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European Investment Bank and FMO go halves on 80MW of Kenyan solar
The European Investment Bank (EIB) and Dutch development bank FMO have agreed to finance the construction and operation of a duo of Kenyan solar plants that have a combined capacity of 80MW.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, utility-scale PV, Kenya, Africa, east africa, european investment bank, frontier energ, fmo, grid-connected pv, David Langat, Ayaz Merali
Lodestone Energizes New Zealand with South Island Solar Park
Lodestone Energy launches its first South Island solar project, powering 7,000 homes and boosting New Zealand's clean energy goals with eco-friendly innovation and local job creation.
Aug 4, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, PV Power Plant, Lodestone Energy
Lightsource BP finilize 50MWp solar farms for H&M Group
Lightsource BP, Schroders Greencoat, and H&M Group complete two new solar power stations in Leicestershire, providing renewable energy to H&M Group's business activities
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Lightsource BP, solar farm, H&M Group
Eurazeo, Infravia apparently introducing sale of French solar firm Reden
An auction will be reportedly released, valuing the solar power developer at as much as EUR2bn
Jun 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Reden, Eurazeo, Infravia
IFC as well as EBA to fund solar photovoltaic watering
A collaboration has just been established in between the International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank subsidiary in charge of economic sector financing, and also the Agricultural Bank of Egypt (ABE). The partnership intends to fund solar-powered watering systems in Egypt.
Nov 23, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Asia, ifc, Africa, Egypt, ABE
Construction begins on mining giant BHP's initial off-grid solar-storage project
Construction has started on BHP's "first off-grid large-scale renewable resource project", completing 38 MW of solar energy and a 10.1 MW/5.4 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), at 2 nickel mines in Western Australia which supply Tesla for usage in electrical lorry (EV) batteries.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, power purchase agreement, solar-storage project, bhp, Jessica Farrell, diesel, emissions reduction, gold mine
3-GWh lithium battery manufacturing facility in South Carolina to make ESS for grid-scale applications
Kontrolmatik Technologies, using its subsidiary Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, means to build a lithium-ion battery factory in Colleton County, South Carolina. The 500,000-sq-ft facility will certainly have an initial production capability of 3 GWh and also create LFP cells for grid-scale energy storage applications. Production is expected to begin in 2024.
Dec 9, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Storage, USA, North America, Kontrolmatik Technologies, Pomega Energy Storage Technologies
Scatec appoints new chief executive officer as Raymond Carlsen steps down after 13 years
Raymond Carlsen is stepping down as chief executive officer of independent power manufacturer (IPP) Scatec after 13 years in the role, to be replaced by the company's EVP of project growth, Terje Pilskog.
Mar 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec, IPP, John Andersen Jr
Group Lights Promising Method to Future of Photovoltaic Panel Production
University of Texas at Dallas scientists have actually shown that a method called photonic treating can be utilized to manufacture thin films utilized in flexible electronics 1 million times faster than standard methods. The experiments could help pave the way for the large-scale manufacturing of devices varying from wearable sensors to solar panels.
Jul 22, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, solar panel, North America, University of Texas, Julia Hsu
Namibia and Botswana mull 20-year, 5 GW solar push
The governments of the two African nations are considering deploying huge volumes of generation capacity over two decades. The project, still in its initial phase, is being supported by the World Economic Forum’s Global Future Council on Energy.
Sep 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, eskom, WEF
Zimbabwe mine eyes solar amid national power crisis
Caledonia Mining wants to build a solar power plant at its Blanket gold mine in southern Zimbabwe to ward off the worst from the country's increasingly volatile power supply.
Aug 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Africa, Zimbabwe, caledonia, blanket mine, zesa, South Africa, escom, mining
Eurus begin on 80 MW of solar plants in Chile
Japan's Eurus Energy Group said today it has begun building and construction works with solar projects with an incorporated capacity of a 80 MW straight existing (DC) in Chile.
Jun 1, 2021 // Plants, Japan, Chile, South america, Asia, PV Power Plant, Eurus
Photon, Canadian Solar swap project rights in 580 MWp of Aussie solar
Solar power programmers Photon Energy NV (WSE: PEN) and Canadian Solar Inc (NASDAQ: CSIQ) have exchanged rights to 580 MWp of solar projects they partnered on in Australia.
Apr 13, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canadian Solar, Photon, Michael Gartner
REC Group validates license activity versus Hanwha in China
The Chinese state-owned solar maker has actually sued versus its Korean rival connecting to REC's split-cell and also junction box innovation.
May 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, South Korea, China, Asia, REC Group, Hanwha
H&M Group and Alight Illuminate Sweden with Solar Power
Alight and H&M Group join forces again, constructing three solar parks in Sweden to generate clean electricity and support H&M's renewable energy goals.
Jan 25, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Sweden, Europe, PV Power Plant, Alight, H&M Group