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The US Air Force Plans to Transmit Solar Power Collected in Space down to the Ground
The Space Solar project will supply electricity to distant military posts, with no necessity to endanger convoys.
Nov 6, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, US Air Force, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Grenergy seals 200MW solar supply agreement in Spain
Grenergy Renovables has penned a solar supply agreement with Spanish utility Galp, its first such agreement in the country.
Nov 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Galp, pv power plants, solar pv, Europe, Grenergy Renovables
New solar modules from the Indian solar EPC developer
Vikram is launching three new types of PV panels to the United States’ market. The new products are scheduled to become available at the beginning of the next year. These will be glass-on-glass and framed , as well as half-cell standard mono passivated emitter and rear cells. The peak capacity of the panels ranges from 375W up to 425W.
Nov 28, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, India, pv modules, bifacial, Asia, North America, Vikram
Carlson Electric will install 100-kW solar system at Wisconsin horseradish farm
Huntsinger Farms, the world’s largest grower and processor of horseradish and the parent company of Silver Spring Foods, has won a $28,902.60 Focus on Energy grant to subsidize a new solar power installation on its Eau Claire, Wisconsin farm. Carlson Electric of Hudson will install the solar farm in Spring 2020.
Dec 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Wisconsin, solar modules, North America, Huntsinger Farms, Carlson Electric, PV system, Eric Rygg
Cost-efficient solar cells for space application
Scientists from American National Renewable Energy Lab have discovered a new technology to cut the costs of manufacturing of a very efficient (but at the same time extremely costly) GaAs solar cell.
Jan 9, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, China, solar cells, Asia, North America
Unstable perovskites to turn into LEDs emitting blue light
A scientific group from UC Berkeley (USA) has developed a blue-emitting LED from halide perovskites, the cheapness and ease of making of which make them very attractive for electronic applications.
Jan 28, 2020 // Technology, USA, North America, perovskites
DEF to develop two new solar parks in Florida
Florida’s electric power company has disclosed where its new PV stations will be located. The systems are meant to supply green power to Floridian consumers.
Jan 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, PV plants, Duke Energy, Florida, North America
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
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
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
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
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