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Britishvolt assigns brand-new CSO to support gigaplant ambitions
Battery producer Britishvolt has selected a new chief technique police officer as it remains to work towards the UK's first gigafactory.
Jun 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Storage, storage, UK, Battery Storage, Europe, Lithium ion, Lars Carlstrom, Britishvolt, Isobel Sheldon
Report: the commercial opportunity for off-grid solar power in Africa is $24 billion per year
On a continent where 600 million people have no access to electricity, “The combination of solar and fintech is driving an economic transformation.”
Jan 22, 2020 // Commercial, Rooftop PV, Market Research, Africa, PEG Africa, Nigeria, shell, Kleos Advisor, PayGo
Sunnova secures US$150m for safe harbour equipment and sales growth
Sunnova has secured US$150 million of financing to purchase safe harbour equipment and boost customer numbers and battery storage system sales.
Jan 2, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, USA, SunPower, Sunnova, domestic pv, North America, investment tax credit
Aspen Power Partners Secures $241M to Fuel Solar Farm Expansion
Aspen Power Partners secures $241 million in financing for solar energy projects, with support from JPMorgan Chase, Lombard Odier, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group. Backed by Carlyle, Aspen has a strong track record in renewable energy development.
Jan 18, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Aspen Power
In search of a golden mean for boosting battery performance
The research team from Rice University has found out that too many defects intentionally created in crystalline lattice can lead to lithium-ion battery degradation.
Jan 15, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, lithium-ion battery, Rice University, lithium-ion cells
Maldives reopens 40MWh battery storage tender for island solar
The Republic of Maldives has actually reopened a tender procedure, looking for to procure 40MWh of battery power storage systems (BESS) in a power transition project supported by World Bank funding.
Aug 10, 2022 // Storage, Asia, solar-plus-storage, world bank, microgrid, Maldives, tenders and auctions, procurement, diesel, island grids
Bosnian firm wins concession for 500-MW solar project
Bosnian company ETMax d.o.o. has actually won a concession from the government of Republika Srpska for the construction as well as operation of a 500-MW solar power plant in Nevesinje municipality.
Feb 3, 2023 // Plants, Solar Project, Bosnia, ETMax d.o.o.
Kenya’s Kisumu County launches tender for solar mini-grids
The local authority is seeking proposals to build mini-grids with generation capacities of more than 5 kW to power hospitals, markets, water pumping and street lighting. The council has expressed a strong preference for the build, operate and transfer project development model.
Nov 1, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, tender, Kenya, Africa, mini-grids
Space objective examinations NREL perovskite solar cells
On a clear night, Kaitlyn VanSant will certainly have the ability to watch her work whiz by. Knowing the success of her project, however, will certainly need to wait up until her small, momentary enhancement to the International Space Station returns to Earth.
Aug 31, 2021 // Technology, USA, NASA, NREL, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Kaitlyn VanSant, Timothy Peshek
Tunisia launches tender for another 70 MW of solar
Through this procurement exercise, the Tunisian government hopes to build six solar plants with a capacity of 10 MW each and ten 1 MW small solar parks.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Société Tunisienne de l’électricité et du gaz (STEG), STEG, Build Own Operate, BOO
Scatec appoints new chief executive officer as Raymond Carlsen steps down after 13 years
Raymond Carlsen is stepping down as chief executive officer of independent power manufacturer (IPP) Scatec after 13 years in the role, to be replaced by the company's EVP of project growth, Terje Pilskog.
Mar 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec, IPP, John Andersen Jr
Enphase Makes Inroads in Bareilly With 754kW Installation
The mix of solar as well as roof covering by means of the InRoof system appears to have actually helped Enphase convince the customer to Enphase InRoofsee the long-term benefits associated with its microinverter based solutions.
Dec 19, 2022 // BIPV, Rooftop PV, bipv, Enphase, Building-integrated photovoltaics, Sunil Thamaran, Aditya goel, Ashish Khandelwal, B.L. Agro, InRoof system, Ornate solar, SRFC
The US tops 37.9 GW of large scale solar
That record figure of utility scale PV was under contract at the end of June with 8.7 GWdc under construction. However, installation levels fell slightly, year-over-year.
Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, USA, ITC, Texas, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Minnesota
Israel Grants 609 MW in Solar as well as Storage Capacity in Latest Tender
The Israel Electricity Authority has actually published the checklist of victors in the most up to date tender awarding 609 MW capacity in solar with storage space projects
Jan 5, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, Asia, Israel, solar projects, Yuval Steinitz
Voltalia commissions 18.4 MWp of solar in Brazil for telecom Vivo
Vivo, a brand of Telefonica SA (BME: TEF), on Thursday revealed that three more distributed generation (DG) solar plants with a combined capacity of 18.4 MWp were appointed in Brazil's Parana state in April to power the firm's neighborhood procedures.
May 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Voltalia, South america, Brazil, Vivo