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Despite promises by President Trump to save the coal industry, the crisis in the sector is clear. Solar, wind and batteries have the world to gain.

The EUR136m Kozani solar park is arranged to be connected to the grid by February 2022

Spanish electrical and also gas utility Naturgy Energy Group SA (BME: NTGY) has actually acquired a ready-to-build project for a 125-MW solar PV farm hybridised with a battery energy storage system (BESS) of approximately 220 MWh in Cunderdin, Western Australia.

UK independent energy designer Balance Power said today it has actually gotten intending consent for a 50-MW battery storage project in Wolverhampton West, England.

Italy's Enel Green Power has actually protected grid-connection approval for a hybrid project in Australia's New South Wales state that is prepared to incorporate 96 MW of solar as well as 20 MW battery storage space capacity.

There can be no doubt the pace of technological development in solar PV, but current innovations have actually caught even the most optimistic of industry stakeholders by surprise. Recently, solar modules with outputs of up to 450W hit the racks and left project designers drooling at the possibility of pressing more power right into each hectare of a prospective utility-scale project. As well as yet, the industry has actually barely had time to blink and modules with peak outcomes over of 550W are right here, with outcomes climbing greater also still.

S&B U.S.A. (formerly Shikun as well as Binui America) has authorized a definitive arrangement to purchase a solar project in Texas from US-based renewable energy company Savion.

Absa Group provides USD-24-million corporate loan to construct a 100-MW solar power plant in Ghana led by West Africa-focused PV developer Meinergy Technology Limited. This loan supports Ghana's renewable energy capacity & energy needs.

Doral Renewables lined up an offtaker for most output from its 430-MW Cold Creek Solar project in West Texas, unlocking financing and construction momentum.

Trina Solar has shared on a project, covering 160 hectares of farmland, that utilizes Trina Solar's 210 Vertex 550W series and also is expected to generate 110 million kWh of electrical power a year.

South Africa's latest renewables procurement window for 2.6 GW of capability has actually gotten bids from 102 possible project programmers, consisting of 63 solar projects, according to the nation's Department of Mineral Resources as well as Energy (DMRE).

On December 17, ReneSola, a globe considered Solar PV Module maker revealed that they have decided to become part of Solar PV rooftop markets in China & various other south Asian nations.

Developer Hydrogen Renewables Australia (HRA) and German engineering giant Siemens have unveiled plans for a hydrogen production facility in Western Australia, meant to be powered by a whopping 5GW of wind and solar.

Xcel Energy has received approval to build a 10-MW/1,000-MWh iron-air battery at its Sherburne coal-fired power plant in Becker, Minnesota. With 100 hours of energy storage, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst's USD-20-million commitment and Form Energy's Weirton, West Virginia manufacturing facility, this project marks the first of two iron-air batteries Xcel will install at retiring coal plants.

EDF Renewables has been okayed to establish its 49.9 MW Bloy's Grove solar farm by South Norfolk District Council.