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Vistra to spend US$ 850m on almost 1GW of solar and storage projects in Texas
Texas-based Vistra will certainly develop nearly 1GW of solar and also storage projects in the following 2 years as the utility plans to attain internet zero carbon discharges by 2050.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, solar-plus-storage, North America, Vistra, ERCOT, Curt Morgan, utility
DSM markets solar finishings organization to Covestro as part of bigger EUR1.4 billion deal
Major products science company, Royal DSM has actually sold its Resins & Functional Materials (RFM) organizations including the finishings activities of DSM Advanced Solar, known for its anti-reflective (AR) material layers for solar glass as well as on-field PV power plant updating, to rival Covestro AG for a cash sum of around EUR1.4 billion.
Sep 30, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, pv modules, royal dsm, dsm advanced solar, pv backsheet, Geraldine Matchett, Dimitri de Vreeze, anti-reflective coating
Helios acquires 50MW center, Duke plans floating solar park at military base
Helios acquires 50MW center, Duke plans floating solar park at military base
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, USA, PPA, floating PV, Duke Energy, solar-plus-storage, North America, NextEra, sol systems, Louisiana, helios infrastructure, us utility, edf renewables,
Trina Solar including a further 10GW of brand-new module setting up ability as target of 50GW approaches
'Solar Module Super League' (SMSL) member Trina Solar has revealed further module assembly capability growth plans that sustain a new target of accomplishing no less than 50GW of overall module assembly nameplate ability by the end of 2021.
Sep 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, Asia, Trina Solar
World's First Graphene-Enabled Perovskite Solar Farm in Greece
The solar farm infrastructure based upon graphene-perovskite panels were effectively examined in an outside area on a Greek island.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Greece, Europe, perovskite, Aldo di Carlo, Graphene, solar farm
Karapınar Solar Energy Plant browses the web, Turkey.
The Karapınar Solar Energy Plant, created on a 20-million-square-meter land in the Central Anatolian province of Konya, Turkey, has begun producing power virtually 3 years ahead of its expected completion day. Kalyon Holding Energy Group executive Murtaza Ata specified that "we will finish the building and construction of this center in 32 months. Solar panels with an ability of 1,300 megawatts will certainly be developed. The works will certainly be finished by May or June 2023. We will certainly generate 2.6 million kilowatt-hours [kWh] of power annually when it's completed."
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Turkey, PV Power Plant, Karapınar Solar Energy, Murtaza Ata
Elgin Energy to create 38MW solar farm in Kettering
is to develop a 38MW solar farm on the site of a former Second World War landing strip in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Elgin Energy, Isobel Hollands
Swindon Borough Council signs PPA with Total for Chapel Farm solar site
Swindon Borough Council has introduced a solar balanced out system, signing a power purchase contract (PPA) with Total Gas and Power.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, PPA, Europe, Swindon Borough Council, Keith Williams
Hive Energy starts building and construction on 'turning point' 13MW subsidy-free solar park
Hive Energy has started building and construction on a 13MW subsidy-free solar park in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, subsidy-free, hive energy, Solar Park, Hugh Brennan
Sungrow Celebrates Grid-Connection of China's Largest Solar Plus Storage Project
Sungrow is commemorating the grid link of China's biggest solar-plus-storage project partnering with Huanghe Hydropower Development.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Sungrow, China, Asia, solar-plus-storage, International, solar projects
GUVNL Tenders for Procuring 500 MW Solar Power
GUVNL has actually issued a tender, inviting bids from eligible projects and also project developers for the acquisition of 500 MW of solar energy.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, tender, Asia, gujarat, GUVNL, Solar Power, RPO
SJVN Secures 100 MW Solar Project at Raghanesda Solar Park
SJVN Ltd has announced that it has actually nabbed a 100 MW solar PV power project in the Raghanesda Solar Park and also will certainly quickly start work on the Rs 490 crore project.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, gujarat, Solar Park, SJVN
Utility-Scale Solar Capacity net Additions in US to Rise 10% Yearly to 2024: Report
Utility-scale solar producing capability internet additions in the United States are forecast to see compound annual development of 10 percent in regards to watts through 2024.
Sep 30, 2020 // Market Research, USA, North America, Market research, International, Freedonia Focus
Opterus granted NASA agreement to create big retracting blanket solar array
The National Aeronautics as well as Space Administration (NASA) granted Opterus Research and also Development, Inc. a groundbreaking project that will certainly lead the way for very large lunar surface area solar arrays.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, NASA, solar array, Thomas Murphey
Untapped potential exists for blending hydropower, floating PV
Hybrid systems of floating photovoltaic panels and also hydropower plants might hold the technical capacity to create a substantial section of the electricity created yearly around the world, according to an analysis by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Sep 30, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, USA, NREL, floating PV, North America, Nathan Lee