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Scatec establishes 1.5-GW annual capacity goal, to sharpen concentrate on H2
energy service, while paying better focus to specific markets such as South Africa, Brazil, the Philippines, Hydro-Africa, Egypt, India, as well as Poland. Most
Sep 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Solar to Fuel, Scatec, green hydrogen
Globeleq Acquires 75% of Mozambique Solar Plant
includes:
The construction of 1.4 gigawatts (GW) of solar power plants in South Africa, with an estimated total investment of USD 2 billion
An additional 1 GW of
Jul 18, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Mozambique, PV Power Plant, Globeleq
Eskom to collectively establish solar projects at South African coal mines
news follows Reuters reported that Eskom, which supplies more than 90% of South Africa's electrical energy, held "productive conversations" with Western environment
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
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
Sonnedix shuts buy of 55-MW Japanese solar plant
numerous hundred megawatts in Italy, France, Spain, the US, Chile, South Africa as well as
Dec 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Sonnedix, Asia, Solar Power Plant
New South Wales opens call for 8GW renewable resource zone
The New South Wales federal government has actually launched an enrollment of interest procedure for Australia's biggest renewable resource area (REZ), which is anticipated to supply as high as 8GW of capability.
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, rez, renewable energy zone
The major floating PV plant in Saemangeum (South Korea) stands up for its rights
The Ministry of National Defense of South Korea assures that a major floating PV generator that is planned to be located in the Saemangeum tidal flat will give no impact on military flight and landing operations of United States military forces based nearby.
Nov 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, South Korea, floating PV, Asia, Choi Hyun-soo
CellCube's Flow Batteries Recieve Munich Re's Bankable Insurance
over their lifecycle, made for and commonly going beyond two decades."
In South Africa, Enerox will certainly be providing a 1MW/4MWh CellCube solution to a project
Dec 7, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, MUNICH RE, vanadium redox flow batteries, CellCube, Alexander Schoenfeldt, Mikhail Nikomarov, VRFBs
Waterloo solar energy plant (75 MWp) enters into industrial operation
South Africa's nationwide electricity grid is expanding. At the very least 75 MWp more are lately infused into it from the Waterloo photovoltaic or pv solar power plant, whose industrial operation is announced by the South African subsidiary of juwi Renewable Energies. The neighborhood engineering, procurement as well as building (EPC) professional has actually set up 261,360 solar panels on a 171-hectare website near the community of Vryburg in the North West Province of South Africa.
The installation feeds its output right into the nationwide electrical power grid from an Eskom changing terminal in Mookodi. "At the peak of construction, greater than 500 people, mainly from neighborhood neighborhoods, were directly employed. This is in addition to the tasks developed by subcontracting various solutions," says juwi Renewable Energies.
Procedure over 20 years
The Waterloo solar project becomes part of the 4th round of theRenewable Energy Independent Power Procurement Programme (REIPPP), released by the South African federal government to bring in investment from independent power producers (IPPs). The concession was granted to a consortium formed by African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM, a member of Old Mutual Alternative Investments) with its IDEAS fund, Reatile Solar Power (RF) (Pty), Phakwe Solar (RF) (Pty), AREP (African Rainbow Energy and Power) and also Cicada Community Trust.
These companions will run their solar photovoltaic nuclear power plant for 20 years under a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) signed with the state-owned company Eskom. juwi Renewable Energies will certainly run and keep it for the following five years with its subsidiary juwi O&M. EPC welcomes the consortium's initiatives to advertise neighborhood development with this clean power project.
Dec 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant
South African utility Eskom releases tender for 80 MW/320 MWh of storage
South African utility Eskom has released a tender for the deployment of 80 MW/ 320 MWh of power storage capacity at its Skaapvlei substation, in the Western Cape area. The center will help handle periodic power generated by a 100 MW Eskom wind farm close by.
The selected developer will certainly make, develop as well as operate the storage space center and supply procedures and maintenance solutions for five years. The deadline to send job propositions is September 11.
The tender for the center comes in the wake of publication of South Africa's brand-new Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), which goes for as much as 6 GW of brand-new big scale solar by 2030, as well as up to 6 GW of smaller, distributed-generation capacity. Various other tenders provided because the new IRP was revealed consist of one in October for a little solar project, and also an expression of passion launched in April for "decommissioned power station repurposing" which included the alternative of renewables ability.
Eskom is working with unbundling its power syndicate as it suffers constant blackouts, partly because of upkeep problems at its aging coal-fired power plants.
Aug 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, pv power plants, tender, Africa, eskom, South Africa
DNV companions with South Korean companies to check out floating solar opportunities
Quality assurance business DNV is teaming up with South Korean floating PV (FPV) component suppliers to check out business opportunities in the worldwide floating solar market.
Jul 22, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, South Korea, Asia, Floating solar, Scotra, dnv, POSCO, solarpark
ACWA’s ‘record’ bid wins 250MW Scaling Solar duo in Ethiopia
Saudi Arabian energy developer ACWA Power has won a 250MW duo of World Bank-backed solar projects in eastern Ethiopia.
Sep 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, world bank, international finance corporation, Africa, Scaling Solar, tenders, ACWA Power, Arabia Saudi, pv projects
Pine Gate Renewables completes nearly 100 MW solar project in South Carolina
Pine Gate Renewables introduced that its Centerfield Solar project in Chesterfield, South Carolina, is now on the internet as well as supplying 98 MW of renewable energy to the community via its acquisition power agreement with Santee Cooper.
Mar 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, South Carolina, Solar Project, Ben Catt, Pine Gate Renewables, Chris Dunbar
STI Norland to establish brand-new subsidiary in Australia
is either developing or enhancing offices in the United States, Australia, South Africa, as well as India.
STI Norland has offered more than 6 GW of trackers and
Nov 19, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Australia, Europe, Oceania, pv trackers, STi Norland S.L.