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Solar-wind-energy storage space hybrid to power Rio Tinto mine
A solar-wind-energy storage hybrid project is to power a Madagascan mine after Rio Tinto authorized a power acquisition contract with independent power manufacturer CrossBoundary Energy.
Jul 27, 2021 // Plants, Storage, hybrid, mining, Rio Tinto, off-grid, QMM
Speed of US climate options have to increase five-fold, says DOE director
The speed of environment action in the US is "completely undesirable", according to the director of the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Loan Programme Office, Jigar Shah.
Jul 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, doe, wall street, Jigar Shah
Californian ratepayers could save US$ 120 billion by 2051 with expanding DERs
Support for dispersed energy sources (DERs) like rooftop solar, area solar and also battery storage space can save Californian ratepayers US$ 120 billion over the following three decades, according to a brand-new report.
Jul 27, 2021 // Residential, Storage, Grids, California, USA, North America, Vibrant Clean Energy, ders, Christopher Clack
NextEra Energy includes 1.84 GW to renewables, energy storage backlog as earnings slides
US utility titan NextEra Energy included 1.84 GW of renewables and energy storage projects to its backlog in Q2 2021, however its Energy Resources division reported a financial loss of US$ 315 million.
Jul 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, NextEra Energy, Jim Robo
Eni obtains 1GW of Spanish solar from Azora
Oil and also gas giant Eni has actually obtained 1.2 GW of Spanish renewables from Madrid-based European private equity manager Azora.
Jul 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Eni, m&a, Azora
Bloom Energy, Heliogen companion on eco-friendly hydrogen production
Heliogen and Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) will certainly partner to generate green hydrogen from water as well as focused solar energy, the California-based firms said last week.
Jul 26, 2021 // Solar to Fuel, USA, hydrogen, North America, Heliogen, Bill Gross, Bloom Energy
Sunnova prices USD-212m solar securitisation
United States domestic solar and also battery storage firm Sunnova Energy International Inc (NYSE: NOVA) recently valued a USD-212-million (EUR 180m) securitisation of residential solar and also battery loan plans.
Jul 26, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Sunnova, North America, Robert Lane
Bulgaria's Filkab Solar begins construction of 8MW PV plant near Plovdiv
Bulgarian renewable energy company Filkab Solar, part of regional electric devices maker Filkab, has begun the building and construction of a 4.5 million euro ($5.3 million) solar park with 8MW capacity near the city of Plovdiv, regional media reported.
Jul 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, PV Power Plant, Bulgaria, Filkab Solar
X-Elio closes finance for 119-MW solar project in Mexico
Spanish solar developer as well as operator X-Elio has closed a USD-44.1-million (EUR 37.5 m) funding arrangement for its 119-MW Perote II solar photovoltaic (PV) project in Mexico.
Jul 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Mexico, North America, x-elio, pv power plan
Scientist Make Instance for Gallium-doped p-type Heterojunction Solar Cells
Australian-Russian Research team has actually created Gallium-doped p-type SHJ solar cell wafers. They are 22.6% efficient with better stability and also cheaper costs.
Jul 26, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, solar cells, heterojunction, Oceania, Hevel Solar, n-type solar wafers, p-type gallium-doped wafers, Silicon Heterojunction Solar Cells, University of New South Wales
Enel secures solar PPA with Italian grocery store chain Pam Panorama
Italy's Enel SpA (BIT: ENEL) revealed recently that its subsidiary Enel Energia has inked a ten-year company power purchase contract (PPA) to provide 160 GWh of solar electricity each year to local grocery store chain PAM Panorama.
Jul 26, 2021 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Enel, PV Power Plant, PAM Panorama, Alessandro Riolfo
Meyer Burger weighes legal choices as Oxford PV ends partnership
Meyer Burger Technology AG (SWX: MBTN) is thinking about lawful options to impose its right after its perovskite solar cells manufacturing companion Oxford Photovoltaics Ltd terminated an existing cooperation contract between both "for own strategic factors".
Jul 26, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, solar cells, oxford pv, perovskite, meyer burger, Frank P Averdung
Octopus Renewables to get up-to-250-MW Irish solar portfolio from Statkraft
Octopus Renewables Infrastructure Trust plc (LON: ORIT) has accepted acquire a portfolio of five solar projects in Ireland with a capacity of as much as 250 MW from Statkraft Ireland Ltd
Jul 26, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft, Octopus Renewables
Neoen shuts funding for 11 MW/8 MWh of storage space projects in El Salvador
French renewable resource firm Neoen SA (EPA: NEOEN) claimed that it has secured the financing for 2 battery storage projects amounting to 11 MW/8 MWh in El Salvador.
Jul 26, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, El Salvador, neoen, North America
Ringo stars in French energy storage space pilot
TSO RTE is partnering with Nidec Industrial Solutions on the three-year project
Jul 26, 2021 // Storage, France, Europe, rte, Dominique Llonch