Solar Grids News

The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has introduced tenders for 1.2GW of PV projects and 1.2GW of solar-wind hybrid projects on 5 December.

The African Development Bank (AfDB) will lend the government of Burkina Faso €48.82 million (US$54.04 million) to develop 208MWp of PV across the nation under its Desert to Power initiative.

The distribution system operator for southern and central Scotland says it wants to optimize onshore renewables potential with the addition of storage and solar into its clean electricity business. The company said hybrid projects combining wind, storage and solar will become the market standard in 2021.

Fotowatio has a 1.9 gigawatt green power portfolio. The developer declared its initial utility-scale battery storage venture to join a worldwide energy storage drive.

At first, Lightyear One was aimed at WSC. From the very beginning, the venture was seeking independence from charging points, and excellent efficiency along with design combining super aero dynamic properties and solar solution.

The South Australian shift toward renewable power has witnessed a new considerable step forward. The construction is starting at a major clean hydrogen project south of Adelaide. The facility is announced to feature the largest PEM electrolyzer in Australia.

Ather Energy, an Indian electric scooter maker, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to open a new production facility for lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles.

Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India, with around 200 million inhabitants, is trialling a solar trading platform

JinkoSolar has announced that it will supply 300 MW of its Tiger solar panels for what it describes as an ultra-high voltage demonstration plant in China’s Qinghai’s province. The project will be connected to an ultra-high voltage power line that State Grid Corp. of China is building to connect the far northwestern part of the country to the more heavily populated eastern provinces.

Coal, long the king of America’s electric grid, will soon get toppled by renewable energy.

Italian oil and gas company Eni has completed a solar park at its Bhit Gas Field. The plant, which took six months to build, is integrated into the field’s generation system.

LSE-listed investment company NextEnergy Solar Fund has finished the construction of the first unsubsidized solar project in Great Britain.

Endesa, a subsidiary of the biggest electric utility in Spain, has finished 252 megawatts of PV projects in Extremadura, which means all of the 339 megawatts the company gained at the governmental auction 2017 are now tied to electrical grid.

The energy company insists it has the biggest battery network managed by VPP in the world.

Japan is deploying a 300b ($2.75b) yen venture to turn disaster-stricken Fukushima to a green-energy farm, with the project’s first solar plant scheduled to be launched in January 2020.