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Shikun & Binui cuts ribbon on 23-MW floating solar park in Israel
The power arm of Israeli infrastructure and also realty group Shikun & Binui Holdings Ltd (TLV: SKBN) has actually formally opened a 23-MW floating solar park in Israel, proclaimed as the country's biggest one of its kind, the Globes reports.
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Israel, Solar Park, Shikun & Binui
SUNfarming obtains funding to buy and develop 20-MWp Polish solar portfolio
German solar design firm SUNfarming GmbH has safeguarded financing for the acquisition and also building and construction of a 20-MWp solar portfolio in Poland.
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, SUNfarming
Masdar inks deal for phase one of 2-GW solar project in Iraq
Masdar, part of Abu Dhabi federal government's Mubadala Investment Company, has authorized a pact with the government of Iraq to start the initial phase of a 2-GW solar project in the Western Asian nation.
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Masdar, Asia, UAE, Iraq, Solar Project
Babcock & Wilcox purchases 60% of solar EPC service provider Fosler
United States renewable, ecological and thermal energy modern technologies carrier Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc (NYSE: BW) has finalised the purchase of a 60% risk in solar energy service provider Fosler Construction Company Inc
Oct 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Babcock & Wilcox, Fosler
GP JOULE begin on 90 MW solar park in eastern Germany
German energy options company GP JOULE GmbH has started developing a 90-MW solar farm in the state of Brandenburg which will become part of the Lausitz power park with a planned overall solar ability of 300 MW.
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Germany, Europe, GP Joule, Solar Park
Pele Green, EDF to build 100-MW solar park at S African platinum mine
A tie-up of Pele Green Energy and EDF Renewables South Africa will certainly construct a 100-MW solar park for South African mining titan Anglo American Platinum (JSE: AMS), the latter claimed on Wednesday.
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, EDF Renewables, PV Power Plant, Pele Green
Bulgarian Development Bank to provide financing for small PV plants
State-owned Bulgarian Development Bank (BDB) said on Thursday that it will certainly fund the building of photovoltaic or pv (PV) plants for the demands of neighborhood companies.
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Europe, PV Power Plant, Bulgaria, Bulgarian Development Bank, BDB
Assessing global electrical energy generation potential from rooftop solar photovoltaics
The first in-depth international assessment of the electricity generation potential of roof solar photovoltaics (PV) modern technology has actually been conducted by researchers at MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate as well as Marine in College Cork (UCC), in partnership with international research partners. The findings are published in Nature Communications.
Oct 7, 2021 // Technology, Rooftop PV, rooftop PV, University College Cork, Siddharth Joshi, James Glynn, Shivika Mittal
'Global storage readied to triple in 2021'
Decarbonisation efforts by United States and China are driving demand for front-of-meter implementations, states WoodMac
Oct 7, 2021 // Storage, USA, Wood Mackenzie, China, Asia, North America, Xu Le
RWE Greek joint venture targets 2GW solar
Developer has joined pressures with power energy PPC and aims to start operating initial projects in 2023
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Greece, Europe, rwe renewables, Katja Wunschel, solar project pipeline
US designer Redeux Energy eyes 2GW solar as well as storage pipe
United States renewables developer Redeux Energy Partners is on track to develop a 2GW pipe of utility-scale solar as well as storage projects in the following 12 to 18 months after protecting funding.
Oct 7, 2021 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, Redeux Energy, Rob Masinter
Lithium Costs Are Rising, Stimulating More Offers for Key Battery Metal
Lithium carbonate costs in China skyrocket to videotape high: BNEF Chinese firms look to purchase even more lithium properties, Scotiabank claims
Oct 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, China, Asia, lithium
Initial evidence shows solar parks can cool down surrounding land
Scientists utilizing satellite modern technologies have found for the very first time that huge scale solar parks have a cooling effect on the land surrounding them.
Oct 6, 2021 // Technology, USA, China, Asia, North America, solar parks, Lancaster University, Alona Armstrong
Structure effective and also thermally secure perovskite solar cells making use of Ti ₃ C ₂ TₓMXene.
A new generation of low-cost, lasting and effective solar cells is a step better, thanks to scientists at The University of Queensland.
Oct 6, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, solar cells, perovskite, Oceania, efficiency, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, AIBN, Joe Shapter
ILI reveals sale of 50MW battery storage property to Eelpower
Scottish tidy energy programmer ILI Group has announced the sale of another battery storage possession. The 50MW Fordtown battery storage project in Kintore, Aberdeeshire has been offered to Eelpower for an undisclosed sum.
Oct 6, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, utility scale, Eelpower, ILI Group, Tlt