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HyCC awards Dutch hydrogen FEED contract
Kraftanlagen Energies & Services will carry out basic design and engineering of 40MW H2eron project
Feb 8, 2023 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Europe, hydrogen, Netherlands, HyCC, Alfons Weber
Vattenfall gets to FID on 76MW agri PV project
Tützpatz solar site in Germany will certainly be built without government funding
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, PV Power Plant
EU Awards EUR5.3 Million To REGACE Project For Agrivoltaics Solutions
The REGACE Consortium will be developing and demonstrating ingenious agrivoltaics innovation by utilizing CO2 enrichment to boost electricity yields. The REGACE system will certainly offer affordable clean power which combines optimum crop conditions with considerable energy generation.
Feb 8, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Alzahrawi Society, Ibrahim Yehia, Kafr Kara, REGACE, TriSolar
Australian Solar Developer's Modular Solar Tech to Power Lithium Mine Project
The 5B Maverick technology is a ground mount solar remedy created to be safer, much more affordable as well as much faster to deploy for offgrid, business and commercial, as well as large-scale solar power generation. 5B will be setting up solar PV for the 95 MW hybrid microgrid in the Kathleen Valley Lithium project.
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, microgrid, Solar Project, ground mount solar, Zenith Energy, Hamish Moffat, Kathleen Valley Lithium, Liontown Resources, solar racking solutions
Enviromena Finishes Its First 25.4-MW Solar Farm in Winchester, England
Enviromena has completed its first UK solar farm, the 25.4-MW Three Maids Hill project in Winchester, England. The solar park is expected to generate enough electricity to cover the needs of 9,500 homes and was acquired by Blackfinch Energy in 2021.
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, England, Enviromena
Longroad Energy Reaches Financial Close for 202-MWp Texas Solar Project
US-based renewables developer Longroad Energy has reached financial close for its 150-MW/202-MWp solar project in Texas and started construction. The plant will produce electricity for power distribution firm Entergy Texas Inc and is expected to reach commercial operations by the end of 2023.
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, longroad energy, PV Power Plant
Kontrolmatik's Pomega Breaks Ground in South Carolina on 3-GWh Lithium Battery Plant
Kontrolmatik Technologies, via its subsidiary Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, has broken ground on a 3-GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in South Carolina. This is an important step in the development of sustainable energy solutions, as the factory will produce lithium-iron phosphate cells for North American grid-scale energy storage applications.
Feb 8, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Storage, USA, North America, South Carolina, Kontrolmatik Technologies
Lancaster, California's Large Solar Project Repurposes Honda & Nissan EV Batteries for Energy Storage
B2U Storage Solutions has started operations of a 25-MWh system at its SEPV Sierra hybrid solar + storage facility in Lancaster, California, utilizing 1,300 reused EV battery packs sourced from Honda and Nissan. This project is the largest operational UL 9540-certified energy storage system utilizing second-life EV batteries in the world.
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Lancaster
Midwest US States Lead in Solar Power Development: 15GW of Photovoltaic Panels to be Installed
With millions of acres of flat farmland, Ohio and Indiana are becoming leading US states for solar power development. 15GW of photovoltaic panels are expected to be installed in the two states between now and 2027, enough to power about 12 million households.
Feb 8, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America
Acciona Energia to supply renewable power to Grupo Violas in Portugal
Spanish renewables pure-player Acciona Energia (BME: ANE) has inked a ten-year agreement to supply 100% renewable power to subsidiaries of Portuguese organization group Grupo Violas.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Europe, acciona energia, Grupo Violas
AES, SRP as well as Meta unveil 100-MW solar farm in Arizona
A 100-MW solar farm in the United States state of Arizona that will serve community-based not-for-profit power and also water utility Salt River Project (SRP) as well as tech group Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) was inaugurated recently, SRP said on Monday.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Arizona, North America, AES, solar farm, SRP, meta
Romania's Electrica buys 12-MWp shovel-ready solar project
Romanian state-controlled electricity distribution group Societatea Energetica Electrica SA (BSE: EL), better referred to as Electrica, has actually acquired a business that holds the legal rights to a 12-MW DC/9.75-MW AC solar project in eastern Romania.
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania, Solar Project, Electrica
FRV Australia, Genesis buy 52-MW solar project in New Zealand
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) said on Tuesday that its Australian unit acquired a 52-MW solar farm project in New Zealand with the joint venture (JV) with domestic power as well as gas energy Genesis Energy Ltd (NZE: GNE).
Feb 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, New Zealand, Oceania, Solar Project, Genesis, FRV Australia
Argentina calls tenders for 620 MW of blended renewables, storage space
Argentina's government last week launched a renewable resource auction, RenMDI, seeking 620 MW from different innovations to diversify the nation's power mix as well as change expensive forced generation, usually provided by thermal as well as hydroelectric plants.
Feb 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Argentina, South america
LEAG, HH2E collaborate to build hydrogen economy in Germany
German energy company LEAG and also green power firm HH2E AG will interact to set up a green hydrogen economy with a concentrate on the government states of Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg.
Feb 7, 2023 // Solar to Fuel, Germany, Europe, hydrogen, LEAG, HH2E