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Chinese manufacturers tighten up hold over polysilicon production rankings as expansions gather pace
Both GCL Technology as well as Daqo New Energy have leapfrogged Wacker Chemie in Bernreuter Research's annual polysilicon top 10 rankings, completing a China-based leading three.
Apr 28, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Tongwei, xinte energy, polysilicon, wacker chemie, Daqo New Energy, hemlock, gcl technology
US DOE commits over US$ 500m to Utah green hydrogen hub
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) Loans Program Office (LPO) has committed to a conditional US$ 504 million investment into the development of a significant green hydrogen hub in Utah.
Apr 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Utah, North America, mitsubishi, green hydrogen, doe
Enphase Energy sidesteps logistics challenges to post record quarterly revenue
Microinverter provider Enphase Energy avoided ongoing international logistics challenges in the opening quarter of 2022 to post record quarterly revenues.
Apr 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Enphase Energy, microinverter, IQ8, supply chain disruption
Croatian furniture maker Sobocan to invest 55 mln kuna (7.3 mln euro) by end-2024
Croatian furniture producer Sobocan claimed it intends to invest 55 million kuna ($7.7 million/7.3 million euro) by the end of 2024.
Apr 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Sobocan
Enerparc seals solar PPA with VW manufacturing facility in Germany
German carmaker Volkswagen AG (ETR: VOW) will power its electric car factory in the eastern city of Zwickau with electricity from a nearby 5.3-MW solar plant that will certainly be commissioned by solar developer Enerparc AG in the coming weeks.
Apr 27, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Transport, Germany, PPA, Europe, Enerparc
E.on brings live 10.6-MWp solar park in Bavaria
German energy major E.on SE (ETR: EOAN) has actually put into procedure a 10.6-MWp solar park near the city of Ingolstadt in Bavaria which will supply regarding 4,600 households with clean electricity.
Apr 27, 2022 // Plants, e.on, Solar Park, Bavaria, Dorothee Ritz
Amp Energy activates 120-MW solar park in New South Wales
Clean energy developer Amp Energy has actually brought online its 120-MW DC Hillston solar farm in the Australian state of New South Wales, the Toronto-based business stated on Thursday.
Apr 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, new south wales, AMP Energy, Solar Park
Breaking performance records with tandem solar cells
Oxford PV layers perovskite over silicon to capture a wider wavelength range
Apr 27, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, oxford pv, efficiency, Chris Case
Jinko TOPCon solar cell reaches 25.7% effectiveness
JinkoSolar announced it has actually reached a solar conversion efficiency of 25.7% for its huge 182-mm n-type monocrystalline TOPCon solar cell. This result has been individually verified by the National Institute of Metrology, China.
Apr 27, 2022 // Manufacturing News, solar cell, efficiency, Jin Hao, Jinko TOPCon
Black & Veatch wins United States green hydrogen job
EPC contract for the 220MW Advanced Clean Energy Storage project in Utah
Apr 27, 2022 // Storage, green hydrogen, Mitsubishi Power, Black & Veatch, Mario Azar, Michael Ducker
Repsol powers up first US solar site
Jicarilla 2, in the state of New Mexico, has an overall mounted capacity of 62.5 MW.
Apr 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, repsol, PV Power Plant, Victoria Zingoni
Jera, West HD finalise 1GW Japanese solar deal
Projects to be established over 4 years at new sites as well as former nuclear power plant
Apr 27, 2022 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, jera, West HD
Norway to become member of International Solar Alliance
Norwegian Foreign Minister Anniken Huitfeldt revealed Norway's membership of the International Solar Alliance (ISA) during her official check out to India, a statement by the nation's Embassy here said on Tuesday.
Apr 27, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Norway, Renewable Energy, international solar alliance, Anniken Huitfeldt
NTPC, Energy Vault sign MoU for gravity-based energy storage tech
The objective of the MoU is to collaborate and formalize a long-term strategic partnership for the release of Energy Vault's EVx ™ gravity-based energy storage technology and software solutions based upon the outcome of a joint feasibility study.
Apr 27, 2022 // Storage, Software, India, Asia, Gurdeep Singh, Memorandum of Understanding, Energy Vault Holdings, gravity-based energy storage, NTPC Limited
Vietnam slashes 2030 capacity target yet makes more room for renewables under new power strategy
Vietnam has actually cut its 2030 power capacity target by 35GW under its recently set draft Power Master Plan VIII (PMP8) but is making more room for renewables as it looks for to reduce its reliance on coal.
Apr 27, 2022 // Grids, Policy, Asia, fitch solutions, Vietnam, renewable energy targets, grid capacity, coal retirement, power master plan, renewable target