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Alternus to buy 184MW Polish PV
Projects range in size from 1MW to 10MW and are presently had by Projekt Solartechnik
Jun 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Vincent Browne, Alternus
Linear generator operating on hydrogen, ammonia
Mainspring Energy, a United States linear generator specialist, has actually adapted its modern technology so its generators can work on hydrogen and also ammonia. It claimed the generators can increase as well as down quickly using solar, with the ability to dynamically switch over in between different type of fuels.
Jun 28, 2022 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, hydrogen, North America, Mainspring Energy, ammonia, Maria Amundson
Philippines awards 1.5 GW of solar PV in maiden renewables auction
Nearly 1.5 GW of solar PV in the Philippines has actually been gotten via the nation's new renewables auction round.
Jun 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Solar Energy, tender, Asia, Philippines, Southeast Asia, renewables auction, solar philippines
Nextracker opens up 3rd United States manufacturing facility this year as part of PV reshoring commitment
United States solar tracker supplier Nextracker as well as steel producer BCI Steel have reopened the Bethlehem steel manufacturing factory in Leetsdale, Pittsburgh that will certainly refine steel and also create solar tracker equipment for utility-scale solar projects.
Jun 28, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, pv power plants, trackers, North America, Nextracker, solar trackers, steel, factory, reshoring
EnBW buys up to 800MW of German PV projects from Procon Solar
Solar designer Procon Solar GmbH has actually sold a 400MW PV project pipeline to German power company EnBW, with the potential for this to fold the next year as EnBW targets 50% of renewables in its generation mix by 2025.
Jun 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, pv power plants, Europe, enbw, procon solar, Projects, project acquisition, Brandenburg
Statkraft speeds up onshore renewables annual target to 4GW by 2030
Energy giant Statkraft means to develop 4GW of onshore renewables annually by 2030, an acceleration of its previous 2025 target of 2.5 GW-- 3GW.
Jun 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, renewable energy target, Statkraft, green hydrogen, power generation, green hydrogen strategy, renewable energy growth
UAE's W Solar plans to add 2 GW of solar in Libya
W Solar Investment, a subsidiary of UAE-based Alpha Dhabi Holding, is preparing to construct solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) plants in Libya as part of a partnership with the state-owned General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL), targeting the release of 2 GW of solar capacity in the long-term.
Jun 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Africa, UAE, PV Power Plant, Libya, W Solar
Ameren Missouri to acquire 200-MW solar plant
Ameren Missouri, an electric and gas company possessed by Ameren Corp (NYSE: AEE), has agreed to purchase a 200-MW solar power plant in the main region of its home state for an undisclosed sum.
Jun 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ameren Missouri, pv poer plant
Thin-film photovoltaic technology combines effectiveness and versatility
Piling solar cells boosts their efficiency. Dealing with partners in the PERCISTAND project, scientists at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) have produced perovskite/CIS tandem solar cells with an efficiency of nearly 25%-- the highest value achieved so far with this technology.
Jun 27, 2022 // Technology, KIT, efficiency, solr cell
Tata Power Solar commissions India's 'largest' floating PV project
Tata Power Solar Systems stated it has actually commissioned India's biggest floating PV plant, a 101.6 MWp project in the southern state of Kerala.
Jun 27, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, India, Asia, Floating solar, kerala, tata power solar, tata power, project commissioning
Xinyi Solar issues profit warning amidst falling price of solar glass
Solar glass company Xinyi Solar has provided a profit caution after the price of solar glass fell and the price of key components and also power inputs rose.
Jun 27, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, solar glass, Xinyi Solar, PV glass, glass, xinyi glass, profit
UAE aluminium producer takes aim at silicon metal market
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA), among the globe's largest vendors of aluminium, is to go into the silicon metal market with a solar energy plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Jun 27, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, manufacturing, Asia, United Arab Emirates, aluminium, solar manufacturing, silicon metal, emirate global aluminium
LONGi claims new HJT solar cell efficiency record
Solar supplier LONGi has set a world record conversion effectiveness of 26.5% for silicon heterojunction (HJT) PV cells.
Jun 27, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, heterojunction, LONGi, isfh, conversion efficiency, cell efficiency
R.Power targeting 1GW of solar PV in Italy over the following year
Polish PV developer R.Power is targeting the development of 1GW of solar projects in Italy in the following twelve month.
Jun 27, 2022 // Plants, Italy, pv power plants, Europe, r.power, permitting, project permitting
Queensland state budget funds battery storage buildout 'blitz'.
Queensland, Australia, needs energy storage and the state government has actually identified batteries as the fastest way to add it to the electricity network.
Jun 27, 2022 // Storage, Battery Storage, queensland, coal, decarbonisation, budget, renewables integration, government funding, state level policy, state-owned