JAPAN BANKS TO LOAN QATAR $330 MILLION TO BUILD THE 1ST MEGA SOLAR POWER PLANT

Highlights –

• Japan banks to loan Qatar $330 million to build the 1st mega solar power plant.
• Japan Bank for International Cooperation and Mizuho Bank has signed the deal with Qatar.
• The facility will be the world’s largest sola...

PM NARENDRA MODI INAUGURATES 750 MW SOLAR PROJECT IN REWA

Highlights

• This solar project is the biggest in Asia and has been set up on a 500-hectare plot

• PM Modi said this project will not only benefit the nearby industries but also the Delhi Metro

• PM Narendra Modi stated that India has always believed i...

PM MODI SET TO LAUNCH ASIA’S BIGGEST 750 MW ULTRA MEGA SOLAR PLANT ON JULY 10

Highlights

• PM Narendra Modi will inaugurate this solar power plant in Rewa via videoconferencing

• The Union Minister for Power and Renewable Energy, RK Singh will also attend this inauguration event

• PM Modi has previously set the national target o...

SOUTH KOREA BUYS JAPANESE SOLAR POWER PLANT FROM CANADIAN MANUFACTURER

Highlights:

• Canadian Solar has sold the plant at $205 million at Yamaguchi Prefecture
• The Yamaguchi Shin Mine solar plant has Canadian Solar components and was functional from May 2018

The Canadian owned solar power plant at Yamaguch...

CANADA SELLS ITS EXTENSIVE SOLAR POWER PLANT IN JAPAN TO SOUTH KOREA

Highlights:

• As part of the agreement, Canadian Solar will continue to provide asset as well as operational management after the final stages of the deal, besides maintenance services for the massive solar power plant located in Japan.
• Generated by the...

Kenya brought a new 50 megawatt (MW) solar plant

On Friday, Kenya brought a new 50 megawatt (MW) solar power plant online, which it said would mean renewable energy, powered by hydroelectricity, now accounted for more than 90% of its power mix.

The government is growing the generation of electricity and continuing to invest in Kenya&#...

Fukushima Reborn As the Wind And Solar Base in Japan

The proposed introduction of renewables, comprising of 11 new solar plants and 10 new wind turbines on radiation-contaminated land, would push the prefecture towards its electricity goals and add 600 megawatts of combined generating capacity by 2024. New grid technology to link power to existing ...