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Eswatini 40 MW solar tender attracts 13 approved bidders
The regulator received 26 proposals overall for a project intended to make the kingdom less dependent on power imports from troubled South African utility Eskom.
Oct 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, eskom, Eswatini
20 MW solar-plus-storage project tender at Zimbabwe gold mine
Canadian business Caledonia Mining Corporation plc wants to build a power plant at its Blanket mine near Gwanda, in southern Zimbabwe.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining Corporation
Kalyon Enerji finds Chinese partner for 500 MW module fab in Turkey
The factory, backed by the Turkish government in September, was originally intended to be built with the support of Korean solar manufacturer Hanwha Q Cells. The new partner is China Electronics Technology Group Corporation (CETC). Production is planned to start next year.
Oct 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Kalyon Enerji, Eren Engur, Turkey, Hanwha Q-Cells
Bangladesh extends incentive scheme for domestic solar industry
PV manufacturers receive 10% of the value of their exported products as an incentive and the nation’s central bank has extended the program to cover this financial year. Bangladesh’s solar manufacturers have called for more, however, and point to more generous schemes to the west.
Oct 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Bangladesh, Asia, solar modules, Munawar Misbah Moin, Golam Baki Masud
China’s solar installations slump to 4.6GW in Q3
According to official figures released by China’s National Energy Administration, new solar capacity installations in the third quarter of 2019 slumped to only 4.6GW under new support mechanisms that were implemented mid-year.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, NEA, China, AECEA, pv power plants, Asia, Frank Haugwitz
AST receives repeat orders for 13 DM measurement systems for PERC cells production
Inline solar cell measurement equipment specialist Aurora Solar Technologies (AST) has won a major repeat order from two top-tier China-based manufacturers of high-efficiency PERC (Passivated Emitter Solar Cell) solar cells.
Oct 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, c-si manufacturing, Asia, PERC, Gordon Deans, aurora solar technologies
Luminous Energy eyes 1.2GW pipeline as works start on ‘springboard’ Australia project
Luminous Energy has commenced connection works on its 162MWac solar farm in Australia, with the developer eyeing up 1.2GW of works across multiple markets.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, UK, Australia, Europe, utility-scale, Oceania, PWC, luminous energy, grid connection, Paul Chivers
RENA secures 10GW of PERC technology orders from three leading Asia manufacturers
PV wet processing specialist, RENA Technologies has received equipment orders from three leading PERC (Passivated Emitter Rear Cell) solar cell manufacturers in Asia, totalling 10GW in the last three months.
Oct 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, c-si manufacturing, Asia, solar cell, mono perc, rena technologies, Peter Schneidewind, Christian Peter
Singapore ‘cannot rest on laurels’ with 2GW solar by 2030 goal - minister
Singapore has targeted 2GW of solar by 2030 and 200MW of energy storage beyond 2025, but will continue to rely on natural gas for the next 50 years, according to a government official.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, storage, Asia, Singapore, sorsea, targets, peak shaving, vertical solar, island, Chan Chun Sing
Sungrow bolsters Australia position with 100MW residential partnership
Sungrow locked in a 100MW residential inverter distribution deal at last week’s All-Energy Australia, the company revealed, bolstering its position in the lucrative market.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, Inverters, Sungrow, Australia, residential solar, inverter, Oceania, Joe Zhou
Nano-sizing solar panel scrap could create next-gen battery anodes
The uptake of solar power around the world is certainly a good thing for the planet, but that doesn’t mean it is without environmental consequence either. Some solar panel components are more easily recycled than others, and scientists in Australia may have just figured out how to repurpose one of the trickiest and most valuable: the silicon that serves as its semiconductor.
Oct 29, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Australia, solar panel, Oceania, battery anode, Deakin University, Mokhlesur Rahman, Ying Chen
SunUp provides a backpack-hugging solar-power solution for hikers
The best of rigid and flexible solar panels combine in SunUp, a product for outdoor adventurers invented by Brunel University design graduate Bradley Brister.
Oct 29, 2019 // BIPV, Technology, Solar Panels, flexible, SunUp, Bradley Brister, Lucy Hughes
Total Solar DG has completed Construction of Solar PV rooftop for CARROS Centre in Singapore
Total Solar Distributed Generation (DG) has completed the installation of a solar photovoltaic rooftop system for CARROS Centre, Singapore's first-of-a-kind integrated mega hub dedicated to the Automotive Industry.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Asia, rooftop PV, Singapore, Total Solar Distributed Generation, CARROS, Raymond Ng, Gavin Adda
Elon Musk offers discounted solar panels and batteries after California blackouts
Tesla is offering a discount on solar panels and batteries to people who are affected by wildfire power outages, Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted today. More than 2 million people across California have been affected by power outages since October 25th as utility companies try to prevent their power lines from sparking new blazes. A fire just north of San Francisco has already consumed more than 66,000 acres and is only 5 percent under control.
Oct 29, 2019 // Residential, Storage, Rooftop PV, California, USA, BATTERIES, TESLA, Elon Musk, Solar Panels, North America, Tim Hamor, Alternative Energy Systems
Dominion Energy acquires 72MW PV project in South Carolina from First Solar
Dominion Energy has acquired a 72MW PV project from First Solar that is expected to enter service in late 2019. The installation will provide power and renewable energy attributes under a Dominion Energy South Carolina contract that was previously filed and accepted in South Carolina.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, Keller Kissam, dominion
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