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Biden Threatens to Veto Bill to Lift Moratorium on Solar Tariffs
President Joe Biden is threatening to veto regulations that would re-instate tariffs as high as 254% on photovoltaic panels imported from Southeast Asia, the White House stated Monday.
Apr 25, 2023 // Tariffs, Policy, USA, North America, Joe Biden
South Africa Weighs Mega Renewable-Energy Tender to Curb Outages
Proposal would ask for procurement of 15,000 megawatts Existing rounds ought to be sped up and also launched by end May
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, South Africa, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa
ConnectGen's 270-MW New York solar project gets final permit approval
ConnectGen revealed that its recommended South Ripley Solar Project has received a final siting permit from the New york city State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES). Based upon a thorough testimonial of the document, ORES located that the project abides by Executive Law 94-c and stays clear of, decreases or mitigates, to the maximum degree practicable, prospective significant adverse environmental influences to the surrounding location.
Apr 25, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, ConnectGen, South Ripley Solar Project
Impressive performance of organic solar cell using tin oxide
Organic solar cells have a photoactive layer that is made from polymers and tiny molecules. The cells are very slim, can be flexible, as well as are simple to make. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of these cells is still much below that of standard silicon-based ones.
Apr 25, 2023 // Technology, organic solar cell, University of Groningen
ACWA Power inks financing deal for 200MW Egyptian solar
$ 123m package includes loans of approximately $36m from the EBRD as well as $14.6 m from the OPEC Fund
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Africa, Egypt, ACWA Power
Google, EDPR Partner on 500 MW Distributed Solar Development in United States
The collaboration will certainly support greater than 80 distributed solar PV projects amounting to 500 MW in America. The program will additionally be moneyed with Google's purchase of a novel renewable energy credit (REC) called the ImpactREC.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Google, EDPR, Sana Ouji, Gustavo Monteiro, ImpactREC.
OCI Solar Power Sells 110 MW Texas Solar Project to Mitsui
The sold off solar power project lies in Hill County, Texas called 'Three W Solar.' The two firms collaborated last February for utility-scale solar power projects in Texas.
Apr 25, 2023 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Charles Kim, OCI Solar Power, Solar Project, Alamo 2 Solar Farm, Mitsui & Co, solar photovoltaic project, Three W Solar
Solis Launches New Hybrid Inverter in South Africa
The company notifies that with included generator connection as well as control functions, the inverter works as a totally independent power centre to fulfill the specific requirements southern African domestic and also C&I markets, where power outages have actually become an everyday routine. Solar inverter maker Ginlong (Solis) Technologies, is readied to launch its new S6 Advanced Power Hybrid Inverter, specifically for South Africa. It will be revealed at the Solar Show Africa 2023 in Johannesburg from April 25 to 26.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, India, Asia, Africa, South Africa, Solis
Europe to include 95 GW of battery storage space by 2050
Europe is expected to deploy at the very least 95 GW of grid-scale battery energy storage space systems by 2050, increasing the marketplace with more than EUR 70 billion (USD 76.8 bn) in fresh financial investments driven by efforts for the power market's decarbonisation, Aurora Energy Research claimed in its most recent report.
Apr 24, 2023 // Storage, Europe
Germany adds 944 MW of solar, 298 MW of onshore wind in March
Germany connected 943.7 MW of new solar installations to the power grid in March as well as deployed 298.4 MW of new onshore wind capacity, according to data released by the Federal Network Agency.
Apr 24, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe
Lightsource bp taps Siemens to supply over 1 GW of solar inverters
UK-based solar energy developer-operator Lightsource bp is set to acquire over 1 GW of inverters for a group of solar projects in the Midwest as well as Southeast of the USA.
Apr 24, 2023 // Inverters, Lightsource BP, Siemens
ILI places Scottish battery project out to tender
50MW Dyce scheme has a grid connection date of September 2025
Apr 24, 2023 // Storage, UK, tender, Europe, SCOTLAND, ILI
Proportion of N-Type Solar Cell Production Schedules is Anticipated to Exceed 15% in April 2023
The output of solar cells stood at 318 GW throughout 2022, with a regular monthly average output of 26.5 GW, and the average capacity utilisation rate was 56.18%. In 2023, the complete output is expected to be 512.7 GW, with a regular monthly standard of 42 GW.
Apr 24, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, solar cell, shanghai
Teralight Launches Israel's Largest Solar Power Project In Jezreel Valley
Teralight, a renewable resource firm in Israel in addition to the Environmental Protection Ministry, as well as the Moshavim movement launches Israel's biggest solar power project at the Jezreel Valley.
Apr 24, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, solar power project, Teralight, Jezreel Valley
Afreximbank to Money EUR56M Cameroonian Solar Initiative
Pan-African banks the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has actually devoted EUR56 million in the direction of a rural electrification initiative in Cameroon.
Apr 24, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Cameroon, Afreximbank