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Tata Power to Develop 15 MW Solar Plant in Jharkhand for Tata Steel
Tata Power has revealed that TP Saurya Limited has actually signed a PPA with Tata Steel Limited (TSL) to establish a 15 MW solar project in Jharkhand.
Mar 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, tata power, Praveer Sinha, PV Power Plant, Jharkhand, Tata Steel
China can set up PV systems up to 75 GW up until completion of 2021
China's National Energy Administration (NEA) released further data worrying last year's total solar PV market growth, says the consultancy Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory Co. Ltd. (AECEA). As necessary, the 48.2 GW deployed throughout 2020 are comprised by 32.7 GW of utility-scale systems, 10.1 GW of residential PV and 5.4 GW of commercial & industrial (C&I) PV systems.
Mar 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, AECEA, Asia
Nextracker to supply devices for 830 MW PV plant in Brazil
Nextracker Inc. has actually been picked by Brazilian EPC company Andrade Gutierrez and designer Elera Renováveis (previously Brookfield Energia Renovável) to supply 830 MW of its solar tracker innovation, NX Horizon for Phase I of the Janaúba solar complex situated near the city of Janaúba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Mar 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, South america, Brazil, tracker, Nextracker, minas gerais, PV Power Plant
Solar energy tire manufacturing at Bridgestone manufacturing facility in South Carolina
Bridgestone Americas, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Japanese Bridgestone Corporation, revealed its initial ground solar array giving power straight to the manufacturing procedure. The brand-new 2 MW PV plant is located at the business's Aiken County, Passenger/Light Truck Tire Plant in Graniteville, South Carolina.
Mar 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, North America, South Carolina, PV Power Plant, Paolo Ferrari, Bridgestone factory
Swissolar estimates enhancement of approximately 460 MW of PV in 2020
New solar power systems with an ability of an approximated 430 to 460 MW were mounted in Switzerland last year. This represents a development of 30 to 39 percent contrasted to 2019, estimates Swissolar, the Swiss solar power trade organization.
Mar 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Switzerland, Swissolar, David Stickelberger
Plastic solar cells integrate high-speed optical communication with indoor energy harvesting
Around the world there are currently more than 18 billion internet-connected smart phones. In the following 10 years, prepared for development in the Internet of Things (IoT) and in machine-type interaction as a whole, will certainly cause a world of thousands of billions of data-connected things.
Mar 3, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, Harald Haas, University of Strathclyde, University of St Andrews
The Indian Connection at HuntPerovskite, No 1 Perovskite Linked Patents Company
United States based Hunt Perovskite Technologies (HPT) revealed yesterday that the USA License and also Trademark Office (USPTO) has actually provided HPT 2 added patents related to its recurring operate in the growth of published steel halide perovskite photovoltaic or pv (PV) devices.
Mar 3, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Michael Irwin, huntperovskite, perovskite patents, scott burton, vivek v dhas
Avaada Gets Decision From MERC for 250 MW Solar Project with MSEDCL
MERC had guided both events i.e. Avaada and MSEDCL to finish the formalities under the RfS as well as execute the PPA by March 2, 2021.
Mar 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PPA, India, Avaada Energy, Asia, MSEDCL, MERC, MERC Avaada MSEDCL
Jedlix Cheaper Tesla Charging
With the increase In global warming, electric vehicles are considered a welcome change. The number of electric cars is increasing due to their large number of benefits. Such as reduced harmful pollutants from exhaust gasses; it is cheaper to run, the cost of operating an electric vehicle is less than 40 percent compared to internal combustion engines, it is more inexpensive to maintain. It is better for both our health and our environment.
Mar 3, 2021 // Transport, TESLA, Europe, electric vehicles, EV, Jedlix
FlexiDao - Tracking solar power production
FlexiDao is a Barcelona-based cleantech start-up that introduced software known as REReSpring. FelxiDao was created to speed up the transition from fossil-fuel-based fuel and centralized energy delivery systems to decarbonized and decentralized systems.
Mar 3, 2021 // Software, blockchain, FlexiDAO, stratrtup, solar tu fuel
Ultra-fast electron dimension gives important findings for the solar industry
Using a new method, physicists from TU Freiberg, together with researchers from Berkeley and Hamburg, are for the very first time evaluating at the femtosecond range the processes in a version system for natural solar cells This can be utilized to develop high-performance as well as reliable solar cells. Trick to this are ultra-fast flashes of light, with which the team led by Dr. Friedrich Roth operates at FLASH in Hamburg, the globe's initial free-electron laser in the X-ray area.
Mar 2, 2021 // Technology, Hamburg, solar cell, efficiency, Berkeley, TU Freiberg, Friedrich Roth, Roth from, Serguei Molodtsov
Fortum to develop biggest solar farm in Russia
116MW project in the south of the country will be fully commissioned in H2 2022
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Asia, Russia, Fortum, solar farm
RE2 Robotics obtains $1.9 million in DOE financing for automated photovoltaic panel placement on utility-scale projects
RE2 Robotics has actually been chosen for $1.9 million in financing from the UNITED STATE Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to create a robotic system for the Outdoor Autonomous Manipulation of Photovoltaic Panels (O-AMPP).
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, solar panel, North America, utility-scale projects, RE2 Robotics, Amanda Sgroi, Jorgen Pedersen
Bridgestone Americas tire plant currently powered by 2-MW ground-mounted solar project
Bridgestone Americas revealed its very first ground-mounted solar array offering power directly to the manufacturing process. The brand-new solar array is located at the firm's Aiken County, South Carolina, Passenger/Light Truck Tire Plant in Graniteville, South Carolina. The brand-new installment includes around 8 acres of solar panels that produce 2 MW of power.
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar Project, Bridgestone Americas, Paolo Ferrari, Jim DeMouy
US ROUND-UP: EDF indications second PPA for Texas project, Exelon separates utility & affordable energy company
Chicago-based energy company Exelon’s board of directors have agreed to separate its power generation business from its utility interests, creating two publicly-listed companies. Energy group EDF has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (PPA) for the second tranche of its Texas solar project with an affiliate of listed energy partnership group Enterprise Products partners.
Mar 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, C&I, PPA, North America, exelon, EDF Renewables, SEEIT, SDCL, Onyx Renewables, space city solar, spinoff, texas solar