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Total Eren, Chariot to add 40 MWp of solar at Tarisa mine in S Africa
Cyprus-based chrome as well as platinum miner Tharisa plc (JSE: THA) has actually signed up with forces with France's Total Eren and Africa-focused power company Chariot Ltd (LON: CHAR) to get electricity for a mine in South Africa from a 40-MWp solar project.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, Total Eren, Africa, South Africa, Chariot
Nextracker starts spin-out procedure after US$ 500m supply sale
Nextracker is to be spun out from moms and dad business Flex after it safeguarded a US$ 500 million equity sale, valuing the business at around US$ 3 billion.
Feb 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, trackers, North America, Flex, Nextracker, tpg rise
Maxeon expands warranty for IBC modules to 'industry-leading' 40 years
PV maker Maxeon Solar Technologies has revealed its SunPower Maxeon variety of interdigitated back call (IBC) modules are to be offered with a prolonged 40-year warranty.
Feb 3, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Residential, C&I, SunPower, modules, IBC, Maxeon Solar Technologies, interdigitated back contact, warranty
Italy's solar profit clawback to have 'significant influence' on renewables financial investment, profession bodies warn
A brand-new policy in Italy that claws back the profits of solar PV projects will certainly weaken investor confidence and jeopardise the European Union's (EU) clean power transition, a group of profession associations, consisting of SolarPower Europe, has actually warned.
Feb 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, Italy, Europe, subsidies, SolarPower Europe, European Union, feed-in tariff, italia solare, windeurope, Eurelectric
Quercus to market 700-MW-plus PV portfolio in Spain to BayWa r.e.
Luxembourg-based investment firm Quercus has picked Germany's BayWa r.e. to be its calculated financier in a portfolio of PV projects in Spain with a combined capacity of over 700 MW, the events announced in a joint statement on Thursday.
Feb 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, baywa r.e., Quercus
Argentina's YPF Luz problems eco-friendly bond to fund 100-MW solar project
Argentine power manufacturer YPF Luz has actually issued environment-friendly bonds worth USD 63.9 million (EUR 56.4 m) to fund the building of its first solar project in the house, the business stated on Wednesday.
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Argentina, South america, Solar Project, YPF Luz
Glasgow Airport prepares 15-MW solar farm
Glasgow Airport plans to install an onsite, ground-mounted solar farm of about 15 MW that, it claimed on Wednesday, will be the biggest at a Scottish airport.
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, solar farm, Glasgow Airport, Derek Provan, Roberto Castiglioni
New record for solar cell performance signals bright future for solar tech
Researchers at The Australian National University (ANU) have damaged their own record to develop an extra reliable solar cell.
Feb 3, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, efficiency, ANU, Australian National University, Jun Peng, Kylie Catchpole
R Power secures funds for 300MW Polish PV
Programmer won the capacity in renewable resource public auctions in Poland in 2021
Feb 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, R Power
Statkraft submits prepare for UK solar as well as grid park
Developer claims 2 complimentary projects might aid accomplish net zero by 2050
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, Grids, UK, Europe, Statkraft, Charlotte Healey, Lucy Kent
European Energy powers up 71MW Danish solar site
Work on Rødby Fjord project began in May 2021
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, Europe, Denmark, european energy, Knud Erik Andersen
Georgia Power lays out renewables procurement plans in new IRP
United States utility Georgia Power has set out strategies to obtain as much as 6GW of new renewable power by 2035, virtually increasing its existing capacity.
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Georgia Power, North America, coal, irp, integrated resource plan
Indiana Michigan Power suggests 2GW+ of renewables under most current IRP, consists of 60MW of battery storage space
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has submitted an Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) which includes the enhancement of greater than 2GW of solar and also wind by 2028 to the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC).
Feb 3, 2022 // Storage, USA, North America, AES, Indiana, irp, indiana michigan power
Solar 'begins to soar' in Europe as generation leaps 27% in two years-- Ember
Solar is booming throughout Europe, generating 27% even more power last year than in 2019, according to brand-new analysis from power thinktank Ember.
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Spain, Italy, Europe, Netherlands, European Union, Ember
Stem to unlock 'significant value' in renewables software solutions after shutting AlsoEnergy deal
Energy storage space software and also solutions company Stem, Inc said its purchase of PV asset administration company AlsoEnergy will allow it to "unlock significant value" within renewable resource after the transaction completed.
Feb 3, 2022 // Software, finance, m&a, ai, Stem Inc, software, AlsoEnergy, asset monitoring, athena, powertrack