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Voltalia signs 30-MW solar PPA with Leroy Merlin
France's Voltalia SA (EPA: VLTSA) has actually signed a power acquisition agreement (PPA) to supply residential retail chain Leroy Merlin with electricity from a 30-MW solar project.
Sep 27, 2022 // Plants, PPA, Voltalia, Leroy Merlin
Essentia Energia activates 475-MWp solar complicated in Brazil
Brazilian investment manager Patria Investimentos, with its renewable energy system Essentia Energia, has actually put the 475-MWp Sol do Sertao photovoltaic (PV) complex right into operation in Brazil's Bahia state.
Oct 22, 2021 // Plants, South america, Brazil, Essentia Energia
Neoen Commissions 41 MWp Solar Power Plant in Mozambique
French-based independent power producer (IPP), Neoen, has officially commissioned the 41 MWp Metoro solar power plant in Mozambique. Inaugurated in October 2020 by Mozambican Head Of State, H.E. Filipe Jacinto Nyusi, the project will certainly come online in the following few weeks, providing much-needed power to the national grid.
Apr 18, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, neoen, Africa, Mozambique, PV Power Plant
Hydrogen in crossbreed perovskites is less innocent than it looks
Researchers in the products department in UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering have uncovered a significant reason for constraints to effectiveness in a brand-new generation of solar cells.
Apr 30, 2021 // Technology, USA, hydrogen, solar cell, perovskite, North America, UC Santa Barbara's College of Engineering
Naturgy turns sod on new 50-MW solar farm in Spain
Spanish power and also gas utility Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY) announced on Thursday that it has actually broken ground on a 50-MW solar PV farm in Spain's area of Extremadura.
Apr 29, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Naturgy, solar farm
NTPC looks for programmers for 900 MW of solar projects in Cuba
Indian state-run energy business NTPC Ltd (BOM:532555) is acquiring quotes from designers for the implementation of solar projects in the Republic of Cuba with an integrated capacity of 900 MW, according to a statement priced estimate by Indian media.
Jan 18, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, NTPC, North America, Cuba, solar projects
US capitalist broadens solar pipe by 2GW
CIG Capital is buying five large-scale projects in Texas, South Dakota as well as North Dakota
Apr 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, CIG Capital
Ark Wins Federal Nod for $790m NSW Solar-Battery
Ark Energy’s 435‑MW Richmond Valley solar-plus-storage wins EPBC approval, fast-tracking finance for firm evening power via multi-hour battery—accelerating NSW’s coal-to-renewables shift with lower interconnection risk.
Dec 17, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales, permitting, Ark Energy
Grenergy seeking to raise US$ 95m to speed up growth in Europe as well as storage space advancement
Spanish developer Grenergy has launched a EUR90 million (US$ 94.8 million) accelerated capital boost to fuel development in Europe and develop its power storage space capacity.
Jun 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, ENERGY STORAGE, Germany, Europe, Grenergy Renovables, capital raise, Grenergy, europe solar
ROUND-UP: Solar milestones in Ukraine, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Nauru
De Raj Group and STC Energy have struck a deal to deploy an 88.371MW solar portfolio near Kiev, in a bid to capitalise on Ukraine’s feed-in tariff (FiT) scheme.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, ADB, Ukraine, EBRD, Engie, Hungary, pv power plants, Europe, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, Asian Development Bank, kazakhstan, Nauru, Micronesia, De Raj Group
North Carolina energy plan looks to clear remaining regulatory hurdles for solar
Existing solar power policies in North Carolina will go under review as part of the state’s draft Clean Energy Plan. Published last week, it includes the retirement of 4GW of coal and the proposal of measures to drive renewable energy more broadly as well as boosting EV adoption in the US state.
Aug 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North Carolina, solar pv, ssfusa, Duke Energy, Clean Energy Plan, boosting EV, Stephen De May, North America
Copel buys into 4-MW solar DG venture
Brazilian power utility Companhia Paranaense de Energia, much better referred to as Copel, is getting a 49% risk in a 4-MW solar dispersed generation (DG) profile.
Apr 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, Copel
Grupotec connects 92 MW of solar awarded in Spanish auction
Spain’s Grupotec Servicios Avanzados SA has grid-connected two solar photovoltaic (PV) parks with around 92 MW of combined capacity it secured in the Spanish government’s 2017 renewable energy auction.
Dec 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, pv power plants, Europe, auction, Grupotec Servicios Avanzados SA
Materials scientists uncover source of degradation in sodium batteries
Batteries power our lives: we rely on them to keep our cell phones and laptops buzzing and our hybrid and electric cars on the road. But ever-increasing adoption of the most commonly used lithium-ion batteries may actually lead to increased cost and potential shortages of lithium - which is why sodium-ion batteries are being researched intensely as a possible replacement. They perform well, and sodium, an alkali metal closely related to lithium, is cheap and abundant.
Jul 26, 2019 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, storage, BATTERIES, Zhen Zhu, Hartwin Peelaers, Zhu, hydrogen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
Brazil’s Cemig contracts renewable power from 197 MW of project capacity
Solar and wind projects selected in the company’s latest clean energy procurement exercise have been awarded a 19-year power purchase deal, starting from 2023. Cemig has now contracted green power from 780 MW of renewable project capacity in three tender rounds held since June last year.
Sep 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Engie, Enel, tender, South america, Brazil, Cemig