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Hydrogen in crossbreed perovskites is less innocent than it looks
Researchers in the products department in UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering have uncovered a significant reason for constraints to effectiveness in a brand-new generation of solar cells.
Apr 30, 2021 // Technology, USA, hydrogen, solar cell, perovskite, North America, UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering
NREL as well as Accela launch property solar permittting system
Software program company Accela is signing up with pressures with the US Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) on a new platform offering faster permitting for household solar as well as battery energy storage projects.
Apr 30, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Software, Policy, NREL, solar-plus-storage, doe, accela, Tom Nieto
India to support integrated PV factory with PLI system
Solar manufacturers that plan on setting up incorporated, higher capacity plants in India will be given choice in the country's brand-new production-linked incentive (PLI) programme.
Apr 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, high efficiency modules, module production
BayWa Oz solar farm hits initial power milestone
106MW PV plant in northern Victoria ultimately connected to grid after 18-month delay
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, solar farm, BayWa Oz, Fleur Yaxley
Opdenergy signs offtakes for 362MW Spanish solar
New PPAs with 10-year terms connect to 8 PV plants in the designer's stockpile
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, Europe, OPDEnergy, Luis Cid
Dominion seeks 1GW in Virginia
US designer crazy about brand-new solar, onshore wind and also energy storage projects
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, dominion, Ed Baine
SolarEdge launches 120-kW inverter for business ground-mount solar projects
SolarEdge Technologies introduced the launch of its brand-new 120-kW Three Phase Inverter with Synergy Technology.
Apr 29, 2021 // Inverters, SolarEdge
Hoosier Solar planning 1.6 GW of solar projects in the Hoosier state
Hoosier Solar Holdings is establishing 1,600 MW of solar projects in financially troubled, country communities across Indiana that have actually been designated as "Qualified Opportunity Zones."
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, Hoosier Solar Holdings, Paul Mitchell, T.J. Kanczuzewski, Carl Weatherley-White
Engie to establish 2GW renewable energy portfolio in Chile by 2025
Engie has actually increased its renewables release targets in Chile as part of strategies to finish its coal-fired generation activities in the nation by 2025.
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Engie, Chile, South america, energy transition, utility, coal decommissioning, Catherine MacGregor
DOE announces US$ 8.25 bn in loans to support grid transmission improvements
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has earmarked US$ 8.25 billion in loans to support grid transmission enhancements as more renewables are contributed to the nation's power mix.
Apr 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, doe, department of energy, biden, clean energy transition, Jennifer Granholm, american jobs plan, loan programs office, texas winter storm, western area power administration
Nextracker progresses with prepared initial public offering
California-headquartered solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker is moving forward with a proposed going public (IPO) of the business.
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, IPO, trackers, North America, Flex, Nextracker, initial public offering, listing
Sunnova revenue surges as United States residential solar need continues to be high
Sunnova has reported a surge in Q1 2021 profits as the US residential solar installer lauded its software application as well as services capabilities.
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, TESLA, Sunrun, SunPower, Sunnova, North America, William J. Berger
SEIA concerns new protocol to promote ethical solar supply chains
The US Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has introduced a new tool to make it simpler for solar designers to map where their modules and modern technologies are made and make sure an ethical supply chain.
Apr 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, SunPower, North America, labour, solar supply chain, Suzanne Leta, xingjiang
Chinese Consortium to Spend and Financing 1.1 GW Solar Farm in Brazil
The consortium of CDIL & CMEC have actually participated in a development arrangement for the EPC and funding of a 1.1 GW solar project in Brazil
Apr 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, CMEC, South america, Brazil, Asia, International, solar projects, CDIL
Biden Administration Picks 5 GW Mega Solar Project in Africa
Mega Solar is a partnership in between the Govts of Namibia and also Botswana, and others, which is expected to create as much as 5 GW of solar energy.
Apr 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Botswana, Namibia, International, biden, Mega Solar, Mark Carrato, Ambassador Johnson, Power Africa