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Wartsila Will Supply Energy Storage To Among The World's Largest Solar Plus Storage Project
Wartsila, a Finland-based technology firm, has signed an agreement with Clearway Energy Group. Wartsila will certainly provide energy storage devices amounting to a 500-megawatt (MWac)/ 2-gigawatt hour (GWh) portfolio.
Jul 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, clean energy, Solar, Solar Energy, Wärtsilä, Renewable Energy, International, green energy, Clearway Energy Group, battery energy storage solutions, largest solar-plus-storage project
Spain slaps windfall tax on power companies
Spain will present a windfall tax on power companies as well as financial institutions from next year to fund measures made to assist Spaniards manage rising inflation.
Jul 14, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, legislation, utility, energy crisis, inflation, Windfall tax
REC Solar wins EU grant to build 2GW HJT plant in France
Module maker REC Solar has actually been chosen by the European Union to obtain a give to support a 2GW heterojunction (HJT) solar factory in France.
Jul 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, heterojunction, REC Group, REC Solar, European Union, module manufacturing, HJT, european manufacturing, Innovation Fund
Tennessee Valley Authority seeks proposals for up to 5GW of carbon-free power
US energy the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has actually issued an ask for proposals (RFP) for up to 5GW of carbon-free generation that have to be operational by 2029.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, rfp, nuclear, tva, request for proposals, Tennessee Valley Authority
Brookfield to get in 161MW/644MWh battery project in Ontario IESO tender
A subsidiary of Canadian renewable resource investor Brookfield Renewable has actually suggested a 161MW/644MWh battery storage system to complete in an Ontario grid operator Request for Proposals (RfP).
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canada, North America, IESO, rfp, lfp, co-location, Brookfield, ontario
Syncarpha in US$ 100 million New England solar-plus-storage collaboration
Private equity firm Syncarpha Capital has entered a partnership to co-develop solar as well as solar-plus-storage projects in New England, US, with Rosemawr Sustainable Infrastructure Management.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, ITC, Massachusetts, solar-plus-storage, North America, New England
Norwegian oil and also gas major Equinor buys United States battery storage developer East Point Energy
Norwegian state-owned energy company Equinor will certainly get East Point Energy, a US-based programmer of grid-scale battery energy storage projects.
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Virginia, Europe, North America, Norway, Equinor
Fluence to provide 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery for German solar park
Fluence Energy Inc (NASDAQ: FLNC) said on Tuesday it will provide a 11.7-MW/ 34-MWh battery energy storage space system to German decentralised energy company Muench Energie to be collocated with a 34-MW solar park in Merseburg, eastern Germany.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Germany, Europe, Fluence, Solar Park
Quinbrook bags CfD for 350-MW solar-battery project in England
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners has actually won a contract for distinction (CfD) for a 350-MW solar-plus-battery storage space project in Kent, South East England, thus grabbing the largest solar award in the UK federal government's fourth allotment round.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, England, Quinbrook, solar-battery project
FRV re-finances debt of 100-MW solar park in Queensland
Global sustainable energy developer as well as power manufacturer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) stated today that its Aussie system has actually finished a refinancing offer for its 100-MW Lilyvale solar farm in Queensland.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, queensland, frv, Solar Park
EC nods to Italy's EUR-1.2 bn solar support scheme in agriculture
The European Commission (EC) recently provided its nod to a EUR-1.2-billion (USD 1.21 bn) support plan backing the installation of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) capability across Italy's agricultural field.
Jul 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, EC
Statkraft to buy power from 30-MW solar park in Germany
Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft AS has inked an offer to procure the electricity from a 30-MW solar farm in Germany that is being developed by project designer Sunovis GmbH.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Statkraft, Solar Park
Photon Energy begins on 2nd solar plant in Romania
Solar energy and also clean water remedies group Photon Energy said on Wednesday it has begun the building of its second solar power plant in Romania, with a capacity of 4.7 MWp, as part of strategies to develop 32MWp solar projects in the country by the end of the year.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, photon energy, Romania, PV Power Plant
Lifecycle research study of perovskites discovers lower environmental effect than silicon modules
Perovskite-on-silicon PV modules are much more ecologically helpful than conventional silicon heterojunction (HJT) modules over a 25-year lifetime, according to a research study from researchers in Germany.
Jul 13, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, oxford pv, perovskite, perovskite cells, HJT, tandem cell
Clearway Energy as well as Wärtsilä to include battery storage to 5 US solar projects
Solar developer Clearway Energy will certainly release 500MW/2,000 MWh of battery energy storage space systems (BESS) from innovation firm Wärtsilä at five PV plants in the US.
Jul 13, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, California, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, solar-plus-storage, Hawaii, North America, Wartsila, Clearway Energy Group