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Endesa to replace Spanish coal complex with ‘Europe’s largest PV plant’
Plans for what is being billed as “Europe’s largest solar plant” have been put forward in Spain as the UN climate negotiations came to a close in Madrid.
Dec 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Enel, solar pv, Europe, Endesa, cop25, José Bogas, Andorra
Adani Green Energy Mulling Over Obtaining Rest of Essel's Solar Assets
Adani Green Energy is allegedly considering acquiring all of the remaining solar power assets of the Essel Group.
Dec 16, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Adani Green Energy, Essel Group, Jayant Parimal
UK water business seeks solar energy from large scale, rooftop and floating plants
Southern Water has issued a request for information to source solar energy through bilateral power purchase agreements. The business is thinking about buying power from a blend of generation facilities.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Floating PV, UK, floating PV, Europe, rooftop PV, large scale plants
California celebrates 1 million solar rooftops
Former Governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown and other local elected officials joined local high school students, industry leaders and employees, renewable energy advocates, and community leaders marked reaching one million solar roofs around California during a party in Buchanan High School in Clovis.
Dec 16, 2019 // Rooftop PV, California, USA, North America, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Brown, CALSSA, Kevin Murray
All Porsche Taycan e-vehicles in Canada for 3-Years of Inclusive Charging
Porsche Cars Canada has announced an agreement with Electrify Canada to provide the all-electric Taycan with three years of inclusive charging
Dec 16, 2019 // Transport, Canada, North America, Porsche Cars Canada, Electrify Canada, Taycan
Freestanding microwire-array allows flexible solar window
TSCs are emerging devices which combine the advantages of visible transparency and light-to-electricity conversion. Among the valuable potential applications of these devices is their integration into vehicles, buildings, or mobile electronics. Therefore, color-perception and flexibility are important in addition to the efficiency.
Dec 16, 2019 // BIPV, solar cells, Asia, Korea, flexible, TSCs
Reducing total harmonic distortion with adaptive filters
A Malaysian study has compared the techniques used to reduce total harmonic distortion caused by PV systems. The paper, which considers the benefits and drawbacks of the approaches studied, suggests the use of adaptive filters.
Dec 16, 2019 // Technology, Inverters, Malaysia, Asia, PV module, THD
Cutting edge module tech promised on first, 3 GW slice of 10 GW Chinese solar installation
Huanghe Hydropower Development has started work on the first phase of a huge renewable energy project which will eventually feature 10 GW of solar generation capacity along with 5 GW of wind and 1 GW of concentrating solar power. Trina will supply 600 MW of modules to the first phase of the facility.
Dec 16, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, GS-Solar, JA Solar, JinkoSolar, Asia, LONGi, Solargiga, Trina, Jolywood, Huanghe Hydropower Development, Xie Xiaoping, Eging
NYSERDA has announced Ulster-based energy storage project to replace the earlier planned gas-powered plant
NYSERDA has contracted with GlidePath’s unit for construction of a 20MW storage facility. The project will be deployed in Town of Ulster instead of the fossil-fuel plant proposed earlier.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, NYSERDA, North America, GlidePath
Tesla's virtual solar plant is already saving the grid mid-construction
The Tesla virtual power plant in South Australia has already made its mark.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, TESLA, Elon Musk, Australia, Dan van Holst Pellekaan, Oceania, solar plant
Netherlands plan to produce green hydrogen to cope with grid constraint
Three major companies from Netherlands are going to turn the Drenthe-based excessive clean power capacity into green hydrogen. The partners are investigating which green power projects can be excluded from electricity grid.
Dec 16, 2019 // Grids, Solar to Fuel, Europe, hydrogen, Netherlands, Enexis, NAM, Gasunie
Azure Power to deploy 2GW of PV capacity through SECI’s manufacturing-linked tender
The Indian developer is committed to install 500 megawatts of manufacturing capacity in collaboration with a local panel producer. The agreement includes an option to double the power generation capacity, the decision for which is expected to be taken tomorrow.
Dec 16, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, tender, Asia, Azure Power
New commercial solar project in Denmark to be installed at former airport
Recently, the authorities of Denmark declared their plans to cease tenders for green power development. A few days later, a Jutland-based subsidy-free photovoltaic project with a capacity of 155 megawatts has been revealed. From the beginning, the power produced is planned for selling to the market of Nord Pool. However, private power supply options can also be considered.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, tender, Europe, Denmark
Sungrow to build Bangladesh-based 35MW solar project
Sungrow’s EPC branch has signed a contract for construction of Manikganj-based photovoltaic project.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Sungrow, Bangladesh, Asia
Coal India Subsidiary Tenders for 150 kW Rooftop Solar Plant
CMPDI, a subsidiary of Coal India has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 150 kW rooftop solar micro-grid power plant at the firms’ Ranchi office.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Rooftop PV, India, tender, Asia, rooftop PV, CMPDI