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Serbia's EPS seeking contractors to construct solar park near Kostolac TPP
State-owned power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) is looking for contractors for the planned building of a solar park near its Kostolac thermal power plant (TPP), the firm stated.
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Serbia, Solar Park, EPS
Enel mounts 1st module at 187-MW Colombian solar plant
Renewables designer Enel Green Power Colombia, part of Italian utility group Enel SpA (BIT: ENEL), has installed the very first solar (PV) panel at its 187-MW straight current (DC) La Loma solar farm.
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Enel, South america, enel green power, Colombia, PV Power Plant
Uzbekistan launches tender for 300-MW solar project
Uzbekistan has issued an Request for Qualification (RfQ) as part of a tender looking for to award an approximately 300-MW solar project in the country's southeastern area of Kashkadarya.
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Uzbekistan, Solar Project
ReneSola to market 37 MW of additional Polish solar assets to Obton
ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) has actually lately closed on the sale of 37 MW of solar projects in Poland to Danish investment firm Obton for an undisclosed amount.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, renesola, Yumin Liu, obton
Silicon Ranch secures USD 775m in equity financing to pursue growth
Silicon Ranch Corporation, an independent sustainable power manufacturer in the United States that is backed by Royal Dutch Shell plc (AMS: RDSA), introduced today it has raised USD 775 million (EUR 685m) in new equity capital.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Silicon Ranch
UK trio plan 250MW solar-plus-storage spree
Public Power Solutions, Hive Energy as well as Ethical Power's first project will be a 45MW PV and also battery plant
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Storage, UK, Europe, hive energy, Bernie Brannan, Public Power Solutions, PPS, Ethical Power, Stuart Whiteford
BSW requires solar barriers to be 'torn down' if Germany's 200GW by 2030 target is to be reached
Around 5.3 GW of solar was set up in Germany last year, initial analysis by the nation's solar profession organization the Bundesverband Solarwirtschaft (BSW) has actually shown, with installs set to rocket better in the coming years.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Germany, Europe, SolarPower Europe, bsw, decarbonisation, ampelkoalition
Spain to support distributed PV deployment in upcoming renewables auction
Spain will allocate up to 140MW of dispersed solar PV capacity in the country's following renewables auction, readied to happen this April.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, tender, Europe, auction, distributed solar, Concentrated solar power
Utility Appalachian Power seeking 294MW of PV in short-term decarbonisation plan
US utility Appalachian Power has actually unveiled plans to obtain or contract for almost 300MW of solar PV over the next three years as it transitions in the direction of internet zero standing by 2050.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, Appalachian Power, decarbonisation, integrated resource plan
Build Back Better continues to be deadlocked as Manchin insists negotiations at a standstill
US President Joe Biden's Build Back Better Act, which has a plethora of policy mechanisms in support of solar and energy storage, would show up to still be at a deadlock after Democrat Senator Joe Manchin claimed there were "no negotiations taking place".
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, ITC, North America, Joe Biden, investment tax credit, Joe Manchin, Build Back Better, kyrsten sinema
Chile to hold renewables as well as energy storage auction later on this year
Chile has published details of its latest power auction set to happen later this year that will certainly get 5,250 GWh per year for 15 years.
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Chile, South america, auction, tenders, acera
The Future of Power and Transport Markets Is Decentralization
Numerous solar generation systems and battery systems will certainly be individually possessed
Jan 6, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Transport, India, Asia, Decentralization
Mercedes' newest electrical car features thin-film solar cells on the roofing
The solar roof covering was created in cooperation with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.
Jan 6, 2022 // Transport, Germany, Europe, Mercedes
Scientists locate ways to help perovskite solar cell "self-healing".
A team led by Prof. HU Linhua at the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has actually recently created a type of self-healing perovskite solar cell by practical mix of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP). Related outcomes were released in Journal of Energy Chemistry.
Jan 5, 2022 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, CAS, Hu Linhua, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
India's open accessibility solar installs soar 143% y/y in Jan-Sep 2021
India brought on-line near to 935 MW of open accessibility solar power capacity in the first 9 months of 2021 for a 143% year-on-year dive, according to data by Mercom India.
Jan 5, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia