01 August - Portugal tender hosts lowest ever PV bid

In today's news:

The Corner Brook Health Partnership (CBHP) – a consortium comprising Plenary Group, PCL Constructors, Marco Services, and Johnson Controls – is to issue C$290.7 million ($221 million) of bonds to finance the 164-bed Corner Brook Acute Care Hospital P3 project in Canada.

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has entered into an agreement with TC Energy to acquire three combined-cycle gas-fired power plants in Ontario for $2.87 billion.

Portugal’s 1.4GW solar tender has produced the lowest ever bid globally for PV – €14.8/MWh.

The European Investment Bank plans to stop funding new fossil fuel-reliant projects by the end of 2020, according to a draft of its new energy strategy.