tender – EQ Mag
French independent renewable energy producer Albioma SA (EPA:ABIO) has confirmed its award of solar projects totalling 12.2 MWp in a domestic tender for photovoltaic (PV) capacity in non-interconnected zones (ZNIs). The French company said on Monday it is one of the companies with the highest volume of secured capacity. Its awards cover 19 projects, both […]
Module import curbs to hit solar projects, says industry body – EQ Mag
The duty rates are too high, at a flat rate of 25 % on PV cells and 40 % on PV modules. While India aims to install a renewable energy (RE) capacity of 500 GW by 2030, a section of solar developers are worried over the Approved List of Models and Manufacturers (ALMM), which they […]
OREDA Issue Tender for Supply of Solar Projects at 20 OPTCL Substatitions in Odisha – EQ Mag
OREDA Issue Tender for Supply of Solar Projects at 20 OPTCL Substatitions in Odisha. For more information please see below link:
Albania preps 300-MW solar tender by June – EQ Mag
The government of Albania is working on a tender plan to award 300 MW of solar projects under a wider procurement programme envisaging to facilitate the deployment of 1 GW of solar power capacity. The photovoltaic (PV) tender will kick off by June and will be the first part of an initiative with at least […]
Finnish company Fortum plans to sell 185 MW solar projects – EQ Mag
Mumbai: Finnish energy company Fortum plans to sell its operational assets in India -185 MW of solar projects spread across Rajasthan, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh. Kotak Mahindra Capital has been mandated to find buyers for the assets. Fortum is targeting an enterprise value of Rs 1,600 crore ($200 million) for the assets, said two people […]
Prices go up in French tenders for rooftop, ground-mounted PV projects – EQ Mag
The French government has selected roughly 173 MW of solar projects in the latest tenders for rooftop commercial and industrial (C&I) and ground-mounted capacity, witnessing an increase in prices in both rounds. The fourth round of the country’s PPE2 multi-year energy procurement programme has resulted in winning bids totalling 58 MW for rooftop C&I installations, […]