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Array Technologies purchases STI Norland in US$ 652m deal to produce 'world's biggest tracker company'
United States solar tracker provider Array Technologies is to obtain Spanish tracker producer Soluciones Técnicas Integrales Norland (STI Norland) in a procurement that Array claimed will certainly develop "the biggest tracker business in the world".
Nov 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, financial results, trackers, Array Technologies, sti norland, Javier Reclusa, solar trackers
Australia's Labor party has 82% renewables goal for 2030
The Australian Labor party has actually revealed a brand-new emissions policy, under which it intends to improve to 82% the renewables share of National Electricity Market (NEM) generation, up from 68% under current government estimates.
Dec 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Labor party
Shining Light on Perovskites: X-rays Unlock Solar Cell Stability
Scientists at APS used X-rays to study ion movement in perovskite crystals under UV radiation. Understanding this can improve stability, potentially achieving a 20-30 year solar cell lifetime and outperforming other solar cells.
Jan 24, 2024 // Technology, USA, solar cell, North America, doe, Argonne National Laboratory
Kenya’s Kisumu County launches tender for solar mini-grids
The local authority is seeking proposals to build mini-grids with generation capacities of more than 5 kW to power hospitals, markets, water pumping and street lighting. The council has expressed a strong preference for the build, operate and transfer project development model.
Nov 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, tender, Kenya, Africa, mini-grids
Tunisia launches tender for another 70 MW of solar
Through this procurement exercise, the Tunisian government hopes to build six solar plants with a capacity of 10 MW each and ten 1 MW small solar parks.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Société Tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (STEG), STEG, Build Own Operate, BOO
Elsewedy Completes 349-MWp Saudi Solar Project
Elsewedy Electric energizes its first Gulf solar milestone: the 348.6‑MWp El Saad plant near Riyadh enters O&M, backed by Saudi Power Procurement Company offtake and a new 33/132 kV substation.
Mar 11, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, Asia, PV Power Plant, Elsewedy Electric
LONGi hits 26.81% effectiveness for HJT solar cells
Chinese solar panel producer LONGi introduced it has actually gotten to a performance of 26.81% for its HJT silicon solar cells on full-size silicon wafers with mass production. The record was validated by the Institute for Solar Power Research in Hamelin (ISFH).
Nov 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, LONGi, efficiency, HJT solar cells
NSW Mine Goes Green: Pacific Energy's Hybrid Power Solution
Pacific Energy revolutionizes mining operations with a 26-MW hybrid system, reducing diesel consumption and increasing renewable energy usage at Tronox's Atlas-Campaspe site.
May 13, 2024 // Storage, nsw, Pacific Energy
Meyer Burger opens up 400-MW solar cell plant in Germany
Meyer Burger Technology AG (SWX: MBTN) opened up on Tuesday its brand-new 400-MW, first-phase solar cell manufacturing facility in Thalheim, in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt, with strategies to increase manufacturing in June.
May 19, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, meyer burger, solar cell factory
GCL Tech Eyes Saudi Arabia for 1st Foreign Plant
GCL Technology Holdings Ltd. is in advanced talks to build its first foreign plant in Saudi Arabia. The plant will produce 120,000 tons of polysilicon a year and could start operations as early as 2025. Lower solar prices have increased demand in China and around the world, making this expansion into new markets possible. GCL is considering opportunities in Mexico and Australia as well.
Sep 5, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Saudi Arabia, China, Asia, GCL Technology Holdings
Sustainable Energy Expo: CISOLAR 2024 and GREENBATTERY 2024 to Ignite Innovations in Renewable Energy
The premier event for the solar energy and energy storage sectors, Sustainable Energy Expo: CISOLAR 2024, will take place at the Laminor Arena in
Oct 11, 2024 // Solar
Galp to buy ACS solar assets for €2.2 billion – enough to rebuild Real Madrid
Portuguese gas company Galp Energía says it will become “the largest solar energy company in the Iberian peninsula”. The agreement includes operating PV plants with an installed generation capacity of 900 MW plus a further 2.9 GW under development.
Jan 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, Galp Energía
Commercial rooftops will lead renewables growth in the next five years
Although the International Energy Agency’s latest renewables report forecasts impressive solar growth there is still a nagging feeling it has produced conservative estimates and the emphasis on sharing costs with grid operators is predictable.
Oct 21, 2019 // Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, Australia, Europe, rooftop PV, Oceania, Netherlands, Belgium, North America, Austria, IEA
Elgin Energy to progress with 49.9 MW solar farm
Elgin Energy to progress with 49.9 MW solar farm
Oct 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy
Boralex scoops New York solar project
Sky High PV farm in the community of Tully is due online in Q3 2022
Jan 26, 2021 // Plants, USA, New York, North America, Boralex