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Solar-powered carmaker Lightyear raises $85M and gears up for production
Lightyear, a Dutch startup creating a long-range solar-powered car, today announced that it has raised EUR86 million ($ 85 million) as it prepares to start production of its first vehicle in the coming months.
Sep 6, 2022 // Transport, Germany, Europe, Lightyear, Lex Hoefsloot
Chile's 50-MW/600-MWh LAES project wins approval
UK-Chilean joint venture (JV) Highview Enlasa on Thursday protected the ecological approval to construct a 50-MW/600-MWh liquid air energy storage (LAES) center in Chile's area of Atacama, according to public records uploaded on the Chilean environmental agency's web service.
Sep 5, 2022 // Storage, Chile, South america, LAES
Spain creates 37% of power from renewables in Aug
Spain produced 37% of its electricity from renewable energy resources in August, Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE) claimed in the current price quotes report.
Sep 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe
Massive solar farm project near Taupō about to see the light
Plans to build a 400MW solar energy station on farmland near Taupō will be listened to by an independent resource authorization commissioner later this month.
Sep 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant
Amazon briefly shuts down solar roofs in all US facilities due to fires
A fire burst out at an Amazon warehouse in Maryland in June 2021 because of an 'unspecified occasion including the solar panel system'
Sep 5, 2022 // Rooftop PV, USA, Amazon, North America
Japanese party enters 55-MW integrated aquaculture solar project in Taiwan
Japanese power manufacturer Erex Co Ltd (TYO:9517) revealed last week it is among five companies participating in an incorporated aquaculture and solar energy generation project of 55 MW in Taiwan.
Sep 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, Taiwan, Solar Project
KKR-backed Virescent aiming to acquire 88-MWp Indian solar portfolio from Jakson
Virescent Renewable Energy Trust (VRET), an Indian renewable energy platform backed by international investment company KKR & Co Inc (NYSE: KKR), is holding speak with acquire 87.6 MWp of solar projects in the house, it stated on Friday.
Sep 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Jakson, KKR, Virescent
Isagen to soon launch construction of 100-MW solar farm in Colombia
Colombian power producer as well as merchant Isagen SA ESP will quickly begin constructing a 100-MW solar farm in Sabanalarga, a community in Colombia's department of Atlantico, the firm revealed in a press release last week.
Sep 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Colombia, solar farm, Isagen
Spanish company Enerside wins contracts for 75 MW of PV projects in Spain, Chile
Spanish integrated solar PV platform Enerside Energy SA (BME: ENRS) stated on Monday that it has actually signed contracts to develop 75 MW of solar projects for third parties in Spain and Chile.
Sep 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Chile, South america, Europe, enerside
Ceylon Electricity Board Floats Tender for Solar PV Plants
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) is looking for proposals from potential programmers (Project Proponents) for the building and construction of ground-mounted and floating solar PV power plants with an incorporated capacity of 30 MW on a build-own-operate basis with a 20-year operational duration.
Sep 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Asia, ground-mounted, Sri Lanka, Renewable Energy, Ceylon Electricity Board, floating solar PV power plants, Kanchana Wijesekara, Northern Province, Sustainable Development Authority
First Semi-Solid State Portable Energy Systems to be Unveiled at Berlin's Expo
Based on the lasting energy technology startup Zendure from California
Sep 5, 2022 // Storage, USA, Solar Panels, North America, International, portable home energy systems, solid-state battery technology, SuperBase V, Zendure, ZenForest
Binghamton University-Led Battery Effort Gets $113 Million Grant
University's New Energy New York receives $63.7 million from Build Back Better Regional Challenge and also $50 million from the New York state. The grant will certainly aid to bolster domestic battery manufacturing and supply chain, reinvigorate region.
Sep 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Joe Biden, Binghamton University, Finger Lakes, Harvey Stenger, New Energy New York project, Opportunity Zone in Endicott, Per Stromhaug, Senator Schumer, Southern Tier
Meco Announces Launch of World's First Solar-Electric Crypto Mining Rigs
Many view the possibility of using sustainable electrical energy in Bitcoin mining as a cycle of justice since the solar-focused component of the regulated hash rate appears to be straightforward to build.
Sep 5, 2022 // Blockchain, clean energy, London, International, green energy, MECO, Meco ltd, mecobit, MECO Solar System Analyzer-9018BT, Solar-Electric Crypto Mining Rigs
Statkraft to host public forum for 50MW Shetland battery
Designer's Greener Grid Park project would support electrical facilities linking isles to mainland grid
Sep 5, 2022 // Storage, Statkraft, SCOTLAND, Lucy Kent
Statkraft inks solar PPA with Schaeffler
Deal will certainly cover 11% of industrial producer's annual power need in Germany
Sep 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Statkraft, Schaeffler