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Silfab to begin 1-GW solar cell factory in the United States by 2024
After a successful 2nd financial investment round, North American photovoltaic panel supplier Silfab Solar can now formally introduce it is preparing to open up a 3rd U.S. solar module production center that will certainly additionally include solar cell production.
Mar 9, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, solar cells, North America, Silfab
DroneBase inspection software rebrands as Zeitview
DroneBase announced it has been rebranded as Zeitview. New financing led by Valor Equity Partners will support the business's AI-enabled software and also worldwide footprint in advanced inspection solutions.
Mar 9, 2023 // Software, DroneBase, Zeitview
Researchers develop perovskite-based memristors that are much more powerful and simpler to make
The human brain can easily process complex sensory information and also gain from experiences, while a computer can not. As well as, the brain does all this by consuming less than half as much energy as a laptop.
Mar 9, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, EMPA, ETH Zurich, Politecnico di Milano
Scientists establish method to stabilize 3D/2D perovskites for far better solar cells
Scientists at Huazhong University of Science and also Technology, Wuhan University of Technology as well as University of Toronto lately introduced a new strategy for producing more stable 3D/2D heterostructures, avoiding their destruction. Their approach is based on the intro of an added layer in between the structures; 3D as well as 2D perovskite layers.
Mar 9, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, efficiency, University of Toronto, Wuhan University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Iberdrola turns sod on Portuguese PV pair
Installation work is progressing at the Montechoro 1 (11.57 MW) as well as Montechoro 2 (25MW) projects
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Commercial, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, PV Power Plant
Pacifico executes 45MW Italian solar sale
Programmer will certainly support the projects to commercial operation as a service provider for Mytilineos
Mar 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Pacifico Energy Partners, Fabian Herberg
FuturaSun to build PV factory in Italy
Gigafactory will be located in Padua and also will create approximately 2GW of high-efficiency solar panels a year
Mar 9, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Italy, Europe, FuturaSun
Belectric bags 150MW UK solar O&M deal
Three-year framework agreement covers a minimum of 10 plants owned by NextEnergy Solar Fund
Mar 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Belectric
Statkraft Starts Supply to UK Greener Grid Park
Renewable resource firm Statkraft has exposed that Lister Drive Greener Grid Park in Liverpool has actually been set right into procedure and started to power up the nationwide grid.
Mar 9, 2023 // Storage, Grids, ABB, Statkraft, ESO, Greener Grid Park, Greener Grid Parks by Statkraft, Lister Drive Greener Grid Park, renewable energy infrastructure, Substations, UK National Grid
Three Japanese Solar Projects of 42 MW Capacity Powered up by Canadian Solar
Manufacturer of solar PV modules which also looks into large-scale solar projects, Canadian Solar, has shared that 3 of its solar power projects based have actually accomplished industrial operation in the first quarter of 2023. The cumulative capacity of these projects is 42 MWp.
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canadian Solar, solar auction, Renewable Energy, Shawn Qu, carbon emissions, bifacial BiHiKu modules, Commercial Operation, ESG sustainable development goals, feed-in-tariff programme, Japanese solar projects, Manufacturer of solar PV modules, STATCOM
Idaho's First Utility-Scale Energy Storage Installations Underway
The very first utility-scale energy storage installments in Idaho are underway as construction has begun on them. The said installations entail an 80-megawatt (MW) BESS (battery energy storage system) that is unfinished at Idaho Power's Hemingway substation in Owyhee County.
Mar 9, 2023 // Storage, grid, BESS, Battery with solar, Black Mesa Solar Project, electric power utility, Energy storage installations, Idaho Power, Utility Scale Projects
Duke Energy Operationalises 250 MW Solar Project in Texas
The 250 MW Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Navarro County is its biggest solar plant till date. Duke Energy has authorized 3 VPPAs that account for greater than 90% of the solar project's output.
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Duke Energy, Solar Power Plant, Chris Fallon, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, virtual power purchase agreement, Charles River Laboratories International, DESS, Erik Petrovskis, Gregg Belardo, Meijer, Moss, Navarro County solar power, Pisgah Ridge Solar project, Texas solar sector
Eko Agro Group sets sights on agri-photovoltaics in Italy
AgTech professional Eko Agro Group (EAG) has signed two deals that will permit it to step into the agri-photovoltaics market in Italy.
Mar 8, 2023 // Plants, Italy, Europe, Eko Agro Group
Enery steps into Poland with 65-MW solar project, plans extra
Austrian renewable power manufacturer Enery has actually obtained a greenfield 65 MW photovoltaic (PV) project in Poland in a move that marks its entrance into the Central European country as well as unveiled development plans for the regional market.
Mar 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, Solar Project, Enery
Bipartisan Michigan legislators present community solar-enabling legislation
Michigan residents and businesses can decrease their utility expenses, enhance the state's energy grid, and also join Michigan's growing solar economic climate under bipartisan legislation introduced on March 7 by state Senators Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) and also Ed McBroom (R-Waucedah Township).
Mar 8, 2023 // Policy, USA, Michigan, North America