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Offshore solar farm system secures AiP
North Sea conditions were utilized in the reviewed tests on Oceans of Energy's 500kW installment
Jan 10, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, AIP, solar farm, Allard van Hoeken, Bureau Veritas
Masdar inks 1GW Kyrgyzstan renewables deal
Agreement with Kyrgyz Republic's energy ministry commences with a 200MW PV project due online in 2026
Jan 10, 2023 // Plants, Masdar, Asia, Kyrgyzstan
EDF Renewables unveils UK mega-solar project
Public consultation for the up-to 800MW scheme in Lincolnshire will compete six weeks from 24 January
Jan 10, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, EDF Renewables, luminous energy, solar farm, Ben Fawcett, Jolyon Orchard
Tunisia Comes Up With Solar Power Tenders Of 1 GW
The Tunisian government wishes to develop 8 solar power plants having capacities of 100 MW in the very first procurement exercise. Tenders will be granted in four various rounds.
Jan 10, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, STEG, Tunisia, Africa, Solar Power Projects, Hecha, Khobna, Société tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz, Tunisia PPAs, Tunisian
Australian Renewable Energy Agency Awards $30 Million For Cheaper Solar Gains
The University of New South Wales Sydney have actually been awarded $30 million under ARENA R&D Program to sustain R&D and commercialisation activities to significantly reduce the cost of solar. The scientists are going to receive $30 million for 9 projects across the cells and also modules stream, and the Balance of System, Operations as well as Maintenance stream.
Jan 10, 2023 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, ARENA, unsw, balance of system, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Cells and Modules stream, improve cell and module efficiency, Operations and Maintenance stream, Nicholas Ekins, Nicholas Fisk, School of Photovoltaic and Renewable Energy Engineering, University of New South Wales Sydney
Brazil's WNI Smart Energy to Turn On 15 Solar Plants
The plants will be established in the southerly states of Paraná and Santa Catarina, the firm revealed. According to a statement by WNI Smart Energy, it already caters to over 100 customers in all the regions of Brazils, with the exception of the northern area.
Jan 10, 2023 // Plants, Absolar, GM Fibras, O&M solar plants, photovoltaic power generation systems, WNI Group, WNI Smart Energy
German Institution DEG Funds Solar Micro-Grids Development in Nigeria
DEG is funding the USA-based Husk Power Systems with $750,000 to develop eight community solar micro-grids in Nigeria. Husk Power Systems is already running 12 micro-grids in the West African country.
Jan 10, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Nigeria, DEG, Husk Power Systems, Deutsche Investitions und Entwicklungsgesellschaft, solar micro grids, Up-Scaling Program
UK's Hive Energy to Invest $4Billion for 4 GW of Solar + Storage in Turkey
The solar power projects would remain in the capacity variety of 11 MW to 210 MW as well as cumulatively will have a capacity of 4 GW. Hive Energy will certainly create the projects via joint ventures with two partners based out of Turkey itself.
Jan 10, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Asia, Turkey, Energy Market Regulatory Authority, hive energy, Adıyaman, EMRA
Trina Solar Rolls 210 mm N-Type i-TOPCon Cells Off Production Line
Th said n-type cells will be used to produce new generation Vertex N modules. The power outcome will certainly be up to 605 W with efficiency reaching 22.4%.
Jan 10, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Trina Solar, modules, solar trackers, Vertex N modules, BOS costs, i-TOPCon, n-type 72-cell modules, n-type 78-cell modules, N-type cells
Dominican Republic greenlights 25-MW solar project
The nationwide energy commission (CNE) of the Dominican Republic has actually granted a definitive concession for the 25-MW/32.6- MWp Canoa II solar park project to be become aware in the province of Barahona.
Jan 9, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Dominican Republic, North America, Solar Project
NEFIN forms partnership to target Taiwan's solar market
Asian green independent power producer (IPP) NEFIN stated today its subsidiary NEFIN Capital Taiwan Company Ltd has actually teamed up with City Development Company Ltd to enter Taiwan's solar market.
Jan 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, solar market, Taiwan, NEFIN
SunPower extends photovoltaic panel supply agreement with Maxeon via 2025
Residential installation firm SunPower has signed a supply agreement with Maxeon to utilize the firm's photovoltaic panels on projects through 2025.
Jan 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, SunPower, Maxeon, Peter Faricy
Gamesa virtually triples solar inverter sales in 2022
Gamesa Electric had a record year in 2022 in its solar as well as storage space inverter organization, nearly tripling the gotten capacity internationally contrasted to 2021. Especially, during 2022 Gamesa Electric experienced a 182% increase in the megawatts signed contrasted to the capacity acquired in 2021. The united state is Gamesa's major market, followed by Europe and Latin America.
Jan 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Gamesa, Juan Barandiaran
Swedish-Israeli research group will certainly examine the self-healing abilities of perovskite solar cells
A research collective project involving scientists from Sweden's Karlstad University and also Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev as well as Weizmann Institute of Science will take a look at exactly how perovskite solar cells could recover and self-repair at night.
Jan 9, 2023 // Technology, Sweden, solar cells, Europe, Asia, Israel, perovskite, Karlstad University, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Weizmann Institute of Science, Ellen Moons
ILI Group to market 300MW battery project portfolio
The sale covers 3 Scottish projects
Jan 9, 2023 // Storage, UK, Europe, ILI Group, Mark Wilson