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Tunisia-based 5 MW solar facility supplemented with 2.2 MW of storage
Major Italy-based oil and gas producer has completed an off-grid solar-plus-storage project in Tunisia. Earlier, it commissioned a similar 10-megawatt installation in Pakistan. The Tunisian project was deployed in collaboration with local state-owned ETAP.
Dec 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, solar-plus-storage, Tunisia, Africa, Eni
Perovskite material with superlattice structure may surpass performance of a 'perfect' solar cell
A perovskite solar cell established by engineers at the University of California San Diego brings scientists closer to damaging the ceiling on solar cell effectiveness, suggests a research released Aug. 10 in Nature.
Aug 12, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, University of California, efficiency, Yusheng Lei, Sheng Xu
Oriana Power Commissions 1MW Floating Solar Power Project In Rajasthan
The firm intended this project in a water body on the premises of Dabok Mines in the district.
Apr 21, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, India, Asia, Rajasthan, Oriana Power
Pakistan Solar Association Wants Govt to Allow $800m for Solar Imports
The solar panels and equipment were put in the checklist of non-essential items thinking about the issues of money laundering. PSA stated that partial returning to of solar items' imports will benefit Pakistan.
Mar 27, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Pakistan, Khurram Dastgir Khan, Mohsin Sahukat, Pakistan Power Minister, Pakistan Solar Association, Pakistan solar industry, SBP, Shahbaz Sharif
Commerz Real gets 50-megawatt agri-PV project near Berlin
Asset manager Commerz Real, part of Commerzbank Group, has gotten the project for a 50-megawatt photovoltaic or pv power plant with simultaneous agricultural usage (Agri-PV) for an undisclosed amount.
Dec 12, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Commerz Real
Leeward buys Tri Global's Indiana portfolio
Utility-scale renewables team Tri Global will market two projects in Indiana, amounting to 580MW capability, to Texas-based Leeward Renewable Energy.
Apr 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Jason Allen, leeward, Tri Global
US Overhaul on Trade Needed: First Solar CEO
First Solar is advocating for trade enforcement as module prices reach record lows. Biden's duties on Chinese imports and US Inflation Reduction Act's new incentives could help strengthen US solar manufacturing. First Solar calls for a level playing field for fair competition.
Sep 22, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, Joe Biden
Tunisia's initial floating solar station starts to operate
In Tunisia, the first floating solar station on a lake alongside a Tunis industrial park has started to operate.
Nov 14, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, Tunisia, Africa, Omar Bey
United States utility-scale solar 'resilient' under COVID as Q2 2020 installs leading 3.5 GW.
US large-scale solar release remained resilient throughout a pandemic-stricken Q2, but rooftop solar installs fallen down by virtually one-quarter as shelter-in-place orders dented activity.
Sep 10, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Wood Mackenzie, Trump, residential solar, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Austin Perea
European Energy Secures Funding for Australian Solar Projects
European Energy A/S secures over EUR 70 million to power Australia's green future with two new solar parks, boosting renewable energy capacity by 137 MW.
Jun 19, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, Oceania, european energy, PV Power Plant
Hebrew University Researchers Develop Flexible, Inkjet-Printed Semitransparent Solar Cells
Researchers from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel have developed a new type of flexible, semitransparent solar cell through inkjet printing. This technology advances the use of photovoltaics in existing windows and offers higher efficiency and improved mechanical properties.
Feb 28, 2023 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Israel, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Azure Power sees Indian solar pipeline swell following SECI choice
Azure Power has seen its pipe of interstate transmission solar in India swell by an additional 2GW after a greenshoe option in an existing agreement with Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) was worked out.
Jul 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, PPA, India, SECI, Asia, large-scale solar, Azure Power, Ranjit Gupta, ists
Brookfield fund looks for control over Chile's Cerro Dominador plant
Brookfield Infrastructure Debt I LP, a fund affiliated with Canadian financial investment manager Brookfield Corp (NYSE: BN) as well as its family of firms, is interested in wielding crucial influence over the management of the Cerro Dominador focused solar power (CSP) as well as photovoltaic complex in Chile, according to a notice to Chilean antitrust authority FNE.
May 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Brookfield Infrastructure Debt I LP
Sonnedix lands financial close on new 40MW Japan project
Sonnedix has actually reached economic close on a 40MW utility-scale solar farm in Japan, including in an expanding portfolio of solar in the nation.
Jul 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Japan, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Sonnedix, Axel Thiemann, Asia, sumitomo mitsui
UKIB to provide ₤ 200m in storage financing
Bank will invest ₤ 75m in SIRES fund in addition to ₤ 65m from Centrica and also ₤ 125m in Equitix UK ES Fund
Apr 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, UKIB, EQUITIX