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Huaneng Power brings online 320-MW floating PV complex in China
Chinese power manufacturer Huaneng Power International Inc (HKG:0902) on Friday stated it has actually linked to the grid the 2nd stage of a 320-MW floating solar complex at home, touted as the biggest one internationally.
Jan 4, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, China, Asia, Huaneng Power, floating solar park
Exploring U.S. Solar PV Prices: NREL 2023 Benchmarks
Discover how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) influenced the US photovoltaic market in the past year, including significant cost reductions for residential systems and benchmarking of Community Solar. Get the new bottom-up PV and storage cost model from NREL and the Department of Energy.
Oct 26, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, NREL, North America
PV for cooking
Traditional solar cookers concentrate sunlight on mirrored surfaces and convert it into heat. But this summer, Sunspot unveiled Sunspot Solar Electric Cooking, a new cooker based on PV technology. The system relies on two PV modules, a lead-carbon battery, an inverter, and an induction cooktop.
Aug 21, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, Sunspot Solar Electric Cooking system, Elsevier, International Solar Energy Society, David Renne
Q Energy's 74-MW French Floating PV Park Commissioning 2025
Q Energy's groundbreaking Les Ilots Blandin project in France will be Europe's largest floating solar farm, powering 37,000 households annually by 2025.
Jun 3, 2024 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, Europe, PV Power Plant, Q Energy
Enel wins approval for maiden solar-storage project in Australia
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.
Jan 20, 2023 // Plants, Storage, Australia, Enel, Oceania, PV Power Plant
Uzbekistan launches tender for 300-MW solar project
Uzbekistan has issued an Request for Qualification (RfQ) as part of a tender looking for to award an approximately 300-MW solar project in the country's southeastern area of Kashkadarya.
Jan 6, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Uzbekistan, Solar Project
Floating PV powering sieving machines, suction excavators at German quarry
Rheinland Solar has constructed a 750 kW floating solar plant to power several sieving makers as well as suction excavators at a quarry in Germany. On weekends, the excess electricity is offered to the grid at market prices.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, Rheinland Solar
WFW aids Vietnam floating solar project funding
Watson Farley & Williams (WFW) advised loan provider Asian Development Bank (ADB), in funding the US$ 37 million setup of floating solar photovoltaic power generation panels.
Apr 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Hong Kong, floating PV, Asia, Vietnam, Watson Farley & Williams
Brazil's Ceara okays 230-MW solar project
The state council on the atmosphere of the Brazilian state of Ceara, particularly Coema, accepted last week the Environmental Impact Study (EIA) for a 230-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project.
Sep 20, 2021 // Plants, South america, Brazil, PV Power Plant, Ceara
Sungrow to build Bangladesh-based 35MW solar project
Sungrow’s EPC branch has signed a contract for construction of Manikganj-based photovoltaic project.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Sungrow, Bangladesh, Asia
PVEL Strengthens PV Module Tests: Hail, Backsheet Durability Focus
PVEL upgrades Product Qualification Program to provide more data-driven insights into PV module procurement, including UVID, HSS, MSS, LID, DH, LETID, and BDS tests on 600 mills of materials from 70+ manufacturers.
Nov 9, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, PV module, pvel
EU to support PV power plant in Armenia
Private equity fund Amber Capital Armenia, supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and also Development (EBRD) and the European Union (EU), has actually gotten Solis LLC, an Armenian solar plant driver, to build as well as operate a 4 MW PV power plant in Aragatsotn, western Armenia.
May 20, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Armenia, EU, PV Power Plant
Investor buys Canada’s self-styled largest private solar PPA project
A solar project billed as one of the largest in Canada’s history has changed hands this year, with a Toronto-headquartered infrastructure investor named as the new majority owner.
Jan 31, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, America, North America, alberta, obton, solar ppa, capstone
German PV tender brings average solar price of €0.049/kWh
The average price in the October round of Germany’s solar capacity procurement program fell back below the five-cent mark, helped by expansion of the quota for solar on Bavarian agricultural land. Nineteen of the 27 projects allocated by the Federal Network Agency were such schemes.
Oct 21, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Germany, Europe, tenders
Powertis cements Brazil position with 765MW PV portfolio
Powertis is to develop four projects in total across Minas Gerais and São Paulo. The most significant project, which is anticipated to have a capacity of 495MW, will be joined by three separate 90MW projects.
Sep 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, Powertis, São Paulo, Pablo Otín












