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Enel Green Power secures $126m loan for Aussie solar-storage
Enel Green Power secures $126 million loan for Girgarre solar park in Victoria, Australia, adding solar and battery storage capacity in New South Wales. Construction set to begin soon.
Jun 14, 2024 // Storage, enel green power
Shell-backed Daystar Shines in SA's Power-Hungry Market
Shell-backed Daystar Power is expanding its operations into South Africa to provide alternative power systems as demand increases due to record power cuts. Daystar plans to build up to 120 megawatts of solar power with 400 megawatts across Africa by 2025, targeting large-scale, bankable commercial and industrial users. An office is also opening in Tanzania.
Aug 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, South Africa, Daystar Power, Shell Plc
Tesla Powers Up Australia's Largest Battery
A revolutionary energy storage complex has been commissioned in New South Wales, providing energy to 240,000 homes. It's the largest battery in the state, with three Tesla Megapack systems forming the backbone of the 150 MW/300 MWh Riverina and Darlington Point complex from Federation Asset Management and Edify Energy. Get the details on the long-term asset manager and the 10-year contracts supplied to EnergyAustralia.
Oct 9, 2023 // Storage, TESLA, Australia, Oceania
155MW Romanian PV Project: Econergy & Nofar Energy's JV
This 155MW solar PV project is the largest one in SE Europe and a €102m joint investment from Econergy and Nofar Energy. Test phase underway, it will produce 220GWh of electricity annually & help Romania meet its 2030 emissions goals.
Nov 1, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, solar farm, Econergy, Nofar
Pacific Blue boosts S Australian wind farm with 60-MW battery
Pacific Blue's 60-MW battery in South Australia will boost grid stability and support clean energy transition, adding to their impressive renewable energy portfolio.
Jun 13, 2024 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Pacific Blue
Neoen's Hangover: Battery Decline & Solar Farm Contract Cuts Earnings
Neoen: Australia's Leading Renewable Energy Developer - Revenues down 8% in Q3 but strong 9-month results. 412 MW Goyder South Wind, 219 MW/876 MWh Battery, 10 GW capacity by 2025+ - Ebitda €700 million+.
Nov 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, neoen, Oceania
Tronox boosts decarbonisation with 200-MW S African renewables deal
Tronox secures 200 MW of wind and solar energy with NOA Group Ltd, aiming for net zero emissions by 2050. Major step towards decarbonisation goals.
Jun 10, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tronox, S Africa, NOA Group Ltd
AMPYR Secures 195 MW Solar PPAs with Duke Energy
AMPYR Energy USA boosts solar capacity in South Carolina, securing 195 MWp to power 30,000 homes, while advancing toward its ambitious 5-GW solar portfolio goal.
Nov 21, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Duke Energy, AMPYR Energy USA
China's Hounen to open 1-GW solar panel factory in S Carolina
The US arm of Chinese solar maker Zhejiang Hounen Photoelectricity Co Ltd (Hounen) is planning to pour USD 33 million (EUR 30.9 m) right into a job that will create its first solar panel manufacturing facility in the US, it claimed last week.
Mar 20, 2023 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, solar panel, Hounen, S Carolina
African renewables platform Lekela moves to new proprietor Infinity Power
Dublin-based renewables developer Mainstream Renewable Power as well as private equity company Actis have finished the sale of their Lekela platform, Africa's largest pure-play renewables independent power producer (IPP), to Infinity Power.
Mar 20, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Software, Africa, LEKELA, Infinity Power
4.7-MW solar array now completed atop Maine capped landfill
The City of South Portland, Maine, has completed a 4.7-MW solar array atop the city's capped landfill. The project ought to offset 63% of the city's municipal electrical load.
Oct 26, 2022 // Plants, solar array, Scott Morelli, Thomas Biddinger, Phil Coupe
John Cockerill to Supply Thermal Receivers to Redstone CSP Plant in SA
John Cockerill, a Belgium-based design company, has exposed that it will provide molten salt solar thermal receivers to Redstone's 100 MW Concentrated Solar Energy Plant (CSP) in the North Cape Province of South Africa.
Jul 28, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Thermal, Africa, South Africa, ACWA Power, Rajit Nanda, International, csp, Concentrated Solar Power Plant, John Cockerill, Redstone CSP Plant
Hanwha departures solar-grade polysilicon organisation
South Korean solar-grade polysilicon manufacturer, Hanwha Solutions is to leave business by the end of 2020, adhering to OCI's choice to shutter polysilicon plants in the nation.
Feb 21, 2020 // Manufacturing News, South Korea, China, polysilicon, c-si manufacturing, wacker chemie, Asia, Hanwha, oci chemical
Juwi to take functional monitoring of 85-MW solar park in S Africa
Juwi Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd, or Juwi South Africa, will certainly take duty for the operational administration of an 85-MW solar park in South Africa.
Sep 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, Solar Park, Juwi Renewable Energies
S.Aussie Grid World's 1st to Get to Zero Demand, Rooftop Solar Was Key
To its knowledge, claims the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), South Australia is the initial gigawatt-scale power system in the world to technique zero operational demand due to such high percentages of demand being met by distributed energy resources (DER) such as rooftop solar.
Nov 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, Australian Energy Market Operator