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California EPC provider Sunworks gets installer Solcius for US$ 51.8 million
Solar and storage provider Sunworks has obtained installer Solcius in a deal worth US$ 51.8 million.
Apr 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, residential solar, North America, pv residential installer, Sunworks, iSun, peck
New Chinese policy proposition stories terminate of national solar aids
A draft proposal put forward by China's National Development and also Reform Commission might see aids for brand-new solar projects terminated, beginning this year.
Apr 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, China, Asia, residential solar, subsidies, policy, regulation
Spanish IPP Opdenergy intends to increase EUR400m in initial public offering
Spanish independent power producer (IPP) Opdenergy is preparing to introduce a going public (IPO) to assist fund the advancement of 3.7 GW of renewables projects across Europe and also the Americas.
Apr 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, IPO, Europe, OPDEnergy, Independent Power Producer, initial public offering
LONGi protects module supply offer for 190MW of projects in Malaysia
LONGi Solar will provide its high-efficiency modules to 2 projects in Malaysia totalling 190MW that were granted in the third round of country's large-scale solar tender program.
Apr 9, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Malaysia, Asia, PV module, LONGi, Dennis She, auctions and tenders
United States solar and also wind velocity 'not nearly enough' to satisfy Biden's environment targets
The United States' fleet of solar and wind generation capacity is readied to virtually triple over the next decade, but even this is not nearly enough to satisfy Head of state Biden's enthusiastic decarbonisation targets.
Apr 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BNEF, BloombergNEF, North America, Joe Biden, Solar ITC, itc extension
Saudi Arabia secures PPAs for near to 3 GW of fresh solar
Power acquisition contracts (PPA) for approximately 3 GW of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) projects have been checked in Saudi Arabia, it was announced on Thursday.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Saudi Arabia, PPA, Asia
Brazil's Northeast strikes new solar record of 561 MWa
Solar farms in the Brazilian Northeast have actually registered a brand-new regional solar generation record of 561 typical megawatts (MWa) on April 6.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, South america, Brazil, solar farm
Clearway breaks ground on 75 MW of solar projects in Hawaii
Clearway Energy Group on Thursday launched building of 2 solar projects in Hawaii that have a complete capability of 75 MW and are combined with a combined 300 MWh of storage.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Hawaii, North America, clearway, solar projects, Scott Seu
Dublin-based UrbanVolt to supply solar electricity to businesses for EUR0.10/ kWh.
Dublin-based energy effectiveness business UrbanVolt has actually launched a new service to provide solar power to huge as well as small businesses through roof solar installments.
Apr 9, 2021 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, EDF Renewables, Elgin Energy, UrbanVolt, Kevin Maughan, Dublin, Wexford Solar
Carbon dots from human hair increase solar cells
QUT researchers have actually used carbon dots, created from human hair waste sourced from a Brisbane hair salon, to develop a kind of "armor" to enhance the performance of cutting-edge solar modern technology.
Apr 9, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, Queensland University of Technology, Hongxia Wang, Prashant Sonar, Ngoc Duy Pham, Dmitri Golberg
Africa Greentec to mount solar systems in Chad
German Africa Greentec AG has signed framework contracts in Chad for the establishment of a joint venture with the nationwide electrical energy SNE. Through this unique function lorry, the German firm said it is "developing a green power supplier in the country." By the middle of this year, the initial megawatt-scale SNE diesel generators are to be replaced by solar plants.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, Africa Greentec
BlackRock Achieves a USD 4.8 Bn Final Close for Global Renewable Power Fund III
BlackRock Real Possessions has successfully achieved a US$ 4.8 billion last close of Global Renewable Power Fund III (" GRP III" or the "Fund") with dedications from over 100 institutional capitalists, including leading public as well as personal pension plan funds, insurance companies, endowments, structures and also family members workplaces from over 18 nations worldwide.
Apr 9, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BlackRock, Europe, Asia, North America, David Giordano, BlackRock Renewable Power, Jim Barry
Agrivoltaics Guarantee Conjunction With Agriculture For Solar
Solar, despite excellent development for in the direction of coming to be the cheapest, greenest and also cleanest source of power, still has one weak spot. The large systems of land that are needed for each MW of solar created on the ground.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Japan, Solar Panels, Solar Energy, Asia, agrivoltaics, Delhi, Farmdo Group
IIT-Guwahati Team Establishes brand-new Technique to Boost Li-ion Batteries Performance
A new strategy has been developed at IIT-Guwahati which can aid increase the performance of Li-ion batteries that are extensively used in EVs
Apr 9, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, India, Asia, electric vehicles, EVs, IIT-Guwahati, Sisir Kumar Nayak
Statkraft Finishes 2nd Irish Power Storage Space Project
The Norwegian utility went into a contract with EirGrid and also has begun supplying reserves to the nationwide electrical power grid in the event of an unexpected drop-off in supply.
Apr 9, 2021 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, Kevin O’Donovan, Storage Project