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Dutch installer Zonneplan launches maiden smart grid system that tracks rates in real time
Dutch solar installer Zonneplan has launched its initial 'smart grid' system called that will certainly use customers energy based on real-time rates.
Nov 22, 2021 // Grids, Germany, Europe, VPP, p2p, smart meters, zonneplan
Iberdrola ends up one solar farm in Spain, begins building two more
Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) said today that it prepares to appoint a 150-MW solar farm in the Spanish area of Extremadura, and also has actually just introduced building of 2 various other PV projects in the very same neighbourhood.
Nov 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, solar farm
Canadian Solar halts solar cell developments, increases module assembly strategies in action to impending overcapacity
Canadian Solar has actually warned of solar cell overcapacity next year, pounding the breaks by itself cell manufacturing expansion strategies while accelerating on its module assembly roadmap.
Nov 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Canadian Solar, polysilicon, solar cell, North America, freight
NESF doubles down on PPA strategy as its mounted capacity rises by 10%.
NextEnergy Solar Fund's (NESF) overall set up capability currently stands at 895MW, with the company remaining to focus on long-lasting corporate power acquisition arrangements (PPAs).
Nov 19, 2021 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, PPA, Europe, Nesf
Macquarie to get 90% equity in French solar
Investor expects to complete a purchase for Apex Energies by the initial quarter of 2022
Nov 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, France, India, China, Europe, Asia, Mexico, North America, us, Macquarie Asset Management, Apex Energies Group, Stephane Brimont, Carlos Herrera-Malatesta, Pascal Marguet
Maxeon counts on air, rail products as shipping 'logjam' adds to Q3 shipments miss
Maxeon Solar Technologies is overhauling its logistics approach after a shipping "logjam" credited to the module manufacturer missing its Q3 deliveries advice.
Nov 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, polysilicon, Asia, North America, Maxeon, hemlock, freight, shipping, HSPV
Intersect Power lands USD 2.6 bn in solar project funding
Clean energy company Intersect Power LLC said on Thursday it has actually acquired USD 2.6 billion (EUR 2.3 bn) in funding dedications to sustain the construction as well as procedure of a six-project portfolio with 2.2 GW DC of late-stage solar and also 1.4 GWh of storage ability.
Nov 19, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Intersect Power, Solar Project
Greece's Mytilineos closes funding on 120 MW of Aussie solar farms
Greek commercial group Mytilineos SA (FRA: MYH) on Thursday stated it has reached economic close on a trio of solar farms in New South Wales, Australia with an incorporated capability of 120 MWp.
Nov 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, Australia, Europe, Oceania, solar farm, Mytilineos, Nikos Papapetrou
Great opportunities for solar cells as building materials
Building integrated photovoltaics, BIPV, is an expanding renewable energy source. This innovation makes use of photovoltaic or pv products to change standard building materials on roofing systems and facades.
Nov 19, 2021 // BIPV, Technology, bipv, Europe, Building-integrated photovoltaics, University of Stavanger, Hassan Gholami
Sunnica sends prepare for 500MW PV-plus-storage in UK
Planned project would certainly connect to the Burwell National Grid substation in Cambridgeshire
Nov 19, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Sunnica, UK, Europe, PV-plus-storage
Australian Scientists to Study How Tesla Car Batteries Can Power Grid
For the very first phase of the study, Tesla owners in Australia, the United States, Canada, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Britain can apply. The programme could be expanded later on to include various other electric vehicle firms.
Nov 19, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Grids, Australia, Oceania, University of Queensland, Jake Whitehead, Tesla Inc, UQ, V2G technology
Panasonic updates EverVolt property battery to 17.1 kWh
Panasonic today introduced the 2nd edition of its EverVolt home battery system. EverVolt 2.0 will have a constant power result of 7.6 kW off-grid as well as 9.6 kW with the grid, as well as with an useful ability of 17.1 kWh or 25.65 kWh. The system can be AC- and DC-coupled.
Nov 19, 2021 // Storage, Panasonic, Mukesh Sethi, EverVolt
PowerLedger review: new trend of energy trading
Nov 19, 2021 // Grids, Software, Power Ledger, PowerLedger, p2p energy trading, Power Tokens, Peer-to-Peer Energy Trading
DSD, Solar Optimum to establish 522-kW solar array for California maker
DSD Renewables has partnered with Solar Optimum to develop a 522-kW rooftop solar project for Molding Corporation of America, a full-service customized injection molding business based in Pacoima, California. The setup, which DSD will certainly own and operate long-term, is anticipated to be operational in 2022.
Nov 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, solar array, DSD, Solar Optimum, Sandra Rinder, Ara Krikorian
Consumers Energy recommends almost 400 MW of brand-new solar projects in Michigan
Consumers Energy announced contracts to include almost 400 megawatts of clean energy from 3 Michigan solar projects in southerly main Michigan. The solar growths are part of the firm's Clean Energy Plan to significantly boost renewable resource, remove coal as a gas resource for power by 2025 as well as achieve net absolutely no carbon exhausts by 2040.
Nov 19, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Consumers Energy, Dennis Dobbs