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Caribbean's biggest solar-plus-storage project in progress
Swiss energy storage space firm Leclanché has begun on a US$ 70 million solar and storage space microgrid project in St Kitts and also Nevis.
Dec 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, solar-plus-storage, Leclanché, Caribbean, caribbean solar, st kitts, Timothy Harris
Pivot Energy finishes 12 area solar projects in Illinois amounting to 34 MW
National solar developer Pivot Energy finished 12 brand-new community solar gardens located throughout Illinois, totaling 34 MW of emission-free, tidy and also local electrical energy.
Jan 27, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, pivot energy, Garrett Peterson
Unspent funds in ₤ 2 billion Green Homes Grant to be scrapped in 'horrendous' relocation
Any of the initial ₤ 2 billion promised for the Green Homes Grant that goes unspent this year will not be rolled over.
Feb 12, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, rooftop solar, solar thermal, Green Homes Grant, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, Ed Miliband
Quick Mount PV releases QRail Tilt System flat roof mount
Quick Mount PV, an American manufacturer of solar roof mounting and racking systems, is launching the new QRail Tilt System. Quick Mount PV’s QRail Tilt System allows installation of the QRail Racking System on a variety of low slope commercial and residential roof types — the most common type of commercial roof type in the United States.
Aug 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, Quick Mount PV, QRail Tilt System, Yann Brandt
Sonnedix breaks ground on 171MW PV plant in Chile’s Atacama
Sonnedix has marked the launch of construction works for a large-scale solar installation in Chile’s Atacama desert, with a view to power up the plant late next year.
Aug 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, IPP, Sonnedix, Chile, solar pv, utility-scale PV, plants, South america, Latin america, ground-breaking, atacama, atacama desert
Spain’s OHL to build utility-scale PV in Chile for Austrian developer
Clean Capital Energy (CCE) has picked a Spanish firm with a track record in Latin American solar to build a utility-scale project in Chile’s centre-north.
Sep 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Chile, utility-scale PV, South america, ohl, clean capital energy, cce
Doral protects project money for 400MW United States solar
Mammoth North project in Indiana is due to go into commercial operation in 2023
Jun 15, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Indiana, Solar Project, doral renewables, Evan Speece
Top developers reach 100 Gigawatts of utility-scale solar capacity
The collective installed capacity of the top utility-scale solar developers has now covered 100 GWAC. The top 35 companies in Wiki-Solar's newest 'league table' added an exceptional 30 GWAC since the start of last year.
Jun 21, 2022 // Market Research, USA, China, Europe, Asia, North America
Spanish IPP Opdenergy intends to raise as much as US$ 210m through IPO
Spanish independent power manufacturer (IPP) Opdenergy is preparing to introduce an initial public offering (IPO) to finance its target of reaching 3.3 GW of renewables properties in operation and also under construction by 2025.
Jun 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, IPP, IPO, Europe, finance, OPDEnergy, initial public offering
Global Solar PV Wafer Market To Grow By 73.71 GW By 2026
Research company Technavio predicts a solid growth for the global solar wafers market. The firm anticipates the solar photovoltaic wafer market to grow by 73.71 gigawatts from 2021 to 2026.
Feb 21, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, JA Solar, JinkoSolar, wafer, International, GCL-Poly Energy, Lanco Infratech, Technavio
Macquarie-led consortium obtains French IPP Reden Solar for US$ 2.7 bn.
A consortium led by Macquarie Asset Management is acquiring French independent power producer (IPP) Reden Solar for a business value of EUR2.5 billion (US$ 2.7 billion).
Mar 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, IPP, Europe, macquarie, m&a, acquisition, agriPV, Reden Solar
United States to add 22GW of utility-scale solar this year, EIA claims
US utility-scale solar deployment is set to reach a record 22GW this year, with the technology accounting for practically half of the new producing capacity because of be included in the power grid from 2022 to 2023.
Mar 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, New York, ENERGY STORAGE, Texas, solar-plus-storage, North America, EIA, deployment statistics, EnergyStorageUSA
Indiana Michigan Power seeks proposals for 500MW of solar
United States utility Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has actually provided a request for proposals (RFP) for 500MW of solar as part of its new incorporated resource strategy that requires the addition of more than 2GW of renewables by 2028.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Michigan, North America, rfp, Indiana, irp, utility, indiana michigan power
First Solar brings modules to roof segment
The U.S. utility-scale PV leader is going small. After years of avoiding distributed generation, it is currently providing its Series 6 modules for "projects as well as customers of all shapes and sizes."
Sep 10, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, USA, First Solar, North America, Darin Green
EDF acquires 4.5 GW US solar pipeline, targets more development in PJM market
EDF Renewables North America has acquired a pipe of more than 20 US solar possessions from project designer Geenex Solar, amounting to more than 4.5 GW of ability.
Oct 19, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, USA, PJM, EDF, North America, project acquisition, geenex solar, Georg Veit