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Wells Fargo sole off-taker on 58-MW solar project created by NextEra Energy
Wells Fargo signed a 20-year PPA on a 58-MW North Carolina solar project being created by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. The banking company will certainly take the complete output of the Blackburn Solar Project, which is prepared for a 600-acre plot in Catawba County and will run under Duke Energy's Green Source Advantage program.
Apr 8, 2021 // Storage, USA, Stephen De May, North America, NextEra Energy, Wells Fargo, Richard Henderson, Solar Project, Matt Handel, Nate Hurst
Newest research on perovskites for solar cell production
A team of German scientists from HZB has performed a thorough research of methylammonium lead iodide structure. The crystal is among the most high-potential perovskites for solar cells. The researchers have discovered some properties, which are likely to help cope with the existing challenges and create cells that can boast both high efficiency and stability.
Nov 20, 2019 // Technology, Germany, UK, Europe, perovskites, HZB
Chinese makers sign up with pressures to construct 5 GW module manufacturing facility
Chinese solar makers Seraphim and also Lu'An Solar will certainly spend around $565 million in the brand-new manufacturing facility.
May 4, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, seraphim, Lu’An Solar
Encavis locks debt for 105-MWp Dutch solar duo
German solar and wind farm operator Encavis AG (ETR: ECV) has sealed a debt funding manage Dutch Rabobank to money a portfolio of solar parks in the Netherlands totalling 105 MWp.
Oct 20, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, encavis, Christoph Husmann
America will certainly begin producing silicon solar cells for first time in half a decade
The united state solar market will certainly soon have the ability to make the most of locally produced solar cells. Enel North America, through its affiliate 3Sun USA, revealed its plans to develop a silicon solar cell production center in the USA with an anticipated minimum manufacturing capacity of 3 GW.
Nov 18, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, solar cells, silicon, North America, Enel North America
A brand-new module manufacturing facility in Bahrain
Italian business Ecoprogetti will provide the manufacturing tools to Bahrain-based module manufacturer Solartecc. Result is readied to start in the 3rd quarter.
Mar 13, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Italy, Europe, Asia, Bahrain, Solartecc
EDP obtains approval for 4-MW floating solar plant in Portugal
Portuguese utility Energias de Portugal SA (ELI: EDP) announced today it has actually received the thumbs-up to start construction of a 4-MW floating photovoltaic or pv (PV) plant in Portugal's Alqueva Reservoir.
May 12, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, Portugal, EDP, floating PV, Europe, PV Power Plant
Commercial operation starts at 50-MW Enel solar plant in Brazil
Brazilian power market regulatory authority Aneel has actually given the go-ahead to the launch of business procedures at a 50-MW solar plant possessed by Italy's Enel Green Power SpA
May 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Enel, pv power plants, South america, Brazil
Meyer Burger extends solar cell growth cooperation in Switzerland
German solar innovation company Meyer Burger Technology AG (SWX: MBTN) recently revealed an expansion for an additional three years of its solar technology collaboration with Swiss r & d centre CSEM.
Oct 28, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, meyer burger, Switzerland, CSEM, Gunter Erfurt
BESS Power Secures USD 15m for 2.4GW Project Pipeline
BESS Power Corporation secures USD 15M to develop 2.4 GW of utility-scale stand-alone energy storage projects; featuring the 407.55-MW Lund Storage Center in Texas, with additional projects in Arizona, Tennessee and New Mexico. Founded in 2022.
Aug 23, 2023 // Storage, USA, North America, BESS Power Corporation
AES examining cause of thermal runaway at Arizona site
Power company AES Corporation is investigating the cause of thermal runaway at a 10MW battery power storage system (BESS) site it owns and operates in Chandler, Arizona.
May 5, 2022 // Storage, USA, Arizona, North America, AES, Salt River Project, thermal runaway
Shell Signs Power Offtake Deal for 100 MW Storage System in England
Shell Energy Europe has actually settled on a multi-year power offtake bargain that allows the setup of the 100 MW Minety power storage space project in England.
Feb 18, 2020 // Storage, Battery Storage, shell, International, CNIC, England
Salt River Project is joining solar storage market leaders
One of the major public utilities in Arizona is starting deployment of a 250 MW / 1,000 MWh storage facility in Rainbow Valley, the southern neighborhood of Buckeye (Phoenix Metropolitan Area). Sonoran Energy Center is going to become the biggest storage system in Arizona and one of the biggest in the US.
Nov 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, Salt River Project, Sonoran Energy Center
Energy access for Puerto Ricans after Hurricane Maria
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Roy Torbert and José Juan Terrasa-Soler, of the Rocky Mountain Institute and Resilient Power Puerto Rico, respectively, analyze the cost of Puerto Rico’s energy recovery and the role that microgrids play in reconstruction and resiliency.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Grids, USA, North America, Puerto Rico, Roy Torbert, José Juan Terrasa-Soler, Wanda Vázquez, Microgrids, Joan Asencio
'Vast bulk' of 8minute US solar pipeline will certainly be solar-plus-storage
The "huge majority" of tasks within 8minute Solar Energy's US-based solar PV pipeline will certainly co-locate the innovation with energy storage space, the designer has confirmed.
Jun 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, California, USA, storage, pv power plants, solar pv, solar-plus-storage, finance, North America, 8minute Solar Energy, colocation