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California State Fund Starts Construction of Solar Energy Program Created by ENGIE
State Payment Insurance Fund (State Fund), California's leading service provider of employees' compensation insurance, today announced that construction has started on a substantial sustainability and solar energy program that includes solar, electrical lorry billing stations as well as energy storage space at 7 locations throughout California.
May 20, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, ENERGY STORAGE, Engie, sustainable energy, Andreas Acker, Kyle Goehring, California State Fund, Solar Energy Program
France's Akuo orders 500 MW of First Solar modules
French renewable power producer and also designer Akuo has placed an order with First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) for 500 MW direct current (DC) of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules for a project in the United States and also some other overseas markets.
Jul 25, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, First Solar, Europe, PV module, akuo
BNDES to back 19 MW of Voltalia's DG solar projects in Brazil
The Brazilian Development Bank, or BNDES, has authorized a BRL-90-million (USD 17m/EUR 16m) funding to support 19 MW of dispersed generation (DG) solar power projects possessed by Helexia, a unit of France's Voltalia SA (EPA: VLTSA).
Mar 14, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Voltalia, South america, Brazil, Solar Project, BNDES
Swift Current Energy orders 2 GW of additional First Solar modules
Swift Current Energy, an independent power manufacturer (IPP) as well as renewables developer with a 9-GW-plus pipeline, has placed a new multi-year order with First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) for the supply of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules, even larger than the prior one.
Oct 26, 2022 // Manufacturing News, First Solar, swift current energy, Eric Lammers
European Commission launches consultation ahead of solar strategy expose
The European Commission has actually introduced a public consultation on solar power on the continent as it continues preparations to publish its solar strategy later this year.
Jan 24, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Europe, european commission
Japan's Eneos invests in 57 MW of solar plants
Japanese oil company Eneos Corp, a unit of Eneos Holdings Inc (TYO:5020), along with compatriot Mizuho Leasing Co Ltd (TYO:8425), is investing in 4 solar energy plants in Japan with a combined capacity of 56.9 MW.
Mar 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant, Eneos
Perovskite to boost energy harvest of solar cells
Perovskites are likely to become a cost-effective and high-efficiency alternative for making solar cells as soon as they become as stable as silicon.
Jan 14, 2020 // Technology, China, Australia, solar cells, Asia, Oceania, perovskites
US rookie starts developing 234MW of Canadian PV
Proteus Power's three solar projects in Alberta will be co-located with 97MW of power storage space
Jul 26, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Canada, North America, Proteus Power, Mike Lambros
Enel to add 43GW of solar by 2030 as part of US$ 191bn strategy
Italian energy Enel will certainly invest around EUR70 billion (US$ 78 billion) by 2030 to scale up its renewables as well as energy storage portfolio as it brings forward plans to get to net zero to 2040.
Nov 24, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, ENERGY STORAGE, Enel, enel green power, energy transition, utility, EnergyStorageEU
GSF acquires 75MW of Texan storage
The deal brings the Fund's portfolio to 973.2 MW in the United States as well as Europe
Jan 25, 2023 // Storage, USA, North America, GSF
SEI facilitates the installation of 1.2 MW of solar in rural Colorado communities
Solar Energy International (SEI)’s technical consulting program for solar market development in rural communities, Solar Forward, has officially surpassed the 1-MW mark of new, installed solar across rural Colorado. The program has yielded 1.2 MW of installed solar to-date and numbers continue to climb.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Colorado, North America, Solar Energy International, Mary Marshall
Emerging markets and also development: Twin pillars of the solar tracker market
International solar tracker deliveries got to brand-new record degrees in 2019, going beyond 31 GW, up 55% year on year. Remarkable need in the United States-- as well as multiple gigawatt markets in Brazil, Mexico, Chile, Spain and also Australia-- helped move the market to new heights, composes Cormac Gilligan, associate director at IHS Markit.
Jul 14, 2020 // Opinions, IHS Markit, Cormac Gilligan
Biden management supports Trump's elimination of bifacial tariff exemption
The Biden administration has upheld former United States Head of state Donald Trump's controversial choice to eliminate a tariff exception for bifacial solar panel imports.
Mar 4, 2021 // Tariffs, Policy, USA, Donald Trump, North America, Bifacial panels, bifacial solar, biden, Heather Zichal, manufacturing capacity, solar imports
Enerparc safeguards financing for 69 MWp of solar in Germany
Solar designer Enerparc AG has concurred financing for the construction as well as procedure of 6 solar projects in Germany with a complete capacity of 69 MWp from Hamburg-based personal bank Berenberg.
May 10, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, Enerparc
The US tops 37.9 GW of large scale solar
That record figure of utility scale PV was under contract at the end of June with 8.7 GWdc under construction. However, installation levels fell slightly, year-over-year.
Sep 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, USA, ITC, Texas, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Minnesota