Solar Commercial Plants News

ENGIE starts deploying the 225 megawatt capacity Long Draw project
ENGIE is launching a 225-megawatt solar project in cooperation with Long Draw Solar. The Texas-headquartered energy company is going to serve four cities in the state of Texas as well as their energy providers through the Power Purchase Agreement signed for the above solar project.
Nov 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, Engie, North America, Long Draw Solar
Tuvalu receives a $6 million grant for renewable energy goals
Asian Development Bank allocates a grant for the country in South Pacific to help it reach its goal to become fully renewable in 2025.
Nov 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Rooftop PV, Australia, Asia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Tuvalu
Uzbekistan invites Thailand-based Helios to implement a 110 megawatt solar solution
A new huge solar project is under development in Uzbekistan. The country has invited the foreign supplier to install the system in the southwestern part of Tashkent.
Nov 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Thailand, Asia, Uzbekistan, Helios Energy
Univergy Solar is starting major solar power projects in Zambia
Univergy International headquartered in Spain and Japan is planning to invest over $200 million in two photovoltaic projects in Zambia.
Nov 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Africa, zambia, Univergy International
NEC Energy Solutions partners with Stem for solar-plus-storage optimization
Stem, a provider of artificial intelligence (AI)-driven energy storage services, announced today that it is partnering with NEC Energy Solutions, headquartered in Westborough, Massachusetts, to simplify and optimize the deployment and operation of solar-plus-storage projects.
Nov 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, Stem, NEC Energy Solutions, Logan Goldie-Scot, Mark Triplett, Steve Fludder
Alliant Energy Corporation announces additional 1 gigawatt of solar capacity in the Badger State by 2023
Alliant Energy Corp. uncovers its “Powering What’s Next” draft. This long-lasting project is aimed at faster shifting to green energy in Wisconsin.
Nov 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Wisconsin, North America, alliant energy
New generation of solar panels consisting of small sunflower imitations
A new type of PV plants is being developed: solar systems consisting of rows of small man-made sunflowers, which automatically turn their heads toward the sun.
Nov 5, 2019 // Technology, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV plants, Los Angeles, sunflower, SunBOT, Ximin He, University of California
Dominion Energy’s largest solar power facility will be installed in Prince George County, VA
Dominion Energy, Inc., is creating the biggest PV plant for now. The facility will be located in Fort Powhatan, the Commonwealth of Virginia.
Nov 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, PV plant, Dominion Energy, North America
BayWa r.e planning over 100MW of floating solar projects in Europe for 2020
Renewable energy firm, BayWa r.e is planning floating solar (FPV) plants in Europe totalling over 100MW in 2020, after several successful projects were recently completed in the Netherlands with a total capacity of 25MW.
Nov 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, pv power plants, pv modules, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, baywa r.e., Benedikt Ortmann
The major floating PV plant in Saemangeum (South Korea) stands up for its rights
The Ministry of National Defense of South Korea assures that a major floating PV generator that is planned to be located in the Saemangeum tidal flat will give no impact on military flight and landing operations of United States military forces based nearby.
Nov 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, South Korea, floating PV, Asia, Choi Hyun-soo
Netherlands is likely to generate 27 GW of solar energy by 2030
The Environmental Assessment Agency of Netherlands (Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving – PBL) promises that the country’s photovoltaic generation will grow by 5 GW by the end of the following year compared to 4.4 GW in 2018. Toward the end of 2023, the PV capacity is forecasted to be near 15 GW.
Nov 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Netherlands, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, Peter Segaar
SunAlpha Energy Offers Financing Scheme for Rooftop Solar Plants
During the initial launch of the facility, SunAlpha Energy wants to target around one thousand homes and businesses with rooftop solar plants.
Nov 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, Rajasthan, SunAlpha Energy, Raghav Mittal
Abdul Latif Jameel unit launches solar plants in Jordan
The four solar plants will supply more than 600 GWh per year in Jordan
Nov 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Jordan, Asia, Abdul Latif Jameel, Fotowatio Renewable Ventures, Omar Al Razzaz, Tristn Higuero, Raad Al Saady
DTEK inaugurates 240 MW solar plant in Ukraine
The energy company wrapped up construction of the site in eight months. In March, DTEK commissioned a 200 MW site which was also installed in record time.
Nov 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ukraine, DTEK, Europe, Risen
Germany added 2.9 GW of solar in nine months
In September, PV systems with a total generation capacity of 287 MW were registered in the country. The feed-in tariff has fallen again for this quarter as a result of the new capacity additions.
Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe