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Oman invites legal consultancy offers for 500-MW Ibri III solar project
The Oman Power as well as Water Procurement Company (OPWP) is seeking a counsel for the growth of the 500-MW Ibri III solar energy plant that is intended to go online in the northwest of the country by the last quarter of 2026.
Dec 8, 2022 // Plants, Asia, Oman, Solar Project
Westbridge bags debt for 230-MW solar-plus-storage project in Alberta
Canadian solar designer Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp (CVE: WEB) has secured debt to back a grid-connection funding requirement for its flagship 230-MW solar-plus-storage center in Alberta.
Dec 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, alberta, solar-plus-storage project, Westbridge
AMEA Power to break ground on 100-MW solar project in Tunisia in H1 2023
Dubai-based AMEA Power LLC will start the building of a 100-MW solar project in Tunisia in the first half of 2023 in the middle of plans for more renewable energy financial investments in the North African nation, the firm's chairman Hussain Al Nowais told Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP).
Dec 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tunisia, Africa, amea power, Solar Project
Scientists utilize perovskite and quantum dots to develop an ultraviolet radiation measurement device
A group of researchers from China's Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Jilin University and Beijing Institute of Technology, has actually used perovskite as well as quantum dots to construct an ultraviolet radiation measurement device.
Dec 8, 2022 // Technology, China, Asia, perovskite, Chinese Academy of Sciences, CAS, Jilin University, Beijing Institute of Technology
Built to last: Perovskite solar cells difficult sufficient to match mighty silicon
Researchers at Oxford University and also Exciton Science have shown a new way to produce stable perovskite solar cells, with fewer defects and the possible to lastly rival silicon's durability.
Dec 8, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Oxford University and Exciton Science, Henry Snaith, Udo Bach
Finnish team unveils 1GW solar pipeline
Korkia and also Solmar are creating greater than 20 sites in the southerly region of the country
Dec 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Finland, korkia, Solmar Consulting, Petri Haataja
KGAL enters Spanish solar JV
Joint venture with Premier Group will 'gain an advantage' in tendering for grid capacities in a competitive market
Dec 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, KGAL
'Solar demand readied to soar in 2023'
Bloomberg Intelligence sees growth in PV demand surpassing 20% in 2023-25 with revenues to exceed $220bn.
Dec 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Europe, North America, BLOOMBERG INTELLIGENCE
BLM to look at 1GW of solar projects in Arizona
United States land agency to start the permitting process for three suggested sites
Dec 8, 2022 // Plants, USA, Arizona, North America, solar projects, BLM
Construction starts at UK solar park on former landfill site
Infinis as well as FCC Environment hope to power up the project in April 2023
Dec 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Chris Ellis, Andrew Leeding, Infinis
Equinor pushes building and construction button on 531MW Brazil project
Mendubim solar site in Rio Grande do Norte is being developed with Scatec as well as Hydro Rein
Dec 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, South america, Brazil, Equinor, Hydro Rein
France's Proparco Invests $10 Million in Sun King's Solar Kit Business in Africa
Proparco, a department of the French Development Agency (AFD) group, invested in a $10 million green bond that will certainly be lent to Sun King, an African solar kit seller. The Swiss influence capitalist Symbiotics Group, through its MSMR Bonds platform, issuing the green bond. A total of 309 bonds worth $2.67 billion have actually already been issued thanks to this platform.
Dec 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, solar lanterns, sun king, Proparco, Solar home systems, SHS, Solar in Africa, Solar Kit Business in Africa
Partners Group To Acquire RE Platform Sunsure Energy For $400 Million
Partners Group said that under its possession, Sunsure will certainly be changed right into a next-generation independent power manufacturer that will certainly build and also possess utility-scale solar, wind, solar-wind hybrid, and battery storage space renewable energy projects.
Dec 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Tamil Nadu, Solar Power Plant, Sunsure Energy, RE Platform
49 Habitat for Humanity homes in Wisconsin to be solar powered
Forty-nine homes in Wisconsin will certainly see their energy bills go down this winter, thanks to sustainable solar setups on their homes.
Dec 7, 2022 // Residential, USA, North America, Chris Garrison, Scott Bloedorn, Dexter Peirce
Drax beginning ground expedition for 600-MW pumped-storage project in Scotland
UK power manufacturer Drax Group Plc (LON: DRX) said on Wednesday that it has actually started performing some exploratory help a project to expand the existing Cruachan pumped-storage hydroelectric power station in Scotland by 600 MW.
Dec 7, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, SCOTLAND, Drax