Solar Plants News

Alliant Energy launches strategy to add 400 MW of solar to Iowa's grid by 2023
Alliant Energy introduced the Clean Energy Blueprint for Iowa, a course for accelerating its shift to cleaner energy for customers. The Blueprint outlines the company's plans to increase the use of renewable energies, including solar energy, include more battery storage space and build out the connected power network. The company's new roadmap likewise includes plans to discontinue coal generation in Lansing by the end of 2022 while transitioning their Burlington Generating Station to natural gas in 2021.
Oct 29, 2020 // Plants, USA, North America, alliant energy, Iowa, Terry Kouba, John Larsen
Uttarakhand Issues Empanelment Tender for 250 MW of Solar Projects
The Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency (UREDA) has actually invited quotes to empanel firms to create 250 MW of solar power projects.
Oct 28, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Solar Power, Uttarakhand, MSMES, UERDA, UPCL
Halton Borough Council celebrates brand-new solar farm to power arena
Halton Borough Council is commemorating the completion of a new solar farm, set to power the DCBL Stadium Halton.
Oct 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, UK, Europe, solar farm, Halton Borough Council, Cllr Stef Nelson, Ernie Shelton
Total Wins 20% of the most up to date Nationwide Solar Tenders in France
Total has actually been granted 67 MWp of solar projects representing 20% of the quantities awarded in the eighth duration of nationwide solar tenders called France
Oct 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Total, tenders, International, total quadran, Thierry Muller, Projects Solar
SunPeak installs Pennsylvania's biggest roof solar project
Ashley Furniture Industries devoted to a multi-phase initiative last year to decrease the business's power impact, and finished a 28,776 roof-mounted solar panel system on its Leesport, Pennsylvania advanced production and circulation facility. The range will create more than 9,630,600 kWh of electrical power each year, roughly comparable to the power eaten by 786 average American houses in a year.
Oct 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, USA, rooftop PV, Pennsylvania, North America, SunPeak, Ashley Furniture Industries, Todd Wanek, Tim Paap, Ron Wanek
New SunRaise community solar project in Maine currently approving clients
SunRaise Investments, a New England solar developer, has actually reached a vital landmark on its neighborhood solar project, which is now accepting applications for clients to take part in the solar garden. The 4.9-MW, 20-acre solar project has finished very early building and construction and is currently awaiting solar panels to be installed.
Oct 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, New England, Solar Project, Maine, SunRaise Investments, Jeremy Payne, Eliza Donoghue
Renewables firms help Virginia city utility with 14-MW solar project
Danville Utilities, in collaboration with CS Energy, Navisun and also TurningPoint Energy, completed a 14-MWdc utility-scale solar project in Danville, Virginia. The renewable resource project is the city's largest solar advancement to date.
Oct 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, North America, TurningPoint Energy, Jason Grey, John Malloy, Solar Project, CS Energy, Danville Utilities, Navisun, Chris Ichter
NV Energy issues RfP for 'significant additions' to its renewables portfolio
United States utility NV Energy has provided a request for propositions (RfP) for "significant additions" to its renewable energy portfolio.
Oct 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, nv energy, Doug Cannon
Neoen begin 41-MWp solar farm in Mozambique
France's Neoen SA has begun building on its 41-MWp Metoro solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) project in northeastern Mozambique.
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, France, Europe, neoen, Africa, Mozambique, solar farm
Hanwha Energy protects large-scale solar-plus-storage project in Hawaii
South Korea's Hanwha Energy Corp on Tuesday claimed it has won the proposal to develop and operate the Kupehau solar-plus-storage system in a procurement workout taken care of by US utility Hawaiian Electric.
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, Hawaii, North America, Hanwha Energy
Statkraft, BayWa r.e. ink PPA for 41.7 MW of solar in Spain
Norwegian state-owned power business Statkraft AS has signed a power acquisition contract (PPA) with German renewables developer BayWa r.e to source electrical energy from its 41.7-MW Tordesillas solar farm project in Spain.
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, Europe, baywa r.e., Statkraft
Total France PV pipe swells to 606MW
Designer wins 67MW in eighth CRE tender positioning it second after Engie for a lot of capacity awarded
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Total, Thierry Muller
Hitachi wins contract for Sub-Saharan Africa's photovoltaic project
Hitachi ABB Power Grids has secured a contract from M Couto Alves (MCA) to supply crucial electrical facilities to incorporate Sub-Saharan Africa's biggest solar project to Angola's transmission network.
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Africa, Angola, Solar Project, Hitachi, Niklas Persson, Manuel Couto Alves
ReneSola Power and Novergy consent to co-develop solar projects in UK
Solar project designer and driver ReneSola Power has actually entered a strategic collaboration arrangement with Novergy to establish utility-scale solar projects in the UK.
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Josef Kastner, solar projects, ReneSola Power, Novergy, Florent Leblanc
Clēnera chooses RES to create Wapello Solar project in Iowa
Clēnera, a privately-held renewable energy company, announced it has selected RES (Renewable Energy Systems) as its EPC (engineering, procurement as well as building and construction) partner for the 127.5-megawatt Wapello Solar project in Iowa. Wapello Solar will certainly deliver reliable, clean and affordable energy to greater than 45,000 houses when operational by the end of 2020.
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, USA, North America, Tim Jordan, Iowa, Clēnera, Michael Gallego, Solar Project, Bill Cherrier