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Iberdrola Wins First French Floating Solar Project
Iberdrola has been awarded its first floating solar power project in France, with a total capacity of 25MW. This project is part of the call for tenders issued in 2022 by Kurtzenhouse municipality, in Alsace, and will occupy an area of approximately 13.5 hectares of the 28 hectares available on the site.
Feb 3, 2023 // Floating PV, Iberdrola, PV Power Plant
First Applied Materials remains to push market supremacy in PV module films service
Market leading PV module film product manufacturer, First Applied Materials has reported rising earnings on the back of expanding demand, raised capacity and higher ordinary market price (ASPs) for the 4th quarter and also full-year 2020.
Mar 29, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, pv backsheet, first applied materials, pv encapsulants
Libya pushes ahead with 200-MW solar project in Ghadames
Libya is making progress on the execution of one more large-scale solar project as state-owned General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) has actually inked a power acquisition agreement (PPA) for the 200-MW Ghadames solar park that will be integrated in the northwest of the nation.
Jul 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Solar Project, Libya, Ghadames
Jinko Solar Lays Claim As First To Deliver 100GW Solar Panels
Jinko Solar states claims that one out of every 10 solar modules mounted in the world was created by the company. The company claims that it has actually attained the turning point despite Covid-19 led supply chain interruptions.
Mar 31, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, bipv, Jinko Solar, solar modules, Dany Qian, Kangping Chen, Building-integrated photovoltaics, Tiger, swan, Tiger Pro Series, Cheetah, Tiger Neo modules
Japan's First Offshore Floating Solar Plant Powers Tokyo Bay
Revolutionizing renewable energy in Japan, SolarDuck and Tokyu Corp launch the country's first offshore floating solar power plant, powering electric vehicles and boats. #sustainableenergy
May 10, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant
Swift Current Energy orders 2 GW of additional First Solar modules
Swift Current Energy, an independent power manufacturer (IPP) as well as renewables developer with a 9-GW-plus pipeline, has placed a new multi-year order with First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) for the supply of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, even larger than the prior one.
Oct 26, 2022 // Manufacturing News, First Solar, swift current energy, Eric Lammers
First Solar as well as EDPR sign 1.8 GW PV module offer
Multi-year order will certainly be delivered up to 2028
Apr 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, First Solar, solar module, EDPR
First Solar to pay US$350 million to settle 2012 class action case
‘Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, First Solar has agreed to settle a 2012 class action lawsuit to the tune of US$350 million. The settlement is subject to approval by the United States District Court for the District of Arizona.
Jan 6, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, Germany, SMSL, Europe, Asia, first solar inc, cdte thin-film modules
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
CATL Starts Battery Cell Production In German Plant-- First Outside China
It's the first plant of CATL outside of China. CATL strategies to achieve a manufacturing capacity of 14GWh as well as develop up to 2,000 new work in complete within Germany in the future.
Dec 22, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, CATL, Arnstadt factory of CATL, battery production of CATL, Contemporary Amperex Technology Thuringia GmbH, G1 building of CATL Plant, lithium-ion battery cells, Matthias Zentgraf
First Solar to take back bragging rights for largest PV module maker in US
Leading CdTe thin-film PV module manufacturer and ‘Solar Module Super League (SMSL), First Solar expects to start volume production at its second US manufacturing plant in early 2020, restoring its bragging rights as the largest PV module manufacturer in US and western hemisphere.
Sep 24, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, Q CELLS, First Solar, c-si manufacturing, North America, thin-film PV, first solar inc, cdte thin-film modules, series 6
ACEN Powers Up Philippines first Hybrid Solar-Storage Plant
The 2 × 20 MW energy storage facility is adjacent to ACEN's 120 MW Alaminos solar farm. The facility holds 24 battery containers with SAFT 2.5 MWh lithium-ion batteries, likely sufficient to power regarding 20,000 homes and avoid 35.87 MTCO2e exhausts annually.
Feb 24, 2022 // Plants, Storage, Asia, Philippines, ACEN, Alaminos solar farm, Eric Francia, Jose Maria Zabaleta
Scotland's very first transmission system-connected battery storage project underway
Zenobē has actually started building of its 50MW/100MWh battery storage space asset in Scotland, said to be the very first transmission linked battery in the nation.
May 3, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, SCOTLAND, transmission network, James Basden, Zenobē
Tesla is building the first huge Europe-based fab in Germany
Elon Musk has announced a factory next to Berlin, which is forecasted to provide about 10,000 new vacancies. Tesla is intended to build the plant in the proximity of new Berlin airport.
Nov 14, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Storage, TESLA, Elon Musk, China, Asia, Berlin, Axel Springer
First Solar to double US production capacity with new 3.3 GW Ohio plant
First Solar has unveiled strategies to more than increase its United States manufacturing capacity with a 3.3 GWdc facility in Ohio that will certainly create slim film PV modules for the nation's utility-scale solar field.
Jun 9, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, North America, first solar inc, Ohio, capacity expansion announcements, cdte thin film modules