IRENA Outlines 10-point Roadmap to Renewable Energy Growth in the Republic of Moldova
The Republic of Moldova may be one of Europe’s smaller economies but the country is big on renewable energy potential. According to an International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) report in 2017, the cost-competitive potential for solar and wind energy alone across the country totalled more than 22 gigawatts (GW), and wind energy potential is among the most attractive across South East Europe.
Gujarat solar auction: UPC Energy Group, Adani Green Energy, ReNew Power winners
Orange Renewable and ReNew Power won 120 MW and 105 MW at Rs 2.67 and Rs 2.68 in the auction.
India's solar capacity at 28 GW at Dec-end: Bridge To India report
India's total solar installed capacity and pipeline stood at 28,057 MW and 17,658 MW as on December 31, 2018, according to the report. This capacity is split between utility scale and rooftop solar as 24,202 MW and 3,855 MW, respectively.
India seeks to increase solar footprints in rural areas through KUSUM
The schemes will get the central financial support of over Rs 46,000 crore by 2022.
GIC, ADIA to power largest RE firm Greenko with $550 million cheque
The company is installing three new projects in Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra by 2021.
ComEd installs off-grid renewable lighting at Bronzeville schools
This week ComEd said that it’s furthering innovation in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood with the installation of renewable energy powered lights along the walkway to the Beethoven Elementary School. Bronzeville is home to the first “microgrid cluster” in the United States.
Japanese businesses test blockchain to trade renewable energy
This week independent power producer Marubeni and LO3 Energy said they have started a pilot project in Japan where LO3 will administer an energy marketplace using blockchain to connect a number of Marubeni’s power production facilities, including renewables, with offices and factories around Japan in a virtual marketplace. The project will simulate energy transactions to test the viability of the concept with the ultimate goal of creating a full-scale commercially operational network in the future.
Consumers Energy plans renewable push for HQ; seeks ideas
The Jackson Smart Energy District aims to achieve the parent firm’s 2040 clean energy goals some 15 to 20 years earlier. Those goals include producing 40 percent of the district’s energy needs from on-site renewable sources.
