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UK-based solar investment company launches the first subsidy-free solar park
LSE-listed investment company NextEnergy Solar Fund has finished the construction of the first unsubsidized solar project in Great Britain.
Nov 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, UK, Europe, subsidy-free, NextEnergy Solar Fund
Enel hits 1.3GW of Mexican solar with launch of first bifacial-only plant
Enel Green Power hit a number of milestones as it switched on a large-scale solar plant in Mexico, taking its solar portfolio in the country past the 1.3GW mark.
Nov 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, America, Enel, subsidy-free solar, Mexico, North America, bifacial solar, egp
The world’s first solar road is an absolute disaster
In 2016 France turned a one-kilometer stretch of roadway into the world’s first solar road. And three years later, the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster, French newspaper Le Monde reports.
Aug 16, 2019 // Solar, USA, France, Netherlands, solar road, Amsterdam, Solar Roadways, LED lights
First Solar books 2-GW module order from National Grid Renewables
United States solar panels maker First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) revealed today that it has authorized a framework contract with Minneapolis-based developer National Grid Renewables for the supply of 2 GW DC of thin-film PV modules.
Jun 23, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, PV module, North America
Greenwood-Led Group to Build Massive Solar Farm in Canada
Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure, in partnership with Saturn Power Inc and Ocean Man First Nation, will build a 100-MW solar farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, marking the beginning of a series of solar projects in the region.
Jan 25, 2024 // Plants, Canada, North America, PV Power Plant, Greenwood Sustainable Infrastructure
Huaneng Renewables secured permits for just 50 MW of grid parity solar in first half
The wind power generator also has a 930 MW solar portfolio but did not take big steps in unsubsidized PV during the first six months of the year.
Aug 29, 2019 // Plants, Grids, Tariffs, China Power, Huaneng Renewables
'Very first delivery of 500 W components' revealed
Chinese producer Risen Energy will provide Malaysia's Tokai Engineering with 20 MW of its brand-new panels, revealed in December. Increased asserts its items can help in reducing balance-of-system project prices by 9.6% as well as the levelized expense of power by 6%.
Mar 20, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Risen Energy
Tunisia announces grid-connection of its first solar park
The 10 MW facility is located in Tozeur, in southern Tunisia. The project was also financed by the German development bank KFW under Tunisia’s solar program Plan Solaire Tunisien (PST).
Aug 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, STEG, Tozeur, Tunisia, KFW, Plan Solaire Tunisien, Youssef Chahed
EDP buys 50% stake in 278MW of First Solar projects in the US
Energias de Portugal (EDP), through its subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has acquired a 50% stake in a 278MW US solar portfolio that was developed by First Solar.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, EDP, First Solar, North America, CdTe
AES breaks ground on 58MW solar installation in Dominican Republic
AES Dominicana has broken ground on a 58MW solar plant in the Dominican Republic, which is now being built by Spain's TSK Electricidad y Electronica.
Nov 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Dominican Republic, North America, AES, seni, tsk
Sonnedix acquires 262-MWp solar portfolio to enter Portugal
Global independent power producer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd has actually obtained a 262-MWp solar PV portfolio in Portugal, making its entrance into the marketplace.
Nov 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Sonnedix, Europe
Lightsource BP closes financing on first utility-scale Australia project, boasts bifacial prominence
Lightsource BP has signed financing agreements to develop its maiden utility-scale solar project in Australia.
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, Australia, pv power plants, solar pv, bifacial, Lightsource BP, Adam Pegg, Oceania, finance
Canada's govt supports solar-plus-storage project in Yukon
The federal government of Canada today announced a CAD-15.5-million (USD 12m/EUR 11.8 m) investment in a solar-plus-storage project in the Yukon, the most northwestern area of the country.
Aug 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, North America, solar-plus-storage project, Yukon
Qatar Inaugurates 800 MW Solar Plant to Supply Green Power to World Cup
The solar power project has actually been functional because June and also it has a green energy generation capacity of 800 MW.
It will certainly assist supply Qatar's 10 per cent of power needs and avoid 26 million tons of co2 exhaust.
Oct 19, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Marubeni, PV Power Plant, green energy, TotalEnergies, qatarenergy, Al-Kharsaah Solar Project, Amir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Energy Minister of Qatar, football World Cup, Saad Sherida al-Kaabi
Lodestone Energizes Coromandel’s First Utility-Scale Solar
Lodestone Energy’s Coromandel utility-scale solar farm powers NZ’s grid by day, cutting prices; biodiversity-friendly, low-glare design, future battery and SCADA-led uptime boost resilience and local jobs.
Dec 5, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, New Zealand, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Oceania, Lodestone Energy, grid integration, commissioning
