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Australia's Ambitious $16 Billion Solar Project Will Be The World's Biggest
The world's most ambitious renewable resource project to day is the recommended Australia-- ASEAN Power Link. This project would combine the globe's largest solar farm, the largest battery, as well as the longest undersea electricity cable. The 10 gigawatt (GW) solar farm would cover 30,000 acres in Australia's warm Northern Territory. That is about the matching of 9 million roof solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) panels.
Nov 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, NREL, Australia, Oceania, Siemens, Solar Project
Chile reveals auction for 2,310 GWh of power as well as storage space
Chilean authorities have revealed strategies to carry out an auction next year, looking to acquire 2,310 GWh of eco-friendly power from generation and also storage.
Nov 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, EDP, Engie, Enel, Chile, South america, auctions, Solarpack, tenders
Exide Boost Risk in Li-ion Battery JV With Leclanche to 80.15%.
Battery manufacturer Exide Industries has actually increased its stake in its JV with Swiss firm Leclanche to 80.15 percent with an additional financial investment of Rs 33.17 crore.
Nov 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, India, Asia, Leclanché, EVs, Exide, Exide Stake in Leclanche JV, Li-ion Battery
Vesper Energy Protects Letter of Credit Center for as much as $100 Million
New Financing Will Fast-Track the Development of Its 3 GW Solar, 2.5 GWh Energy Storage North American Project Pipeline
Nov 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, North America, Macquarie Group, Craig Carson, vesper energy
IIT Madras Establishes Solar-Powered Survey Craft for Indian Ports as well as Rivers
Researchers at IIT Madras have actually developed a solar-powered unmanned independent survey craft for Indian ports and inland rivers.
Nov 24, 2020 // Technology, India, Asia, IIT Madras, IIT Madras Solar Survey Craft, Solar Survey Craft
Coal India to develop solar projects with $760m investment
Coal India (CIL) has actually announced plans to invest Rs56.5 bn ($ 763m) over the following 4 years to develop 14 solar power projects in the nation.
Nov 24, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Solar Power Projects, Coal India
CCE and also Enernovum to develop 1 GW PV systems in Italy
The Austrian CCE Group GmbH and German Enernovum GmbH intend to mount additional photovoltaic or pv projects in Italy. A pipe of project legal rights with a complete size of one gigawatt has currently been developed in main and also southerly Italy, according to the companies, which have been active on the Italian market for greater than ten years. 2 years ago, a joint endeavor began to develop a pipeline of "grid parity plants" that can be run without subsidies.
Nov 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, solar projects, CCE Group GmbH, Enernovum GmbH
Researchers understand framework of promising battery materials
A class of products called steel natural structures, or MOFs, has actually drawn in considerable interest over the last several years for a variety of possible energy-related applications - specifically since researchers found that these typically protecting products might likewise be made electrically conductive.
Nov 24, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Sweden, China, Europe, Asia, MIT, North America, fuel cells, Mircea Dinca, metal organic frameworks
EnergyLink3 and C4V develop cobalt-free lithium battery for use on agricultural solar projects
Energylink3 has developed a less toxic lithium battery storage space system for use in farming and also eco sensitive areas to store power from farm-based as well as rural solar arrays. EnergyLink3 batteries will be made in New York at a previous IBM university by C4V as well as iM3, which has been sustained by a $13.25 million financial investment by Governor Cuomo's administration, making it the globe's seventh Gigafactory.
Nov 24, 2020 // Storage, USA, North America, cobalt-free lithium battery, Energylink3, Sumanth Chepuri
Broad Reach Power gets 100-MWh Cascade Energy Storage project from Enel subsidiary
Broad Reach Power, an independent power manufacturer based in Houston that has a 5-GW portfolio of utility-scale solar and also energy storage power projects, introduced it has acquired the 25-MW/100-MWh front-of-the-meter Cascade Energy Storage project located beyond Stockton, California from a subsidiary of Enel.
Nov 24, 2020 // Storage, USA, North America, Broad Reach Power, Cascade Energy Storage, Justin Amirault, Steve Vavrik
Dominion Energy Virginia indications 75-MW solar PPA with Savion
Savion introduced Dominion Energy Virginia signed a PPA to receive 75 MW of renewable solar power with the Wythe County Solar Project, located in Wythe County in Southwest Virginia. The power purchase arrangement undergoes approval from the Virginia State Corporation Commission as part of a current Dominion Energy declaring.
Nov 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Virginia, Dominion Energy, North America, Savion, Diana Scholtes, Emil Avram
Iberdrola enhances environment-friendly hydrogen aspirations with Spanish electrolyser offer
Spanish utility Iberdrola aims to speed up the manufacturing of green hydrogen after signing a contract with Norwegian business Nel and developing a brand-new endeavor dedicated to the setup and also upkeep of electrolyser plants.
Nov 23, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Solar to Fuel, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, hydrogen, Ignacio Galán, utility, solar-plus-hydrogen
Sonnedix and Amundi companion to purchase European solar properties
Independent power manufacturer Sonnedix will certainly increase investment in Europe via a brand-new collaboration with a fund handled by French possession manager Amundi.
Nov 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, IPP, Sonnedix, Europe, amundi, Carlos Guinand
Construction begins on solar glass greenhouse
The Australian wise building products firm ClearVue Technologies Limited has actually started construction on a clear solar glass greenhouse at Murdoch University south of Perth. It's the very first commercial-scale technology presentation using the ClearVue technology in a safeguarded cropping farming setup. The primary building and construction is to be completed by December with completing and also appointing in early 2021. The Murdoch University will conduct trials in the greenhouse.
Nov 23, 2020 // BIPV, Technology, Australia, Oceania, Chengdao Li, ClearVue Technologies Limited, Ken Jagger, solar glass greenhouse
Hawaiian Electric recommends solar projects on Molokai and also Lanai
Hawaiian Electric has actually suggested 2 solar projects-- one on Molokai and also the various other on Lanai-- in feedback to its own program to increase adoption of renewable energy in Hawaii.
Nov 23, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Hawaii, North America, solar projects, hawaiian electric