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Tripura Signs Up With The Listing for Rooftop Solar Additions in 2021-22 With 1 MW tender
Roof Solar push in the North East is welcome, as a small yet considerable method to develop use cases and also energy accessibility in the area. With reduced power need, and also Hydro power playing a key function in power supplies to the region, the area can press to be one hundred percent renewable energy driven with the appropriate policy setting.
Aug 31, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, tender, rooftop PV, Tripura, TSECL, vendor empanelment
South Africa's Eskom Program $7.2 B Investment in Wind & Solar
South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is preparing to spend 106 billion rand, or $7.2 billion, in wind as well as solar energy by the end of the decade. Eskom, which makes up two-fifths of the nation's greenhouse gas outcome, may execute its strategy either individually or through a collaboration.
Aug 31, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, Gwede Mantashe, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, Cyril Ramaphosa, Andre de Ruyter
Goldi Solar Unveils HELOCò ™ Pro Module Series with M10 Technology
Solar PV maker Goldi Solar has introduced its new line of product-- the HELOCò Pro module series-- which includes mono-facial and bi-facial modules with M10 wafer dimension. With an area approximately 2.58 square meter, weight of 32kg as well as power of 560W, the brand-new modules can be widely made use of in utility, agriculture, commercial, and rooftop applications.
Aug 31, 2021 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, gujarat, mono-facial, bi-facial modules, HELOCò Pro module series, Bharat Bhut, Ishver Dholakiya
Public discussion to introduce on 1-GW solar project in France
A four-month-long public discussion will quickly be released with regard to a 1-GW solar project that is being established by French power companies Engie SA (EPA: ENGI) as well as Neoen SA (EPA: NEOEN).
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Engie, Europe, neoen, Solar Project
Gran Solar-Total Eren tie-up wins Galapagos solar-storage project
A partnership between Spanish PV professional Gran Solar as well as French independent power producer Total Eren has actually been granted a 25-year concession in Ecuador's tender for the building and procedure of the Conolophus solar-plus-storage system on the Galapagos Islands, the Ecuadorian ministry of energy and also non-renewable natural resources announced on Sunday.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Total Eren, tender, solar-storage project, Gran Solar, Galapagos Islands
Sungrow to furnish 36-MW solar-plus-storage plant at Egyptian gold mine
China's Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SHE:300274) revealed on Friday that it will supply tools for a 36-MW off-grid solar project at a gold mine in Egypt combined with a 7.5-MW battery.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Sungrow, China, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Egypt, PV Power Plant
China's Sinopec to spend USD 4.6 bn in eco-friendly H2 projects
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp (HKG:0386), much better known as Sinopec, will put CNY 30 billion (USD4.63 bn/EUR 3.93 bn) into environment-friendly power projects by 2025 to sustain its 2050 carbon-neutrality goal.
Aug 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, China, Asia, hydrogen, Solar Park, China Petroleum & Chemical Corp, Sinopec, Ma Yongsheng
Eight cos sign up with Masterplan Solarcity campaign in Berlin
Photovoltaics (PV) manufacturer Hanwha Q Cells GmbH, renewables business Naturstrom AG and 6 various other companies from the energy field have actually signed up with the Masterplan Solarcity initiative in Berlin that aims to increase the growth of solar energy in the German funding and also have authorized collaboration arrangements with Berlin's Senate.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Hanwha Q Cells, Berlin, Masterplan Solarcity
Electric gains in battery efficiency
A high-performance variation of the zinc-ion battery will enable stationary power storage space that assures to be less expensive, much safer and also a lot more environmentally friendly than lithium-ion batteries.
Aug 30, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Saudi Arabia, Asia, lithium-ion battery, KAUST, Yunpei Zhu, zinc-ion battery, battery efficiency
Sector 39 Waterworks in Chandigarh to Soon Welcome Solar Panels
The Municipal Corporation of Chandigarh will soon get its initial solar energy plant at the Sector 39 waterworks. The floating solar energy panels are expected to produce electrical energy worth 1.38 crore each year.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, India, Asia, Floating solar, Chandigarh, CREST, Sector 39 waterworks
EC approves EUR5.7 bn small solar setups scheme in France
The scheme is anticipated to make it possible for the nation to create added 3.7 GW in solar power
Aug 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, EC, Margrethe Vestager
Raptor Maps launches overview to solar inspections by manned aircraft
Raptor Maps has launched a manual for solar PV examinations with manned aircraft, a supplement to the training materials the firm has previously published for drones.
Aug 30, 2021 // Technology, Raptor Maps, Nikhil Vadhavkar
Hevel finishes 'very first' off-grid crossbreed PV plant in Russian Arctic
Russian module and also cell maker Hevel Solar has created a 2.6 MW off-grid solar-plus-diesel project in the Chukotka self-governing area on the eastern shore of Russia, which the firm said is the initial of its kind in the Russian Arctic zone.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Asia, Russia, Hevel Group, HJT, off-grid, hybrid projects
Solar Power As CSR Lights Up Temple In Sri Lanka Currently
Solar plants as CSR use an enormous possibility to take solar where they can actually include value. From institutions to religious places to commercial collections, there is a strong case to support solar adoption across Asia, specifically India.
Aug 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Fimer, Sri Lanka, Chirag Wijenayeke, Green Light Sri Lanka, KN Sreevatsa, manoj tharaka, Rathmalana Piyarathanarama TempleSolar CSR, S.L.A.M. Power Solutions
Global Solar Installations Reached 138.2 GW in 2020
In spite of the ongoing effect of COVID-19, a massive 138.2 GW of solar was set up in 2020, representing an 18% boost compared to 2019, locates a new report by SolarPower Europe. The study additionally found that the global collective solar capability reached 773.2 GW, surpassing 3 quarters of a terawatt for the first time ever, in 2020.
Aug 30, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Walburga Hemetsberger, SolarPower Europe, covid-19, Michael Schmela, Aristotelis Chantavas, EPIA, European Photovoltaic Industry Association, Global Market Outlook report