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UK environment-friendly strategy 'does not have solar support'
Trade body charges government of 'dead spot' over noninclusion of PV from statement of 10-point effort
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett, SCOTLAND, Morag Watson, Alan Mortimer
Invenergy to set up whopping 1.31-GW solar project in Texas
Invenergy, a leading privately-held worldwide developer and also operator of lasting energy options, today revealed a 1,310-megawatt solar energy generation facility that will certainly be the biggest in the United States upon conclusion. Currently incomplete in northeast Texas, the Samson Solar Energy Center will support the sustainability objectives of 5 significant consumer brand names and also supply power to three Texas towns.
Nov 18, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Invenergy, North America, Solar Project, Ted Romaine, Scott Mair
French solar industry warns of 'economic catastrophe' if suggested subsidy cuts proceed
French solar designers, financiers and utilities have claimed government strategies to cut subsidies for PV project owners would certainly cause an "economic disaster" that might threaten the nation's power shift.
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, France, Europe, SolarPower Europe, financing, Enerplan, syndicat des energies renouvelables
Equinor, Hydro, Panasonic discover battery options
Trio to examine possibilities for establishing a European service based in Norway
Nov 18, 2020 // Storage, Panasonic, Europe, Norway, Equinor, Mototsugu Sato, Arvid Moss, Allan Swan
Australia's Leanings Towards Battery Storage Space Over New Transmission
It is obvious that power circulation firms around the world are taking into consideration energy storage choices in a big means to enhance or perhaps delay financial investments in transmission system updates. Part of the reason is the greater share of periodic renewable energy, yet another is just the variable nature of power need, where a network can be severely under, or over-utilised at long times of the day. With terms like "digital transmission" in Australia as well as "GridBooster" in Germany, the pipeline of energy storage space tasks is expanding bigger every quarter, after having been estimated at 3 GW at the beginning of this year.
Nov 18, 2020 // Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, Oceania, AER, hornsdale battery
Iberdrola to supply environment-friendly energy to Bayer centers in Spain
Spanish renewables developer Iberdrola has actually signed a power purchase arrangement (PPA) with pharmaceutical firm Bayer to supply 100% renewable power.
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, Iberdrola, Europe, Bayer
Encavis boosts profits by 5 percent in the initial nine months of 2020
In the very first 9 months of 2020, German solar as well as wind power plant operator Encavis AG accomplished a year-on-year boost in sales of around five percent to EUR234.3 million ($277 million).
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, encavis ag
Magnetar Capital acquires 3 GW solar and 2.5 GWh battery pipe
Asset supervisor Magnetar Capital introduced its procurement of global home as well as financial investment team Lendlease's renewable energy service unit. The obtained entity will operate under the new name "Vesper Energy". Since its start in 2015, Vesper Energy has actually advertised over 680 MW of utility-scale solar projects in the U.S
Nov 18, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, magnetar capital, vesper energy
Trina Solar signs major wafer and glass supply offers as Vertex production ramps
Trina Solar has authorized major wafer as well as solar-grade glass supply deals as it remains to ramp manufacturing of its brand-new Vertex collection of panels.
Nov 18, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, Trina Solar, wafer, module manufacturing, vertex, glass, raw materials, Chen Ye, almaden, shangji cnc
COVID delaying brand-new solar funding, but could a Biden overhaul alleviate the logjam?
While the continuous COVID-19 pandemic may have initiated something of a freeze on new solar financing sell the US, substantial rate of interest in M&A continues to be as well as the inbound Biden administration can relieve the logjam.
Nov 18, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, ITC, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, covid-19, pandemic, president trump, marathon capital, alchemy renewable energy, sunlight general capital, Jonathan Gross, Ammad Faisal
AES to merge United States growth arm with sPower, creating 12GW US tidy energy pipeline
AES Corporation is to merge its US-facing clean power growth company with independent power producer sPower, producing a platform with a 12GW project pipe in the country.
Nov 18, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, IPP, sPower, North America, AES, Andrés Gluski
Hecate Energy first to utilize Ideematec's latest trackers in solar project
Ideematec, a global solar tracking systems distributor, was picked by developer Hecate Energy to offer 4 MW of its Horizon L: Tec solar trackers for an approaching installation. The project, situated in Newberry, South Carolina, will certainly be installed by the construction and project administration solutions company, Reach Construction Group.
Nov 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Ideematec, hecate energy, Solar Project, Preston Schulz, Philipp Klemm
UK Funding Approval for Exploring Space Based Solar Power
Solar power in space, which has played such a key role in powering satellites so far, is currently in the spotlight for producing energy in the world also.
Nov 17, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, frazer-nash, SBSP, Space solar stations, Martin Soltau
JA Solar In Trouble, As Creator Jin Baofang Apprehended By Chinese Authorities
JA Solar, the well known 'wafer to module' chinese maker, with a strong global visibility and record with over 50 GW of projects, has introduced that its Chairman as well as Founder, Jin Baofang, has been restrained by Chinese authorities for as yet unspecified charges.
Nov 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, JA Solar, Asia, Jin Baofang, chairman arrested
Trick Solar Manufacturers Back 182mm Module Size for 2021
3 of the most significant module manufacturers around the world, Jinko, JA and Longi are wagering that with their mixed 54GW in capability, the 182 mm module will certainly face little headwinds to market acceptance in 2021.
Nov 17, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Sungrow, Jinko Solar, China, JA Solar, Asia, Huawei, LONGi, gan binbin, li shaotang, TUV Rhein, Yu hanbo, zhang yanhu, zou chicheng