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New software program to determine solar-suitable surface areas
Norway's Glint Solar has actually established cloud-based software program that locates suitable surfaces for solar parks. It evaluates factors such as the range to the grid or substations, topography, soil depth, and also solar radiation. The tool can likewise be used for initial project sizing.
Jul 1, 2022 // Software, Europe, Norway, glint solar, Even Kvelland, Harald Olderheim
Semi-transparent perovskite solar cell for window applications
Buildings, especially those with glass facades, are getting closer to self-powering, according to Australian researchers that lately established a 15.5%- efficient, semi-transparent solar cell that enables more than 20% of visible light to travel through.
Jul 1, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, Jacek Jasieniak, Monash University’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Egypt's Elsewedy safeguards USD 150m for solar projects
Egyptian power options supplier Elsewedy Electric S.A.E (EGX: SWDY.CA) has actually safeguarded a USD-150-million (EUR 142.62 m) financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fund new solar projects and also improve the energy effectiveness at its existing manufacturing facilities.
Jul 1, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Africa, Egypt, elsewedy, Solar Project
Spain's Solaria inks project finance for 736 MW of house solar
Spanish renewables firm Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA (BME: SLR) has actually signed an agreement with banks to safeguard long-term financing for a 736-MW solar PV portfolio in Spain, it introduced on Thursday.
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, solaria
EDF Renewables' 50MW Bloy's Grove solar farm gets green light
EDF Renewables has been okayed to establish its 49.9 MW Bloy's Grove solar farm by South Norfolk District Council.
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EDF Renewables, Bloy's Grove solar
Iberdrola powers up 50MW Irish battery
50MW Gorman BESS will supply solutions secured in the DS3 Capped System Services contract auction
Jul 1, 2022 // Storage, Iberdrola, REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, Charlie Jordan
Voltalia starts 140MW PV build in Albania
Karavasta project is expected to be commissioned in the second half of 2023
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, Europe, PV Power Plant, Albania
RWE commissions initially floating PV plant
Project gets on a lake near the Amer nuclear power plant in the Netherlands
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, rwe, PV Power Plant
Skyfri Group To Operate Assets Of Largest Floating Solar Project In Kerala
The solar energy project has a capacity of 22MW AC/31MWp DC. The center is commissioned by BHEL and also possessed by the state-owned energy business NTPC.
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, NTPC, kerala, bhel, floating solar power plant, Pratik Ghoshal, Skyfri Group, Aslan Shamsutdin
NTPC-Ramagundam Is India's Largest Floating Solar Plant at 100 MW
Unlike the 92 MW Kayamkulam floating solar plant which it displaces from the top perch, the Ramagundam plant is likely to retain its rank all through 2023, as other larger floating projects are still under implementation.
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, India, floating PV, Asia
Solar value chain jitters continue as polysilicon price gets to new high, wafer prices climb additionally
The solar sector supply chain's jitters continued this week after polysilicon prices hit one more high, driving silicon wafer prices better up as well.
Jul 1, 2022 // Manufacturing News, polysilicon, LONGi, solar wafer
MENA to include 50GW of utility-scale solar by 2030, report says
Countries between East as well as North Africa have plans to increase utility-scale solar capacity by 49.5 GW by 2030, according to Global Energy Monitor (GEM).
Jun 30, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa, middle east, mena, Morocco
Perovskite-CIS tandem solar cell with 24.9% efficiency
German scientists have actually created a new PV cell with a qualified efficiency of 23.5%, an open-circuit voltage of 1.59 V, a short-circuit current of 19.4 mA cm-- 2, as well as a fill element of 75.5%. It got to maximum efficiency of approximately 24.9%, due to the top quality of the subcells
Jun 30, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, Perovskite-CIS
Egypt's Elsewedy safeguards USD 150m for solar projects
Egyptian energy remedies provider Elsewedy Electric S.A.E (EGX: SWDY.CA) has safeguarded a USD-150-million (EUR 142.62 m) financing from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to fund brand-new solar projects and improve the power efficiency at its existing manufacturing centers.
Jun 30, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Africa, Egypt, elsewedy, Solar Project
Building starts on 200MWh Fluence BESS projects in Lithuania for 2022 conclusion
Building has started on the initial of four battery energy storage space systems (BESS) amounting to 200MW/200MWh from worldwide system integrator Fluence in Lithuania.
Jun 30, 2022 // Storage, Blockchain, Ukraine, Europe, investment, lithium-ion, Lithuania, EU, Fluence, Siemens Energy, renewables integration