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South African utility Eskom releases tender for 80 MW/320 MWh of storage
The South African national power business is preparing to release big range energy storage ability at the Skaapvlei substation. The center will help manage the periodic energy created by a 100 MW Eskom wind ranch.
Aug 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, pv power plants, tender, Africa, eskom, South Africa
SENS to create 440 MW photovoltaic project in Sicily
German Steag Solar Energy Solutions GmbH (SENS) and KGAL Investment Management GmbH & Co. KG intend to come up with photovoltaic power projects in Sicily with an installed capacity of 440 MW.
Dec 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, SENS
Solar-plus-storage to cover 25% of electricity demand of Saint Kitts and Nevis
The Swiss battery maker Leclanché will build a 35.6 MW / 44.2 MWh solar-plus-storage power plant, which will provide with clean power state-owned St.Kitts electric utility Skelec over a 20-year period. The new facility will be able to cover around a fourth of the archipelago’s total electricity demand.
Aug 8, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, storage, Germany, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Leclanché, Skelec, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Basseterre, Anil Srivastava, Solrid, Switzerland, North America
New solar installation in Uruguayan Antarctic
Inverter company ABB supplied equipment for a second PV plant at the Artigas base. Its collaboration with the Uruguayan Antarctic Institute helps facilitate climate change research.
Aug 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, ABB, PV plant, Artigas, Uruguayan Antarctic Institute, Antarctic
SNEC: Yingli Solar heightens ties with Chinese PV firms
China's Yingli Solar is partnering with a variety of high-profile players in its domestic market to achieve mutually useful undertakings as well as promote the country's tidy energy market.
Aug 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Yingli Solar
Alliant Energy upgrades 2.55-MW Iowa solar plant with storage
Greater than 9,500 solar panels currently produce clean power at Alliant Energy's brand-new Marshalltown Solar Garden in Marshalltown, Iowa. This pilot project integrates solar energy and battery storage space to create, shop and provide power to clients.
Oct 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, North America, alliant energy, PV Power Plant, Terry Kouba
Tata Solar Commissions 66 MW Solar Project for Vibrant Energy
Tata Power Solar Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has actually commissioned an EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Building) project of 66MW for Vibrant Energy.
Jun 16, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, tata power solar, Ashish Khanna, Praveer Sinha, Renewable Energy, Vibrant Energy, group captive model, srini viswanathan
Haynes Solar awarded 6-MW building and construction portfolio for location around Asheville, North Carolina
Haynes Solar, a division of MB Haynes, has been contracted for the largest solar project portfolio in Buncombe County, North Carolina.
Oct 6, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Haynes Solar, Brownie Newman, Fred Lewis
Solar Water Farm developed by GivePower provides 35,000 Kenyan residents with drinkable water daily
The innovative solar-powered solution for turning salty water into fresh water suitable for consumption has been installed in Kenyan village of Kiunga, on the Indian Ocean Coast.
Nov 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Kenya, GivePower, Africa
Salt River Project is joining solar storage market leaders
One of the major public utilities in Arizona is starting deployment of a 250 MW / 1,000 MWh storage facility in Rainbow Valley, the southern neighborhood of Buckeye (Phoenix Metropolitan Area). Sonoran Energy Center is going to become the biggest storage system in Arizona and one of the biggest in the US.
Nov 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, Salt River Project, Sonoran Energy Center
EDF sends planning consent for initial 50MW UK solar farm
EDF Renewables' 49.9 MW Sutton Bridge solar farm has actually taken another step forward as its planning application precedes South Holland District Council.
Dec 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, EDF Renewables, solar farm, Stephen Walls
FSLR is authorized for 450 MW solar farm in Sonoran Desert
First Solar has finally obtained authorization for its huge photovoltaic project in California’s desert. The approval was preceded by much objection based on cultural and eco reasons.
Jan 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, America, First Solar, pv power plants, solar pv, North America, large-scale pv, doi, sonora desert
DEF to develop two new solar parks in Florida
Florida’s electric power company has disclosed where its new PV stations will be located. The systems are meant to supply green power to Floridian consumers.
Jan 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, PV plants, Duke Energy, Florida, North America
AGL preps commissioning of 250-MW/250-MWh battery in S Australia
AGL Energy Ltd (ASX: AGL) is anticipated to commission a 250 MW/250 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia's Torrens Island in a couple of weeks, having received authorization for performance standards by market regulatory authority AEMO.
Apr 14, 2023 // Storage, AGL Energy, S Australia
Supercapacitors difficulty batteries: graphene hybrid material gets to power thickness of batteries
A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and also Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly reliable supercapacitor. The basis of the power storage device is a novel, powerful and likewise lasting graphene hybrid product that has equivalent performance information to currently utilized batteries.
Jan 11, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Graphene, Roland Fischer, TUM