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Maxwell, SunDrive claim HJT cell 'innovation' after recording 26.07% performance in mass production setting
Heterojunction (HJT) devices producer Maxwell Technologies and also Australian solar innovation startup SunDrive have actually claimed a breakthrough in mass production HJT technology after recording a conversion effectiveness of 26.07% with a commercial-size solar PV cell.
Mar 18, 2022 // Technology, heterojunction, testing, heterojunction solar cell, HJT, maxwell technologies, cell efficiency, SunDrive, efficiency record
Hungary's Lugos Renewables to control 70% of Bosnia's Trebinje PV plant
Hungary's Lugos Renewables will certainly hold 70% equity rate of interest in the 73 MW Trebinje 1 solar plant project in Bosnia's Serb Republic, regional media reported on Thursday.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, Hungary, Europe, Bosnia, Lugos Renewables, Trebinje PV plant
Data centre company QTS subscribes to 350 MW of renewables
United States data centre services provider QTS Realty Depend on Inc, a portfolio firm of Blackstone Inc (NYSE: BX), has actually subscribed to virtually 350 MW of brand-new renewable resource capacity as part of a newly-signed 20-year handle utility Georgia Power.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, QTS Realty Depend, Blackstone Inc, Travis Wright
Alcemi joins forces with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners for 4GW battery storage portfolio
Alcemi as well as Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) have actually partnered for the development, building and construction and operation of a 4GW portfolio of UK energy storage space assets.
Mar 17, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners, CIP, Alcemi, Christian Skakkebæk
Neoenergia gets modules for 149-MW solar plant in Paraiba
Brazilian utility company Neoenergia SA (BVMF: NEOE3) has obtained the initial modules for the next construction phase of its 149.3-MW straight current (DC) Luzia solar park in the state of Paraiba.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, PV module, PV Power Plant, paraiba, Neoenergia
Spain's Ence Energia alters name to Magnon Green Energy
Ence Energia, the renewable resource system of Spanish pulp manufacturer as well as energy group Ence - Energia y Celulosa SA (BME: ENC), has actually been relabelled to Magnon Green Energy, the group revealed on Wednesday.
Mar 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Ence Energia, Magnon Green Energy
Canada's Switch offering its fifty percent of 75-MW solar partnership in Alberta
Canadian independent power producer (IPP) Switch Power Corporation has consented to market its 50% stake in a vehicle that owns 4 solar PV projects with an integrated capacity of 75 MW (AC) in Alberta, Canada.
Mar 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, IPP, North America, alberta, Switch Power Corporation
Iberdrola kick-starts deal with 13.5-MW solar project in Portugal
Spanish utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) announced on Wednesday that it has actually started building a 13.51-MW solar PV park in Portugal.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, Solar Project
Cambridge Power acquires Glasgow battery site
Project rights consist of a 40-year lease as well as a grid connection for a 29MW energy storage space facility
Mar 17, 2022 // Storage, Europe, SCOTLAND, Cambridge Power, Oli King
Pivot Power secures preparing for storage space duo
50MW battery projects in Bedfordshire as well as in Cornwall are due online in 2023 as well as 2024
Mar 17, 2022 // Storage, Pivot Power, Matt Allen, John Leith
Dominion wins approval for 1GW Virginia PV increase
The projects are anticipated to be finished in 2022 and also 2023
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, USA, Dominion Energy, North America, Ed Baine
New electrolyser technology could create hydrogen at US$ 1.5/ kg by mid-2020s
Australian electrolyser manufacturer Hysata claims its electrolyser technology can enable hydrogen production costs to fall below US$ 1.5/ kg by the mid-2020s.
Mar 17, 2022 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, green hydrogen, electrolysis, electrolysers, capillary-fed electrolysis, hysata
Enphase Energy acquires lead generation firm SolarLeadFactory, wishes to increase conversion rates
Microinverter provider Enphase Energy has actually acquired lead generation business SolarLeadFactory for an undisclosed quantity.
Mar 17, 2022 // Inverters, USA, Enphase Energy, North America, acquisition, lead generation, SolarLeadFactory, Clayton Cornell
Indiana Michigan Power seeks proposals for 500MW of solar
United States utility Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has actually provided a request for proposals (RFP) for 500MW of solar as part of its new incorporated resource strategy that requires the addition of more than 2GW of renewables by 2028.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Michigan, North America, rfp, Indiana, irp, utility, indiana michigan power
Trade body prompts France to triple solar capacity by 2025 via 'em ergency plan'
France should take "radical and also immediate measures" to transform its power system and also rapidly accelerate solar deployment, the country's PV trade association has actually said.
Mar 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, policy, permitting, Enerplan, deployment statistics, energy crisis