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Panasonic raises four solar setup companies to Elite and Premium program levels
Panasonic has actually promoted 4 solar installments companies to new degrees of the company's Residential Solar Installer program.
Apr 12, 2021 // Residential, USA, Panasonic, North America, David Lopez, Yessica Castillo
Masdar and EDF start construction deal with 300MW solar plant in Saudi Arabia
A consortium between Abu Dhabi-based Masdar, EDF Renewables and Nesma Holding Company has broken ground on a 300MW PV project in Saudi Arabia.
Apr 12, 2021 // Plants, Masdar, Saudi Arabia, PPA, EDF, Asia, power purchase agreement, middle east, EDF Renewables, Bruno Bensasson
Green Hydrogen for Scotland project targets 40MW of solar as well as 50MW of battery storage
British energy business ScottishPower is targeting as much as 40MW of solar as part of its Green Hydrogen for Scotland project.
Apr 12, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, Solar to Fuel, green hydrogen, solar farm, ITM Power, BOC, ScottishPower, Whitelee wind farm
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