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African Infrastructure Gets Boost From $12 Billion Climate Fund
GCF commits $253.7 million to AFC Capital Infrastructure Fund Equity financial investment is largest made by GCF in Africa to date
Mar 21, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, gcf, AFC Capital Infrastructure Fund
Scientists transform algae right into perovskite materials with unique structures
Researchers from Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden), AMOLF, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have transformed single-cell algae into functional perovskite materials.
Mar 21, 2023 // Technology, perovskite, AMOLF, Dresden University of Technology, TU Dresden, Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
DNV supplies quality control for Singapore storage project
Developer Sembcorp enlisted the firm to execute mandatory SAT activities for the 285MWh ESS
Mar 21, 2023 // Storage, Asia, Singapore, dnv
Gravitricity inks agreement with Czech aggregator
Scottish energy storage outfit will deal with Nano Energies to find routes to market for its technology
Mar 21, 2023 // Storage, Europe, Czech Republic, GRAVITRICITY, Stanislav Chvála
KKR offloads X-Elio
Brookfield Renewable is to assume 100% ownership of the Spain-headquartered solar as well as storage developer
Mar 21, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, x-elio, KKR
JinkoSolar Launches SunGiga Liquid-Cooling ESS in Japan
The new ESS includes increased lifetime and enhanced billing and also releasing effectiveness. SunGiga has intelligent frequency conversion control design and also multiple liquid cooling control modes to lower intake by 30%.
Mar 21, 2023 // Storage, Japan, JinkoSolar, Asia, C&I application, intelligent frequency conversion, SunGiga, SunTank
Suvic Oy Signs EPC Contract with CPC Finland Oy to Construct Largest Finnish Solar Farm
Suvic Oy will build the Lakari Solar Park that has a maximum output capacity of 32 MW. The building work will commence in the spring of 2023 and the project is anticipated to be ready at first of 2024.
Mar 21, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar Power, solar projects, energy solutions, CPC Finland Oy, Finland renewable sector, Finland solar energy, Jari Koppelo, Lakari solar park, Suvic Oy
Trina Solar and also Al-Raebi Ink 500 MW Agreement for Yemen Market
Five-year partnership agreement will aid power houses, C&I as well as utility projects in Yemen. Chinese photovoltaics firm Trina Solar has actually authorized a five-year agreement with Al-Raebi for Trading (Al-Raebi). The partnership will certainly facilitate 500 MW of module shipments for the Yemeni market.
Mar 21, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Trina Solar, Al-Raebi for Trading, Al-Raebi Trina MoU, n-type i-TOPCon Vertex N modules, rooftop modules, TOPCon cells, Yemen market
Colombia's clean power share drops to 80.75% in Feb
The clean power share in Colombia's power manufacturing was up to 80.75% in February from 85.98% the month previously, as the country's complete hydroelectric output come by 4.77%, according to the current figures launched by national grid operator XM Compania de Expertos en Mercados.
Mar 20, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Colombia
Singapore promotes renewable power imports from Cambodia, Indonesia
Singapore, which plans to import approximately 4 GW of low-carbon power by 2035, last week revealed a number of steps it has actually made to import electricity from both Cambodia and also Indonesia.
Mar 20, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Singapore, Indonesia
AES Andes prepares to build solar farm with 542-MW BESS in Chile
Chilean electric utility AES Andes on Friday unveiled strategies to construct a 379-MW solar farm co-located with a 542-MW battery energy storage space system (BESS) in the Atacama Desert.
Mar 20, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, South america, solar farm, AES Andes
Brazil switches on 1.2 MWp floating solar farm in Minas Gerais
A consortium developed by Brazilian cooperative Creral and also regional engineering firm Mil Engenharia has actually taken into operation a 1.2-MWp floating solar power plant in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais.
Mar 20, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, South america, Brazil, minas gerais, solar farm
African renewables platform Lekela moves to new proprietor Infinity Power
Dublin-based renewables developer Mainstream Renewable Power as well as private equity company Actis have finished the sale of their Lekela platform, Africa's largest pure-play renewables independent power producer (IPP), to Infinity Power.
Mar 20, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Software, Africa, LEKELA, Infinity Power
Scientist advance slot-die coated perovskite solar cells and also ink properties
Researchers from Germany's Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and also HTW Berlin have taken a look at exactly how precursor inks influence the quality of perovskite thin films. The best cells were scaled approximately minimodule dimension. The team revealed that when slot-die covering the halide perovskite layers on large locations, ribbing results may occur yet can be protected against by adjusting the precursor ink's rheological properties.
Mar 20, 2023 // Technology, Germany, Europe, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, perovskite solar cells, HTW Berlin
EnBW launches German solar as well as battery project
The farm has begun operations, providing over 5MW to the regional grid
Mar 20, 2023 // Storage, Germany, Europe, enbw