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Masdar to establish approximately 10GW of renewables in Azerbaijan in two phase arrangement
UAE-owned renewable resource firm Masdar has penned a contract with the Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Azerbaijan to develop up to 10GW of renewables in the country as Masdar continues to increase its worldwide existence.
Jun 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Masdar, pv power plants, Europe, green hydrogen, Azerbaijan, export
New Mexico co-op Kit Carson finishes 15-MW solar park
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) as well as its wholesale power service provider Guzman Energy on Friday revealed the conclusion of construction of a 15-MW solar power plant, situated approximately 9 miles northwest of the Town of Taos, New Mexico.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, New Mexico, PV Power Plant, Kit Carson
Enel Peru mounting 300 MW of new wind, solar
Italian energy group Enel SpA (BIT: ENEL) has actually introduced building and construction works with a pair of power projects in Peru, seeking to mount some 300 MW of wind and also solar capacity.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Enel, South america, Peru, wind
EQT, Temasek JV brings on the internet 250-MW solar park in India
Indian renewable energy platform O2 Power Pvt Ltd has actually launched commercial procedures at a 250-MW solar park in the state of Rajasthan.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, O2 Power Pvt Ltd
'Unprecedented' power prices driving commercial PV interest, ROOF claims as it details 500MW pipeline
Commercial solar firm Atrato Onsite Energy (ROOF) has developed a 496MW pipeline of assets, with the business anticipating interest in PV to rise with the increase in energy bills.
Jun 6, 2022 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Atrato Onsite Energy, ROOF
Diageo gets green light for 4.1 MW solar farm in Fife
Beverage company Diageo has been given the green light by Fife council for the building of its 4.1 MW solar farm.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Diageo, Fife, Gavin Brogan
RWE fires up 60MW battery in Ireland
The Lisdrumdoagh project will help balance intermittency in electrical energy generation
Jun 6, 2022 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, rwe, Cathal Hennessy
Lithuanian handled fund to build 166MW PV in Romania
INVL Renewable Energy Fund 1 will spend EUR120m on the projects that are due online in 2024
Jun 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Romania
Fund manager takes stakes in South African solar trio
African Infrastructure Investment Managers has acquired majority interests in the projects totalling 30MW
Jun 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, aiim, South African, Sean Friend
AfDB, MASEN and RES4africa to pass on solar training for Sahel Countries
The solar training programme will certainly be performed in Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania and Niger. The programme and tripartite cooperation is viewed as a timely opportunity for capacity structure for the Desert to Power effort.
Jun 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Mali, AfDB, chad, Mauritania, Burkina Faso, masen, Niger, north africa, Ali Zerouali, Desert to Power, Daniel Schroth, Roberto Vigotti, Sahel Countries
e-Zinc, Toyota Tsusho to develop pilot zinc-air battery project
The new project by e-Zinc is indicated to store 24 hours of energy which is about ten times that of traditional batteries. The project will be hosted at Eurus Energy America Corporation's (EEAC) Bull Creek wind energy farms, Texas, where excess wind energy will certainly be stored in the e-Zinc battery system.
Jun 6, 2022 // Storage, BATTERIES, James Larsen, e-Zinc, California Energy Commission, Bull Creek, EEAC, Eurus Energy America Corporation, Sara Chamberlain, Toyota Tsusho, zinc air battery
MA'ADEN, GlassPoint sign pact to create world's biggest solarized steam plant
The upcoming solar thermal plant called 'Solar 1' will be located in Ras al Khairto harness the power of the sun to produce steam that will better be used to improve bauxite ore into alumina. The 1,500 MW solar steam facility will help MA'ADEN attain sustainability objectives by decreasing carbon discharges by over 600,000 tons annually.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, Asia, MoU, carbon emissions, GlassPoint, industrial solar steam, MA'ADEN, Riyadh Al Nassar, Robert Wilts, Rod MacGregor, Saudi Green Initiative, SGI
South African Miner Harmony Gold To Add 30 MW Solar For Cleaner Mining
The action plan is split right into 3 components: Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Phase I has mandated the business to start building of 3 × 10 MW solar energy plant in Free State area where the approximated generation is more than 68 GWh annually.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Blockchain, solar PV plant, esg, ESG goals, Free state region, Harmony Gold, Peter Steenkamp
SMA plots significant solar inverter manufacturing capacity expansion
Solar inverter manufacturer SMA has unveiled plans to increase its manufacturing capacity by 2024 at its Germany head office.
Jun 6, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Inverters, Germany, Europe, SMA, sma solar technology, inverter manufacturing, capacity expansion, production capacity, inverter manufacturer
New york city introduces 2.4 GW of PV plants, some combined with energy storage space
New york city has awarded 22 large-scale solar projects agreements as part of the state's biggest land-based procurement of renewables to day.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, New York, NYSERDA, ENERGY STORAGE, Cypress Creek Renewables, solar-plus-storage, North America, EDF Renewables, Nexamp, CS Energy, ReneSola Power, Kathy Hochul, new york state