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Brazil Releases Full List Of Public Solar Auction Winners

by Joshua S Hill September 9, 2015

The results of Brazil’s huge Leilão de Reserva solar auction held at the end of August have been trickling in slowly, and now the full list of winners has been revealed.

We had already seen that Enel Green Power was the biggest winner, walking away with three separate projects totalling 553 MW. Canadian Solar also did fairly well, with five separate projects totalling 185 MW.

However, the full list of recipients is now available, and looks like this:

Enel Green Power — 553 MW
Canadian Solar — 185 MW
Conergy — 60 MW
SunEdison — 16 MW
Solatio — unknown
Martifer Energy — unknown

Reports were also floated that Russian energy company Renova had also acquired some measure of success in the auction, but this appears to have been proven incorrect.

In total, the Brazilian government handed out capacity contracts totalling 834 MW at an average price of 301.79 Real per megawatt-hour, or around US$0.0842/kWh — which was around 13.5% below the maximum price set for the auction.

“Brazil’s auction was one of the most competitive in the world,” said Eduardo Abreu, Conergy’s General Manager in Brazil. “Of bids totaling 11,200MWp, only 833 MWp were approved, making Conergy’s projects among the top 7.5%. The team’s technical expertise enabled efficient site selection and project design gave the company a competitive advantage during the auction.”

September 9, 2015 0 comment

Conergy UK Splitting Operations To Include Separate Solar Rooftop Division

by James Ayre February 22, 2015

written by James Ayre

Conergy UK, one of the largest solar project developers in the UK, has just split its operations into separate divisions.

The company will now host a new division dedicated solely to the solar residential + rooftop sector — with its other division continuing to focus on the development of large solar projects or farms. The intention behind the recent move is to put itself in an ideal position with regard to the UK’s growing/maturing solar energy market.

In order to aid in the company’s transition and new strategy, it has hired the former head of energy for the infrastructure multinational Balfour Beatty, Paul Weaver, as the director of its new rooftop division. The former head of energy reportedly has a fair amount of experience working with renewables in both the private and public sectors.

Part of the reason for this refocus (partial refocus, that is) is obviously owing to the upcoming changes to subsidy policies in the UK — after which, large-scale solar projects will likely take a huge hit.

To date, Conergy has installed roughly 700 megawatts (MW) of solar energy rooftop capacity. More should be rising fairly rapidly, as the company just recently signed an agreement to offer solar energy leasing options (via the utility company Trianel) to roughly 6 million households in the countries of Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Germany.

The new director of the rooftop division, the aforementioned Paul Waever, commented on the new division thusly: “There’s a rooftop solar solution for everyone in the UK, whether you’re a tenant or property, live in the north or south, or are in the public or private sector. Conergy offers the full range of professional and technical service, including finance, roof leasing, PPA, hire purchase, commissioned EPC, and industry-leading O&M. Make no mistake: rooftop solar is going to happen in a big way in Britain.”

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Heart-Shaped Solar Plant In New Caledonia By Conergy

by Cynthia September 29, 2014

written by Cynthia

The UN climate talks were held last week in New York City, and Conergy announced during the event a one-of-a-kind solar power plant that it was building in the French overseas territory of New Caledonia. The style and shape of the solar power plant is that of a heart. The warm, eye-catching, heart-shaped solar power plant is to be located 750 miles east of the Australian Gold Coast. It will be visible as a heart by air.

This “Heart of New Caledonia” will be in the northern community of Pouembour, on Grand Terr, New Caledonia’s largest island. The plant will be on a four-hectare site. Up to 750 homes will have electricity generated from the 7,888 panels. The 2 MW project was commissioned by TIEA Energie, a subsidiary of local beverage company Froico SA. According to Solar Power World, the engineering and construction (EPC) work will start in the coming months, with Conergy partnering with local contractor AMBI Energy.

The heart-shaped solar plant will save our planet an estimated two million tons of carbon dioxide emissions over its projected 25-year lifetime. Compare this to power from oil, gas, and coal, which generate the majority of the islands’ power today, and one finds this solar heart brings hope for cleaner air.

The unique design is said to be inspired by the Coeur de Voh. Coeur de Voh or Heart of Voh is a naturally heart-shaped area of nearby wild mangrove vegetation.

“Conergy builds all kinds of solar plants in challenging places and conditions, but we’ve never been asked to do one in the shape of a heart, or any other shape before,” says David McCallum, managing director, Conergy Australia. “The Coeur de Voh is an important landmark for the people of New Caledonia and shows just how extraordinary nature can be. The Heart of New Caledonia solar plant will be its man-made double, a landmark for clean power generation, showing that we can add a new power plant wherever it’s required and still keep a lid on carbon emissions.”