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Solar, wind bodies unite to drive finance into African renewables
Trade bodies from the solar as well as wind industries have actually united to drive renewable energy financing for African nations.
Jul 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, SolarPower Europe, renewables investment, africa solar industry association
Biden management to spend US$ 56m to support solar manufacturing
US President Joe Biden has actually introduced a series of efforts to spur domestic solar PV manufacturing and also reusing with US$ 56 million in new financing.
Jul 18, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, perovskite, North America, Joe Biden, doe, Jennifer Granholm, cadmium
Applying perovskite solar cells onto BIPV steel items
Swansea University will certainly work together with Indian multinational Tata Steel to check out perovskite solar cell products that could be used directly onto covered steel to make building-integrated PV components. The partnership will certainly contribute to an "active buildings" project that the Welsh university has been competing numerous years.
Jul 15, 2022 // BIPV, Technology, bipv, India, solar cells, Asia, Building-integrated photovoltaics, Swansea University, Tata Steel
Keppel wins grant for floating solar pilot in seawater off Singapore
A device of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd, which is completely owned by Keppel Corp Ltd (SGX: BN4), has won a give to pilot Singapore's first membrane-based nearshore floating solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) system.
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Asia, Singapore, Keppel
GEB protects Korea's support for solar-plus-gas hybrid project in Bogota
Colombian power as well as gas company Grupo Energia Bogota (GEB) revealed today that it will certainly construct a hybrid facility south of Bogota, including a 1-MW solar farm and a 3.5-MW natural gas plant.
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Korea, GEB, solar-plus-gas hybrid project, Bogota
Innovo, Solarfields type JV to establish solar, storage space in Italy
SF Grid Parity Srl, a device of Italian engineering company Solarfields Group, has formed a joint venture (JV) with Innovo Group Srl to create a pipeline of greater than 300 solar PV schemes as well as at least two power storage projects in Italy.
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Italy, Europe, Solarfields, Innovo
ESB opens 19MW Irish storage space plant
Aghada is just one of a number of to be established in partnership with Fluence, Powercomm Group and Kirby Group
Jul 15, 2022 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, Esb
Italian JV to establish 300 solar farms
Innovo Group and also Solarfields subsidiary SF Grid Parity will develop the very first projects on Sardinia
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, Innovo Group
UK designer unveils 100MW Greek PV project
Cero Generation is to develop the Delfini solar farm in Prosotsani Drama
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, UK, Europe, solar farm
Statkraft Backs Solar Park with 5 - year PPA
Statkraft is supporting the building as well as procedure of the 30 MW solar park. The capitalist and also fund manager Okorenta is giving the equity for the solar park, as well as UmweltBank is co-financing the operation of the Strasen solar park in the long term.
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, power purchase agreement, Statkraft, Umweltbank, EEG subsidies, Heydt, Okorenta, RERenewable Energy, Strasen solar park, Sunovis, Western Mecklenburg-Pomerania
Spain slaps windfall tax obligation on power companies
Spain will introduce a windfall tax on power firms and banks from following year to fund steps designed to assist Spaniards handle soaring inflation.
Jul 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, policy, legislation, utility, energy crisis, inflation, Windfall tax
'Pronounced slowdown' in company solar financing as inflation bites
Business financing in the global solar market in the very first fifty percent of 2022 was down 11% year-on-year as task went down especially throughout Q2, according to study from Mercom Capital Group.
Jul 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Mercom Capital Group, solar finance, mercom, m&a, solar investment, project acquisition, inflation
Community solar firm Summit Ridge bags investment to expand geographical footprint
United States community solar owner-operator Summit Ridge Energy has secured a US$ 175 million investment from private equity firm Apollo Global Administration.
Jul 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, investment, Community Solar, summit ridge energy, Apollo Global Management, community storage
European PPAs 'remain attractive' despite 47% year-over-year boost
European power purchase agreement (PPA) prices have actually risen by a "staggering" 47% year-on-year as the continent's energy crisis lingers with skyrocketing rising cost of living, LevelTen Energy has said.
Jul 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Italy, PPA, Poland, Europe, power purchase agreement, LevelTen Energy, energy crisis
Worldwide LCOE of utility-scale solar fell 13% in 2021, IRENA states
Solar PV costs continued to decline internationally in 2021 as supply chain challenges and also climbing product costs have yet to show their complete effect on project expenses.
Jul 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, LCOE, IRENA, research, supply chain, module pricing, polysilicon pricing, pricing