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Israeli Developer Econergy Gets EUR 30 Million from RGreen Invest
In November 2022, RGreen Invest announced that it will provide EUR 87.5 million to Econergy to strengthen its pipe development and also growth plans in the UK. The first tranche was of EUR 50 million that was supplied to Econergy right away after the agreement was signed between both companions.
Mar 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Renewable Energy, Econergy, Eyal Podhorzer, RGREEN INVEST’, Olivier Guillaume, Europe renewable energy, United Kingdom renewable energy
ArcVera Picked for Engineering Services to 1.2 GW Solar Project in United States
It will supply independent design solutions to Onward Energy's Global Atlantic solar portfolio just recently acquired having a capacity of nearing 1200MW.
Mar 14, 2023 // Plants, ArcVera Renewables, Renewable Energy, onward energy, ArcVera, David Simkins, Global Atlantic solar portfolio, Global Atlantic Solar Project, independent engineering, Kevin Lichtenstein
Green Li-ion Secures $20.5 Million for Battery Recycling Technology
The investment backers included venture capital firm TRIREC, solar company Banpu NEXT as well as power firm Equinor Ventures. The technology can process 4-6 metric lots of disposed of batteries on a daily basis.
Mar 14, 2023 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Storage, lithium-ion battery recycling, Equinor Ventures, Banpu NEXT, GLMC technology, Green Li-ion, Leon Farrant, Melvyn Yeo, pCAM, pre-series B funding, precursor cathode active material, recycling technology, Sinon Vongkusolkit, Trirec
Ecoppia Appoints Amir Fishelov, Founder, SolarEdge Technologies to Board of Directors
Fishelov's expert experience spans over two decades in the fields of solar power and also technology. An embellished mind in the technology market, Fishelov won the distinguished National Technological Innovation Award in both 2001 and also 2003.
Mar 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Engie, SolarEdge, Ecoppia, solar inverters, Amir Fishelov, Eran Meller, photovoltaic solar panels, robotic cleaning of solar panels
Navisun Secures $235 Million to Fuel Solar Projects' Growth
The very first facility is a $105 million, 5-year revolving construction credit facility. The 2nd facility is an as much as $130 million 5-year term loan facility, that includes a letter of credit facility and also a delayed-draw term loan.
Mar 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Solar Energy, Solar Power, storage projects, solar projects, Navisun, MUFG, Doug Johnsen, Export Development Canada, USA Solar Energy, Wilmington Trust
IbVogt Selects Nextracker to Supply Solar Trackers for 150 MW Power Plant in Spain
IbVogt, German worldwide solar programmer, has chosen Nextracker's XTR for the 150 MW Garnacha solar power plant in Spain. The project is backed by a twelve-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Google.
Mar 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Solar Panels, Google, Nextracker, Dan Shugar, NX Horizon-XTR™, Garnacha solar power plant, IbVogt, Patrick Zenker, solar tracker solution, Terrain following tracker
Sungrow to Supply Solution for UK's Longest Duration BESS Project of 825 MWh
Sungrow and also CES are working on a specific pipe of projects completing 825 MWh of capacity spread across five ready-to-build sites. The CES platform is funding the construction of a pipe of BESS projects established by Pelagic Energy Developments.
Mar 14, 2023 // Storage, Sungrow, Battery Energy Storage, James Wu, AIMCo, Railpen, Alberta Investment Management Corporation, Constantine Energy Storage, Constantine Group, liquid-cooled BESS solution, Louis Burford, Ocker Hill, Pelagic Energy Developments, Power Titan
5-GW LONGi photovoltaic panel factory is involving Ohio
Renewable as well as clean power programmer Invenergy intends to partner with LONGi to support a 5-GW solar panel assembly factory in Ohio. Invenergy will certainly spend greater than $600 million with new venture Illuminate United States to get as well as develop out a 1.1 million sq-ft building in Pataskala, Ohio, approximately 20 miles east of Columbus.
Mar 13, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, LONGi, North America, Ohio, PV panel
FRV commissions 150-MW solar cluster in Spain
Madrid-based developer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, has actually inaugurated a 150-MW DC solar cluster in Spain, called San Servan 400 as well as composed of three 50-MW DC projects.
Mar 13, 2023 // Plants, Spain, Europe, frv, PV Power Plant
Solaria gets enviro nod for 375 MW of solar in Portugal
Spanish solar energy programmer Solaria Medio y Ambiente SA (BME: SLR) revealed on Friday it has actually protected favourable environmental impact statements (EIS) for two solar projects in Portugal with an incorporated capacity of 375 MW.
Mar 13, 2023 // Plants, Portugal, Europe, solaria, PV Power Plant
Ilmatar proposes 40-MWp solar project in southwestern Finland
Ilmatar Energy Ltd means to develop a solar park of roughly 40 MWp in Finland's South Ostrobothnia area, the renewable energy plants programmer and operator claimed on Thursday.
Mar 13, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Finland, Solar Project, Ilmatar
Belectric bags 150-MWp solar O&M handle England
The British unit of German solar programmer Belectric has been chosen to provide procedures as well as maintenance (O&M) solutions for an over 150-MWp portfolio of solar parks in the UK.
Mar 13, 2023 // Technology, Plants, Belectric, England
Researchers make use of Ruddlesden-Popper perovskites for improved solar cells
Scientists China's Zhengzhou University, Xi'an Jiaotong University and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have made a solar cell based on low-dimensional Ruddlesden-Popper (LPDR) perovskite that is said to have improved provider transport residential properties.
Mar 13, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, China', Zhengzhou University,, Xi'an Jiaotong University
Reducing nonradiative recombination in perovskite solar cells with a porous insulator contact
A research team led by Prof. Xu Jixian from the University of Science and also Technology of China (USTC) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) developed and fashioned a novel porous insulator contact (PIC) for perovskite solar cells. The PIC alleviated the non-radiative fee recombination result and also the matching solar cell accomplished a performance of up to 25.5%. The research was published in Science.
Mar 13, 2023 // Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, perovskite solar cells, Xu Jixian
Origis Energy Reveals $750 Million for Solar, Storage Pipeline in United States
This financing round complies with a $375 million facility introduced in May 2022. Origis Energy calls the facility as the largest introduced this year for an energy scale solar and also storage development project pipeline.
Mar 13, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Deutsche Bank, hsbc, rabobank, Origis Energy, Santander, CIT, nomura, Jamie Edwards