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Spain boosted the amount of installed solar PV capacity by 28.8% year-on-year in 2021 to get to 15,048 MW at the end of December, Spanish grid operator Red Electrica de Espana (REE) said on Friday.

Swiss green power producer Aventron AG announced today it has actually obtained a 4.8-MW/ 5-MWh battery in Germany as part of a method to steadily enhance its available electricity storage volume.

Africa-focused energy company Chariot Ltd (LON: CHAR) and French power manufacturer Total Eren have actually struck a manage First Quantum Minerals Ltd (TSE: FM) that will facilitate the construction of a 430-MW renewable power complex for the Canadian miner's operations in Zambia.

Israel-based inverter distributor SolarEdge Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: SEDG) is wanting to raise total gross proceeds of USD 590 million (EUR 534m) through the issuance of common stock.

JinkoSolar has actually revealed information of a multi-project silicon pull rod, module assembly and aluminium frame growth in China, which the supplier is to spend a combined RMB20.8 billion (US$ 3.27 billion) in.

Subsidies can still be a vital driving force of solar adoption among reduced- as well as moderate-income (LMI) families in the US offered the reasonably high up-front cost of mounting PV systems, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (Berkeley Lab).

The drive to electrify Sub-Saharan Africa will certainly need US$ 350 billion of financial investment and also might expose an alternative vision for the energy transition that concentrates on a decentralised, bottom-up solar-and-storage abundant grid that benefits from affordable solar power, according to research study company Wood Mackenzie.

With a PV panel surface area of 309.83 sq. m, the solar tree is formally accredited by Guinness World Records (GWR) as the biggest solar tree worldwide.

Renewable resource programmer Green Lantern Solar completed a solar array for Chroma, a qualified B Corporation in the precision optical filter industry. The 500-kW ground-mount array is creating sufficient energy to offset one-third of Chroma's yearly energy expenses.

Standard Solar is partnering with The Catholic University of America to construct the Washington metropolitan region's biggest urban community solar array on the University's campus in Northeast D.C

The United State Department of Energy released an action strategy to make it possible for the safe as well as responsible handling of solar PV end-of-life (EOL) materials. The tasks outlined in the plan will certainly reduce the environmental effect of solar energy while sustaining the Biden Administration's goal to decarbonize the power grid by 2035.

Brazilian energy firm Engie Brasil Energia SA (BMVF: EGIE3) revealed on Thursday that it has finalised the acquisition of 2 solar photovoltaic (PV) farms, with a combined capacity of 259.8 MWp in Brazil.

The principal running unit of solar module maker JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd (NYSE: JKS) has signed framework deals for two manufacturing cooperations in China that will certainly require a mixed investment of regarding CNY 20.8 billion (USD 3.27 bn/EUR 2.97 bn).

German retail chain Netto will invest concerning EUR 100 million (USD 110.5 m) to install rooftop solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) systems and heatpump and also replace gas home heating at its stores as well as logistic centres in the residence market in a quote to cut reliance on Russian gas as well as reduce its carbon footprint.

Madison Gas as well as Electric (MGE) on Thursday said that, in partnership with subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group Inc (NYSE: WEC), it has protected approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to get capacity from the Paris Solar-Battery Park.