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SunPower to release 625 W shingled module
Group spinoff Maxeon Solar Technologies will generate the new Performance 5 modules with bifacial mono-PERC solar cells, made from huge layout eight-inch G12 wafers. The panels boast a performance of 21.2%.
Jul 27, 2020 // Manufacturing News, USA, SunPower, Total, North America, Maxeon Solar Technologies
Repsol to get hold of half of 1.6-GW-plus wind, solar portfolio in Chile
Spanish oil-and-gas major Repsol SA (BME: REP) on Thursday claimed it has authorized an agreement with compatriot Grupo Ibereolica Renovables to gain access to a 1,688-MW wind as well as solar portfolio in Chile in 2025, with a possibility for another 1,000 MW in 2030.
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, repsol
Q Cells presents eco-friendly electrical energy tariffs for German companies
Hanwha Q Cells GmbH today revealed the launch of environmental electrical power tariffs for little and also medium-sized business in Germany, according to its plan to become a full-service eco-friendly power solutions supplier.
Jul 24, 2020 // Tariffs, Germany, Europe, Hanwha Q Cells
ET Solar unveils brand-new 525/545 W bifacial module series
The Elite Plus module collection has a front-side performance ranging from 20.0% to 20.7%. The half-cut panel includes a clear backsheet.
Jul 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, bifacial, Asia, ET Solar, PV module, efficiency
Portugal's hydrogen call brings in EUR16 billion of suggested financial investments
The suggested projects come from Portuguese and also European companies covering the whole worth chain. The call, which has a budget of up to EUR40 billion, is part of the country's hydrogen method.
Jul 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Portugal, Europe, hydrogen
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power acquires 123-MW solar project from First Solar
First Solar announced that Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, a personal business handled by the Renewable Power Group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), got the 123-MWAC American Kings Solar project in a transaction that shut at the end of June 2020. Found in Kings County, California, the project is backed by a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison as well as is set up to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, First Solar, Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, Eric Heintz, Greg Roer, Richard Romero
Opus One Solutions software utilized to optimize solar power combination right into SCE grid
Opus One Solutions, a carrier of transactive as well as dispersed energy management software, announced a contract to deploy its GridOS Transactive Energy Management System (TEMS) for a demonstration at Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the largest electrical utilities in the United States.
Jul 24, 2020 // Software, USA, North America, Opus One Solutions, Mark Hormann
Renewable Properties creating 2-MW solar project in The golden state's Napa Valley
Renewable Properties, a programmer as well as financier in small-scale utility as well as neighborhood solar energy projects throughout the United States, began construction on the Soscol Ferry Road Solar Project in Napa County, California, after months of advancement, preparation and also preparation.
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, North America, Renewable Properties, Aaron Halimi, Laurie Davies Adams, Dawn Weisz, Belia Ramos
Soon 20% of all C&I Solar Systems in India Will be Grid-Tied: Report
Enhancing power demand and climbing grid tariffs for commercial as well as industrial (C&I) customers are driving service individuals to rooftop solar, which is not just cleaner and cheaper however additionally gives them tariff assurance for 25 years.
Jul 24, 2020 // Market Research, C&I, India, Asia, Market research, c&i solar, IEEFA, Vibhuti Garg, Jyoti Gulia, JMK Research
Kahramaa Closes Financing for World's 2nd Cheapest Solar Power Project
Kahramaa has actually revealed the effective monetary closure for the Siraj-1 solar energy plant project, the first of its kind project in Qatar
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Qatar, Kahramaa, International, Solar Project
Azure Power sees Indian solar pipeline swell following SECI choice
Azure Power has seen its pipe of interstate transmission solar in India swell by an additional 2GW after a greenshoe option in an existing agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) was worked out.
Jul 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, PPA, India, SECI, Asia, large-scale solar, Azure Power, Ranjit Gupta, ists
Bosch, IBC Solar incorporate clever home heating manufacturing with PV
The German companies are establishing a smart power option for home heating, hot water, energy management and solar energy generation in a solitary coordinated system.
Jul 24, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Germany, Europe, IBC Solar, Bosch, Andreas Gray
Another solar module factory in North Africa
Teriak Industrial Group, a private Egyptian company that concentrates on the manufacturing of auto components, owns and runs the brand-new 100 MW production facility. Spain's Mondragon Assembly supplied the assembly line.
Jul 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Asia, Africa, Egypt, solar module, Teriak Industrial Group, Mondragon Assembly
Kaco, Fraunhofer ISE develop silicon-carbide gallium nitride transistor hybrid inverter
Kaco New Energy, STS Transformatoren Stockach, and Fraunhofer ISE have created a brand-new topology, administration software program, as well as transistors for crossbreed inverters. Existing tools frequently experience efficiency losses when power need is reduced, as circuits and transistors are made to operate close to design requirements. The scientists assert their new tech can enable even more battery use, based on simulation outcomes.
Jul 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Software, Germany, Europe, Fraunhofer ISE, Kaco, Leonhard Probst
Redflow batteries to include VPP abilities
Australia-based battery vendor Redflow has joined forces with smart-energy systems specialist carbonTRACK to include online nuclear power plant functionality to its flow batteries.
Jul 24, 2020 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Redflow, Tim Harris, Spiros Livadaras