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Albania preps 300-MW solar tender by June
The government of Albania is dealing with a tender plan to award 300 MW of solar projects under a bigger procurement programme envisaging to promote the release of 1 GW of solar power capacity.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Albania
Polish solar distributor Keno Group opens branch in Romania
Polish solar products as well as modern technology provider Keno Group has set foot on the Romanian market with the opening of a regional branch in the Balkan nation, it revealed last week.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Romania, Keno Group
Solar professional Heliogen refuses bid from Continuum Renewables
US artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled concentrated solar professional Heliogen Inc (NYSE: HLGN) has declined a USD-78.3-million (EUR 71.0 m) takeover bid from Continuum Renewables Inc, defining it as under-priced.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Heliogen, Continuum Renewables
OCI offloads 110-MW shovel-ready solar project in Texas to Mitsui
OCI Solar Power, part of South Korean power and also chemicals firm OCI Co Ltd (KRX:010060), has actually sold a 110-MW ready-to-build solar project in Texas to Japan's Mitsui & Co (TYO:8031).
Apr 25, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, OCI, North America, mitsui, Solar Project
Encavis gets 93-MW ready-to-build solar projects in Italy
German wind and also solar park driver Encavis AG (ETR: CAP) unveiled the purchase of 2 ready-to-build solar park projects in west-central Italy with an integrated capacity of 93 MW.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, encavis, Solar Project
Sunergy Renewables takes shortcut to Nasdaq stock market
Sunergy Renewables, LLC, a Florida, USA-based household setup business, and Esgen Acquisition Corp. have gotten to an agreement for a merger.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, nasdaq, Sunergy Renewables
Staggering Boom in Renewables Seen in United States by 2030, BNEF Predicts
Projects could produce enough energy to power 100 million homes Obstacles connecting to grids viewed as danger to development
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BNEF, North America
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