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Asian battery manufacturers eye European riches on offer
A report produced by an AI and automation market research company says an anticipated boom in the European storage market – driven by a desire to reduce carbon emissions – will attract producers as demand outside China tails away.
Aug 13, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Storage, storage, China, Europe, Maya Xiao
New Zealand’s floating debut billed as country’s top PV project to date
New Zealand looks set to join the countries tapping into floating solar worldwide via a new, city-based scheme, sponsored by a utility duo.
Sep 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, New Zealand, solar pv, floating PV, utilities, IRENA, Oceania, vector group, auckland, Simon Mackenzie, watercare
Big storage comes to Ireland
A 200 MW storage project is being developed by Hanwha Energy Corporation and Lumcloon Energy. The €300 million facility is intended to stabilize the grid to host more renewable energy capacity.
Sep 10, 2019 // Storage, Grids, Germany, tender, Europe, Hanwha Q Cells, Richard Bruton, Hanwha Energy Corporation, Lumcloon Energy Limited, LSIS, Nigel Reams
Western Australia's multi-gigawatt green hydrogen huge edges forward
Western Australia has actually approved environmental approval for the initial 15GW phase of a renewable energy hub focused on environment-friendly hydrogen manufacturing that might eventually reach 26GW of solar as well as wind generation.
Oct 20, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Western Australia, green hydrogen, asian renewable energy hub
Asian Development Bank to Fund Bhutan's First Utility-Scale Solar Project
The financing includes an $8.26 million concessional lending as well as an ADB-administered $10 million grant from the Asian Development Fund. Bhutan wishes to move beyond hydropower sources of energy in the sight of climate modification.
Oct 31, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Asian Development Bank, hydropower, Solar Project, Bhutan, Christoph Meindl, Republic of Korea e-Asia, Republic of Korea e-Asia and Knowledge Partnership Fund
New Zealand's Huge Scale Green Hydrogen Project Onboards Partners
The partnership will certainly consider the development of a large-scale hydrogen and ammonia center. The properties will certainly turn up at Southland in New Zealand.
Nov 30, 2022 // Solar to Fuel, green hydrogen, mitsui, woodside, ammonia, Southern Green Hydrogen Project
Improving perovskite solar cell resistance to degradation
Perovskite solar cells (PSCs) can be made with low-cost materials, are highly effective, can surpass conventional silicon solar cells, as well as have the prospective to reinvent renewable energy. However, one of the current drawbacks preventing their widespread usage has is their lack of functional stability.
Jan 13, 2023 // Technology, Asia, Korea, solar cell, perovskite, Sungkyunkwan University, EPF
CSIRO Unveils Beam-Down Solar Reactor, Pushing Green Hydrogen Frontiers
CSIRO’s new beam-down reactor in Newcastle turns concentrated sunlight into green hydrogen at >20 % efficiency, promising a clean fuel for heavy industry.
Jun 18, 2025 // Solar to Fuel, decarbonisation, CSIRO, green-hydrogen, solar-thermal, beam-down
GIG backs US storage player
Financial investment will certainly sustain EsVolta's growth and also fund its 600MWh portfolio of acquired projects
Jan 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Green Investment Group, GIG, EsVolta, Greg Callman, Randolph Mann
Acciona acquires 3-GW pipeline of U.S. solar projects from Tenaska
Global renewable energy developer Acciona has signed an agreement with energy developer Tenaska to acquire a portfolio of greenfield solar and energy storage projects in the United States. The development portfolio comprises approximately 3 GW of utility-scale solar and 1 GW of co-located solar and energy storage.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Acciona, Rafael Esteban, Tenaska, Steve Johnson, Concentrated solar power
RWE Constructs Hydropower Coupled 117MW Battery Storage Space Systems in Germany
RWE to develop 117 MW hydropower-coupled battery storage systems at two locations in Germany. Euro 50 million financial investment is required for the project which is expected to start functioning by 2022 end.
Jul 27, 2021 // Storage, Germany, Europe, rwe, hydroelectric power plants, Andreas Pinkwart
NextEnergy chooses first solar farm to be retrofitted with battery energy storage space
NextEnergy Solar (NESF) has chosen the first of its existing solar sites to be retrofitted to include battery power storage space.
Apr 26, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, UK, Europe, solar farm, NextEnergy, North Norfolk
Aura Power obtains approval for 50MW Grimsby solar farm
Construction is set to start in 2024
Nov 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Aura Power, Grimsby solar farm
S Africa clinches 975 MW of solar PPAs, unveils preferred bidders in sixth tender
South Africa has authorized power purchase agreements (PPAs) for 975 MW of renewable energy projects and awarded preferred bidder condition on an additional 860 MW of propositions under its Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (REIPPPP).
Dec 12, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, S Africa
USA's Avangrid Developing Over 500 MW Solar Farms in Texas & Ohio
Both solar energy projects will cumulatively create 523.5 MW of clean and affordable power for the two US states. Real North solar farm of 321 MW is being established in Falls County, Texas.
Mar 16, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, avangrid, Renewable Energy, Iberdrola Group, Pedro Azagra, Powell Creek, solar farms USA, Texas and Ohio, Texas solar industry, True North solar project