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Shell looks to NextEnergy Capital for US solar PPA
NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has become part of two separate ten-year power purchase contracts with Shell Energy North America for the power from 2 US-based solar ranches.
May 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Virginia, investment, finance, North America, shell, nextenergy capital, us, Glenn Wright, Lorena Ciciriello
Canadian Solar sees turn over and profits surge
The Chinese-Canadian solar producer reported a 41% year-over-year rise in complete component deliveries to 2.2 GW in the initial quarter. Profits grew by 70% to $826 million, while internet earnings boosted dramatically from $17.2 million to $110.6 million.
May 28, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, China, Asia, Yan Zhuang, Shawn Qu
EIB greenlights EUR18 million finance for 65.6 MW Polish PV job
The funds will be used by Polish programmer Energy Solar Projekty sp.z o.o. to build 66 PV tasks chosen in Poland's public auction plan for renewable energy projects not exceeding 1 MW in dimension.
May 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe, eib, Energy Solar Projekty sp.z o.o., Domas Kacinskas, Teresa Czerwińska
Dutch grid drivers will not need to compensate for shut down solar rooftops
Preacher of economic events and also climate modification, Eric Wiebes, has actually written to parliament to validate grid companies do not have to pay PV system owners when their installments are disconnected from the network due to capability concerns or poor-quality voltage.
May 28, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Rooftop PV, Europe, rooftop PV, Netherlands, Eric Wiebes
Last call for responses on EU guidelines for renewables financing
European people and stakeholders have up until twelve o'clock at night June 3 to comment on a collection of draft EU guidelines for a new funding system that would certainly allow member states to finance renewable energy jobs in various other participant states as a method of reaching their 2030 eco-friendly targets.
May 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Kadri Simson
France embraces solar with viticulture, arboriculture as well as market gardening
The French federal government has picked seven agrivoltaic tasks with an overall generation ability of 12 MW in its newest tender for ingenious PV modern technology.
May 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Sun’Agri, Occitanie
Israeli national lottery game sustains roof PV program with $0.12/ kWh feed-in tariff
The incentive scheme awards a 23-year, $0.12/ kWh feed-in tariff to roof arrays with a generation ability of approximately 200 kW. Currently, 141 municipalities have actually applied to set up 116 MW of roof solar ability and also the federal government has actually raised the program's spending plan from $28.5 million to $143 million.
May 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Rooftop PV, Asia, Israel, rooftop PV, tariff
Another 500 MW of unsubsidized solar for Denmark
German PV property supervisor Encavis as well as Danish renewables business Greengo have currently protected approval for one large job.
May 28, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, pv power plants, Europe, Denmark, encavis, Greengo, Dierk Paskert, Karsten Nielsen
N-type uptake under Covid-19
As p-type mono cell performances border closer to their restrictions, n-type cells are increasingly being identified as next-generation technologies, creates PV InfoLink expert Amy Fang. Suppliers have concentrated their research and development initiatives in recent times on the production of commercially practical pathways for heterojunction (HJT) and also tunnel-oxidized passivated get in touch with (TOPCon) cells.
May 28, 2020 // Opinions, China, Asia, topcon, WORLD, covid-19, AMY FANG
Albania's 140 MW PV tender ends with final price of EUR0.02489/ kWh.
The task was awarded to French designer Voltalia. The plant will certainly be found in the Karavasta area, in the centre of the nation.
May 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, tender, Europe, Albania
NYSEIA study finds tiny and also moderate solar firms deeply struggling with COVID effects
Under the Environment Leadership and also Area Security Act (CLCPA) passed in 2019, New york city State established an enthusiastic objective to release 6 gigawatts of dispersed solar energy by 2025. (Dispersed solar is defined as systems mounted on domestic, business, and also commercial roofs, as well as community planetary systems that give low-priced solar power to teams of consumers that lack rooftop accessibility or adequate come down on their building.) Entering into 2020, the state had approximately 2 GW of dispersed solar installed and a labor force almost 11,000 strong, with development projected to boost 25% each year to satisfy these objectives.
May 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, NYSEIA, COVID
C2 Energy Capital mounts two neighborhood solar projects in New york city
C2 Energy Capital has actually finished 2 community solar projects amounting to 5.5 MW. Located in the towns of Johnstown as well as Caledonia, New York, the solar power generation systems are had and also operated by C2 Energy Capital. The clean power plants belong to New york city's Community Distributed Generation (CDG) program that permits both homeowners and industrial services in the neighborhood to benefit from regional solar projects.
May 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, New York, North America, Alicia Barton, solar projects, C2 Energy Capital, Candice Michalowicz
Solar energy ranches can offer second life for electric vehicle batteries
As electrical vehicles swiftly grow in popularity worldwide, there will certainly soon be a wave of used batteries whose performance is no more sufficient for vehicles that need reliable velocity and array. But a new research shows that these batteries could still have a beneficial and also rewarding second life as backup storage space for grid-scale solar photovoltaic or pv setups, where they might carry out for greater than a decade in this much less requiring function.
May 27, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, MIT, North America, EV batteries, Ian Mathews, Tonio Buonassisi
Tata Power's Renewable Profile Expands 7% to 3,883 MW in Q4 FY20
Utility giant Tata Power on Wednesday reported a 7 percent rise in its renewable energy portfolio, that includes tidy as well as environment-friendly energy projects, as well as stood at 3,883 MW from the corresponding quarter in FY19.
May 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Solar Energy, Asia, Ashish Khanna, Praveer Sinha, Tata Power Company
The Task Behind Sterling and also Wilson Solars AUD 615 Million Victory
Recently, Sterling and Wilson Solar (SWSL) revealed its biggest, as well as 2nd significant contract in the Australia market, when it announced am AUD 615 million dollar win for an EPC and also O&M contract in the country.
May 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, SWSL, Lightsource BP, neoen, Oceania, cleanco queensland, Sterling and Wilson Solar, western downs