North America

AUI Partners building Rhode Island's biggest single-rooftop solar project
NuGen Capital Management starts building and construction of a 6.76-MWdc roof solar energy system in the business's house state of Rhode Island. The project, comprised of over 16,000 photovoltaic panels, is being set up by AUI Partners on a 560,000 sq ft storage facility in East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Complete business operation of the project is expected in early 2021.
Dec 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, Solar Project, AUI Partners, David Milner, Steven Contente, Joe Walsh, Aaron Rust
Clearway starts construction on 6 Illinois community solar projects
Clearway Energy Group introduced that building and construction is now underway on six of its Illinois neighborhood solar projects, totaling 18 MW of Clearway's 60-MW Illinois community solar portfolio.
Dec 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, North America, Solar Project, Clearway Energy Group, Brian Matthay, Craig Cornelius
McDonald's indications three more digital PPAs for 1.13 GW of sustainable power
McDonald's has actually revealed its ongoing dedication to environment activity through the finalizing of 3 new online power purchase contracts for two wind ranches as well as one portfolio of solar projects in the United States. The digital PPA will certainly total 1,130 MW (547 MW wind, 583 MW solar).
Dec 8, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, McDonald's, Jenny McColloch, Miranda Ballentine
Mining firm plans 766MWp facility in Brazil, ReneSola offers Polish parks
A round-up of the most up to date information in solar project advancement, as Brazilian mining firm Vale intends a 766MWp center, a 500MW portfolio modifications hands in Canada and also ReneSola offers Polish parks.
Dec 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canada, Poland, South america, Europe, Brazil, North America, renesola, PV Power Plant, Josef Kastner, Solar Park, modus
36 markets to deploy more than 1GW of solar by 2029: Fitch
Rising need for eco-friendly projects in investor profiles is "broadening the geographic base" of the solar market, with 36 nations readied to set up greater than 1GW of solar by 2029.
Dec 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, pv power plants, Fitch, Asia, investment, North America, saudi arabia pif
LG Chem recalls some residence batteries in United States adhering to reports of fires
LG Chem has actually willingly recalled some of its domestic battery products in the United States amidst issues surrounding fire safety.
Dec 7, 2020 // Residential, Storage, USA, LG CHEM, Sunrun, BrightBox, North America, Ryan Franks
Wisconson PSC removes 200-MW solar project by Invenergy
Wisconsin's Public Service Commission (PSC) has given the green light to a 200-MW solar park project suggested by a device of Chicago-based Invenergy LLC.
Dec 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Invenergy, North America, PV Power Plant, Solar Project, Wisconson PSC
Early, constant financial investment in wind, solar best means to decarbonize economic situation
To decarbonize the economy, European scientists suggest early, steady efforts to "energize" economic sectors with wind and solar energy.
Dec 7, 2020 // Technology, USA, Europe, North America, decarbonize economy, Marta Victoria
Exterior solar screening possibly the IoT for Photovoltaics
A brand-new system for determining solar performance over the long term in scalable solar systems, established by Arizona State University scientists, represents an advancement in the expense as well as durability of interconnected power shipment.
Dec 7, 2020 // Technology, USA, PV module, North America, Alexander Killam, Stuart Bowden, Joseph Karas, Andre' Augusto
Neoen cuts ribbon on 140-MW solar complicated in El Salvador
France's Neoen SA has officially opened its 140-MW Capella Solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) park in El Salvador, the French renewables programmer claimed today.
Dec 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, El Salvador, Europe, neoen, North America, PV Power Plant
US city switches on solar road
Colas Group's Wattway panels will certainly create electrical energy to provide an EV charger at Peachtree Corners' city hall
Dec 4, 2020 // Transport, USA, North America, solar roadway, Brandon Branham
Chemistry professor utilizes old materials to make more recent, better solar cells
A Florida State University research study team is blending the old with the brand-new to produce a much more secure solar cell.
Dec 4, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, efficiency, Florida State University, Biwu Ma
Greenbriar Capital to obtain 500MW solar portfolio in Canada
Canadian renewable energy developer Greenbriar Capital has accepted obtain a 500MW photovoltaic or pv solar portfolio in Alberta.
Dec 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, North America, Greenbriar Capital
Ørsted to get 430 MW PV project in Texas
Danish Ørsted A/S has taken last investment choice on the 430 MW "Old 300 Solar Center", which is located in Fort Bend County, 40 miles from Houston, Texas, and is anticipated to find online in Q2 2022.
Dec 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, PV project, North America, Ørsted
Fikile Brushett is trying to find brand-new ways to keep energy
Fikile Brushett, an MIT partner teacher of chemical design, had an unusual resource of motivation for his occupation in the chemical sciences: the character played by Nicolas Cage in the 1996 motion picture "The Rock." In the movie, Cage represents an FBI drug store that hunts down a group of rogue U.S. soldiers who have actually commandeered chemical weapons and also taken over the island of Alcatraz.
Dec 3, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, MIT, North America, Fikile Brushett, John Vohs