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Diageo gets green light for 4.1 MW solar farm in Fife
Beverage company Diageo has been given the green light by Fife council for the building of its 4.1 MW solar farm.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Diageo, Fife, Gavin Brogan
RWE fires up 60MW battery in Ireland
The Lisdrumdoagh project will help balance intermittency in electrical energy generation
Jun 6, 2022 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, rwe, Cathal Hennessy
Lithuanian handled fund to build 166MW PV in Romania
INVL Renewable Energy Fund 1 will spend EUR120m on the projects that are due online in 2024
Jun 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania
Fund manager takes stakes in South African solar trio
African Infrastructure Investment Managers has acquired majority interests in the projects totalling 30MW
Jun 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, aiim, South African, Sean Friend
AfDB, MASEN and RES4africa to pass on solar training for Sahel Countries
The solar training programme will certainly be performed in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. The programme and tripartite cooperation is viewed as a timely opportunity for capacity structure for the Desert to Power effort.
Jun 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Mali, AfDB, chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, masen, Niger, north africa, Ali Zerouali, Desert to Power, Daniel Schroth, Roberto Vigotti, Sahel Countries
e-Zinc, Toyota Tsusho to develop pilot zinc-air battery project
The new project by e-Zinc is indicated to store 24 hours of energy which is about ten times that of traditional batteries. The project will be hosted at Eurus Energy America Corporation's (EEAC) Bull Creek wind energy farms, Texas, where excess wind energy will certainly be stored in the e-Zinc battery system.
Jun 6, 2022 // Storage, BATTERIES, James Larsen, e-Zinc, California Energy Commission, Bull Creek, EEAC, Eurus Energy America Corporation, Sara Chamberlain, Toyota Tsusho, zinc air battery
MA'ADEN, GlassPoint sign pact to create world's biggest solarized steam plant
The upcoming solar thermal plant called 'Solar 1' will be located in Ras al Khairto harness the power of the sun to produce steam that will better be used to improve bauxite ore into alumina. The 1,500 MW solar steam facility will help MA'ADEN attain sustainability objectives by decreasing carbon discharges by over 600,000 tons annually.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, Asia, MoU, carbon emissions, GlassPoint, industrial solar steam, MA'ADEN, Riyadh Al Nassar, Robert Wilts, Rod MacGregor, Saudi Green Initiative, SGI
South African Miner Harmony Gold To Add 30 MW Solar For Cleaner Mining
The action plan is split right into 3 components: Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Phase I has mandated the business to start building of 3 × 10 MW solar energy plant in Free State area where the approximated generation is more than 68 GWh annually.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Blockchain, solar PV plant, esg, ESG goals, Free state region, Harmony Gold, Peter Steenkamp
SMA plots significant solar inverter manufacturing capacity expansion
Solar inverter manufacturer SMA has unveiled plans to increase its manufacturing capacity by 2024 at its Germany head office.
Jun 6, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Inverters, Germany, Europe, SMA, sma solar technology, inverter manufacturing, capacity expansion, production capacity, inverter manufacturer
New york city introduces 2.4 GW of PV plants, some combined with energy storage space
New york city has awarded 22 large-scale solar projects agreements as part of the state's biggest land-based procurement of renewables to day.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, New York, NYSERDA, ENERGY STORAGE, Cypress Creek Renewables, solar-plus-storage, North America, EDF Renewables, Nexamp, CS Energy, ReneSola Power, Kathy Hochul, new york state
RheinEnergie activates 19-MW solar park in Bavaria
German energy vendor RheinEnergie AG has put into procedure a 19-MW solar farm in Bavaria, enhancing its very own solar portfolio to concerning 58 MW.
Jun 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar Park, Bavaria, RheinEnergie
Opdenergy bags EUR 50m in debt for more solar in Spain, US
Spanish renewable power manufacturer Opdenergy Holding SA has secured EUR 50 million (USD 53.6 m) in debt financing to back the advancement of solar projects in your home and also in the United States.
Jun 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Spain, Europe, North America, OPDEnergy, Luis Cid
Nexamp cuts ribbon on 2.8-MW community solar project in Illinois
Regional authorities and also residents joined ComEd and Nexamp reps for a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the recently finished French Road Solar project in Burlington on June 2, celebrating the enhancement of a new renewable resource source in northern Illinois.
Jun 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Nexamp, Solar Project, Matt Walsh
Solar Giants' Fates May Hinge on a Fight Over 28 Millimeters
A battle over the best size for a key part utilized to harness the sun's energy may determine which company has the edge in a $200 billion industry.
Jun 3, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Trina Solar, Jenny Chase, longi green energy, Zhang Yingbin, li shaotang, olar module
GreenVolt gets 65.2 mln euro loan for 45 MWp solar park acquisition in Romania
Portugal-based renewable resource producer GreenVolt has gotten a 65.2 million euro ($69.7 million) syndicated loan to finance the acquisition of a 45 MWp solar park in Romania, the loan providers announced on Thursday.
Jun 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania, Solar Park, Greenvolt