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Lightsource bp Begins Work on California Pollinator Friendly Solar Farm
Lightsource bp has efficiently closed on a USD 20 million financing plan and mobilised building on its Wildflower Solar project in California.
Sep 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, California, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, International, solar projects, Arlen Orchard
ACWA Power Announces Financial Close for 900 MW PhV of MBR Solar Park
ACWA Power has actually completed the signing of all financing agreements of the 900 MW fifth stage of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum (MBR) Solar Park in Dubai.
Sep 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, ACWA Power, Dubai, Rajit Nanda, International, solar projects
Sterling and Wilson Bags Two Solar Projects Well Worth 300 MW in Australia
Sterling as well as Wilson Solar has gotten orders worth AUD 300 million or Rs 1600 crore for 2 large-scale solar power projects worth 300 MW in Australia.
Sep 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Bikesh Ogra, Sterling and Wilson Solar
Siemens as well as Fluence to Develop 15 MW Storage System on Portuguese Island
Siemens Smart Infrastructure, in partnership with Fluence, was granted an agreement by the Portuguese power service provider EDA-- Electricidade dos Açores to develop a battery-based energy storage space system on Terceira, the second most significant island in regards to electrical usage of the Azores island chain in the Atlantic Ocean. The project intends to make the island a lot more sustainable as well as is scheduled for completion in 2021.
Sep 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Portugal, Europe, BESS, Siemens, Fluence, Duarte José Botelho da Ponte, Fernando Silva
Ginlong Solis' PV inverter sales established new documents
PV inverter supplier Ginlong Solis has set new quarterly as well as half-year earnings figures as the firm remains to broaden its worldwide footprint and also string inverter item profile.
Sep 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, China, pv power plants, Asia, solar-plus-storage, residential, pv string inverter, ginlong solis technologies
GoodWe marks 'brand-new phase' as it finishes IPO, notes on Shanghai Stock Exchange
Inverter producer GoodWe has actually detailed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, with the business backing its IPO to aid it go after a new growth method.
Sep 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, IPO, inverter, GoodWe, shanghai stock exchange, Rong Shen
New manufacturing technique for antimony sulfide-selenide PV cells
Chinese researchers have discovered a brand-new hydrothermal method for the straight deposition of antimony sulfide-selenide films. They utilized ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid to regulate the response system, giving the film a flat, portable surface morphology. It has a performance of 10.5%, an open-circuit voltage of 664 mV, a short-circuit current of 23.8 mA centimeters − 2, and a fill element of 66.3%.
Sep 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, PV cells
Perovskites in space
Researchers led by the Technical University of Munich have actually loaded a selection of perovskite and also natural solar cells onto a rocket, and also sent it right into orbit 240 kilometers over the planet's surface. Their outcomes demonstrate strong capacity for such technologies to power satellites and also even deep space goals.
Sep 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskites, Peter Müller-Buschbaum, Andreas Meyer
Adani currently the world's largest solar power designer
India's biggest private-sector thermal power producer-- which ranked as the sixth-largest solar gamer internationally in 2019-- has actually climbed to the top place adhering to a Solar Energy Corporation of India (Seci) award to create 8 GW of Indian solar project capability.
Sep 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, Asia, Adani
Burkina Faso welcomes bids for building and construction of four PV solar power plants
The federal government of Burkina Faso through the national power utility Sonabel, officially Societe Nationale d'electricite du Burkina Faso, has actually released a Notice of Invitation to Tender (AOO) requiring bids for the engineering, purchase, and also building and construction of four photovoltaic or pv solar power plants with a total capacity of 9 MWp in three different areas in the West African country.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, pv power plants, Urbasolar, Africa, Burkina Faso, Sonabel, African Development Bank (AfDB), government of Burkina Faso, Societe Nationale d’electricite du Burkina Faso, Yeleen Rural Electrification Project
Encavis partners on Danish subsidy-free solar
Arrangement with GreenGo Energy to develop first project as part of prepare for 500MW-plus of advancements
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, encavis, Karsten Nielsen, GreenGo Energy
South Somerset District Council introduces 2nd BESS to improve 'distinct position'
South Somerset District Council (SSDC) is to build a 2nd Battery Energy Storage Site (BESS), announcing a 40MW facility that will be located near Fareham in Hampshire.
Sep 4, 2020 // Storage, UK, Europe, Kiwi Power, Opium Power, Bsr Epc, John Clark, South Somerset District Council
France commits EUR30 billion to energy change
The French federal government will certainly make use of around EUR9 billion of its brand-new EUR30 billion international investment package to sustain the advancement of a hydrogen economic climate, as part of the country's Covid-19 recovery plan.
Sep 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, hydrogen, Enerplan
Floating PV powering sieving machines, suction excavators at German quarry
Rheinland Solar has constructed a 750 kW floating solar plant to power several sieving makers as well as suction excavators at a quarry in Germany. On weekends, the excess electricity is offered to the grid at market prices.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, Rheinland Solar
NTPC Enlisting EPC Vendors for Floating & Ground Mounted Solar Projects
NTPC Ltd has actually provided an NIA for the enlistment of EPC Vendors for the advancement of floating or ground-mounted solar power projects of NTPC.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, EPC, India, tender, NTPC, floating PV, Asia, solar projects