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Borrego selected to develop 72 MW of new Michigan solar energy
Borrego announced that it has actually been selected by AES to engineer and also construct 3 utility-scale solar projects in Michigan. The contract represents Borrego's first foray into the growing Michigan tidy power market as well as several of the business's most recent project wins in the utility-scale solar sector.
Aug 19, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, borrego, Brian Barker
Daqo targeting multi-year development, n-type polysilicon supremacy as ASPs continue to climb
Significant polysilicon producer Daqo New Energy has actually unveiled plans to increase its annual production ability to 270,000 metric heaps (MT) by 2024 while also plotting a course for prominence of the n-type polysilicon market.
Aug 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, polysilicon, Daqo New Energy, Longgen Zhang
Meyer Burger sold out of modules until Q4 as supply chain issues linger
Meyer Burger is sold out of its heterojunction solar modules till the fourth quarter of 2021 as the firm remains to be influenced by production ramp-up delays.
Aug 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, heterojunction, meyer burger, Gunter Erfurt, module assembly
Scientists Make Bifacial Solar Cell with Record Power Outcome at 29%.
A team of scientists at the Australian National University have produced a bifacial solar cell with a front conversion effectiveness of 24.3% and a rear conversion efficiency of 23.4%, standing for a bifacial aspect of 96.3%. This performance represents a reliable power outcome of around 29%, well exceeding the performance of the most effective single-sided silicon solar cell. The outcomes have been individually verified by the CSIRO.
Aug 19, 2021 // Technology, ARENA, efficiency, ANU, CSIRO, Australian Renewable Energy Agency, Australian Centre for Advanced Photovoltaics, ACAP, Bifacial Solar Cell, Kean Chern Fong, Marco Ernst Ernst, The Australian National University
National Grid ESO develops solar projections with AI
Grid operator is collaborating with Open Climate Fix to create a first-of-its-kind PV 'nowcasting' service
Aug 19, 2021 // Technology, Grids, UK, Europe, Jack Kelly, Electricity System Operator, ESO, Carolina Tortora
AES starts 72MW Michigan solar building
EPC supplier Borrego will certainly provide three projects in the US state due online in 2022
Aug 19, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, AES, Brian Barker
Capital Dynamics releases renewables system Arevon Energy
A new United States renewable resource firm, called Arevon Energy Inc, has actually been developed by incorporating the US Clean Energy Infrastructure group of Switzerland-based personal asset management firm Capital Dynamics and Arevon Asset Management, Capital Dynamics' former special energy asset management associate, it was introduced today.
Aug 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Capital Dynamics, USA, North America, John Breckenridge, Arevon Energy
BlackRock Real Assets to pour USD 100m in Korean solar developer
BlackRock Real Assets introduced today it has accepted buy an equity risk in Korean solar designer Brite Energy Partners (BEP), with strategies to supply it with more than USD 100 million (EUR 85.3 m) in resources in time.
Aug 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Korea, blackrock real assets
Sowitec loses 400 MW of Brazilian solar to unrevealed investor
German renewable resource developer Sowitec stated today it has actually unloaded an up to 400-MW solar project in Brazil to an unrevealed worldwide energy supply group.
Aug 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Sowitec
Endesa obtains 48 MW of Spanish solar projects from Arena Power
Spanish electric utility Endesa SA (BME: ELE) has actually obtained a 48-MWp portfolio of solar projects in the house from Arena Power, a compatriot developer and also an arising independent power producer (IPP).
Aug 18, 2021 // Plants, Endesa, solar projects, Arena Power
Plugging performance-sapping issues that hamper perovskite performance
A multifunctional molecule that connects numerous atomic-scale defects in perovskite solar products can dramatically improve the longevity and electric result of this promising solar modern technology, KAUST scientists have revealed.
Aug 18, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, KAUST, Furkan Isikgor
SSE acquires first battery storage project
Developer gets 50MW system in Wiltshire from Harmony Energy
Aug 18, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, England, SSE, Richard Cave-Bigley
BlackRock obtains US wind and solar portfolio
National Renewable Solutions has a growth pipe of greater than 3.5 GW.
Aug 18, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, BlackRock, North America, NRS
NHPC Tenders for 100 MW Floating Solar Project in Odisha
India's National Hydroelectric Power Corporation (NHPC) Ltd. Has floated a tender for an EPC contract for the growth of a 100 MW Floating Solar Project in Odisha.
Aug 18, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, India, tender, floating PV, Asia, NHPC, Odisha, Solar Project
JinkoSolar Signs Lasting Deal with Germany's Wacker For Polysilicon
70,000 lots of polysilicon will certainly be supplied to Jinko Solar under the bargain for a 6 year period. The action could be connected to the United States restriction on imports where sourcing of polysilicon has actually been done from suppliers in Xinjiang, China.
Aug 18, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Jinko Solar, Germany, Europe, polysilicon, solar modules, Wacker Chemie AG, Kangping Chen