Solar Markets & Finance News

RE2 Robotics obtains $1.9 million in DOE financing for automated photovoltaic panel placement on utility-scale projects
RE2 Robotics has actually been chosen for $1.9 million in financing from the UNITED STATE Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to create a robotic system for the Outdoor Autonomous Manipulation of Photovoltaic Panels (O-AMPP).
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, solar panel, North America, utility-scale projects, RE2 Robotics, Amanda Sgroi, Jorgen Pedersen
US ROUND-UP: EDF indications second PPA for Texas project, Exelon separates utility & affordable energy company
Chicago-based energy company Exelon’s board of directors have agreed to separate its power generation business from its utility interests, creating two publicly-listed companies. Energy group EDF has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) for the second tranche of its Texas solar project with an affiliate of listed energy partnership group Enterprise Products partners.
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, C&I, PPA, North America, exelon, EDF Renewables, SEEIT, SDCL, Onyx Renewables, space city solar, spinoff, texas solar
Masdar looks to extend renewables placement in 'crucial market' Southeast Asia
Abu Dhabi-based renewables company Masdar has a "significant aspiration" to increase its tidy energy portfolio in Southeast Asia, a firm exec has actually told PV Tech.
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Masdar, floating PV, Asia, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Floating solar, Masdar Clean Energy, Ahmed Al Awadhi
Daqo to provide 41,000 MT of polysilicon to leading 210mm wafer producer TZS
Major China-based polysilicon manufacturer Daqo New Energy has signed a three-year high-purity polysilicon supply arrangement with Zhonghuan Semiconductor (TZS), completing 41,000 MT.
Mar 2, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Daqo New Energy, tianjin zhonghuan semiconductor tzs
ANPIER urges Spanish authorities to curb building of mega-solar projects
Spain needs to restrict the size of brand-new solar parks to motivate the deployment of smaller sized projects located better to consumers, the country's National Association of Photovoltaic Power Producers (ANPIER) has actually claimed.
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Europe, distribution, sfi con london, anpier, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Aroca
Ecoppia eyes new markets following Tel Aviv IPO
Israeli robot photovoltaic panel cleaning business Ecoppia is laying the ground for worldwide growth and increased data capabilities following its recent going public (IPO) on the Tel Aviv stock market.
Mar 2, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Ecoppia, Jean Scemama, robotics, robot cleaners, operations and maintenance, data analysis, predictive maintenance
NextEnergy acquires 100MWp from Lightsource BP in ₤ 64.3 m deal
NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF) has actually acquired 100MWp of UK solar in a c. ₤ 64.3 million deal with Lightsource BP.
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, NextEnergy Solar Fund, Nesf, Ross Grier, Kevin Lyon
Elgin elevates ₤ 4.35 m for 210MW subsidy-free solar profile
Elgin Energy is to progress a 210MW portfolio of subsidy-free solar complying with the closure of its very first fundraise with Focus Capital Partners.
Mar 1, 2021 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, subsidy-free solar, Ronan Kilduff, Elgin, Jack O’Keeffe
Goldman Sachs companions for United States solar spree
Bank's renewables arm to at first obtain 55MW of area PV in New york city state from SMT Energy
Mar 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, David Spotts, John Switzer, John France
Neoen Completes Financing for 300 MW Victorian Big Battery in Australia
Neoen has introduced that it has attained financial close on the Victorian Big Battery, a 300 MW/ 450 MWh battery storage space center in Victoria
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, TESLA, Victoria, Australia, neoen, Oceania, Ian Learmonth
EDP Brasil indicators contract to acquire AES Inova
Electric energy firm EDP Brasil has authorized an agreement to acquire AES Inova, a distributed generation investment system of AES Brazil.
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, EDP Brasil, AES Inova, João Marques da Cruz
Xcel Energy intends up to 2.9 GW of added solar in Colorado by 2030
Xcel Energy has announced plans to double its renewables and battery storage capability in Colorado by 2030, as the utility progresses with efforts to get to 100% carbon-free electrical power generation throughout its service area by 2050.
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Colorado, Battery Storage, North America, distributed solar, Xcel Energy, energy transition, carbon neutrality
First Solar shipped 5.5 GW of CdTe thin film modules in 2020
' Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) participant Initial Solar has reported full-year PV module shipments of 5.5 GW in 2020, generating net sales of US$ 2.7 billion.
Mar 1, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, First Solar, PV module
Australia gives new priority condition to AU$ 22bn renewable resource export project
An Australian solar-plus-storage project that intends to provide 20% of Singapore's electricity need has actually been marked as a priority initiative by advising group Facilities Australia.
Mar 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, ENERGY STORAGE, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Michael Gunner, solar-plus-storage, Sun Cable, transmission, AAPL, australia solar, Infrastructure Australia, renewables export
EDF buys minority risk in off-grid expert Bboxx's Kenyan company
International energy gigantic EDF has actually purchased a 23% stake in off-grid solar company Bboxx's Kenyan business.
Feb 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, EDF, Kenya, Africa, aiim, bboxx, distributed solar, mini-grids, Togo, mini-grid, off-grid, africa solar, global energy summit, Anshul Patel, Valerie Levkov