Three major solar power supply deals in Latin America this week illustrate the enduring popularity of PV despite a bar on procurement rounds, as seems to be in place in\u00a0Mexico, and with solar lagging other renewables in auctions in\u00a0Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sino-Canadian solar manufacturer Canadian Solar will supply power to the Techgen, S.A. de C.V. joint venture owned by Mexican steel manufacturer Ternium and Luxembourgois steel pipe company Tenaris, in Mexico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Canadian will sell electricity to the industrial client under a 15-year supply contract with the power to be generated by a 103 MW solar project the PV manufacturer is building in Ojocaliente, in Zacatecas state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The solar plant is expected to begin delivering power next year from its Canadian Solar BiHikU bifacial PV modules. Canadian said the deal is its first power purchase agreement (PPA) in Mexico, where it has secured 438 MW of project generation capacity under a\u00a0procurement program\u00a0which appears to have been halted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brazil<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Miami-based clean energy developer\u00a0Atlas Renewable Energy\u00a0will sell solar power to British mining company Anglo American plc under a 15-year supply deal, with electricity generated by the 330 MW Atlas Casablanca photovoltaic plant under construction in the state of Minas Gerais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Anglo American will buy a total 9 TWh of solar electricity from Atlas starting in 2022, the latter said in a statement. The Atlas Casablanca project will also use bifacial modules, the developer said, without identifying the panel supplier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlas Renewable Energy\u2019s Brazilian solar project portfolio includes three facilities which are under construction and development: Juazeiro and Sert\u00e3o Solar in the state of Bahia, and Sol do Futuro, in Cear\u00e1. In Latin America, the developer \u2013\u00a0owned by British investment fund Actis\u00a0\u2013 owns and operates two solar plants in\u00a0Uruguay: Del Litoral (which has a 17 MW generation capacity); and Naranjal (59 MW); and two in Chile: at\u00a0Javiera\u00a0(69.5 MW), featuring the first private PPA in the region; and at\u00a0Quilapil\u00fan\u00a0(110 MW). Atlas also owns the operational\u00a067.1 MW S\u00e3o Pedro solar complex\u00a0in Bom Jesus da Lapa in Bahia state, Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A\u00a0recent study by Brazilian consultancy Greener\u00a0said around 3.2 GW of unsubsidized solar project capacity had been permitted for commercial operation in the country and was at an advanced stage of development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominican Republic<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mining company Falconbridge Dominicana (Falcondo) has agreed to buy solar power from local provider Empresa Generadora de Electricidad Haina, S.A. (EGE Haina).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The energy will be supplied by the 120 MW Sunflower Solar Park which EGE is planning in the Yaguate municipality in the San Crist\u00f3bal province of the Dominican Republic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWith this agreement, Falcondo will replace part of the thermal energy it uses in its facilities with renewable energy and will thus become the first mining company in the Dominican Republic to use renewable energy in its operations,\u201d the miner said. No further details were disclosed about what is believed to be the first private solar PPA in the Caribbean country. The solar plant is expected to come online at the beginning of next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe project will include the installation of some 300,000 photovoltaic modules, a 150 MVA [megavolt ampere] power substation and a 10km long transmission line that will operate at 138 kV,\u201d Falconbridge added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\u00a0Dominican Republic\u00a0had around 166 MW of installed solar generation capacity at the end of 2018, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency, and another 100 MW has come online in recent months with the addition of two large solar parks. The country\u2019s largest PV project is a 67.5 MW solar facility. The country also boasts several megawatts of small scale solar capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From: https:\/\/www.pv-magazine.com\/2020\/03\/11\/more-solar-power-deals-pop-up-in-latin-america\/<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Big clean energy supply contracts have been announced in Brazil, Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Three major solar power supply deals in Latin America this week illustrate the enduring popularity of PV despite a bar on procurement rounds, as seems to be in place in\u00a0Mexico, and with solar lagging other renewables in auctions in\u00a0Brazil. Sino-Canadian…
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