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Ameren targets 5.4 GW renewables ability by 2040 in web no aspiration
United States utility Ameren will certainly spend nearly US$ 8 billion to develop renewable resource over the next 20 years as it targets net-zero carbon exhausts by 2050 throughout all procedures in Missouri and Illinois.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, SEPA, North America, ameren, irp, utility, Marty Lyons, Warner Baxter, Ashok Gupta
Canadian Solar Comments on ITC Complaint Filed by Solaria
China-based solar module maker Canadian Solar has replied to the new ITC complaint filed by the Solaria Corporation.
Sep 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, Canadian Solar, solaria, solar modules, North America, patent, International
CSIRO register for 100 percent solar power with Garnaut's Zen Energy
Australia's major scientific study organisation, the CSIRO, has actually relied on solar to power its operations in Victoria, NSW and the ACT, through a long-term energy contract with the Ross Garnaut-led merchant Zen Energy.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, CSIRO, Zen Energy, Dave Agnew
TPI completes 1-megawatt solar array in Texarkana
Southwest Arkansas Electric Cooperative (SWAEC) introduced Monday (Sept. 28) the completion of the 1.4-megawatt C. Wayne Whitaker Solar Power Generation Facility off Highway 49 in Texarkana.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, TPI, Texarkana, SWAEC, Michael Henderson, Wayne Whitaker
HSBC downgrades Azure Power because of uncertainty on solar PPA
"Azure's bid for a 4 giga-watt (GW) renewable plus manufacturing plant won in October 2019 obtained exchanged a letter of award in June 2020 but still waits for a power purchase contract as state power distribution firms (discoms) remain financially stressed," HSBC stated.
Sep 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Adani Green Energy, hsbc, Azure Power
German solar battery maker sonnen expands ability as power aids end
German domestic solar battery manufacturer sonnen is expanding ability at its online in Wildpoldsried with need for residence storage space systems expected to grow as subsidy programs for providing eco-friendly power to the grid end.
Sep 29, 2020 // Storage, Germany, Europe, Sonnen, subsidy programs, Oliver Koch
Maxeon Solar Technologies Files Patent Action Against Canadian Solar in Japan
Maxeon Solar Technologies, Ltd., a global leader in solar innovation, today announced that it submitted a patent infringement suit versus Canadian Solar Japan K.K., in Tokyo District Court, Japan.
Sep 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Japan, Canadian Solar, Asia, Maxeon Solar, patent, Jeff Waters, Lindsey Wiedmann
6 new solar projects revealed as part of Elgin-Foresight joint endeavor
Prepare for 6 subsidy-free solar projects throughout Great Britain have actually been revealed, as part of a new joint venture between Elgin Energy and also financial investment team Foresight.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy, Ronan Kilduff, Foresight, Peter Bolton
GameChange Solar's New Modules Receive Approval from PV Manufacturers
GameChange Solar has received numerous authorization letters from PV module manufacturers that use their new, bigger modules with GameChange Solar's fixed-tilt as well as tracker systems.
Sep 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, PV module, GameChange Solar, Scott Van Pelt
How Tracker Technology Is Expanding the Footprint for Solar
The value of the international tracker market will certainly surpass the fixed-tilt market this year.
Sep 29, 2020 // Floating PV, Market Research, Wood Mackenzie, floating PV, PV tracker
Is solar all set for the high-power age?
There can be no doubt the pace of technological development in solar PV, but current innovations have actually caught even the most optimistic of industry stakeholders by surprise. Recently, solar modules with outputs of up to 450W hit the racks and left project designers drooling at the possibility of pressing more power right into each hectare of a prospective utility-scale project. As well as yet, the industry has actually barely had time to blink and modules with peak outcomes over of 550W are right here, with outcomes climbing greater also still.
Sep 29, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, JinkoSolar, Trina Solar, LONGi, wafer, large-area wafer, high power panels, high efficiency
Vattenfall opens its very first floating solar farm
Vattenfall has opened its first floating solar farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, Vattenfall, Ivo Iprenburg
Much Better Buy: First Solar vs. Canadian Solar
Both top solar firms, First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) and Canadian Solar (NASDAQ: CSIQ), have several things in common. Both detailed on the general public markets at around the exact same time. Each company created yearly income of about $3 billion last year. In addition, both companies primarily market solar components, develop as well as operate solar power systems, as well as offer relevant solutions. Let's take a look at why, regardless of these similarities, one supplies a better financial investment possibility than the various other.
Sep 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, First Solar
Three Solar Plants sells by LS Power
LS Power revealed today that it has actually participated in a contract to market its interests in the Dover Sun Park, the Arlington Valley Solar Energy II and also the Centinela Solar Energy projects to Capital Dynamics.
Sep 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, LS Power, John King, Paul Segal
Jena research study group provides unique approach to the storage of solar energy
Utilizing the power from the sunlight as successfully as nature does and also transforming it right into chemical energy might drastically lower worldwide CO2 emissions. A research team from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (Leibniz IPHT) and also the Friedrich Schiller University Jena has actually now come one action more detailed to this vision.
Sep 28, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Leibniz IPHT, Martin Schulz