Consent granted for 51 MW wind farm in Ewe Hill, Scotland
When complete, the 22-turbine wind farm will power the equivalent of approximately 24,000 homes.
Google, SunPower announce joint renewable energy financing deal
Pair teams up to finance $250 million in residential solar lease projects
Mitigating risk on renewable projects: Part I
HSB Engineering’s Stephen Morris examines the many risk factors which have to be considered when financing and executing renewable energy projects.
Formal consent granted for two adjacent wind farm projects in Scotland
With more than 320 wind turbines planned, Moray Offshore Renewables Limited (MORL) and the Beatrice Offshore Windfarm Limited (BOWL) would represent the world’s third-largest offshore wind farm.
SunEdison closes non-recourse debt financing arrangement with Deutsche Bank
Debt proceeds will finance the construction of a 56 MW portfolio of four utility PV solar projects in the UK.
Financing secured for world’s largest solar project
Total, Etrion Corporation and SunPower Corp have secured financing for construction of a 7MWp solar project in the Atacama region of Chile.
Investment in Scottish renewables sector doubles
According to the UK's DECC, investment doubled to reach £1.54bn in 2012 as a result of an additional 1GW (gigawatt) of new projects, bringing Scotland’s total installed capacity to 5.8GW. Investment in 2011 was £757m.

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Last week's top three stories on renewableenergyfocus.com: Tax codes in renewable energy financing; Scottish Enterprise investment; sea-vessel collisions and wind farms.

27 May 2014

The top three stories on Renewable Energy Focus.com last week were as follows: