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Ellomay Capital offloads 22.6-MW Italian solar portfolio
Ellomay Capital Ltd (TASE:ELLO) on Monday said it has sold twelve solar power plants with a total capacity of 22.6 MW for EUR 38.7 million (USD 42.6m) in cash.
Dec 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Ellomay Capital Ltd, solar power plants, Ran Fridrich
AIIB to Invest $65 Mn in Hero Future’s 250 MW Solar Project in Raj
Beijing-headquartered multilateral development bank, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved the investment of USD 65 million in Hero Future Energies’ 250 MW solar power project in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.
Dec 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Solar Power, AIIB, D.J. Pandian, Hero Future Energies, Jin Liqun
MSEDCL Gets one Bid for 5 MW in Response to 1350 MW Solar Tender
MSEDCL has revealed that it received only one bid for 5 MW in response to its tender for procurement of 1350 MW of solar power from 30 Circles.
Dec 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, tender, Asia, MSEDCL, MERC, MSEDCL Solar Tender, solar tender
European Green Deal promises better products – and ecodesign shows the way to making it happen
The European Green Deal needs better and longer-lasting products, and that includes solar panels, says ECOS, the environmental NGO specialising in ecodesign and standardisation.
Dec 23, 2019 // Opinions, Europe, European Green Deal
Rakesh Sharm becomes Suzlon Energy Director
Suzlon has appointed Sharm Rakesh as its nominee director.
Dec 21, 2019 // Policy, India, Asia, Suzlon, Sharm Rakesh
Vikram Solar Modules used in Odisha and West Bengal pump Projects
Over 300 solar water pumps have been installed in Odisha and Bengal using Vikram solar modules.
Dec 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, pv modules, Asia, Vikram, pump
An MoU is signed by Energy Efficiency Services Limited to promote E-mobility
Birghirathi Sustainability India has signed a memorandum of understanding with EESL. In the MOU, India is exploiting the possibility of promoting electric vehicles and e-mobility in India.
Dec 21, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Transport, India, Asia, electric vehicles, EESL, MoU, Baghirathi Sustainability India
Policy Change Causes A Sharp Decrease In Solar In China
China has transitioned to auctions from the feed-in tariff system. These changes have resulted in a decrease in installations throughout the country.
Dec 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Policy, China, Asia, woodmac
CEL ready to commission 44MW solar generation in Maharashtra
A tender for the commissioning of 44MW solar power generating projects is out. While issuing the tender, the Central Electronics Limited said that the systems will generate between 250kw -10MW at different locations in Maharashtra.
Dec 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, tender, Asia, CEL
Enora and 547 Energy Secure 135 MW Wind Energy Systems in Greece
547 Energy partners with Enora to secure a 20 year old contract for the building of a 135 MW Wind Energy to be sites at Central Mecedonia.
Dec 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Greece, Europe, 547 Energy, Enora, Wind Energy
Solar Service Group and Evergen Kicks of Projects To Promote Large-scale Deployment of VPP
Evergen and Solar Service Group have entered into a joint venture to connect a lot of residential batteries throughout the country.
Dec 21, 2019 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Evergen, Solar Service Grou, Ben Hutt, VPP
Tesla Kicks of Plan to Hide ‘Solar Test-house’ in Tents at Its California Site
CNBC has discovered that Tesla was given a building permit that will let the company to attach two canopy covers above their solar test sites. at the beginning of this year, Elen Musk had made it public that 2019 will be the year of solar roofs.
Dec 21, 2019 // Technology, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, TESLA, CNBC, Elen Musk
Vietnam Will no Longer License Mass Solar Projects
A policy document that was made public recently, Hanoi has asked all regional governments and EVN to stop authoring the creation of new solar parks. Before now, about 8.93 GW utility solar energy capacity was approved.
Dec 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, pv power plants, Asia, Vietnam, evn
Winners and prices of Tunisia’s 500 MW PV tender
The Tunisian Ministry of Mines and Energy has confirmed that Norway’s Scatec Solar has secured 300 MW at three sites. It also revealed that France’s Engie and China’s TBEA each picked up 100 MW projects. The lowest bid came in at $0.025/kWh, while $0.034/kWh was the highest offer.
Dec 20, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Scatec Solar, Canadian Solar, Engie, tender, Tunisia, Africa, large-scale solar, TBEA
Gauging non-fulleren acceptors for organic PV
U.S. scientists are trying to understand how non-fullerene small-molecule acceptors (NAFs) increase the efficiency of organic PV devices. They claim that methoxy groups embedded in the acceptors could facilitate an efficiency increase of approximately 6%.
Dec 20, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, organic PV, North America, Georgia Institute of Technology, UNIST, organic PV cells, organic PV devices, Jean-Luc Brédas