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Vattenfall safeguards 10-year power supply bargain for 60 MW of German solar
A Deutsche Telekom subsidiary has actually consented to purchase solar energy from Vattenfall. Swedish power firm Vattenfall as well as the Power & Air Solutions subsidiary of German telecoms firm Deutsche Telekom, have actually authorized a business 10-year solar energy acquisition contract (PPA).
Feb 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Vattenfall, Christine Lauber
Ireland funds construction of solar installation for water treatment in Gaza
Ireland, in collaboration with France, intends to invest 8.8m euros in the development of a 7.5-megawatt photovoltaic installation in Gaza for treatment of polluted water.
Dec 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, water, west bank, gaza
Head of state Biden picks Richard Glick as new FERC chairman
United States President Joe Biden has actually appointed Richard Glick, a commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), as the body's brand-new chairman.
Jan 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, FERC, Donald Trump, North America, Joe Biden, policy, renewables
Atlas sells 550GWh of solar to Engie Energía in Chile
Atlas Renewable Energy has landed a long-term PPA agreement with utility Engie Energía, which will help support the development of a 230MW-plus solar farm in Chile.
Aug 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Chile, PV plant, Brazil, Mexico, Atlas Renewable Energy, Engie Energía, Sol del Desierto, Uruguay
UK 'includes 730MW of new solar in 2021'
Total PV capacity in the country is now 14.6 GW states Solar Energy UK
Feb 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Chris Hewett
Poland could have 28.5 GW of set up solar in 2030 - IEO
Poland is readied to maintain the fast pace of solar capacity deployment in the next years and also get to 20 GW of cumulative set up capacity in 2025 and also up to 28.5 GW in 2030, the Institute for Renewable Energy IEO forecasts.
Jun 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Poland, Europe
New Round of UK Capacity Auction Increases Battery Storage Contracts by 60%
The UK's T-1 Capacity Auction recently concluded with 627.4 MW of battery energy storage projects receiving contracts. This represents an increase of more than 60% compared to the previous round, and is a major milestone for the country's sustainable energy efforts.
Feb 20, 2023 // Storage, UK, Europe
New Obton-Shannon Energy JV to spend €300m on 500MW of PV in Ireland
Danish renewables investor and developer Obton Energy has formed a joint venture with Irish solar developer Shannon Energy to develop 500MW of solar in Ireland over five years.
Jan 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Ireland, Europe, obton, ress 1, joint venture, shannon energy, Gerry Shannon, Anders Marcus
Why Desalinating Water is Hard — and Why We Might Need To Anyway
Desalination technology has been around for decades. But turning salt into fresh water takes more energy and money than is often worthwhile.
Dec 30, 2019 // Thermal, desalination, Manzoor Qadir
South Africa plans to allocate at least 6 GW of large scale solar by 2030
That would take the country to 8.28 GW of generation capacity by the end of the next decade with the government stating up to 6 GW of small scale capacity could be required on top. By that stage, however, coal would still amount to 43% of generation capacity and gas and diesel a combined 8.1%, under the new Integrated Resource Plan.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Africa
Italy to allocate 3.3 GW of solar and wind in next renewables tender
Italy's state energy monitoring firm GSE has launched a new renewables tender that is anticipated to allocate 3,312 MW of solar PV and wind capability.
Oct 1, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, tender, Europe, auction, GSE
United States to get rid of guard tariffs on solar imports from Canada
The US as well as Canada have agreed on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to solve a dispute on trade in solar products, where the US will remove its safeguard tariffs on solar items from Canada.
Jul 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, USA, Canada, North America, MoU
Seychelles to host 5.8 MW of floating PV
French developer Qair will certainly begin constructing a 5.8 MW floating solar array later on this year on a shallows on the East African country's major island. It declares the setup will certainly be the globe's biggest floating PV project to be improved deep sea upon conclusion.
Apr 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, Africa, Seychelles, Qair
Masdar protects offer to create at the very least 2GW of solar in Iraq
Abu Dhabi-based renewables business Masdar has actually signed a contract to develop solar projects in Iraq with a minimum total capacity of 2GW.
Jun 26, 2021 // Plants, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar, solar pv, Asia, Iraq, solar project developmet
Tata Power gains a new 50-megawatt project as part of Dholera Solar Park
The Indian power corporation is deploying more capacity at a gigantic 5-gigawatt Gujarat solar farm.
Nov 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Tata Power Renewable, GUVNL