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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
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
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
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
Israel's Data Centre Industry Majorly Driven by Renewable Power
International cloud provider AWS, for instance, is also developing a Data Centers Project in the nation. The project is being powered by smart grid innovation as well as boasts of power capacity of close to 48 MW.
Jan 16, 2023 // Plants, Grids, Asia, Israel, grid, Renewable Energy, data centres, hard to abate industry, rising electricity prices
Morocco Eyes 1.6 GW Renewables with $1.95 Billion Investment in Disputed Western Sahara Area
The renewable resource projects are being applied in the contested Western Sahara area. The RE capacity represents concerning 36 percent of the complete capacity which is currently being set up in Morocco.
Feb 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, NTPC, Africa, Morocco, masen, Xlinks, Africa renewable energy, Leila Benali, Western Sahara
Partners Group invests $450m, buys PowerTransitions for brownfield renewables shift
Partners Group will pour >USD 450 m into PowerTransitions, converting retired U.S. fossil plants into solar-plus-storage hubs to meet booming, AI-driven power demand.
Jun 5, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Partners Group, PowerTransitions, EnCap
RWE Switches On Hambach Mine Solar, Symbol Of Transition Today
RWE has commissioned a 12-MWac solar farm on the edge of Germany’s Hambach opencast mine—one of several projects transforming the region.
Aug 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, rwe, energy transition, Hambach, brownfield solar
RES to manage Merredin Solar Farm in Australia
The agreement with SUN Energy covers full-scope asset management services
Nov 28, 2022 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, res, PV Power Plant
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
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