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Jinko blog posts $47m, second-quarter profit
The Chinese solar manufacturer delivered 4.46 GW of modules for turnover of $1.2 billion from April to June and expects to relocate 20 GW of panels this year.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Jinko
Canadian Solar Sells Suffield Solar Project to BluEarth Renewables
Canadian Solar Inc., a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules and also supplier of solar power options, has finished the sale of the Suffield Solar Project to BluEarth Renewables, an independent power manufacturer that acquires, establishes, constructs, owns and runs wind, hydro as well as solar facilities across North America.
Sep 23, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, North America, Grant Arnold, Direct Energy
SunPower Locks Down Financing Commitments for Solar Leases
SunPower has secured funding dedications from Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. and also various other resources companies for its property solar lease program, as well as its new solar+ storage space program-- the SunPower Equinox system with SunVault storage space.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America, Tom Werner
QuantmRE, SolArmy Partner to Provide Debt-Free Financing for Solar Installations
QuantmRE, a property fintech company, has formed a strategic partnership with Florida-based SolArmy to offer debt-free funding choices to home owners who desire to include photovoltaic panels to their residences with no lendings as well as no monthly settlements.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, QuantmRE, SolArmy, Nizar Delbani
Array Technologies to launch US$ 100m IPO
US-based solar tracker manufacturer Array Technologies is seeking to raise as much as US$ 100 million with an initial public offering (IPO).
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, IPO, trackers, Array Technologies, nasdaq
Solarise Africa raises $10 million to spearhead its tidy power development in Africa
Financial options business Solarise Africa has actually elevated US$ 10 million to sustain its investment in solar PV projects in Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa. The business has actually also set its sights on more "challenging" territories, like the DR Congo, Chad and Sierra Leone. CEO Jan Albert Valk spoke with pv magazine about the company's plans, as well as the "overwhelming" demand for more renewable resource investment on the African continent.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Jan Albert Valk
Half-cut, bifacial, 22.5%- reliable PERC modules from Vietnam
Chinese solar manufacturer Dehui is planning mass production of 12-busbar bifacial panels based on 182mm wafers from following year. Dehui's current, 166mm-wafer modules supply conversion efficiencies of 21.6-22.5%.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, bifacial panel, Vietnam, PERC module
The future of solar PPAs in Turkey
Both the existing standing, as well as the future of, solar PPAs in the Turkish market as a vital device for raising PV capacity has actually ended up being a commonly gone over subject. This is specifically because of the fact that after mid-2021, the future of YEKDEM (Turkey's neighborhood FIT routine) doubts. The motivations could be less than expected, or perhaps inaccessible for some innovations. This has actually elevated the question of alternative financing devices relative to brand-new investments.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Opinions, PPA, Asia, Turkey
Australian-made cutter rail for solar modules
Solar market individuals have actually created a brand-new Australian-manufactured rail for PV modules that has actually been crafted to ensure security and also durability, while accommodating the needs of installers that work with residential and business roof projects.
Sep 23, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Clenergy, Solar Cutters
General Electric, Shell seeking departures as energy transition accelerates
The two power titans have actually revealed strategies to pivot away from nonrenewable fuel source properties as they expand their sustainable footprints.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, General Electric, Shell
Hero Future Energies prepares first Indian financial investment in Bangladesh grid scale solar
The New Delhi-based designer is intending a 50 MW plant after the 100 MW facility originally proposed was prevented by the power emptying equipment offered at the Khulna website.
Sep 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Hero Future Energies, PV Power Plant
TVA will set up a 40-MWh lithium-ion energy storage system
The Tennessee Valley Authority will certainly be installing its first owned and run energy storage space system near a commercial complex in Vonore, Tennessee, about 35 miles southwest of Knoxville.
Sep 22, 2020 // Storage, USA, North America, Dale Harris, Dr. Joe Hoagland
PowerMarket as well as SunRaise bring a few of the first neighborhood solar projects to Maine
PowerMarket, an employee-owned area solar administration services business, has actually partnered with SunRaise, a New England solar energy developer, proprietor and operator, to bring community solar projects to Maine.
Sep 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PowerMarket, SunRaise, Nick Baudouin, Patrick Jackson
Nautilus Solar Energy obtains solar projects in Oregon and also Rhode Island
Nautilus Solar Energy, a national solar project purchase, advancement as well as asset administration company, got 2 solar portfolios from Pine Gate Renewables in Oregon as well as Rhode Island totaling about 17 MW. Both advancements remain in the early-to-mid stages. Nautilus will certainly take each portfolio to completion and also be in charge of the long-term possession management and also maintenance solutions for the projects.
Sep 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Nautilus Solar Energy, Solar Project, Jim Rice, Patty Wright
Iberdrola sets up eco-friendly hydrogen device
The Spanish power business, which has hydrogen projects under way in its homeland and also the United Kingdom, says it will allocate new resources to place itself at the leading edge of the supply of renewables-powered hydrogen.
Sep 22, 2020 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, hydrogen, Ignacio Galán