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Solar Flexrack supplying fixed-tilt mounts for 26.4-MWac Connecticut solar project
Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals and a photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions provider, has completed a contract to supply a 26.4 MWac solar power generation plant for Swinerton Renewable Energy (SRE). SRE will serve as the project’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm.
Jul 24, 2019 // Solar, USA, EPC, Solar FlexRack, SRE, Swinerton Renewable Energy, North America, Connecticut
174 Power Global acquires OnForce Solar
174 Power Global has acquired OnForce Solar, a New York-based commercial solar development firm and community solar business. With this acquisition, 174 Power will boost its profile in both the retail energy sector and C&I project development market.
Sep 23, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, New York, New Jersey, North America, 174 power global, onforce solar, Henry Yun, Charles Feit
SWRE Powers 300 MW NTPC Project
Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy Ltd just won a INR 15.35 billion contract to install a 300MW solar project in Gujarat. It's the 3rd contract from NTPC REL in just over a year, with orders totaling INR 89.5 billion so far. Signing of the contract expected soon.
Oct 2, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Sterling & Wilson Renewable Energy
SoftBank-Backed Enpal Raises EUR430 Million for Solar-Leasing Unit
DWS and Phoenix Life join existing capitalists BlackRock as well as ING Enpal's total refinancing commitments currently over EUR1.9 billion
Jun 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Enpal
LONGi problems 'clarification' on Q CELLS license disagreement
Solar Module Super League (SMSL) participant LONGi has issued an explanation pertaining to current patent invalidation procedures between it and Hanwha Q CELLS, insisting no legal judgements have been passed.
Nov 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, LONGi, Hanwha Q Cells, patent dispute, cnpia
Better Energy safeguards power offer for Danish PV
Seven-year PPA with Lundbeck takes pharmaceutical firm to 100% renewable electricity
Jan 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Europe, Rasmus Lildholdt Kjær, Lundbeck
Losing a few PV panels in space can cost millions of dollars
European satellite operator Eutelsat has revealed one of the two solar arrays on its recently launched 5 West B satellite has been lost. Only 45% of the craft’s generation capacity can be operated, hitting the company’s bottom line to the tune of $5-10 million.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Solar, PV technology, Eutelsat, satellite
Total taps French regional bank to refinance 143MW wind, PV portfolio
Total Quadran has enlisted a French financier to pump new capital into an up-and-running renewable energy portfolio, split between 40-plus projects across the country.
Jan 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, pv power plants, solar pv, Europe, Total, refinancing
First Solar’s sales fall 6.5% in Q3 to $547m due to lower systems revenue from US project sales
For third-quarter 2019, First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has reported net sales of $547m, down 6.5% on $585m last quarter and 19% on $676m a year ago, due primarily to lower systems revenue from project sales in the USA, offset partially by higher module sales volume.
Nov 4, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, North America, thin-film photovoltaic
Tesla’s Cybertruck will have a solar charging option, says Musk
Tesla revealed its Cybertruck pickup last night, a SciFi-tastic wedge built from the same steel alloy that SpaceX is using for its Starship spaceship.
Nov 23, 2019 // Transport, TESLA, Elon Musk, Cybertruck
ARENA targets solar panel recycling in new $15 million funding round
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has established a $15 million financing round to support projects aimed at reducing the cost and quantity of waste created by solar panels which have reached the end of the lives.
Dec 11, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, Australia, solar panel, recycling, Oceania, ARENA, Darren Miller
Canadian Solar's PV Manufacturing Faces Minimal Impact of Covid-19
Canadian Solar, a leading solar photovoltaic (PV) module supplier, has actually just recently exposed that it had actually experienced the restricted influence of the coronavirus episode on its manufacturing centers based in China.
Apr 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Canadian Solar, China, Asia, covid-19
Floating solar park starts commercial operations in Germany
Designer 7C Solarparken has actually deployed a 729 kW floating system on a lake near Salzwedel. Power trader Next Kraftwerke will incorporate power produced at the site into its virtual nuclear power plant.
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, 7C Solarparken, Steven De Proost
Is Kuwait all set to ditch spots solar project?
The, otherwise reported, 1 GW or 1.5 GW, $1.2-1.43 billion 'Dibdibah' or 'Dabdaba' solar project is supposedly in danger of being deserted completely. The ambitious project was expected to have hurt in the very first quarter of 2018 for completion this year.
Jul 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Solar Project, Kuwait, LeAnn Graves
Rolls-Royce wins 291-MW battery contract from Lithuania’s Ignitis energy supplier
Rolls-Royce Power Systems will deliver 291-MW/582-MWh of battery storage to Ignitis Group, its largest BESS order yet, supporting Baltic grid reliability and renewables.
Sep 16, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Europe, Lithuania, IGNITIS, Rolls-Royce