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Western Australia introduces AU$ 55m solar, storage investment in post-pandemic kickstarter
Western Australia will certainly spend AU$ 56.3 million (US$ 40.11 million) in solar power as part of a new renewable resource plan developed to kickstart the state's economy complying with the influences of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Jul 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, climate council, Oceania, covid-19, green recovery, Mark McGowan
sPower finishes up financing for firm's largest solar project to date
United States independent power producer (IPP) sPower has wrapped up financing for its biggest project to date after safeguarding a US$ 700 million construction/term car loan.
Jul 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, sPower, Virginia, pv power plants, North America, Brian Callaway, spotsylvania solar
Iberdrola unveils plans for 'Europe's largest' solar-storage-hydrogen project
Iberdrola is to create a landmark solar-storage-hydrogen facility in main Spain, proclaiming it to be largest commercial environment-friendly hydrogen center in Europe once total.
Jul 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Iberdrola, hybrid, hydrogen, battery, green hydrogen, colocation, storagecolocation
Philippines' nexus technique for water as well as solar energy supply
The country's National Irrigation Administration will certainly bank on floating PV and also solar-powered irrigation to boost water and power supply. The Pantabangan as well as Casecnan dams, in the province of Nueva Ecija in the Central Luzon region, have been recognized as perfect locations for floating solar.
Jul 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Philippines
Umweltbank finances 110 MW solar project in Germany
Designer Anumar has actually secured the trademark of Norwegian renewables firm Statkraft on a 50 MW power acquisition agreement for the project and another 30 MW of generation capability has actually been awarded a feed-in premium tariff in a tender. Umweltbank supplied a EUR55 million lending.
Jul 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe, Anumar, Umweltbank, Thomas Benz
NTPC opens tender to acquire 1 GW of already-built solar projects
PV plants should have a minimum generation capacity of 50 MW (Air Conditioning) and offer power at a maximum price of Rs5/kWh.
Jul 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, pv power plants, NTPC, Asia
World's cheapest bid of $0.0135/ kWh wins in Abu Dhabi's 2 GW solar tender
Emirates Water and also Electricity Co. awarded the 2 GW project to a consortium that consists of Abu Dhabi National Energy Co., Masdar, French energy team EDF, as well as China's JinkoPower.
Jul 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Masdar, EDF, tender, Asia, United Arab Emirates, EWEC, Jasim Husain Thabet
EU keeps anti-subsidy duties on solar glass from China
The duties, which were introduced in May 2014, presently vary from 3.2% to 17.1%. The European Commission has actually wrapped up that there are no compelling factors to ditch definitive countervailing steps on solar glass imports from China.
Jul 27, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Europe, Asia, Xinyi Solar
SunPower to release 625 W shingled module
Group spinoff Maxeon Solar Technologies will generate the new Performance 5 modules with bifacial mono-PERC solar cells, made from huge layout eight-inch G12 wafers. The panels boast a performance of 21.2%.
Jul 27, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, SunPower, Total, North America, Maxeon Solar Technologies
Repsol to get hold of half of 1.6-GW-plus wind, solar portfolio in Chile
Spanish oil-and-gas major Repsol SA (BME: REP) on Thursday claimed it has authorized an agreement with compatriot Grupo Ibereolica Renovables to gain access to a 1,688-MW wind as well as solar portfolio in Chile in 2025, with a possibility for another 1,000 MW in 2030.
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, repsol
Q Cells presents eco-friendly electrical energy tariffs for German companies
Hanwha Q Cells GmbH today revealed the launch of environmental electrical power tariffs for little and also medium-sized business in Germany, according to its plan to become a full-service eco-friendly power solutions supplier.
Jul 24, 2020 // Tariffs, Germany, Europe, Hanwha Q Cells
ET Solar unveils brand-new 525/545 W bifacial module series
The Elite Plus module collection has a front-side performance ranging from 20.0% to 20.7%. The half-cut panel includes a clear backsheet.
Jul 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, bifacial, Asia, ET Solar, PV module, efficiency
Portugal's hydrogen call brings in EUR16 billion of suggested financial investments
The suggested projects come from Portuguese and also European companies covering the whole worth chain. The call, which has a budget of up to EUR40 billion, is part of the country's hydrogen method.
Jul 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Portugal, Europe, hydrogen
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power acquires 123-MW solar project from First Solar
First Solar announced that Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, a personal business handled by the Renewable Power Group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), got the 123-MWAC American Kings Solar project in a transaction that shut at the end of June 2020. Found in Kings County, California, the project is backed by a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison as well as is set up to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, First Solar, Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, Eric Heintz, Greg Roer, Richard Romero
Opus One Solutions software utilized to optimize solar power combination right into SCE grid
Opus One Solutions, a carrier of transactive as well as dispersed energy management software, announced a contract to deploy its GridOS Transactive Energy Management System (TEMS) for a demonstration at Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the largest electrical utilities in the United States.
Jul 24, 2020 // Software, USA, North America, Opus One Solutions, Mark Hormann