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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
New big solar project to light up Madagascar
Groupe Filatex teams up with Canada’s DERA Energy.
Dec 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canada, Canadian Solar, Africa, North America, Groupe Filatex, DERA Energy, Hasnaine Yavarhoussen, DERA
Indianapolis utility requests proposals for 200 MW of power in order to retire two coal plants
Indianapolis Power & Light Company (IPL) announces that Sargent & Lundy will act on IPL’s behalf to facilitate an all-source request for proposals (RFP) to meet future electric needs of our customers and the communities it serves. The RFP considers all potential options for replacement generation capacity so IPL can continue to deliver safe, reliable and affordable power to its 500,000 customers.
Dec 20, 2019 // Plants, Indianapolis Power & Light Company, coal plants, Sargent & Lundy, Vince Parisi
Solar One installs 200-kW solar carport for Texas home builder
Clayton, a Tennessee-based home builder of on-site- and off-site-built homes, has installed its first 200 kW solar carport system at its Clayton Sulphur Springs home building facility in Texas. Installed by Solar One, the impressive new solar panel system will allow the company to offset 30 to 40% of the facility’s on-demand electricity use with renewable energy while providing shade for its team members’ vehicles.
Dec 20, 2019 // Plants, USA, North America, Clayton, Gavin Mabe, Don McCannSolar One
Research on technologies for roll-to-roll production of organic photovoltaics
German Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT in Aachen and partners are developing technologies for the roll-to-roll production of organic photovoltaics (OPV) in the »EffiLayers« project.
Dec 20, 2019 // Technology, Germany, Europe, OPV, PV cells, organic photovoltaics, Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology ILT
Equinor Increases Stake in Scatec Solar With Purchase of 6.5 mn Shares
Equinor has acquired 6,500,000 shares in Scatec Solar, corresponding to 5.2 percent of the shares and votes, at a total purchase price of USD 84 million.
Dec 20, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Scatec Solar, Equinor, Pål Eitrheim