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Solar-plus-storage to provide all the daytime electric needs of nation state
A 6 MW solar plant and 5 MW/2.5 MWh storage system are set to increase the share of renewable electricity on the Pacific island of Nauru from 3% to 47%. The $27 million project is being supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, storage, Skelec, Oceania, Asian Development Bank, Nauru
Construction starts on 145MW Indonesia floating PV
Project is being installed on the Cirata storage tank in West Java as well as is due online in late 2022
Aug 3, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, Masdar, floating PV, Asia, Indonesia, Bahlil Lahadalia, Amir Faisal
Safari Energy and Sun Tribe complete Pennsylvania's biggest municipal solar array
Standing amid greater than 50,000 solar panels, representatives from Pennsylvania's Borough of Chambersburg, Safari Energy and Sun Tribe Development were signed up with by Pennsylvania State Representative Rob Kauffman, 89th District, and various other chosen officials to flip the switch and also usher in a new 15-MW solar array.
Sep 14, 2021 // Plants, Residential, Grids, USA, Safari Energy, North America, solar array, Sun Tribe, Alice Elia, Danny Van Clief
PV mini-grid to back Congolese farming
Equatorial Power and SustainSolar are mounting containerized, off-grid solar battery power systems to support farming projects on an island in Lake Kivu.
Jul 9, 2020 // Storage, DR Congo, Equatorial Power, SustainSolar, Abishek Bharadwaj, John Fadiran
Solar supporting peacekeeping in DR Congo
A report by the Powering Peace organization states UN missions in the Democratic Republic of Congo could reduce expense and pollution by using off-grid solar to power operations instead of diesel generators. Adding a 200 kW solar system with 200 kW/450 kWh of energy storage would reduce diesel consumption 80% for 10-year savings of almost $2.6 million, states the group.
Oct 1, 2019 // Storage, Grids, USA, storage, off-grid solar, North America, bboxx, DR Congo, MONUSCO, Kivu Green Energy, Orange, Altech, SNEL
Foresight forms joint venture with Elgin for 200MW of UK solar
Foresight Group as well as Elgin Energy are to create 200MW of UK solar PV as part of a new partnership.
Sep 24, 2020 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy, Ronan Kilduff, Foresight, Peter Bolton
Elecnor supplies a 6.5 MWp photovoltaic or pv solar energy plant in Lawra
The Spanish energy business Elecnor has just finished the construction of one of the two photovoltaic solar energy plants prepared in the Upper West area. The installment, situated in the community of Lawra, has a capability of 6.5 MWp. The park was commissioned by the President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Oct 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, PV Power Plant, elecnor
Statkraft to trade 100MW Northern Ireland storage
Energy supplier will supply market accessibility and optimisation services for battery pair in Counties Tyrone as well as Armagh
Mar 9, 2021 // Storage, Europe, Statkraft, Northern Ireland, Nick Heyward
Uzbekistan announces tender for up to 900 MW of solar
The central Asian nation and the International Finance Corporation have signed a mandate to develop up to 900 MW of solar capacity through public-private partnerships.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, tender, Asia, Uzbekistan, Shukhrat Vafaev
Andhra Pradesh Government Planning for 10 GW Solar Project
Andhra Pradesh is planning to set up a solar project with an installed capacity of 10 GW to meet the increasing demand for power in the agricultural sector
Jan 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Andhra Pradesh
Masdar indicators solar, hydro MoU in Kyrgyzstan
Developer aims to produce as much as 1GW of opportunities in the Central Asian nation
Apr 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Masdar, Asia, MoU, Kyrgyzstan, Doskul Djumagulovich, Abdulla Zayed
Solar a-listers advanced bids for 200MW tender in Uzbekistan
Several of the globe's leading PV gamers stand among the lots of candidates for a 200MW solar agreement in Uzbekistan, the very first project of a collection backed by advancement investors.
Mar 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, ADB, Asia, world bank, ifc, Uzbekistan
Statkraft ends up being UK solar developer for very first time
Statkraft has actually entered the UK solar developer market for the first time, thanks to a Joint Development Agreement with solar developer UK Power Associates Ltd (UKPA).
Jun 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Statkraft, Richard Mardon, Jimmy Blackburn
European coal fleet will run at a loss of €6.57bn this year
Economic thinktank Carbon Tracker used financial modeling to determine the profitability of every coal power plant in the EU. On average, 79% of the facilities run at a loss, with Germany, Spain and Czechia among the states particularly exposed to the consequences – for coal investors and the public.
Nov 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Germany, Italy, Europe, Netherlands, Slovenia, carbon tracker, Czechia, Matt Gray
EDF secures a slice of UK supermarket Tesco’s corporate solar plan
The French energy giant will provide supermarket Tesco with electricity from 17 rooftop PV installations and two wind farms for a renewables portfolio generation capacity of 59 MW. The groceries retailer has announced plans to install 187 solar rooftops.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, UK, EDF, Europe, rooftop PV, Cleantech Solar, Tesco, Jason Tarry