Artist impression of the Travers Project. Image: Travers Solar
1 July 2021
Renewables projects update - July Issue
Transition Economist looks at the new renewables projects added to our database and the progress made on existing developments
Thirty-nine new projects were added to our database in the last month across solar and onshore wind. Of the solar projects, 14 are in Europe (the Netherlands, Spain, the UK and Uzbekistan), seven are in North America (Canada and the US), and two in South & Central America (Dominican Republic). Of the wind projects, ten are in North America (Canada), and six in South & Central America (Chile and Peru). In Canada, Danish fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners and Canadian energy firm Greengate Power announced that construction had begun on the Travers Solar project in Vulcan county, Alberta. With a total expected capital cost of C$700mn ($564mn), Travers Solar will
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