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Texas authorizes 12 GW of solar projects in seven months, yet 9 GW of battery projects suffer
The Texas grid driver has greater than tripled its pace of completing utility-scale solar interconnection studies because 2019. Yet the battery stockpile remains to expand.
Aug 7, 2020 // Storage, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT
European Energy flush for 121MW Italian solar
The EUR96.5 m from French economic solutions outfit Natixis is for a PV complicated in the Apulian region
Aug 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, european energy, Knud Erik Andersen, Alessandro Migliorini
Anesco hands off subsidy-free Clayhill to GRIDSERVE in 'multi-million' extra pound bargain
Anesco has sold on its subsidy-free Clayhill solar farm to GRIDSERVE in a "significant step" towards ending up being a provider over asset owner.
Aug 7, 2020 // Large-Scale, Storage, UK, Europe, Anesco, Mark Futyan, Jeremy Cross
Riding Sunbeams wins ₤ 2.5 m from federal government's Getting Building Fund
The Riding Sunbeams project has won a more ₤ 2.5 numerous moneying to create solar energy for railways.
Aug 7, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Riding Sunbeams, Christian Brodie
CEL Tenders for Supply of 2 Million Multi-Crystalline Solar Cells Once More
Central Electronics Limited (CEL) has once again provided its tender, inviting quotes, for the supply of 2 million multi-crystalline solar cells.
Aug 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Solar, India, tender, solar cells, Asia, CEL
Indian Oil Tenders for 600 kW Solar Project in Haryana With Net-Metering
Indian Oil has actually tendered for the EPC work on 600 kW solar energy projects at the business's LPG bottling plant in Karnal, Haryana with Net-Metering center.
Aug 7, 2020 // Plants, Solar, India, Haryana, tender, Asia, net metering
FIEE SGR Closes its Second Fund Dedicated to Energy Efficiency
FIEE SGR the leading Italian fund specialising in power performance for energy transition has released its second fund with the 1st close of EUR127.5 million
Aug 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, eib, energy transition, efficiency, Energy Efficiency, FIEE SGR, Dario Scannapieco, Raffaele Mellone
Chinese court rules in favour of Huawei in SolarEdge license infringement situation
Huawei has actually won a license infringement case against SolarEdge in China, with the Guangzhou Intellectual Property Court ordering SolarEdge to pay RMB10 million (US$ 1.4 million) in compensation.
Aug 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, China, Asia, SolarEdge, inverter, Huawei, patent infringement, hd wave
Indian 1.2 GW solar sees 'hostile' tariffs, Actis buys 400MW of properties
Azure Power and Tata Power were amongst the champions in a reverse auction for 1.2 GW of solar projects under India's ISTS programme which saw winning tariffs of INR2.43/ kWh (US$ 0.0324).
Aug 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, India, SECI, Asia, Actis, tata power, Azure Power, solar tender, acme, covid-19, auctions and tenders
First Solar sells O&M arm, checks out future of EPC business as tax equity headwinds loom
' Solar Module Super League' member First Solar has actually intended to increase down on manufacturing with the sale of its O&M division, having actually started conversations around the future of its EPC company.
Aug 7, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, EPC, ITC, O&M, First Solar, Mark Widmar, covid-19, series six, tax equity
Solar tile with passive cooling
Researchers built the gadget by affixing 17%- effective monocrystalline PV cells to a mortar roofing ceramic tile that was doped with a phase-change product (PCM). The PCM solar tile provided 4.1% even more power than the PV ceramic tile without any cooling representative in the winter season, and 2.2% to 4.3% even more during the summer.
Aug 7, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Australia, Oceania, cooling
Challenging plans to release PV on dikes
Dutch researchers are attempting to determine whether large-scale PV projects can be released on flood-control dikes throughout the Netherlands. A 5 MW solar project has actually currently been built on a dike near Groningen, yet the scientists believe there is possible to accumulate to 2.9 GW of PV on such embankments.
Aug 6, 2020 // Technology, Large-Scale, Europe, Netherlands, Maarten Dörenkämper, Michelle Talsma
CERC Approves Tariff for 480 MW Solar PV Projects
SECI's trading margin of Rs.0.07/ kWh has likewise been approved
Aug 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, SECI, solar pv, tariff, DISCOM, CERC
KfW Grants Rs 600 Cr Loan for 125 MW Solar Project in West Bengal
KfW has granted a Rs 600 crore financing to WBSEDCL for the work on the very first phase of a 125 MW solar project in the Purba Medinipur area of West Bengal.
Aug 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, KFW, West Bengal, Solar Project, WBSEDCL
J-Power, SPDI, Avondale & AP Solar to Develop 400 MW Solar Project in Texas
J-POWER USA, SPDI, Avondale Solar and also AP Solar have actually agreed to collectively develop Charger Solar, a 400 MW air conditioning solar project located in Refugio County, Texas.
Aug 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, International, Solar Project, Avondale, J-Power, Trevor Nash, Mark Condon, AP Solar, SPDI,