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First Utility-Scale Floating Solar Power Plant For Germany
Ciel & Terre recently announced the launching of a new utility-scale 750 kWp floating solar array in Renchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Utilizing more than 2,300 solar panels, it is predicted the solar power plant will generate 736 MWh per year.
Sep 30, 2019 // Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, Ciel & Terre, Neige BREANT, Vincent Pinchou, Ossola GmbH, Erdgas Südwest
International renewables investment reaches brand-new high in 2021 but rapid ramp-up demand
Worldwide investment in renewables rose to new heights in 2021 as solar and wind implementation rose, but overall energy transition expenditure requires to triple in the coming years to jump on track for web zero.
Jan 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, BNEF, China, Asia, BloombergNEF, net zero, Matthias Kimmel, Albert Cheung
Downing, FCC Secure Approval for 100-MW UK Battery Project
Downing Renewable Developments and FCC Environment secure approval for a 100MW BESS project, boosting West Midlands' renewable energy infrastructure and supporting the UK's green transition.
Mar 6, 2025 // Storage, UK, Europe, Downing, FCC
Scientist report on novel approach for high performance and also spectrally stable deep-blue perovskite LEDs
Researchers from Yonsei University, Sungkyunkwan University as well as Institute for Basic Science (IBS) have actually suggested a rapid crystallization method based on hot-antisolvent bathing for awareness of deep-blue perovskite light-emitting diodes (PeLEDs).
Jan 6, 2023 // Technology, perovskite, IBS, Sungkyunkwan University, Yonsei University, Institute for Basic Science
FRV selects Hithium batteries for 500-MWh Gnarwarre BESS, Victoria Australia
FRV taps Hithium to supply 112 battery blocks for the 250-MW/500-MWh Gnarwarre BESS in Victoria, a grid-forming project west of Geelong.
Sep 11, 2025 // Storage, Victoria, Australia, Oceania, frv, Hithium, battery-storage
Greenbacker acquires 20-MW solar package in Utah
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GREC) claimed on Tuesday it has bought a 20-MW portfolio of pre-operational solar parks in Utah that are contracted under a lasting power purchase contract (PPA).
Jun 9, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, Utah, North America, greenbacker
Puma energy rolls out PV-batteries in Ghana
Solar and storage space systems totalling 422kW/ 224kWh have actually been installed at 14 websites
Apr 19, 2021 // Plants, Storage, West Africa, Solar Project, Puma Energy, Henry Osei, Mitchell Board
Advanced Power sells fully developed 200-MW Texas battery project
Advanced Power divested a fully developed 200-MW battery in Texas, recycling capital while positioning the asset for construction and market participation in ERCOT.
Oct 10, 2025 // Storage, USA, Texas, North America, ERCOT, battery project, Advanced Power, divestment
EDF Renewables UK intends 49.9-MW solar farm in Northamptonshire
EDF Renewables UK intends to develop a 49.9-MW solar farm at Glassthorpe in Northamptonshire, England.
May 27, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, EDF Renewables, solar farm, Northamptonshire
EU and AfDB to fund Rural Electrification in Togo to a tune of €12million
The EU and AfDF to fund rural electrification program in Togo to a tune of 12 million Euros
Dec 23, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, off-grid solar, Africa, AfDB, Togo, EU, solar pump
Voltalia to develop 123MW Uzbek solar farm
The project is scheduled for commissioning in 2024
Dec 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, tender, Asia, Uzbekistan, solar farm
Botswana Awards $78.3M Solar Deal to Chinese Group
Botswana's $78.3 million solar plant contract with China aims to meet 50% of energy demand with clean power by 2036, reducing reliance on coal.
Aug 13, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Botswana, Chine
New South Wales federal government authorizes plan for 400MW solar farm with 200MWh battery storage space
Stubbo Solar Farm and Battery, a project under growth in New South Wales (NSW), Australia, which would certainly pair 400MW of solar with 200MW/ 200MWh of battery energy storage space, has actually taken a step better to going on.
Jul 16, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Australia, Oceania, solar farm
New combined solar cells produce high power conversion performances
Scientists at Hiroshima University in Japan have combined together different polymer and molecular semiconductors as photo-absorbers to develop a solar cell with enhanced power performances and also power generation.
Dec 9, 2020 // Technology, Japan, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, organic, Hiroshima University, Itaru Osaka
New materials for extremely high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
A team of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania synthesized materials that were utilized for building a record-breaking perovskite solar module, with an efficiency of 21.4 percent. This was attained with the passivation of the active solar cell layer, which boosts the efficiency of the cell as well as substantially boosts its stability.
Jan 12, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Switzerland, Lithuania, efficiency, EPFL, Kaunas University of Technology, KTU, Kasparas Rakštys, Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology