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[uppompeii] 18/1/2018 22:57

Flown the coop? Has he gone to Tesco?

[waldron] 17/1/2018 14:56

Engie and ACWA bid for 800-MW solar project in Morocco

Nation, on the western fringes of the Middle East, is joining a regional push to expand in renewables
Published: 17:41 January 17, 2018
Gulf News
Bloomberg


Abu Dhabi: Morocco attracted bids from France’s Engie SA and EDF Energies Nouvelles to build 800 megawatts of solar power as the North African country seeks to curb energy imports.

The French utilities, as well as Riyadh-based ACWA Power International, led groups bidding last month for engineering, procurement and construction contracts, Obaid Amrane, a member of the Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy’s management board, said in an interview.

Morocco, on the western fringes of the Middle East, is joining a regional push to expand in renewables. The country imports almost all its energy and has scant reserves of oil and natural gas, unlike neighbouring Algeria and Egypt. In an effort to cut purchases from abroad, it plans to produce more than 40 per cent of its electricity from renewables by the end of the decade.

The government will award contracts for the solar projects — comprising two 400-megawatt facilities — by the end of this year, and the plants could take two-and-a-half years to build, Amrane said in Abu Dhabi.

ACWA Power confirmed its bid and said it expects to submit a financial proposal by April or May. Engie also confirmed its offer, while EDF Energies Nouvelles declined to comment.

Development banks are likely to provide financing and a bond sale is also an option, according to Amrane. Morocco plans to have 6 gigawatts of installed renewables capacity — including solar, wind and hydropower — by 2020, he said, adding that the country anticipates “a lot of innovation” and lower prices in the battery market as the use of intermittent renewables grows.

[pvb] 13/1/2018 20:39

Flown the coop...

[marcus wanky] 13/1/2018 20:38

Where's Raven?

[uppompeii] 13/1/2018 20:08

I'm pulling the curtains.

[solsticefire] 13/1/2018 18:28

800 million light years away, thats too close for comfort.

[jonc] 13/1/2018 10:28

Solar indigestion.

It's gonna be a big one.

[waldron] 10/1/2018 18:27

to-the-point: Shell developing 20-MW Dutch solar park
The solar scheme at Shell Moerdijk. Source: Shell Nederland

January 10 (Renewables Now) - Oil and gas giant Royal Dutch Shell Plc (AMS:RDSA) is preparing to build a 20-MWp solar power plant at its chemicals production complex in Moerdijk, the Netherlands, the group announced today.

Shell expects to start construction work on the plant this year. The project involves installing more than 50,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels on an unused piece of land at the complex. The modules will have the combined capacity to generate enough power to supply about 7,000 households.

The scheme was developed by the group’s New Energies division. Shell created the particular segment in 2016 to invest in renewable and low-carbon energy projects, including wind power.

[the grumpy old men] 05/1/2018 09:54

ArcelorMittal (MT) said Thursday that it has acquired Exosun, a provider of solar trackers, which orient solar-powered devices toward the sun, after a court in Bordeaux, France cleared the deal.

Exosun employs 43 workers and has completed more than 55 projects worldwide, ArcelorMittal said. It will be integrated into the steelmaker's projects unit, which develops energy and construction-infrastructure projects.

ArcelorMittal has already made headway in the market for solar energy through the production of metal structures for solar parks.

Financial details of the deal were not disclosed.



Write to Alberto Delclaux at [e-mail]



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[waldron] 18/12/2017 09:56

serratia
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Solar costs fall.




Capital H to avoid the kisses

[serratia] 18/12/2017 09:51

Solar costs fall.

hxxps://thinkprogress.org/wind-solar-prices-plunge-6fd34b55cb66/

[sarkasm] 29/11/2017 13:09

CercleFinance.com) - Owned 50% by Engie and 50M by Red Electrica International, Transmisora ​​Eléctrica del Norte (TEN) commissioned the first power line between Mejillones (Antofagasta region, Chile) and Cardones (region of 'Atacama), it was learned on Wednesday. With a total power of 500 kiloVolts, this line extends over 600 kilometers.

'The connection between SING (Interconnected System of the Far North) and SIC (Interconnected System of the Center) is an unprecedented operation in Chile which marks the beginning of a new stage in the history of the national electrical development and which will allow 'have a unique network, stronger and more competitive', commented the French energy giant.

This line crosses 5 municipalities in 2 regions of the country and has 4 electrical sub-stations: 2 terminals located in Mejillones and Copiapó, a transformer substation in Mejillones (Changos sector) and a substation in Diego de Almagro.

It is a line of alternating current that will allow, on all of its route, to connect several projects, especially solar and wind, located in the north of the country.

[solsticefire] 27/11/2017 18:46

Aaahh you didn't read the small print did you?

[shalder] 21/11/2017 21:52

We are getting some sloshing here tonight but I'm still waiting for the Rapture. I'm wondering whether I should claim for a refund under the mis-selling legislation?

[uppompeii] 21/11/2017 19:38

Would it match my curtains?

[pvb] 21/11/2017 19:10

We could all use a little 'light apocalypse' now and then. Never did me any harm...

[andy] 21/11/2017 18:24

It missed my area completely!


Sorry for those effected of course.....