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Competitive Power Ventures breaks ground on 100-MW Pennsylvania solar project
Maple Hill Solar, a prepared 100-MW solar power generation facility in Portage Township, Pennsylvania, has started construction from designer Competitive Power Ventures (CVP) with the assistance of Gemma Power Systems.
May 24, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Sean Finnerty, Solar Project, Competitive Power Ventures, Yabin Xing, Rep. Frank Burns
North Korea plans 2.5 GW solar plant with Chinese help
China will build the huge solar park at its own cost for its energy-hungry neighbor in exchange for access to rare earths. The project was announced by the Association of China Rare Earth Industry.
Oct 25, 2019 // Plants, China, Asia, Korea, Kim Jong-un
Greek Power Utility PPC Secures Financing for Massive Solar Project
Greek power utility PPC SA's renewables arm secures debt financing for a 550 MW solar project in Western Macedonia. The Phoibe project aims to generate 1 TWh of electricity annually, powering 200,000 homes.
Feb 2, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, PV Power Plant, PPC, Macedonia
Coal India Subsidiary Tenders for 150 kW Rooftop Solar Plant
CMPDI, a subsidiary of Coal India has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 150 kW rooftop solar micro-grid power plant at the firms’ Ranchi office.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Rooftop PV, India, tender, Asia, rooftop PV, CMPDI
Singareni Collieries to Start the Third Phase of its 300 MW Solar Project
The Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has authorized the development of the last leg of its 300 MW solar project in Telangana.
Oct 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Solar Project, Singareni Collieries
Serbia's EPS revives its first solar project
Serbia's power utility Elektroprivreda Srbije (EPS) has determined to revive its first solar project. It is imagined with a capacity of 9.95 MW.
Apr 13, 2023 // Plants, Europe, Solar Project, Serbia, EPS
South African Mining Company Strategies to Set up a 10 MW Solar Project
South Africa-based Marula Platinum Mine has issued an ask for information (RfI) for establishing a 10 MW solar project to power its procedures.
Oct 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, Solar Project, Marula Platinum Mine
Toyota-Panasonic Battery JV to Buy Lithium From Nevada Mine of Ioneer
The lithium provided by ioneer will certainly be utilized to make electric vehicle batteries in the United States. PPES will be able to produce regarding 150,000 electric vehicles' batteries annually with the amount of lithium provided.
Aug 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Lithium-ion batteries, Toyota, electric vehicle batteries, ioneer Ltd, lithium carbonate, Nevada state, Panasonic corp, Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, Rhyolite Ridge, Toyota Motor Corp
Crypto mining with Solar Energy
Elon Musk invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and a big spike has been seen in this digital currency. One of the reasons behind rising cryptocurrency use in transactions of varied nature is the way it is presented in the society. It is digital and exists in a database, where it is stored after being generated with the use of computing processors which require electricity to run. Geothermal power in Iceland and Hydropower has already been proven beneficial in crypto mining and solar energy can be beneficial for the same at locations where the sun shines well.
Mar 2, 2021 // Technology, Software, Blockchain, Elon Musk, mining, Bitcoin, cryptocurrency, Thomas Smith
N. Macedonia inks contracts with Bulgaria's Solarpro, Turkey's Fortis for 100 MW solar park project
North Macedonia's federal government stated it has actually signed contracts with Bulgarian solar energy group Solarpro Holding [BUL:0 S8] and Turkish Fortis Energy Electric for the building and construction of photovoltaic nuclear power plant of combined 100 MW worth 70 million euro ($83.6 million).
Jun 18, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Asia, Turkey, PV Power Plant, Bulgaria, N. Macedonia, Solarpro, Fortis, solar park project
Government-backed solar farm to help power Australia mining hub
An Australian utility is to develop a 60MW solar farm that will be connected to two iron mines in Australia, transforming them into the first to be run entirely by renewables during the day.
Oct 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, pv power plants, solar pv, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, mining, Darren Miller, baywa r.e., decarbonisation
Statkraft lined up as green power provider for Czech manganese project
Euro Manganese Inc (CVE: EMN) on Monday claimed it has actually authorized a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Statkraft for the long-term supply of renewable power for its Chvaletice manganese project in the Czech Republic.
Sep 27, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Europe, Statkraft, MoU, Czech Republic
ARENA to fund 200-MW Hydrostor energy storage project in NSW
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has pledged to give financing for the building and construction of a 200-MW/1,600-MWh Advanced Compressed Air Energy Storage (A-CAES) facility at an obsolete mine in New South Wales to give at least eight hrs of storage.
Oct 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, ARENA, nsw
Aluminium manufacturer EGA, partners team up to breakthrough solar power in UAE
Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) is partnering with Abu Dhabi National Energy Company, referred to as Taqa, the Emirates Water as well as Power Company (Ewec) and Dubal Holding to develop even more solar generation capacity in the UAE and also decarbonise aluminium manufacturing.
Mar 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Asia, UAE, EGA
REC Group reviews French module gigafactory
The Norwegian solar producer is thinking about a 2 GW heterojunction solar module manufacturing facility in Sarreguemines, in the northeast of the nation.
May 13, 2020 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, REC Group