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The Sun Is Setting On Tesla's Solar Service
In Q3, Tesla saw its solar installations climb 111% quarter over quarter and also 33% year over year; Solar Roof setups tripled from Q2. Regardless of the ostensibly robust growth, complete solar releases were still much lower than had actually been the norm up until 2016.
Dec 11, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, TESLA, Elon Musk
Brazil's Ceara state gives enviro authorization for 4.6-GW solar project
The Brazilian state of Ceara on Friday approved ecological approval for a 4.6-GW solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) project which will generate power for the production of green hydrogen in Brazil's northeast.
Dec 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, Solar Project, Ceara
Mytilineos acquires five Alberta solar projects
The purchase covers over 1GW of capacity
Jun 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, PV Power Plant, Mytilineos, Alberta solar project
Collaboration for 20 percent efficient CIGS solar modules
European solar panel makers have combined efforts with research centers to developed improved procedures for CIGS manufacturing. The venture codenamed SUCCESS aims at production line efficiency exceeding 20 percent for modules sized 30 cm x 30 cm
Dec 6, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, France, Germany, China, Europe, Asia, solar cell, Netherlands, HZB, CIGS, SMIT, Solar Frontier, flexible module, Solliance, IMN
Hydrogen-powered bicycles offer new electromobility concept
With the 200 hydrogen bikes offered to journalists and world leaders at the G7 summit in Biarritz proving popular, manufacturer Pragma Industries has received an order for 1,000 of them from Chilean president Sebastian Pinera. The company’s founder, Pierre Forté, wants the bike to have a societal impact in developing countries.
Sep 4, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Storage, Transport, Solar to Fuel, Lithium-ion batteries, Toyota, France, Europe, hydrogen, Daimler, hydrogen-fueled cars, Pierre Forté, Pragma Industries, Sebastian Pinera, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Keppel wins grant for floating solar pilot in seawater off Singapore
A device of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd, which is completely owned by Keppel Corp Ltd (SGX: BN4), has won a give to pilot Singapore's first membrane-based nearshore floating solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) system.
Jul 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Asia, Singapore, Keppel
In US, An Aerospace Manufacturing Hub Powered By Solar Micro Grid
Jackson County, West Virginia in the United States saw the top executives of 3 business on Saturday break ground on a project on more than 2,000 acres of land. BHE Renewables, a Berkshire Hathaway Energy organization, is establishing the home into a first-of-its-kind solar energy microgrid-powered industrial site.
Mar 6, 2023 // Plants, Grids, USA, North America, West Virginia, Inflation Reduction Act, BHE Renewables, Precision Castparts Corp., Aerospace hub, jackson county, solar micro-grid, titanium metals corporation
Westbridge Sells 280-MW Solar Project to Metlen
Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp boosts its portfolio, selling the 280-MW Sunnynook project to Metlen Energy & Metals, paving the way for a greener future in Alberta!
Nov 6, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar Project, Westbridge Renewable Energy, Metlen
Itochu Joins ContourGlobal on Colorado Mega-Solar
Itochu backs Colorado’s 324‑MW Black Hollow Sun, expanding its U.S. solar push with battery‑ready tech and hybrid offtake as data centers and growth drive demand.
Dec 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Colorado, investment, North America, Itochu, ContourGlobal
Mytilineos Signs 40-MW Solar PPA with Marubeni
Mytilineos SA has secured a 40-MW solar power purchase agreement (PPA) in Queensland, Australia. With the help of SmartestEnergy Australia, a unit of Marubeni Corp, the Kingaroy solar farm is under construction and expected to be operational by 2021. Mytilineos has 11.9 GW of assets in development globally, including 376 MW in Australia.
Jun 21, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Marubeni, Mytilineos
New electrolyte enables high efficiency of secure, sustainable zinc batteries
Scientists led by an Oregon State University scientist have developed a new electrolyte that elevates the efficiency of the zinc metal anode in zinc batteries to almost 100%, an innovation on the way to an alternative to lithium-ion batteries for large-scale energy storage.
Mar 28, 2023 // Technology, Storage, Oregon State University, lithium-ion battery, efficiency, Zinc Battery, Xiulei "David" Ji
Peck Company acquires iSun Energy
Solar PV installment team Peck Company Holdings has obtained electrical vehicle (EV) and also city development service iSun Energy.
Jan 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, North America, Jeffrey Peck, Peck Company, iSun Energy, Sun Dollar Energy, Covenant Holdings, Daniel Lezama, Jullian Hall II
Albania's initial floating PV project now unfinished
Norway's Statkraft is developing a 2 MW floating PV array, first announced a year and also a half back, at its 72 MW hydropower plant in Albania's Elbasan region. Norwegian floating PV expert Ocean Sun has agreed to provide technology for the EUR2 million plant.
Jun 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Albania, Borge Bjorneklett, Tom Kristian Larsen
Malaysia's Yinson buys into 140-MW package of Indian solar parks
Malaysia's Yinson Holdings Bhd (KLSE: YINSON) has actually consented to get a 37.5% risk in the proprietor of a 140-MW profile of solar parks in India.
Apr 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, India, Asia, Yinson
Lightsource bp establishing an additional 300-MW solar project in Colorado
Lightsource bp is establishing a brand-new 298-MW solar farm in Pueblo, Colorado, the firm's 2nd project in the city.
Oct 27, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, Alice Jackson, Solar Project, Will Toor, Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar