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IFC backs Uzbekistan's 900-MW solar PPP plan
The Uzbek government will rely on support from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) for new public-private partnership (PPP) tenders that will award up to 900 MW of solar projects.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Asia, ifc, Uzbekistan, Georgina Baker
The zero-carbon neighbourhood that will power itself entirely by solar: Developers create ultimate eco-houses in Oxfordshire (but they start at £1million each)
Developer Ssassy Property is constructing 25 homes in the village of Southmoor
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Oxfordshire, zero-carbon neighbourhood, Ian Pritchett
Only domestically manufactured solar cells will be eligible for use under mandatory local sourcing category: MNRE
Solar photo-voltaic cells that are predominantly domestically manufactured will be the only ones eligible to be used under the mandatory local sourcing category according to a statement from the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Residential, India, Asia, mnre, KUSUM, Solar PV cells
Thai Tesco deal for solar on stores
Thailand hypermarket chain Tesco Lotus has entered into a solar PV power purchase agreement with Singapore-headquartered renewables company Cleantech Solar.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Thailand, Asia, Cleantech Solar, Tesco Lotus, Miroslav Friml
NSW offers low-income solar homes as City of Sydney inks renewables deal
Renewable energy in NSW will get twin boosts with the Berejiklian government unveiling its solar panel plan for low-income housing and the City of Sydney signing up to 100 per cent clean power by next year.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Rooftop PV, Sydney, rooftop PV, Matt Kean, Clover Moore, Matthew van der Linden
Itochu-backed company to install solar-powered EV chargers at supermarkets
VPP Japan will provide equipment free of charge, offering 20% lower costs
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Tokyo, VPP Japan, Itochu, Nissan Motor, Toyota Motor, Aeon, Lawson
Eindhoven team's family car wins World Solar Challenge
The Solar Team of the Eindhoven University of Technology won the World Solar Challenge in Australia in the cruiser category. This is the fourth year in a row that the Eindhoven team won gold in this category for family solar-powered cars, the university announced on Twitter.
Oct 21, 2019 // Technology, Transport, Australia, World Solar Challenge, Oceania, Eindhoven University of Technology, Twitter, Stella Era, Carijn Mulder
Solar park in western Anglesey 'would ruin the area for tourism'
A big solar park planned for western Anglesey would ruin the area for tourism and occupy good farming land, a campaign group has claimed.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Anglesey, Parc Solar Traffwll, Vaughan Evans
New Jersey is home to the country’s largest floating solar array
Ciel & Terre USA, floating solar power systems providers, in conjunction with Solar Renewable Energy and RETTEW are pleased to announce the completion of its Hydrelio floating solar solution for a 4.4.-MW floating array on the town of Sayreville, New Jersey’s pre-treatment water storage pond. This represents the largest floating solar array installed in North America to date.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, USA, New Jersey, floating PV, North America, Ciel & Terre USA, Solar Renewable Energy, RETTEW, Dan Frankel, Jason Wert, Chris Bartle
Acciona acquires 3-GW pipeline of U.S. solar projects from Tenaska
Global renewable energy developer Acciona has signed an agreement with energy developer Tenaska to acquire a portfolio of greenfield solar and energy storage projects in the United States. The development portfolio comprises approximately 3 GW of utility-scale solar and 1 GW of co-located solar and energy storage.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Acciona, Rafael Esteban, Tenaska, Steve Johnson, Concentrated solar power
China Power International reveals details of 500 MW grid-parity project
The Chaoyang facility is the largest of the first batch of central-subsidy-free solar projects approved in the world’s biggest solar marketplace. China Power has awarded three construction contracts to entities owned by its SPIC parent company.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, China, Hong Kong, Asia, China Power International, CPI Power Engineering Co Ltd, SPIC
German PV tender brings average solar price of €0.049/kWh
The average price in the October round of Germany’s solar capacity procurement program fell back below the five-cent mark, helped by expansion of the quota for solar on Bavarian agricultural land. Nineteen of the 27 projects allocated by the Federal Network Agency were such schemes.
Oct 21, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Germany, Europe, tenders
Carbon nanotubes provide a boost to perovskite solar
Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a carbon nanotube which forms a strong junction with a lead-halide perovskite, improving performance and stability.
Oct 21, 2019 // Technology, Tokyo, Carbon nanotubes, Keiko Waki
South Africa plans to allocate at least 6 GW of large scale solar by 2030
That would take the country to 8.28 GW of generation capacity by the end of the next decade with the government stating up to 6 GW of small scale capacity could be required on top. By that stage, however, coal would still amount to 43% of generation capacity and gas and diesel a combined 8.1%, under the new Integrated Resource Plan.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa
PV performance projections for the 21st century
A study has divided the world into 12 climate zones on the basis of the Köppen–Geiger classification map. The paper confirmed Chile’s Atacama region has the world’s highest solar radiation but also showed the region with the highest performance ratio for PV systems was near Moscow.
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Chile, South america, Europe, Slovenia, Moscow, University of Ljubljana
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