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ReneSola misses out on Q3 revenue quote as pipeline maintains growth
Solar developer ReneSola Power reported Q3 revenue below its assistance as a result of postponed PV project sales however stated its pipeline is expanding faster than previously anticipated.
Dec 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, renesola, Yumin Liu, company results
AES launches 'first-of-its-kind', AI-driven solar installation robot
Energy technology business AES has introduced an artificially intelligent (AI) robot to sustain the construction of brand-new solar projects.
Dec 9, 2021 // Technology, AES, Artificial Intelligence, construction, robots
Solar modules readied to gain from reduced VAT rates in EU
Solar modules marketed in the European Union (EU) could be subject to lower value included tax (VAT) rates after an agreement was reached this week by finance ministers from throughout the bloc.
Dec 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, SolarPower Europe, European Union, legislation, tax, european council
Fortescue, AGL Energy bid to transform NSW coal plants right into wind and also PV-powered hydrogen centers
Mining gigantic Fortescue is to partner with Australian energy major AGL Energy to take a look at the potential of repurposing tradition coal properties for renewables-powered green hydrogen centers.
Dec 9, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Australia, AGL Energy, Oceania, coal, green hydrogen, decarbonisation, Fossil Fuels, electrolysers, Fortescue, solar-hydrogen
France's set up solar, wind capacity grows to 31.7 GW
France brought online roughly 2.76 GW of brand-new solar as well as wind turbine capacity in the very first 3 quarters of 2021 as well as reached 13.23 GW of solar and also 18.54 GW of cumulative wind installments, the current government stats show.
Dec 9, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, wind, solar farm
GP JOULE begins building and construction of 5-MW solar park in north Germany
German power services business GP JOULE GmbH is building a 5-MW solar park in the state of Schleswig-Holstein with commissioning prepared for the springtime of next year.
Dec 9, 2021 // Plants, Germany, Europe, GP Joule, Solar Park
Altus Power to float on Friday with SPAC merging
United States clean energy firm Altus Power Inc is readied to start trading in New york city on Friday as its tie-up with CBRE Acquisition Holdings Inc (NYSE: CBAH) has been okayed by the blank check company's stockholders.
Dec 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Altus Power, CBRE Acquisition Holdings
First Solar to get USD-500m DFC loan for 3.3-GW module manufacturing facility in India
The United States International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) will certainly provide as much as USD 500 million (EUR 442.8 m) in the red to First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) to back its plan for a 3.3-GW DC thin-film solar module factory in India.
Dec 8, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, First Solar, Asia, module factory
VH Global buys 2nd Aussie solar farm under strategy to add storage to PV
UK investment firm VH Global Lasting Energy Opportunities (LON: GSEO) has actually settled the purchase of a 10.9-MW solar farm site in Queensland, Australia, spending GBP 5.9 million (USD 7.8 m/EUR 6.9 m), the firm stated today.
Dec 8, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Australia, Europe, Oceania, solar farm, VH Global
Neoen fires up 300MW Victorian Big Battery
The facility is a cooperation with Tesla, deploying its Megapack modern technology, and AusNet Services
Dec 8, 2021 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, AEMO, neoen, Lily D’Ambrosio, Oceania, Xavier Barbaro, Louis de Sambucy, Australian Energy Market Operator
Boralex compensations French solar floater
12MW plant consists of more than 43,000 panels mounted on a water body at a previous crushed rock pit
Dec 8, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, Boralex
Business currently behind Solar4America brand takes control of former Sunergy module plant in California
SPI Energy, the international energy company that acquired a listing of contracts from bankrupt California solar installer PetersenDean, revealed it has gotten the lease for the former Sunergy photovoltaic panel manufacturing plant in Sacramento, California, and also anticipates to produce modules for the united state market by Q1 2022.
Dec 8, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, SPI Energy, Solar4America, module plant
Ameresco to deploy 2.15 GWh of FlexGen energy storage for Southern California Edison portfolio
Ameresco has actually picked battery vendor FlexGen Power Systems for a 2,150-MWh energy storage project for Southern California Edison. FlexGen will certainly offer the power storage modern technology together with its HybridOS energy administration system platform.
Dec 8, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, ameresco, FlexGen Power Systems, energy storage project
Batteries in BlockEnergy microgrid platform receive UL 9540 fire security certification
Emera Technologies revealed today it has actually gotten UL 9540 fire security certification for BlockBox, the distributed nanogrid power storage and also control system of its BlockEnergy microgrid platform.
Dec 8, 2021 // Storage, Emera Technologies, BlockEnergy, Rob Bennett, microgrid platform, Bruce Silk
Alabama Power, Mercedes Benz get green light on 80-MW solar project
Alabama Power and Mercedes Benz U.S. International (MBUSI) obtained authorization today from the Alabama Public Service Commission for the recommended 80-MW Letohatchee Solar Project in Lowndes County, south of Montgomery.
Dec 8, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Solar Project, Alabama Power, Mercedes Benz U.S. International, MBUSI, Mark Crosswhite