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South Africa PV industry welcomes 6GW allocation despite time gaps
A decision by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) to allocate 6GW of new large-scale solar over the next decade has been welcomed by the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) for giving a “moderate level of certainty” to the industry.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Africa, coal, reippp, doe, dmre, embedded generation, sapvia, irp, Wido Schnabel, Niveshen Govender
174 Power Global bags funding for utility-scale solar in Texas
Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and south korea's Korea Development Bank are supplying construction and term debt for the
Sep 12, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, PV plants, North America, 174 power global, credit agricole corporate and investment bank, korea development bank, Q CELL modules
Wells Fargo Buys South Carolina Solar RECs To Advance Goals
Wells Fargo purchased renewable energy certificates from a 28-MW South Carolina solar project, supporting corporate decarbonization targets and grid-scale renewables.
Sep 26, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, South Carolina, Wells Fargo, corporate sustainability, RECs, solar procurement
Ausgrid Launches Community Battery in New South Wales
Unlocking the power of community energy storage in North Epping, Ausgrid's innovative project boosts grid reliability and supports sustainable energy solutions.
May 22, 2024 // Storage, new south wales, Ausgrid
China invests $29 billion to beat U.S. semiconductors
them key to China’s ambitions.
The fund impacts chip exporters such as south korea and Japan, but none more than American companies, including Intel, Qualcomm,
Dec 1, 2019 // Market Research, BNEF, China, Asia, BloombergNEF, semiconductors
JA Solar supplies modules for 88MW PV plant in Guam
2020 consisted of providing modules for a 133MW solar-wind crossbreed plant in south korea and also a 100MW task in Hungary.
Progression on the Guam facility comes as
Jan 15, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, JA Solar, North America, KEPCO, guam, module supply deals
Eskom to collectively establish solar projects at South African coal mines
South African utility Eskom has actually authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with mining business Exxaro as well as Seriti Resources to help decarbonise their procedures by releasing solar PV.
Oct 25, 2021 // Plants, Africa, eskom, South Africa, mining, coal mining
3-GWh lithium battery manufacturing facility in South Carolina to make ESS for grid-scale applications
Kontrolmatik Technologies, using its subsidiary Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, means to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Colleton County, South Carolina. The 500,000-sq-ft facility will certainly have an initial production capability of 3 GWh and also create LFP cells for grid-scale energy storage applications. Production is expected to begin in 2024.
Dec 9, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Storage, USA, North America, Kontrolmatik Technologies, Pomega Energy Storage Technologies
South Africa Awards Sterling & Wilson 240-MW Solar
Sterling and Wilson lands a 240‑MW South Africa EPC, its second this fiscal, betting on early gear buys, modular substations, and grid-code compliance to mitigate volatility and accelerate energization.
Nov 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Africa, South Africa, sterling and wilson, utility solar, grid code
National Grid Renewables structure South Dakota's biggest solar project
National Grid Renewables started on-site construction at its Wild Springs Solar Project in Pennington County, South Dakota. Wild Springs, the largest solar power project in South Dakota to date, is a 128-MWAC solar project located in the Southwest Power Pool (SPP) with a 114-MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Basin Electric Power Cooperative.
Jan 11, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, National Grid Renewables
South Africa plans to allocate at least 6 GW of large scale solar by 2030
That would take the country to 8.28 GW of generation capacity by the end of the next decade with the government stating up to 6 GW of small scale capacity could be required on top. By that stage, however, coal would still amount to 43% of generation capacity and gas and diesel a combined 8.1%, under the new Integrated Resource Plan.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa
South African Miner Harmony Gold To Add 30 MW Solar For Cleaner Mining
The action plan is split right into 3 components: Phase I, Phase II and Phase III. Phase I has mandated the business to start building of 3 × 10 MW solar energy plant in Free State area where the approximated generation is more than 68 GWh annually.
Jun 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Blockchain, solar PV plant, esg, ESG goals, Free state region, Harmony Gold, Peter Steenkamp
Aesthetics On China Imports Fail To Decrease Solar Imports For US In 2021
illustrates a rise in imports from other nations, including Thailand and south korea and even India. Only 1% of 2021 year-to-date imports come from regions outside
Dec 13, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, China, First Solar, Asia, rystad energy
Global South Utilities to Develop Solar-Storage Project in Madagascar
GSU powers Madagascar's future with a 50-MW solar farm, enhancing energy reliability and sustainability in the Global South.
Jul 2, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, PV Power Plant, Madagascar, GSU
South Africa Weighs Mega Renewable-Energy Tender to Curb Outages
Proposal would ask for procurement of 15,000 megawatts
Existing rounds ought to be sped up and also launched by end May
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, South Africa, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa









