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H2 Green Steel strikes 700MW hydrogen offer
Partnership with electrolysis tech company Thyssenkrupp Nucera to produce green fuel in Boden, Sweden
May 22, 2023 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Sweden, Europe, green hydrogen, H2 Green Steel
TotalEnergies' Spanish PV projects pass EIA test
Approval connects to schemes in Madrid, Murcia, Andalusia and also Argon, with an integrated capacity of 3GW
May 22, 2023 // Plants, Spain, Europe, TotalEnergies, Environmental Impact Assessment
ACWA partners on Saudi solar PPAs
Offtake agreements will fund three PV projects, which will certainly be established with PIF subsidiary Badeel
May 22, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, acwa, Saudi
NSW to open following renewables, storage tender on May 22
New South Wales will certainly introduce its second gigawatt-scale tender for renewable energy generation and long-duration storage capacity in the coming week, electricity and also gas systems supervisor AEMO Services revealed in accordance with the Aussie state's bigger energy change strategy.
May 19, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, new south wales, nsw
BlackRock's GRP III closes 97-MWp dispersed solar buy in Chile
BlackRock's Global Renewable Power Fund III (GRP III) has actually shut the purchase of a 97-MWp dispersed solar project portfolio in Chile that was established by RRG Capital Management (RRGCM) as well as local partners.
May 19, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, BlackRock, Chile, South america, Global Renewable Power Fund III, GRP III, RRG Capital Management, RRGCM
IWB purchases Swiss solar installer Kunz-Solartech
Swiss utility IWB claimed on Wednesday it is getting local solar systems solid Kunz-Solartech GmbH to strengthen its setting in the growing market for photovoltaic systems in Switzerland.
May 19, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Switzerland, IWB, Kunz-Solartech
Eurowind Energy bags EUR 48m for new solar projects in Portugal
Danish renewables developer Eurowind Energy A/S has received EUR 48 million (USD 52m) in debt from Denmark's AP Pension to back the construction of solar park projects in Portugal.
May 19, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Europe, solar projects, Eurowind Energy
OMCO Solar opens 5th mounting production center in the USA
Tracker and also fixed-tilt mounting maker OMCO Solar opened its fifth U.S. production facility, a new site in Warsaw, Indiana. The company also revealed a new torque tube line at its Pierceton, Indiana.
May 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, tracker, North America, OMCO Solar
Nextracker opens torque tube manufacturing facility in Tennessee
A new factory in Tennessee officially was revealed today that will make steel components for Nextracker solar tracking systems. The Memphis-based facility houses MSS Steel Tubes United States, a joint venture of Metalogalva and also Soufer, as well as will produce Nextracker steel torque tubes. The site supports 129 jobs.
May 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Nextracker, torque tube
Solis releases new S6 hybrid inverter for either three-phase or single-phase projects
Solis has actually announced the launch of their most current item, the S6 Advanced Power Hybrid Inverter. With an emphasis on generator connectivity and also numerous input methods, the S6 offers automatic UPS switching and also as much as 10 secs of 200% surge power backup overload capability.
May 19, 2023 // Inverters, Solis
Peninsula Clean Energy indications deal for 45 MW of energy storage space with Terra-Gen
Peninsula Clean Energy has actually reached a 15-year deal to specifically get 45 MW of battery storage space that additionally presses the agency towards its objective of providing renewable energy whatsoever hours of the day and night. It additionally adds towards Peninsula Clean Energy satisfying its regulatory commitments to provide new capacity for a dependable electric grid.
May 19, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, terra-gen, Peninsula Clean Energy, Jim Pagano
rPlus Energies tapped to develop largest solar project in Idaho Power system
rPlus Energies announced a long-lasting power purchase agreement (PPA) with Idaho Power for a new 200-MW solar facility in Ada County, Idaho. The project called Pleasant Valley Solar is presently the largest got solar facility in the Idaho Power system.
May 19, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, rPlus Energies, Idaho Power
Ojjo's Earth Truss System now suitable with many major tracker manufacturers
Ojjo revealed it has actually increased the compatibility of its trademarked Earth Truss System throughout top-tier tracker producers: Array Technologies, Nextracker and currently consisting of GameChange Solar.
May 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Ojjo, Earth Truss System
Researchers establish new perovskite solar cell design with 31.09% effectiveness
Researchers from the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and also Astronautics in China as well as University of Okara in Pakistan have substitute a solar cell based on an absorber making use of a CsSnI3 perovskite product, which is an inorganic perovskite that has low exciton binding energy, a high absorbance coefficient, and an energy bandgap of 1.3 eV.
May 19, 2023 // Technology, China, Asia, Pakistan, efficiency, perovskite solar cell, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, University of Okara
Boosting solar cell energy capture effectiveness with a fullerene-derivative interlayer
Solar cells are a critical component to the transition to renewable energy resources, as well as boosted power conversion performance (PCE), or amount of power captured with a given amount of sunlight, boosts the usefulness of solar energy in a society with high energy demands.
May 19, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, Tsinghua University Press, Shangfeng Yang