Lightsource bp, a solar energy development and management company, announced on 5/12 that it has officially entered the East Asian market and will work with GreenRock Energy to jointly develop a 150MW fishery-electricity symbiosis project in Taiwan. ...  more

The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) plans to connect around 2.66 GW of new solar and wind projects to the grid by 2027 to cover the sultanate's growing electricity consumption. ...  more

Renault is rumored to be considering an IPO to separate its electric vehicle (EV) business from the group, a shocker for the future of the Nissan-Renault alliance. ...  more

The National Energy Administration (NEA) announced the 2021 Announcement for Completed Renewable Power Consumption Responsibility (hereinafter referred to as the Announcement) on May 9th.  ...  more

The United Nations (UN) initiated the 2025 energy mobile plan on the 4th in order to facilitate utilization of renewable energy, and the ideal target is that 500 million individuals will receive power supply then, and 1 billion individuals would obtain clean cooking solutions.  ...  more

India’s state-owned hydropower company SJVN has awarded an EPC contract for a 1GW PV project to Tata Power Solar Systems Ltd. (Tata Power Solar). It is the largest EPC contract for a PV project in India to date. Tata Power Solar received the official letter of award (LoA) in early May. This story was first reported by Indian news outlets and renewable energy news websites. ...  more

Verbund AG has acquired 4.5GW of PV and wind power projects in Spain from Q-Energy Group. ...  more

Chinese integrated PV product manufacturer JA Solar announced on May 8 that its 3.5GW cell manufacturing project in Vietnam has entered operation and rolled out its first batch of products. JA Solar said that this event signifies that it has established a “closed-loop manufacturing chain” in Vietnam. Basically, most of the key products from wafers to cells to modules are now locally produced.  ...  more

Sungrow announced on May 6 via a press release that it has entered a supply contract with Solar Juice. ...  more