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MPower Group sells Queensland PV-storage site for growth funds
MPower Group Limited seeks to sell Lakeland solar-storage park in Queensland for expansion, with projects in SA, VIC, and NSW. Plans for Victoria scheme purchase canceled.
Jun 4, 2024 // Storage, queensland, MPower Group
What is Azimuth angle?
Angle between direction to the sun and direction to the south (for the northern hemisphere). For a PV installation, azimuth specifies how far the installation
Sep 11, 2023
Canada extends trade measures against Chinese metal silicon
With the anti-dumping and countervailing duties imposed in November 2013 set to expire nine months ago, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal has extended them for another five years, ruling their expiry would harm the nation’s only domestic manufacturer.
Aug 27, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Canada, China, polysilicon, Asia, North America, metal silicon, Quebec Silicon Limited Partnership, Canadian International Trade Tribunal, QSIP Canada ULC, Wacker Chemie AG, Pedro Larrea
Solar Nation Rankings. The top 5 in Past 5 Years, the Next 5 Years
The surge in solar capability in the past years, especially because 2015, has been out there for all to see. It was simply a few years back in 2012 that the world commemorated covering the 100 GW mark in solar. Contrast that with 2021, when the globe expects to include 150 GW in just the year itself!
Apr 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Japan, Spain, Germany, Italy, India, China, Australia, Europe, Asia, IRENA, Oceania, North America, Vietnam, International
Top officials trumpet 20GW-by-2025 solar goal as Energy Taiwan kicks off
Taiwan will try and use its leverage as a global electronic and manufacturing hotspot to engineer a multi-gigawatt clean energy boom, government figures have said as they kickstarted this year’s edition of Energy Taiwan.
Oct 16, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Policy, pv modules, Asia, policy and regulation, Taiwan, energy taiwan, module manufacturing, auo, Shen Jong-Chin, Tsai Ing-wen, TSEC
IRENA Launches Reports On Global Hydrogen Trading Trends In 2050
With the prices of renewables seeing a plunge and the potential of global hydrogen overtaking the demand for global energy by twenty times, three-quarters of global hydrogen would still be produced and also made use of in your area in 2050.
IRENA's World Energy Transitions Outlook forecasts hydrogen covering 12 per cent of global energy demand and also reducing 10 per cent of CO2 emissions by 2050.
This trade made it possible for with pipelines would be dominated in two regional markets- Europe (85 percent) and also Latin America with 15 percent.
Jul 8, 2022 // Market Research, IRENA, green hydrogen, decarbonising, hydrogen imports, pipelines, trading partner
Corporate Clean Energy Buying Tops 30GW Mark in Record Year
Companies purchased a record 31.1 gigawatts of clean energy with power acquisition agreements, or PPAs, in 2021, up virtually 24% from the previous year's record of 25.1 GW according to research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Over 2 thirds of this buying (65%) happened in the U.S. Nevertheless, additionally underpinning the solid growth is a surge in activity from the biggest technology business, who collectively signed over fifty percent of the offers.
Feb 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, PPA, North America, Kyle Harrison
Victoria, Tasmania Secure 1.7 GW in Renewable Energy Tender
Victoria and Tasmania secure 1.7 GW in Australia's renewable energy tender, paving the way for increased clean energy deployment and meeting national targets by 2030.
May 13, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Victoria, tender, Tasmania
Magnora secures permit nod for 260MW S Africa solar project
Swedish renewables developer Magnora has secured environmental authorisation for a 260MW solar project it is creating in South Africa.
Aug 16, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, magnora, Erik Sneve, Espen Erdal
TotalEnergies Starts Construction on Hybrid Solar-Storage Site in S Africa
TotalEnergies is building a 216-MW solar-battery hybrid system, producing over 400 GWh of clean electricity, in South Africa's Northern Cape province. Set to become operational in 2025, the project will ensure a continuous supply of green electricity for local utility Eskom.
Dec 15, 2023 // Plants, Storage, TotalEnergies, S Africa
Eco-Friendly Hydrogen: OHP Photoanode Boosts Water Splitting
A research team has developed a highly efficient OHP-based photoanode for the production of hydrogen through photoelectrochemical water splitting. The team found that the addition of GTMACl to the OHP photoanode suppresses internal and external losses for an unprecedented efficiency.
Aug 14, 2023 // Technology, hydrogen, efficiency, GIST, Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology, KRICT, lawrence berkeley national laboratory, Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology
Much more effective large-area organic solar cells with spin layer
Scientists in South Korea have used the process to raise performance and also the replicability of large-area organic cells. The technique was utilized during film formation to speed up solvent evaporation.
Sep 11, 2020 // Technology, South Korea, solar cells, Asia, KIST
Tesvolt begins business storage system manufacturing at gigafactory in spite of Covid-19
The German producer has actually begun to generate its initial business storage space systems at its brand-new plant under rigorous security preventative measures because of the recurring Covid-19 pandemic. The center's existing yearly capability is evaluated 255 MWh, yet the business intends to at some point increase that to 1 GWh.
Apr 3, 2020 // Storage, Germany, Europe, covid-19, Tesvolt, Daniel Hannemann, Simon Schandert
Engie wins 50MWp/300MWh solar-plus-storage duo on Guam
Engie has been hired by Guam’s state electricity utility to build two solar-plus-storage plants with a combined capacity of 50MWp/300MWh on the Micronesian island.
Oct 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, USA, storage, Engie, auctions, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, North America, tenders, Micronesia, guam, guam power authority, Carlalberto Guglielminotti
MIGA Backs BTE Investment in S. African Solar
Actis' BTE Renewables has secured MIGA guarantee for its equity investments in 75-MW South African solar power plant awarded in Round 3 of REIPPP. BTE Renewables, owned by UK growth markets investor Actis, specializes in utility-scale wind and solar projects across Africa and has been sold to French utility Engie SA and Meridiam.
Aug 2, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Actis, South Africa, bte renewables, MIGA