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Indore Smart City Seeking Consultant for 100 MW Solar Plants
The Indore Development Limited (ISCDL) has issued a tender seeking consultant for 100 MW solar plants at various locations.
Jan 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, tender, Asia, Indore Smart City, Consultant
NTPC Tenders for O&M of 50 MW Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh
NTPC Ltd has issued a tender for undertaking the O&M services for its 50 MW solar power project in Madhya Pradesh for a period of 1 year.
Jan 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, O&M, NTPC, Asia, Madhya Pradesh
Tender Issued for 4 MW Floating Solar Project With BESS in Andaman
SECI has issued an RfS for the selection of SPDs for setting up of 4 MW floating solar project with a 2 MW/1MWh BESS at the Kalpong Dam in North Andaman.
Jan 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, India, tender, Asia, BESS, Floating Solar PV
Sungrow to supply inverters for 200 MW of PV projects in Dubai, Egypt
China’s Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SHE:300274) on Tuesday announced two contracts to supply residential, commercial and industrial inverter solutions for projects in Dubai, the United Arab Emirates and Egypt with a total capacity of 200 MW.
Jan 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Sungrow, China, Asia, Africa, Egypt, Alvin Shi
Altus Power raises USD 850m to expand solar portfolio
Altus Power America Inc on Tuesday said it has secured USD 850 million (EUR 765m) of funded and committed capital that would help it expand its portfolio of commercial and industrial solar assets to over USD 1 billion.
Jan 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Altus Power, GSO Capital Partners LP
Sunverge partners with LG on utility-side smart home energy management
Sunverge, the provider of Distributed Energy Resource (DER) control and aggregation platform, announced a strategic alliance with LG Electronics, a global leader in smart appliances and renewable energy technology.
Jan 14, 2020 // Technology, Software, USA, North America, LG, Sunverge, DER, Martin Milani, Stephen Hahm
Solar industry asks Governor Phil Murphy to sign flexible clean energy spending caps legislation
The New Jersey General Assembly and Senate passed legislation that clarifies the Board of Public Utilities’ (BPU) authority under the Clean Energy Act. The identical bills authorize the BPU to rollover unused funding to the following year when calculating the cost caps. This measure would ease current constraints found under the program’s year-to-year cost caps.
Jan 14, 2020 // Policy, USA, SEIA, New Jersey, North America, Phil Murphy
Hard times for thin-film PV module makers as Crystalsol and Calyxo file for insolvency
Calyxo, a German cadmium telluride solar module manufacturer, has filed for insolvency for the second time, despite the recent emergence of new prospective investors. Meanwhile, Crystalsol – an Austrian flexible solar panel maker – has also initiated insolvency proceedings, due to losses of roughly €7 million.
Jan 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Austria, Crystalsol, Calyxo
LONGi signs 2-year monocrystalline wafer supply deal worth US$1.5 billion
The largest monocrystalline wafer producer, LONGi Green Energy Technology Co has signed a two-year wafer supply deal with Chinese solar cell producer, Jiangsu Runyang Yueda Photovoltaic Technology Co (Runergy) worth approximately US$1.5 billion (RMB 10.34 billion).
Jan 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, Longi Green Energy Technology, monocrystalline wafer, p type mono perc, runergy
Enel powers up 475MW of auction-backed bifacial solar in Brazil
The Brazilian renewable energy subsidiary of power giant Enel Group has brought online a 475MW bifacial solar project in Brazil’s northeastern state of Piauí.
Jan 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, EDP, Enel, bifacial, South america, Brazil, auction, paraiba, piaui
Greenskies Renewable Energy is acquired and renamed by JLC
JLC Infrastructure has announced a successful acquisition of Greenskies Renewable Energy – a utility and commercial PV system developer.
Jan 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, JLC, Greenskies Renewable Energy
Perovskite to boost energy harvest of solar cells
Perovskites are likely to become a cost-effective and high-efficiency alternative for making solar cells as soon as they become as stable as silicon.
Jan 14, 2020 // Technology, China, Australia, solar cells, Asia, Oceania, perovskites
Solar farm will stretch along the 25-mi Dutch highway
Netherlands’ Rijkswaterstaat is planning to deploy PV module installation along the Drenthe’s motorway. The panels will be installed on the 300ha area on the median and sides of the road. The project is being developed under the country’s target to find new spaces for clean energy solutions.
Jan 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands
Smart City Mission starts second phase of rooftop PV installations
Smart City of Indian Ludhiana has partnered with PEDA to start phase 2 of installing the rooftop photovoltaic plants.
Jan 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, ET, Ludhiana
First Togolese utility-scale PV plants are on the way
The tender launched according to Scaling Solar program is for deployment of solar farms with a total capacity of 60-80 megawatts.
Jan 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, Togo