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European renewables investor Greencoat gets in US market, prepares US$ 5bn investment spree
European renewables investment administration firm Greencoat Capital has verified its entrance to the US renewables market as well as is plotting to spend up to US$ 5 billion over the next five years.
Oct 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Europe, North America, Greencoat Capital, David Boyce, Laurence Fumagalli
Doral Renewables begins on Mammoth Solar project, US' biggest PV advancement
Doral Renewables has begun on the 1.65 GWdc Mammoth Solar project in Indiana, readied to be the United States' biggest solar farm once complete.
Oct 18, 2021 // Plants, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, PJM, North America, Indiana, AEP Energy, Mammoth Solar, doral renewables
GoodLeap elevates US$ 800m, brings overall worth to US$ 12bn.
United States residential solar financier GoodLeap has elevated US$ 800 million to expand right into the broader market for lasting house enhancement, other carbon-reducing products as well as later industrial offerings and also electrical vehicles (EVs).
Oct 18, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, GoodLeap
OMERS Infrastructure acquires 49% risk in FRV's Australian renewables business
Canadian pension plan financier OMERS Infrastructure has acquired a 49% interest in the Australian renewable energy platform of utility-scale solar programmer Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV).
Oct 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, frv, OMERS Infrastructure, fotowatio renewable venture
Solar wafer, cell price walkings underscore new polysilicon pricing volatility
Recent solar wafer and cell cost increases from both LONGi Solar and also Tongwei, which have actually seen prices rise by in between 5.6-- 7.7%, have highlighted heightened volatility in the solar supply chain.
Oct 18, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Tongwei, China, polysilicon, Asia, solar cell, longi solar, solar wafer
Goa Invites EoI to Set Up Floating Solar Plants on Four Dams
The State Government of Goa has actually determined to set up a floating solar energy plant on 4 dams in the state: Selaulim, Amthanem, Anjunem and also Chapoli dams.
Oct 15, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, floating PV, Amthanem dam, Anjunem dam, Chapoli dam, Selaulim dam, State Government of Goa
Glennmont books solution for 473MW Spanish portfolio
Exus Management Partners to offer technological oversight from project development to asset management
Oct 15, 2021 // Plants, Spain, Europe, Glennmont, Exus Management Partners
Group shows fantastic promise of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for improving solar cell performance
Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have actually currently demonstrated high photovoltaic or pv effectiveness of higher than 25%.
Oct 15, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, University of California, solar efficiency, Santa Barbara, Xie Zhang
Scientist recommend new approach for interfacial adjustment of organic solar cells
Surface area energy (γs) plays a key function in the development of bulk-heterojunction (BHJ) films in organic solar cells fabricated by solution process. The miscibility of BHJ films can be forecasted by the difference of surface area power in between donor and acceptor.
Oct 15, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, organic solar cell, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Zhou Huiqiong, Qiu Xiaohui, Zhang Yong
EDF establishes sights on Vietnam's solar market via SkyX Solar investment
EDF Renewables has targeted Vietnam's solar market by purchasing rooftop PV installer SkyX Solar, a subsidiary of investment administration company VinaCapital.
Oct 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, rooftop solar, Vietnam, Southeast Asia, EDF Renewables, skyx solar
PVEL launches new hailstorm examination, increases capability with HQ step
PV Evolution Labs (PVEL) has released a brand-new hail test for its PV Module Product Qualification Programme (PQP) as well as has actually announced an action of headquarters to Napa, California that sees the independent test lab double its testing capacity.
Oct 15, 2021 // Technology, pvel, Jenya Meydbray, testing labs
Solar corporate financing nearly increases on last year, VC funding sees biggest rise of 466%.
Total company funding in solar boosted 190% in the initial nine months of this year, with US$ 22.8 billion raised in 112 bargains compared to US$ 7.9 billion in 72 handle the exact same duration last year, according to a Mercom Capital Group report.
Oct 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Mercom Capital Group, venture capital
JinkoSolar cases new record taking n-type cell conversion efficiency to 25.4%.
JinkoSolar has actually laid claim to a new n-type monocrystalline silicon solar cell conversion efficiency record, taking that efficiency rating to 25.4%.
Oct 15, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, JinkoSolar, n-type, cell efficiency
Europe's cheapest PPA supplies dive of 8% on last quarter as continent's energy dilemma grows
Europe's the majority of competitive eco-friendly power purchase arrangement (PPA) uses climbed 8% quarter-on-quarter as Europe's worsening energy crisis attacks, according to United States firm LevelTen Energy's Q3 2021 PPA Price Index report.
Oct 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Europe, LevelTen Energy
Falck to begin on 10-MW solar agrivoltaic plant in Sicily
Falck Renewables SpA (BIT: FKR) will start following month the building and construction deals with a 9.7-MW solar (PV) plant in Sicily, its initial under its crowdfunding initiative in Italy.
Oct 15, 2021 // Plants, Falck Renewables, sicily, solar agrivoltaic plant