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UK's annual solar installs expand to 730 MW in 2021
The UK solar photovoltaic (PV) sector gets on a higher trajectory with 730 MW set up in 2014, a 36% surge compared to the 2020 deployments, figures from study by Solar Media Ltd and also launched by Solar Energy UK showed recently.
Feb 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett
JA Solar to start 14-GW capacity development plan in China, Vietnam
Chinese solar item manufacturer JA Solar Technology Co Ltd (SHE:002459) last week revealed an ambitious plan to add about 14 GW to its existing integrated production capacity with projects at home and in Vietnam.
Feb 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, China, JA Solar, Asia, Vietnam
Brazil's Ceara oks over 2 GW of solar projects
The state council on the atmosphere of the Brazilian state of Ceara (Coema) authorized recently 3 solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) projects with an integrated capacity of 2,142 MW.
Feb 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, Solar Project, Ceara
Construction work begins on 24 MWp German solar park for BASF plant
A joint venture of German regional energy firm envia Mitteldeutsche Energie AG (enviaM) as well as BASF SE (ETR: BAS) has actually released the construction of a 24-MWp solar park in the state of Brandenburg that perseverance a nearby plant of the chemicals producer.
Feb 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Solar Park, BASF plant
Slovenia's Petrol to spend 17 mln euro in PV project in Croatia
Slovenian energy group Petrol [LJE: PETG] plans to invest 17 million euro ($19.3 million) in the building of three photovoltaic or pv (PV) plants near Croatia's Knin in 2022, it claimed on Friday.
Feb 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PV project, Europe, Slovenia, Croatia, Petrol
Axpo signs PPA for Obton's 11-MWp solar farm in Germany
Swiss renewables firm and also power investor Axpo Holding AG introduced on Monday that it has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Denmark's Obton A/S to off-take electrical power from an 11-MWp solar farm in Germany.
Feb 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, PPA, Europe, obton, solar farm
'One to watch on': LG Energy Solution's relocation downstream with NEC ES procurement
Industry-watchers will carefully follow just how the lately finished acquisition of energy storage space system integrator NEC ES by LG Energy Solution turns out.
Feb 21, 2022 // Storage, LG Energy, NEC ES
Financial debt finance offer will 'increase returns' for Genex's Tesla battery project in Queensland, Australia
Genex Power has actually received debt authorizations on a AU$ 35 million (US$ 25.26 million) debt money facility for its 50MW/100MWh Bouldercombe battery energy storage system (BESS) project in Queensland, Australia.
Feb 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, TESLA, Australia, Oceania, Genex Power
Fluence commissions 11MW battery at Killala
Greencoat Renewables will use the BESS in County Mayo, Ireland to participate in energy flexibility markets
Feb 21, 2022 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, Fluence, Greencoat Renewables, Marek Kubik, Ben Brooks
Econergy protects EUR200m for European solar buildout
Separate JVs with Phoenix Insurance and also RGreen will fund construction of PV projects in Romania and Poland
Feb 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, Romania, Econergy, Eyal Podhorzer
The new age remedy in energy storage space: Sodium (Na)- ion Battery
The flurry of recent news in the battery storage room suggest the sharp uptrend for the market to come. Among other things, technology is looking past Lithium Ion batteries, and Sodium-Ion in particular has actually been in focus. Sandeep Maharia of Oorjan weighs in.
Feb 21, 2022 // Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Renewable Energy, Oorjan Cleantech, Na-ion battery, Sandeep Maharia, Wind Solar hybrid
Huawei Picked For 390 MWp Solar Project in Poland
Huawei was recently picked by R.Power Group, among the largest gamers in the Polish PV market, to provide 390 MWp of its world-leading smart string inverters for many solar projects in Poland.
Feb 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Huawei, r.power, Przemek Pieta, Maciej Bąkała, poland solar plants, SUN2000 105KTL-H1, SUN2000 185KTL-H1, SUN2000 215KTL-H0
Global Solar PV Wafer Market To Grow By 73.71 GW By 2026
Research company Technavio predicts a solid growth for the global solar wafers market. The firm anticipates the solar photovoltaic wafer market to grow by 73.71 gigawatts from 2021 to 2026.
Feb 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, JA Solar, JinkoSolar, wafer, International, GCL-Poly Energy, Lanco Infratech, Technavio
Cape Town to procure 300 MW of renewables from IPPs
The City of Cape Town will certainly look for to procure as much as 300 MW of renewable resource through tendering procedures over the coming months, mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced today.
Feb 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis
Football club SC Freiburg prepares world's biggest PV system on stadium
German football club SC Freiburg is planning to construct a 2.4-MWp solar power system on the roof covering of its stadium in the city of Freiburg which is readied to come to be the world's largest photovoltaic or pv installation on a stadium until now.
Feb 18, 2022 // Plants, Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe, moritz borgmann, Meyer Burger Technology AG, Europa Park stadium