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STEAG safeguards preparing for 55MW UK solar
Project near King's Lynn in Norfolk will certainly additionally include a battery storage space plant
Feb 11, 2022 // Plants, UK, Europe, STEAG, Christian Kleinhans
Tata Power prepares to leverage increased PLI plan for PV production ramp-up
Indian utility Tata Power will aim to benefit from policy support from India's government as it sets up new cell as well as module manufacturing capacity in the country.
Feb 11, 2022 // Manufacturing News, India, financial results, Asia, tata power, company results, PLI, BCD
Indian hydropower business wanting to deploy 10GW of solar over next 5 years in bargain worth US$ 6.7 bn.
Indian state-run hydropower firm SJVN is intending to deploy 10GW of solar PV in Rajasthan over the next five years via a INR50,000 crore (US$ 6.7 billion) financial investment.
Feb 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Rajasthan, hydropower, SJVN
France to target at the very least 100GW of deployed solar by 2050, Macron says
France will certainly intend to have greater than 100GW of mounted solar PV capacity by 2050, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday as part of a brand-new power approach that will see the country double down on developing new nuclear plants.
Feb 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, EDF, Europe, nuclear, deployment target, emmanuel macron, Syndicat des Énergies Renouvelables
Scatec to develop 532MW solar project in Brazil, brings regional pipe to 2GW+.
Norwegian renewables firm Scatec is to develop a 532MW solar PV project in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Norte via a US$ 320 million financial investment following arrangement from state authorities.
Feb 11, 2022 // Plants, Scatec, South america, Brazil, Equinor, hydro
United States Army aims to use EVs as well as photovoltaic panels for net-zero emissions by 2050
The united state Army has revealed ambitious plans in its first-ever climate technique document that was released lately that consist of lowering its carbon emissions by half by 2030 as well as attaining a net-zero status by 2050.
Feb 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America
Form Energy in talks with Georgia Power for 100-hour iron-air battery storage project
Multi-day battery storage technology start-up Form Energy is working with Georgia Power on a possible 15MW/1,500 MWh project in the US utility company's solution area.
Feb 10, 2022 // Storage, Georgia Power, Form Energy, utility, iron-air battery, coal plant retirement, baseload, emerging tech, long-duration energy storage, pilots and demonstrations
German utility Enercity buys 30% of solar start-up Installion
German electric utility Enercity AG is obtaining a 30% stake in Cologne-based photovoltaics start-up Installion GmbH to boost its capabilities in the solar industry.
Feb 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Enercity
Scotiabank, Brookfield's Evolugen ink 40-MW solar PPA in Canada
The Bank of Nova Scotia (TSE: BNS), or Scotiabank, will certainly be the sole power off-taker of an approximately 40-MW solar park to be developed by an unit of Brookfield Renewable Partners LP (NYSE: BEP) in Alberta, Canada.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, Canada, PPA, North America, Brookfield, Scotiabank
Acciona Energia gets 458-MWp solar project in Texas
Spanish renewables pure-player Acciona Energia (BME: ANE) said on Tuesday that it has actually acquired the 350-MW/458-MWp Red-Tailed Hawk solar photovoltaic (PV) project in the US state of Texas.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, USA, North America, Solar Project, acciona energia
TotalEnergies to acquire SunPower's CIS solar ops for USD 250m
French multi-energy group TotalEnergies SE (EPA: TTE) has authorized a USD-250-million (EUR 219m) deal to obtain the Commercial & Industrial Solutions (CIS) business of majority-owned United States solar business SunPower Corp (NASDAQ: SPWR).
Feb 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, SunPower, TotalEnergies, Vincent Stoquart
Matrix, Energia Aljaval to co-develop 300 MW of solar in Italy
Madrid-based platform Matrix Renewables, backed by property supervisor TPG, has actually become part of a partnership with Spanish renewable energy company Energia Aljaval to co-develop a minimum of 300 MW of solar plants in Italy.
Feb 10, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, Matrix, Energia Aljaval
Harmony Energy gains lease for 100MW Creyke Beck energy storage project
Battery energy storage developer Harmony Energy has secured a lease for its Creyke Beck project.
Feb 10, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Harmony Energy
Fraunhofer Institute produces efficient solar cell 'recycling' process
The organization claims that in the first trial, the solar cell conversion performance was 19.7%. Currently it is feasible to recycle all crystalline silicon PV modules, regardless of just how they were manufactured and what's their beginning
Feb 10, 2022 // Technology, Germany, India, PV, Fraunhofer, Europe, Asia, solar cell, recycling, PV cells, Dold
AES gets Fluence IQ bidding software to optimise 1.1 GW of solar and also storage space assets in the US
AES Corporation has contracted its subsidiary Fluence to onboard 1.1 GW of solar as well as storage assets to its energy trading as well as bidding process platform as it looks to optimize its United States operations.
Feb 10, 2022 // Storage, Software, USA, IPP, North America, AES Corporation, Fluence, IQ bidding software