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BayWa r.e. tees up flurry of renewables possession sales for Q4
BayWa r.e. expects in conclusion the majority of a 1GW+ pipe of renewable property sales in the direction of completion of this year after it highlighted the function solar played in its H1 2020 results.
Aug 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, floating PV, Europe, baywa r.e., financials, asset sales
Vivint beats implementation forecasts to help diminish losses
United States residential solar installer Vivint Solar released around 44MW of solar in the second quarter of 2020, defeating assumptions and helping to diminish its losses.
Aug 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Sunrun, vivint solar, North America, m&a, q2 2020
Croatia tenders 50 MW of solar
The Croatian energy regulatory authority is seeking to assign 88 MW of renewable resource generation capacity. The tender becomes part of the country's plan to acquire 2.26 GW of renewables consisting of more than 1 GW of solar.
Aug 6, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, tender, Europe, Croatia
Tesla might end up being power company in Germany
The high-profile electrical car maker is performing a study of German clients to assess their passion in a Tesla electrical power toll.
Aug 6, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, TESLA, Germany, UK, Europe
Bosch acquires more solar energy
German utility RWE will offer solar power to the German empire under a 16-year power acquisition contract. The electricity will certainly be generated by a 50 MW solar plant in southern Germany. Bosch has also secured power supply handle Statkraft as well as Vattenfall.
Aug 6, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, rwe, Bosch, Andree Stracke
Portugal's 700 MW solar auction 10 times oversubscribed
Minister of the environment and climate action, João Pedro Matos Fernandes, revealed the development and exposed nine of the 10 lots tendered include power storage space.
Aug 6, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Portugal, Europe, auction, João Pedro Matos Fernandes
'Spontaneous de-doping' for 17.8%- reliable perovskite mini-module
U.S. scientists have located a brand-new 'de-doping' procedure in perovskite solar cells that might cut manufacturing expenses and create far better tools. They have utilized this to make a mini-module with 17.8% performance.
Aug 6, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, solar cell, perovskite, North America, efficiency
Solar for vehicle parking machines
New Zealand scientists have actually proposed a method to examine the technological and also financial usefulness of PV-powered vehicle parking machines. Solar may be an optimal remedy, but the siting of the machines is critical and ought to be planned ahead of time, in accordance with readily available solar radiation as well as prospective shading.
Aug 6, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, New Zealand, Oceania
All details of Ukraine's brand-new feed-in tariffs for PV
On July 21, 2020, the Law on Feed-in Tariff Restructuring was passed by the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine.
Aug 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Opinions, Ukraine, Europe, feed-in tariffs, TETIANA MYLENKA
SunPower survived closures to upload strong Q2
Supply chain and manufacturing disturbances will certainly result in shipping reductions in the third quarter, however SunPower's pre-pandemic procedures made sure strong performance, solid need, and also higher installments.
Aug 6, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America, Tom Warner
Affordable catalysts for hydrogen production
Researchers in Singapore have actually taken a deep dive into spinel oxides-- a course of products known to work as a driver in the manufacturing of hydrogen with water electrolysis. Much better understanding of how the materials function made it possible for the scientists to establish a maker discovering design to predict their effectiveness.
Aug 5, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Asia, hydrogen, Singapore, WORLD, NTU, Jason Xu Zhichuan
Solar shatters assumptions as it takes home tremendous 796MW in RESS auction
Solar has superseded assumptions as it scooped up 796MW in Ireland's first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) public auction.
Aug 5, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Ireland, Europe, auction, Ress
JA Solar Materials Bifacial Modules for Solar Project in Malaysia
JA Solar has actually provided 43.8 MW bifacial double-glass modules for the 1st solar project that incorporates bifacial double-glass modules with trackers in Malaysia.
Aug 5, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, JA Solar, pv modules, bifacial, Asia, Jin Baofang, International
AEP Energy Partners Seeking Wind and Solar Energy Projects in PJM
AEP Energy Partners (AEPEP), a subsidiary of AEP is seeking proposals for off-take from new solar and also new or repowered wind facilities located in PJM.
Aug 5, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Solar, wind, International, aep energy partners
GE Joins 500 MW Pumped Hydro Storage Project in Australia
GE Renewable Energy and also Walcha Energy will jointly create the 500 MW Dungowan pumped hydro storage space project in the New England REZ in NSW, Australia.
Aug 5, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, GE Renewable Energy, Simon Currie, Pascal Radue