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Greece to mount 3 GW of solar in mining areas
Greece has actually revealed strategies to mount 2 PV projects at extracting websites. The setups belong to the nationwide utility's brand-new method, in accordance with the nation's initiatives to terminate coal.
Feb 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Greece, pv power plants, Europe, George Stassis, Kostis Hatzidakis
Vattenfall-Deutsche Telekom bargain brings increase to German solar PPA scene
Germany's market for solar energy acquisition contracts (PPAs) has actually experienced the finalizing of among the very first big offers of the year, including among Europe's biggest telecom companies.
Feb 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, corporate ppa, solar ppa, solar ppas, deutsche telekom
Peru authorizes 160MW solar endeavor by Spanish gamer
Peru has actually swung with 2 massive solar projects Spanish company Continua Energías Positivas is wanting to create in the southeast, bringing an increase to PV throughout the brand-new power priest's initial week in workplace.
Feb 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Latin america, Peru, Continua, arequipa
Rio Tinto to Build Solar Plant in Western Australia to Power Iron Ore Mine
Rio Tinto has actually authorized a financial investment in a solar plant at the Koodaideri mine in Western Australia, in addition to a lithium-ion BESS to power mining procedures
Feb 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, BESS, solar plant, International, Rio Tinto, Chris Salisbury
Algeria's Condor asserts PV company is totally functional
The Algerian electronic devices supplier claimed its solar service device has actually not applied for bankruptcy, specifying that it remains to run as 'regular'. The business likewise claimed that it is currently servicing 2 solar projects with an incorporated ability of 100 MW.
Feb 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Africa, Algeria, Condor
Banpu spends USD 72m in Sunseap
Thailand-based power services firm Banpu PCL (BKK: BANPU) has actually spent SGD 100 million (USD 71.9 m/EUR 66.3 m) in Sunseap Group Pte Ltd, the Singapore-based tidy power company claimed on Friday.
Feb 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Banpu, Sunseap
Fotowatio protects funding for Aussie 85-MW solar project
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV), part of Saudi Arabia's Abdul Latif Jameel Energy, has actually safeguarded the required funding to know the 85-MW A/C Winton Solar ranch project in the Australian state of Victoria.
Feb 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Asia, Oceania, fotowatio
Tandem Solar cell Shows 29.15% Performance
Researchers at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU) have actually accomplished 29.15% effectiveness in a solar cell made from perovskite and also silicon. This worth was licensed by the CalLab of the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems. It stands for a brand-new globe document for a tandem solar aspect, the KTU scientists stated.
Feb 14, 2020 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, Lithuania, Kaunas, Vytautas Getautis
The UAE reveals its very first floating solar energy plant
The island of Nurai in Abu Dhabi has actually lately set up a floating solar energy plant that is readied to have an ability of 80 kilowatts
Feb 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, UAE, Stefan Mückstein
Georgia electrical co-op to set up 1.85-MW solar, 4-MWh storage space project
Gas supplier Gas South and also Georgia electrical utility Cobb EMC began on a solar + storage space in Marietta, Georgia.
Feb 14, 2020 // Storage, USA, North America, Cobb EMC, Peter Heintzelman, Kevin Greiner, Russell Seifert
Merit SI as well as KOMIPO America to finish 150MW solar plant in Texas
US-based renewable resource projects developer Merit SI and also KOMIPO America have actually authorized a joint growth contract to finish the growth and also building of 150MW Concho Valley Solar project.
Feb 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Merit SI, KOMIPO, Tom Kuster
KORE Power's Battery Cell Awarded UN, UL and also IEC Certifications
KORE Power, a developer of high-density, high-voltage power storage space remedies, states its Mark 1 battery cells have actually passed the screening as well as manufacturing facility audit procedure needed for accreditation under UN, UL and also IEC guidelines.
Feb 14, 2020 // Storage, KORE Power, Lindsay Gorrill, certification, Mark 1 battery cell
HOMER Grid software program upgrade consists of proposition generation device
HOMER Energy by UL introduced the upgrade launch to its HOMER Grid software application in variation 1.7.
Feb 14, 2020 // Software, USA, North America, HOMER Energy, Peter Lilienthal
New non-fullerene electron acceptor for 17% reliable natural solar cell
Chinese researchers have actually established a cell with a brand-new blade-coating technique as well as BTP-4Cl-12, a sort of acceptor that is a by-product of the Y6 acceptor, which is commonly utilized in natural PV applications. The scientists likewise declare that the cells can preserve great performance degrees, even if its surface area is gently broadened.
Feb 14, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, China, Asia, solar cell
Solar brings risk-free water to Bangladeshi seaside neighborhoods
F Cubed, an Australian firm that concentrates on solar-powered desalination systems, has actually landed an agreement valued at virtually $5 million to provide 1,140 devices that will certainly supply tidy alcohol consumption water to around 30,000 individuals in Bangladesh.
Feb 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Thermal, India, Bangladesh, Asia, F Cubed