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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
FuturaSun Plans New 2 GW Solar Module Facility in Italy
FuturaSun commits to an overall financial investment of EUR 25 million over the next few years in the new facility. The new HQ will have R&D center, a huge test-field, a PV Academy and also a training center to recreate the proficiency of sector specialists.
Mar 13, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, solar cell, solar module, European Green Deal, FuturaSun, Alessandro Barin, Italian solar Gigafactory, Italy solar industry, photovoltaic modules, PV Academy, REPowerEU Plan
Purdue University Creates Safer Solid-State Lithium-Ion Batteries
The new batteries are created from new composite products. The new battery shows exceptional thermal stability up to around 330 degrees Celsius.
Mar 13, 2023 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Purdue University, spe, Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, engineers, Purdue Research Foundation Office of Technology, solid polymer electrolyte, solid-state, thermal stability, Vilas Pol
Chinese Battery Giant CATL Announces 2022 Results, Almost Doubles Profit
Its net profit boosted by 93 per cent to $4.4 billion in 2022 year on year. Revenue from the power battery service enhanced by 159 percent as net sales in this segment greater than doubled to 242 GWh last year.
Mar 13, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, financial results, EV batteries, CATL, growth rate, Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited, Energy Storage Business, financial results 2022, net profit, power battery business
Sungrow Signs 145 MW Distribution Agreements in Pakistan
The Distribution Agreements throughout the Solar Pakistan 2023, where Sungrow showcased its selection of products. The agreements were tattooed with neighborhood partners consisting of SkyElectric, Wateen Energy and Uenergy.
Mar 13, 2023 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Sungrow, solar plus storage, inverter, iSolarCloud, Howard Fu, PowerStack, SkyElectric, Solar Pakistan 2023, Sungrow Pakistan, Uenergy, Wateen Energy
Axpo to build Swedish battery storage project
20MW facility prepared for Landskrona area
Mar 13, 2023 // Storage, Sweden, Axpo, Europe