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Boralex wins 42 MW of solar in French tech-neutral auction
Boralex Inc (TSE: BLX) has been granted 42 MW of projects in France's recently finished technology-neutral tender, the Canadian renewable resource business claimed on Tuesday.
Dec 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Boralex
Brazil's Echoenergia breaks ground on 351-MW solar complex
Brazilian renewable energy firm Echoenergia Participacoes SA has actually commenced the building and construction works with the very first phase of a 351.1-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) complex in Bahia state.
May 26, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, PV Power Plant, Echoenergia
Hawaiian Electric recommends solar projects on Molokai and also Lanai
Hawaiian Electric has actually suggested 2 solar projects-- one on Molokai and also the various other on Lanai-- in feedback to its own program to increase adoption of renewable energy in Hawaii.
Nov 23, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Hawaii, North America, solar projects, hawaiian electric
First Utility-Scale Floating Solar Power Plant For Germany
Ciel & Terre recently announced the launching of a new utility-scale 750 kWp floating solar array in Renchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Utilizing more than 2,300 solar panels, it is predicted the solar power plant will generate 736 MWh per year.
Sep 30, 2019 // Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, Ciel & Terre, Neige BREANT, Vincent Pinchou, Ossola GmbH, Erdgas Südwest
Uzbekistan launches 500MW solar RfP
IFC is functioning as a lead deal advisor to the federal government for a tender for 3 project sites
Jul 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Market Research, Asia, Uzbekistan, PV Power Plant
Solar powered weeding tractor uses manual labour
You might not have realised this, but there’s a group of hackers out there without whom you wouldn’t be able to put food on the table. They hack under the blazing sun and pouring rain, and have been doing it for thousands of years. Known more commonly as farmers, their creative problem solving skills with whatever is lying around can be absolutely jaw dropping. [Andrew Mans] is one such individual. He built a solar powered weeding tractor that uses human labour to do the actual weeding.
Oct 16, 2019 // Transport, Agriculture, solar electric motor, tractor, weeding, Andrew Mans
Antimony trisulfide solar cell with 5.84% performance
The cell was produced by including a special additive that improves the reduced crystallinity and high resistivity of the antimony trisulfide film. In addition to the improved performance, the device showed an open-circuit voltage of 0.62 V, a short-circuit existing thickness of 15.85 mA/cm2 and also a fill aspect of 59.61%.
Sep 23, 2021 // Technology, China, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, Antimony trisulfide, Northwestern Polytechnical University
Europe matches rise of solar market's Giga-EPCs
Greater than 35 of the globe's top solar power terminal builders contend least 1 GW AC of capacity under their belts-- and also 20 have currently covered 2 GW AC. Wiki-Solar's newest league table of utility-scale EPCs shows how the prominent constructors have actually remained to flourish as the market comes close to half a Terawatt of capacity.
May 11, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe
New dopants might enhance PV glass efficiency
According to a British-Swedish research team, the down‐shifting process for solar glass manufacturing can be enhanced via making use of 2 dopant cations that produce no absorption bands. The doping with these substances is claimed to minimize the UV transmission while likewise maintaining the glass free from absorption in the visible as well as near-infrared ranges.
Aug 31, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Sweden, Europe, PV glass
Nofar Nabs €507m for Italy Solar-Storage Push
Nofar Energy secures €507m to turbocharge Sunprime’s Italian solar-plus-storage push, scaling 290 MW PV, 350 MW storage and C&I flexibility amid rising demand for firmed renewables.
Feb 25, 2026 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Battery Storage, Europe, debt financing, Nofar Energy, Sunprime
EDP Brasil opens up 6.62 MWp of solar farms for McDonald's in Brazil
Brazilian electric utility EDP Energias do Brasil SA (BVMF: ENBR3) has inaugurated three solar farms totalling 6.62 MWp it constructed for Arcos Dorados, the fast food franchise that runs McDonald's restaurants in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Jul 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, solar farm, EDP Brasil
SEIA asks for solar to reach 30% of US electrical power generation by 2030
The United States must aim for solar to account for 30% of the country's power generation by 2030, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), which has actually elevated its previous target as a result of the growing necessity to deal with the environment dilemma.
Sep 30, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Policy, USA, SEIA, North America
Sonnedix acquires 112 MWp of fully grown solar projects in Spain
Independent solar energy producer (IPP) Sonnedix Power Holdings Ltd has gotten a 112-MWp portfolio of solar PV projects under advancement in Spain, it said on Wednesday.
Sep 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Sonnedix, Europe, PV Power Plant, solar projects
Spain's Elawan safeguards financing for 250-MW solar portfolio
Spanish programmer Elawan Energy on Thursday claimed it has actually closed on EUR 92 million (USD 108.7 m) of project financing for a portfolio of solar projects with an integrated ability of 250 MW in Spain.
Nov 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, solar projects, Elawan
EDP turns on 1.25 MW of solar in Brazil
Brazilian power utility EDP Brasil SA (BVMF: ENBR3) has taken into procedure 1.25 MW of solar power plants in the nation's south.
Feb 1, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, EDP, South america, Brazil, PV Power Plant













