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Lightsource BP enters German market
Solar developer has actually set up a base and also local team in Berlin
Mar 15, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Lightsource BP, Europe
Emerson to Automate New Zealand's First Large-Scale Solar Project
Emerson's renewable power generation experience will certainly assist Lodestone Energy rapidly as well as securely finish its two 23-MW sites at Kaitaia and also Edgecumbe. Lodestone will certainly utilize Ovation dispersed control system and also new OCR3000 controller of Emerson to give comprehensive control to decrease the impact of variability and also intermittency in solar PV power generation.
Mar 15, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, solar pv, solar projects, carbon neutrality, Emerson, Bob Yeager, Kaitaia and Edgecumbe solar farms, New Zealand's First Large-Scale Solar Project, Ovation distributed control system, Peter Apperley
Ascent Solar Technologies repurposes its solar center to progress perovskite solar commercialization
Ascent Solar Technologies, an U.S. maker of lightweight, flexible and durable CIGS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) remedies, has announced that it has actually appointed its Thornton production center as a Perovskite Center of Excellence (COE). Reliable immediately, the facility will be committed to the industrial commercialization of Ascent's patent-pending perovskite solar technologies that are supposedly demonstrating laboratory performances over 20%.
Mar 14, 2023 // Technology, perovskite, Ascent Solar Technologies
Scientists develop method to decrease the formation of anions vacancy defects in halide perovskite solar cells
Researchers at China's Shaanxi Regular University and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have actually designed a novel approach to reduce the formation of anions vacancy defects in halide perovskite solar cells. The team reported that the new strategy leads to greater performance and impressive stability.
Mar 14, 2023 // Technology, China, Asia, Chinese Academy of Sciences, perovskite solar cells, Shaanxi Normal University
CWP Europe acquires 134-MW solar project in Romania
Southeast Europe-focused renewables designer CWP Europe introduced on Friday the purchase of the 134-MW Studina solar project in Romania for an unrevealed amount.
Mar 14, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, Solar Project, CWP Europe
BNDES to back 19 MW of Voltalia's DG solar projects in Brazil
The Brazilian Development Bank, or BNDES, has authorized a BRL-90-million (USD 17m/EUR 16m) funding to support 19 MW of dispersed generation (DG) solar power projects possessed by Helexia, a unit of France's Voltalia SA (EPA: VLTSA).
Mar 14, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, South america, Brazil, Solar Project, BNDES
Roofit.Solar secures EUR 6.45 m to increase solar roofing system production
Roofit.Solar, an Estonia-based climate tech scale-up specialising in building integrated (BIPV), has actually efficiently raised EUR 6.45 million (USD 6.9 m) in a funding round led by existing backers BayWa r.e. Energy Ventures and also EdgeCap Partners.
Mar 14, 2023 // Rooftop PV, Europe, Estonia, Roofit.Solar
GGF lends EUR 28m for zero-subsidy solar project in Albania
The Green for Growth Fund (GGF) will certainly offer a EUR-28-million (USD 30m) car loan to support the construction of a solar plant in Albania standing for the biggest zero-subsidy project of its kind in the Western Balkan Region.
Mar 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Albania, Solar Project, GGF
ArcVera supplies IE solutions for 1.2 GW solar bargain
Consultancy accomplished due diligence on Onward's procurement of Global Atlantic portfolio
Mar 14, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, ArcVera, David Simkins, Kevin Lichtenstein
Acen buys 1200MW Indian wind, solar portfolio
Partnership with BrightNight intends to deploy US$ 250m of equity
Mar 14, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, ACEN
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