Solar Plants News

Interconnection reform ought to be a leading priority for FERC, clean energy associations say
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) should make interconnection reform a top priority to lower the backlog of projects waiting to connect to the nation's grid, a coalition of three clean energy profession associations has said.
Feb 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, USA, SEIA, FERC, PJM, interconnection, North America, American Clean Power Association, advanced energy economy
Australia passes 25GW of set up PV
Australia has actually hit a historic milestone-- it has gotten to 25GW of set up solar capacity. As the Australian PV Institute kept in mind on Monday, that's more solar per head than anywhere else in the world.
Feb 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania
Virtual power plant professional Swell Energy reveals software application platform ahead of 80MW Hawaii project
Swell Energy, a United States firm being experts in virtual power plant (VPP) projects accumulating property solar PV and also battery storage, has introduced a distributed energy resources administration system (DERMS) software application platform.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Residential, Storage, Software, VPP, virtual power plant, utility, Swell Energy, aggregation, algorithmic optimisation
PJM breakthroughs efforts to clear renewables stockpile with affiliation reform procedure
US power grid operator PJM Interconnection is advancing with initiatives to shift to a brand-new affiliation process as it aims to clear a stockpile of projects including more than 136GW of solar capacity.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, FERC, PJM, grid congestion, RTOs, advanced energy economy
CPUC authorizes plans to add 18.8 GW of solar, 15GW of battery storage by 2032
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has actually with one voice accepted strategies to include greater than 25.5 GW of renewables as well as 15GW of storage in the state by 2032 at an expense of US$ 49 billion.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, California, USA, CPUC, BESS, California Public Utilities Commission, North America, Battery Energy Storage System
Xcel Energy eyes 4.7 GW of new solar, wind parks by 2032
United States utility Xcel Energy Inc (NASDAQ: XEL) has acquired regulative approval to install 4.65 GW of wind and also solar energy plants by 2032 as part of a larger plan to broaden its renewables portfolio and also generate 100% carbon-free electrical energy by 2050.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Xcel Energy, Bob Frenzel
CWP Europe unit to construct 150 MW solar plant in Serbia's Zajecar
Belgrade-based Solarina, an unit of renewable resource programmer CWP Europe, will certainly construct a photovoltaic or pv (PV) nuclear power plant with a capacity of 150 MW in Serbia's eastern city of Zajecar, the local authorities stated.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, PV Power Plant, Solarina, CWP Europe
Nautilus Solar and also Pivot Energy full 13-MW Colorado community solar portfolio
Denver-based Pivot Energy and also Nautilus Solar Energy have introduced the conclusion of a 13-MW community solar portfolio in Colorado. The completely operational portfolio is comprised of seven projects located in Crowley, Weld and Logan Counties, and supplies a clean energy choice to an approximated 1,700 families and also 12 industrial subscribers, consisting of the Town of Breckenridge, in the Xcel Energy and Black Hills Energy utility regions.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, pivot energy, Tom Hunt, Nautilus Solar
China to Concentrate On Gobi Desert for New Solar, Wind Power Bases
To fulfill its climate targets, China-- the world's biggest greenhouse gas emitter-- is preparing policies that will enable the "green and low-carbon change" of its energy system, which has typically been dominated by coal. Beijing aims to bring complete wind and also solar capacity to 1,200 gigawatts (GW) by the end of 2030, almost double the current level, and also will gradually phase down fossil fuel use in a bid to become carbon neutral by around 2060.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, NEA, Chinese National Energy Administration, China, Asia, International, wind power, gobi desert
IIT Madras Partners with French Firm to Develop RE Research Park
Saint-Gobain India will support IIT Madras Research Park with a financing of Rs one crore over the following 3 years. The collaboration is suggested to increase the makeover in the direction of a reduced carbon future as well as to help India in attaining 100% renewable energy.
Feb 14, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, IIT Madras, P Padmakumar, Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Research Park, Saint-Gobain India
Solariant Capital, Daiwa device partner to establish US solar as well as storage space pipe
Renewables designer Solariant Capital and energy financier Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure (DEI) are collaborating to create a portfolio of US solar and also energy storage projects.
Feb 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Solariant Capital, Daiwa
Australia's Fortescue intends renewables center including 3.3 GW of solar
Australian steels company Fortescue has actually introduced prepare for a vast renewables center consisting of as much as 3,333 MW of solar to power its mining operations in Western Australia.
Feb 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, mining, Western Australia, wind, mines, off-grid, pilbara
Scatec, partners make progress with green H2 project in Egypt
Norwegian eco-friendly power manufacturer Scatec ASA (OSL: SCATC) and its companions have actually gotten government authorization to discover the temporary procurement of electrical power from the grid for a green hydrogen plant that will be constructed in Egypt.
Feb 11, 2022 // Plants, Solar to Fuel, Scatec, Asia, Africa, Egypt, green hydrogen plant
Invinity 0.8 MWh vanadium flow battery system mounted in Scottish Water solar PV scheme
Battery storage space is making renewables a lot more viable for Scottish Water, the business has actually said complying with the setup of Invinity Energy Systems' vanadium flow batteries.
Feb 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, UK, Europe, Invinity, Flow battery system, Water Horizons
Matrix creates 300MW Italian solar team
TPG Rise-backed clean power platform has actually created a strategic collaboration with Spanish company Energia Aljaval
Feb 11, 2022 // Plants, Italy, Europe, Matrix, Inigo Asensio