Clean energy experts speaking at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance annual conference being held in New York believe that yieldcos are on track to become a $100 billion market — not bad, considering that yieldcos are a clean-energy financing model that didn’t exist three years ago. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) … [continued]
One of the largest energy companies in the world, Enel, will from the looks of it be partnering (in some way or other) with Greenpeace, based on a recent meeting in Rome, Italy. That meeting was between representatives from Enel that included the CEO, Francesco Starace, and Greenpeace’s International Executive Director … [continued]
The renewable energy company Enel Green Power, a subsidiary of the giant firm Enel, has begun construction on 3 new solar photovoltaic (PV) power plants in South Africa, according to recent reports. Altogether, once completed, the 3 power plants will possess a reported 231 megawatts (MW) in generating capacity — representing … [continued]
Enel is reportedly now just weeks away from unveiling its anticipated US renewable energy assets yieldco. The company is reportedly not planning on listing the yieldco publicly, though — as such publicly traded entities are monsters “that you have to feed,” as CEO Francesco Starace stated recently in an interview with … [continued]
Italian renewable energy developer Enel Green Power posted its 2014 earnings report last week, and it is good news all around — with 11.1% revenue growth in 2014 and approximately 700 MW added. Total revenue for the company across 2014 was 3 billion euros, up 11.1% compared to 2013’s 2.7 … [continued]
Construction has now begun on the 60 MW Lalackama solar PV power plant and the 40 MW Chañares solar PV power plant in northern Chile, according to recent reports. The projects — budgeted at $180 million — are being constructed by Italy-based Enel Green Power. Once completed, they will generate … [continued]
Global operator Enel Green Power has announced the connection of the Colibasi PV plant to the Romanian power grid. The 6.5 MW photovoltaic plant is set to be able to generate approximately 8 million kWh of electricity a year, enough to power around 7,000 average Romanian households. Located in the country’s … [continued]
The US Army Corps of Engineers has just announced that it has awarded contracts to 17 private companies to build wind turbines on Department of Defense facilities around the country. It’s the third in a series of four groups of renewable energy contracts for DoD that will eventually total $7 … [continued]
The first of 140 turbines is being erected on the Oklahoma wind farm, a project developed by TradeWind Energy and owned by Enel NA and GE Energy Financial Services that’s expected to inject some $5 million into the local economy, create 150 jobs, and avoid CO2 emissions equivalent to taking 110,000 cars off the road. […]
A 500-MW solar complex at Ouarzazate, in the south-central region of Morocco, should be finished by 2015. The first phase will be a 160-MW parabolic trough facility. Photovoltaic modules and CSP towers will follow, and those projects are under development. When construction begins, hundreds of jobs are expected to be … [continued]
