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South Africa opens 6th bidding window of REIPPPP
The 6th bidding round of South Africa's Renewable Energy Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (REIPPPP) has actually opened for interested events.
Apr 12, 2022 // Plants, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, auctions, Africa, South Africa, tenders, mena, REIPPPP
COVID lockdowns in China worsening solar and also energy storage shipping crisis
COVID-related lockdowns in China are creating port congestion and delays to shipments of clean energy materials, worsening a currently limited supply chain circumstance.
Apr 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, JinkoSolar, shanghai, covid-19, COVID, lockdowns, ningbo, port of shanghai
Solargis maps expose 'significant deviations' in average irradiance levels in key PV markets
The impact of solar source variability on numerous key global PV markets consisting of India, Australia as well as The United States And Canada has actually been exposed by a decade of evaluation from solar irradiance working as a consultant Solargis that illustrates "significant deviations from long-lasting standards".
Apr 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Solargis, North America, irradiance, maps, solar irradiance mapping
Tech Giants Launch Emissions Tracking Tools for Scope 3
New tools aid consumers lower carbon footprint of cloud Managing Scope 3 exhausts will need digital tools
Apr 12, 2022 // Software, Market Research, Microsoft, Amazon, Google
State Grid of China, Singapore Power pull out of hybrid renewables and long-duration storage space project in Australia
An energy infrastructure group co-owned by State Grid Corporation of China and also Singapore Power has determined not to buy a hybrid nuclear power plant project in South Australia.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, South Australia, hybrid power plant, State Grid of China, Singapore Power, Matt Squire
'UK storage pipeline doubles in 12 months'
R-UK states there are now 32.1 GW of projects operational, unfinished, consented or being planned
Apr 11, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe
Foresight secures Oz solar refinancing
A$ 60m in total amount in the bank for Oakey 1 and also Longreach solar projects
Apr 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Foresight
Low-temperature perovskite solar module with 19.1% efficiency
Researchers have actually developed a PV module with an efficiency of 20.72%, based upon tin oxide (SnO2) as an electron transport layer, an organometal halide perovskite layer, organic halide salt phenethylammonium iodide (PEAI) as a passivation representative, as well as Spiro-OMeTAD as the hole transportation layer (HTL).
Apr 11, 2022 // Technology, Italy, Europe, perovskite, solar module, efficiency
Invenergy gets approval for 300MW solar, 165MW battery storage project in Wisconsin
Wisconsin's Public Service Commission (PSC) has authorized the building of Invenergy's 300MW utility-scale solar farm, which is to be coupled with a 165MW battery energy storage space system (BESS), in Dane County.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Wisconsin, Invenergy, North America, PV Power Plant, Storage Project
Verano Energy acquires 116 MWp of solar PMGD projects in Chile
Latin America-focused renewables programmer Verano Energy announced on Monday that it has actually gotten 15 solar projects with an incorporated capacity of 116 MWp in Chile.
Apr 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Verano Energy
EDPR inks 216 MW of solar PPAs in Texas
Renewable energy business EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI: EDPR) has actually secured two lasting power purchase agreements (PPAs) to offer 216 MW from a 240-MW solar park in Texas.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Texas, North America, EDPR
Cemig to acquire risk in 18.5-MWp solar DG portfolio in Brazil
Brazilian energy services firm Cemig Solucoes Inteligentes em Energisa SA, much better called Cemig SIM, has signed an agreement to acquire a 49% stake in an 18.5-MWp of solar distributed generation (DG) plants.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, Cemig
African fund o.k.s USD-5.5 m give for Desert to Power project
The African Development Fund, the concessional arm of the African Development Bank Group, has authorized a USD-5.5-million (EUR 5.1 m) technological support give to kick off the Desert to Power project in the eastern part of the Sahel region, specifically in Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia as well as Sudan, the bank has actually introduced.
Apr 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Workneh Gebeyehu
Slovenia's HSE launches 3 MW solar plant
Slovenian state-owned electricity manufacturer and trader Holding Slovenske Elektrarne (HSE) launched a 3 MW solar plant, the greatest in the nation thus far, in Prapretno, main Slovenia, in a location that was formerly utilized for the deposition of fly ash and also slag from a thermal power plant.
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Slovenia, PV Power Plant, HSE
Sonnedix closes money for 34MW Japan PV
An over EUR97m center has actually been safeguarded for the 18.1 MW Hanamizuki and 16.4 MW Motegi projects
Apr 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Asia