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Macquarie Acquires France based Reden Solar for $2.7 Billion
Entities like British Columbia Investment Management Corporation and MEAG are co-purchasers of Reden Solar. The independent power producer has an operational portfolio of 72MW as well as 15GW remain in the pipe.
Mar 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, France, Greece, Italy, Europe, Benelux, Eurazeo, Infravia, Macquarie Asset Management, Stephane Brimont, Reden Solar, Thierry Carcel, British Columbia Investment Management Corporation, MEAG
Renewables permitting in Iberia unfit for the new power paradigm, investors say
Solar implementation in Iberia is being held back by planning as well as permitting and also laws unfit for the emerging power paradigm and European Commission intervention might be essential, a panel of investors has concluded.
Mar 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Portugal, Europe, iberia, permitting, Pablo Otin, guarantees of origin, regulations, Carlos Rey Micolau, Tiago Thomaz
United States to add 22GW of utility-scale solar this year, EIA claims
US utility-scale solar deployment is set to reach a record 22GW this year, with the technology accounting for practically half of the new producing capacity because of be included in the power grid from 2022 to 2023.
Mar 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, New York, ENERGY STORAGE, Texas, solar-plus-storage, North America, EIA, deployment statistics, EnergyStorageUSA
UL, NREL reveal DERs cybersecurity report, call for industry standards to protect against threats
Safety as well as certification company UL and the United States Division of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have actually released a report into the cybersecurity people interconnected grid side devices and inverter-based resources that requires safety criteria to be developed to counter potential threats.
Mar 9, 2022 // Grids, USA, NREL, North America, ders, cybersecurity, standards, Kenneth Boyce
Florida legislators vote to eliminate roof solar net metering
Florida lawmakers have actually passed a costs that will remove credits for families with PV systems, amidst warnings that the legislation could undercut the state's rooftop solar market.
Mar 9, 2022 // Residential, Policy, Rooftop PV, USA, SEIA, Florida, North America, US utilities, Vote Solar, net metering, legislation
LONGi raises wafer prices for third time in 6 weeks as Tongwei ups cell expenses
LONGi solar has actually boosted its wafer prices for the third time in less than six weeks as a four-month high in wafer prices proceeds, while Tongwei solar has additionally raised the price of its 182mm and also 210mm solar cells.
Mar 9, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Tongwei, China, Asia, solar cell, longi solar, wafers, wafer manufacturing, cells, polysilicon pricing, wafer prices
Solar designers, possession owners and also investors supporting for effect of Ukraine conflict
Europe's neighborhood of solar designers, sponsors and property proprietors are supported for wider impacts and also headwinds brought on by the recurring dispute in Ukraine, with inflation and spiraling commodity prices highlighted as of particular concern.
Mar 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, CAPEX, solar finance, Russia, supply chains, SFIE2022, cost of capital, inflation, interest rates, invasion, putin
16.5 MW Lancaster University solar farm given green light
A 16.5 MW solar farm to be improved land had by Lancaster University as part of the university's objectives of coming to be internet zero for utility-based power emissions by 2030 has been approved intending permission.
Mar 8, 2022 // Plants, UK, Europe, solar farm, Lancaster University, Paul Morris
IBC Solar to start 96MW Hungary PV build
IBC Solar Energy is to begin constructing 96MW of solar capacity in Hungary in spring 2022.
Mar 8, 2022 // Plants, Hungary, Europe, IBC Solar Energy
ACWA makes power play for 700MW Saudi solar
25-year PPA with SPPC is for the $450m Ar Rass solar project in Al Qassim province
Mar 8, 2022 // Plants, Saudi Arabia, Asia, ACWA Power, Saudi Power Procurement Company, SPPC
Sonnedix scoops 1GW Polish PV pipeline
Acquisition of Sun Power Energy brings IPP's total capacity of running assets and projects to 6.5 GW.
Mar 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Europe, Sun Power Energy
DE Shaw inks 200MW California solar-storage power play
Project in Sacramento County is expected to get to commercial procedure no behind 2024
Mar 8, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, de shaw, Hy Martin
Huawei To Provide 1 GW Solar plus 500 MW ESS Solution In Ghana For Meinergy
Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Digital Power) has actually signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Meinergy Technology Co., Ltd (Meinergy), the leading PV designer in West Africa.
Mar 8, 2022 // Plants, Storage, PV plants, West Africa, hydropower, energy storage system, Huawei Digital power, meinergy, Wu Guangwen
South Korea Counts On Floating Solar To Overcome Land Scarcity
Floating solar farms utilize solar panels that are affixed to plastic floats, which then drift on a body of water. These floating solar arrays are generally placed on man-made bodies of water-- a town's water reservoir, an irrigation reservoir, a water therapy facility.
Mar 8, 2022 // Floating PV, South Korea, Asia, International, Scotra, floating solar plants, hydroelectric systems, reservoirs
Portugal receives bids from 12 companies for floating solar auction
The deadline for sending applications ended last Wednesday at 23:59, with the period for obtaining proposals having actually run because January 29. The nation's National Energy as well as Climate Plan sets 2030 targets for emissions decreases, energy efficiency and renewable resource, looking to achieve affordable carbon neutrality by 2050.
Mar 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Portugal, Europe, Floating solar, João Galamba, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, renewables auction, Jornal de Negócios