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Renewable-powered hydrogen for Oman
Belgian designer DEME is preparing approximately 500 MW of hydrogen manufacturing capability at the port of Dumq, which is abundant in solar as well as wind power sources. The designer prepares to deliver hydrogen from the port to Europe.
Mar 5, 2020 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Europe, Asia, hydrogen, Oman, DEME
Crop yield rises with solar-powered irrigation
PV systems have helped farmers in the Philippines become less dependent on rain. Projects in Camarines Sur have shown pumping water with solar is not only cheap but can also raise rice yield.
Jan 21, 2020 // Solar, Asia, Philippines, agro, solar-powered irrigation, irrigation
Indonesia goes solar to power airport at future capital
A subsidiary of French power giant Total has signed a contract to supply rooftop PV to an airport in East Kalimantan province, which will be Indonesia's first airport to go solar and will cater for Indonesia's future capital in Borneo.
Nov 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Total, rooftop PV, Indonesia, sorsea, Gavin Adda
Saudi foodmaker turns to Engie for 30MW of solar supply
Engie has secured a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a solar plant to back the operations of Saudi Arabia’s self-styled largest listed food group.
Jul 30, 2019 // Large-Scale, PPA, NADEC, Engie, Haradh, Kingdom
Sterling and Wilson Solar to launch IPO this week
The Shapoorji Pallonji Group’s solar EPC business will hit the capital markets with an initial public offering on Aug. 6.
Aug 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, IPO, SWSL, utility-scale PV
Oman launches tender for 146 MW of solar-diesel-storage projects
The Rural Areas Electricity Company wants to build hybrid plants in 11 non-interconnected areas of the sultanate. The projects will have a total of 48 MW of solar power generation capacity and 70 MW of diesel and the storage component will have total installed power of 28 MW and a storage capacity of 14 MWh.
Aug 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, storage, tender, plants, Asia, Rural Areas Electricity Company, Tanweer, Oman Power and Water Procurement Company, United Arab Emirates
Ethiopia aims to set up formula for the calculation of mini-grid tariffs
Ethiopia is currently trying to set up a methodology for the calculation of electricity tariffs for mini-grid systems. Should the government’s work come to fruition, it can provide much-needed certainty to mini-grid investors.
Aug 12, 2019 // Grids, Tariffs, mini-grid systems, Ethiopia, Africa, Hizkyas Dufera, Scaling Solar
Trina Solar begins module distribution for Germany's 'biggest' solar ranch
Module provider Trina Solar is to supply 187.5 MW of its double-glass Duomax modules to energy EnBW for the Weesow-Willmersdorf solar farm near Germany's funding, Berlin.
Jun 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Germany, bifacial, Europe, Trina Solar, enbw, Thorsten Jörß, duomax, double-glass
Global Landscape of Renewable Resource Money 2020
While global investments in renewable energy have climbed gradually in recent years, they remain much below the levels required to put the globe on course for a climate-safe future.
Nov 18, 2020 // Market Research
ADB to support eastern Indonesia with $600 million to broaden access to electricity including solar
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has authorized a $600 million financing to aid the State Electricity Corporation (PLN), Indonesia's state-owned power firm, expand power access and also advertise renewable energy in eastern Indonesia. The program additionally includes 2 gives, at $3 million each, from the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction and also the Asia Clean Energy Fund.
Nov 25, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, ADB, Asia, Asian Development Bank, Toru Kubo
Indonesia to Construct Solar Projects on Erstwhile Mine Sites
Indonesian coal miner PT Bukit Asam intends to develop 3 solar energy projects on former mine sites as part of its development into renewable resource, the firm's chief executive Suryo has been priced quote as saying in media reports.
Sep 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Indonesia, PT Bukit Asam, Suryo
Tesla's Li-ion Battery Inaugrated at Globe's Largest Solar Farm
Dubai Electricity and also Water Authority (DEWA) has actually inaugurated a pilot project for energy storage at the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park making use of Tesla's lithium-ion battery remedy. The project has a power ability of 1.21 MW and also an energy capability of 8.61 MWh with a life span of approximately one decade.
Sep 29, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dewa, TESLA, Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park, Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer
German AE Solar to open solar panel factory in Turkey in April
In partnership with Energate Corp., AE Solar set up the launch of manufacturing at its manufacturing facility in Kayseri in Turkey for April. The German company means to bring the annual output of solar modules in the center up to 1 GW by the end of the year.
Feb 18, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, Asia, Turkey, AE Solar
Therma Marine agreements Wärtsilä for floating power storage system
Power generation holding business Therma Marine (TMI) has actually ordered a flexible floating barge-mounted energy storage space system from Finnish power and aquatic industry company Wärtsilä.
Mar 10, 2021 // Storage, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Philippines, Wärtsilä, Kari Punnonen, Gridsolv Max, Therma Marine, Aboitiz Power
Fund supervisor purchases 100MW UK battery site
Catalyst Capital anticipates the Skelton project to be operational in the 4th quarter of 2022
Jan 7, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Catalyst Capital, Catalyst Energy Storage Platform, CESP, Kean Hird