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Limiting climate emergency will require ten-fold solar boom, DNV GL claims
Global solar PV capacity must increase ten-fold to 5TW by 2030 in order to meet the Paris climate targets, research body DNV GL has claimed.
Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, ENERGY STORAGE, solar pv, DNV GL, Ditlev Engel
Bangladesh government pledges rooftop PV on all its buildings
The authorities expect to add 300 MW of rooftop solar in the next four years thanks to net metering regulations and hope the nation’s extensive clothing and textile industry will be encouraged to adopt PV.
Sep 27, 2019 // Rooftop PV, Bangladesh, Asia, Siddique Zobair, Infrastructure Development Company Limited
EU clears joint ownership of Spanish solar firm X-Elio by private equity duo
The European Union’s executive arm has approved a major ownership shake-up of Spanish developer X-Elio Energy, giving Brookfield Asset Management the green light to purchase a 20% stake from Acek Renewables alongside a 30% tranche from US infrastructure fund KKR.
Oct 10, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, x-elio, Toronto, brookfield asset management, european commission, terraform, Acek, Gestamp Renewables, Jorge Barredo López
20 MW solar-plus-storage project tender at Zimbabwe gold mine
Canadian business Caledonia Mining Corporation plc wants to build a power plant at its Blanket mine near Gwanda, in southern Zimbabwe.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining Corporation
Coal India Subsidiary Tenders for 150 kW Rooftop Solar Plant
CMPDI, a subsidiary of Coal India has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 150 kW rooftop solar micro-grid power plant at the firms’ Ranchi office.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Rooftop PV, India, tender, Asia, rooftop PV, CMPDI
Oxbridge scientists seek to explain electron dynamics in perovskite cells
Researchers from the two prestigious U.K. universities are analyzing spatiotemporal charge-carrier dynamics in the perovskite materials used for solar applications. They have discovered the carriers propagate ballistically over 150nm within 20fs of photon absorption.
Dec 18, 2019 // Technology, UK, Oxford University, solar cells, Europe, perovskite
IFC Invests in BT Leasing to Boost Sustainable Energy Finance in Romania
IFC is providing EUR 18.5 million in financing to BT Leasing to increase access to finance for SMEs and sustainable energy projects in Romania
Dec 24, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, ifc, BT Leasing, Romania, sustainable energy
BHEL Tenders for Floatation Platform for 22 MW Solar Project
BHEL has tendered s for developing the complete floatation platform for the 22 MW floating solar plant at NTPC Kayamkulam in Kerala.
Jan 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, India, NTPC, floating PV, Asia, kerala, bhel
Indian state intends 880MW solar park
The Indian state of Himachal Pradesh has introduced plans for an 880 megawatt (MW) solar park, to be developed by state-owned Satluz Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd (SJVNL).
Dec 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Solar Park, Jai Ram Thakur, John Yeap
Emera Technologies as well as Novonix Partner on Ingenious Battery Technology
Emera Technologies as well as Halifax-based Novonix Battery Technology Solutions (Novonix) are working together to develop battery pack systems to sustain microgrids that will provide solar power directly to houses, and could result in interesting future chances throughout North America.
Feb 19, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Microgrids, Emera Technologies, Novonix, BlockEnergy, Rob Bennett, Chris Burns
Waaree Products 2.47 MW Solar Modules to Vibgyor Energy
Waaree Energies, India's biggest solar module supplier with an installed capacity of 2 GW, has actually announced providing 330wp & 335wp Solar modules for a 2.47 MW project Established by the Sunil Gadhoke led Vibgyor Energy, of Sunbeam Real Ventures Pvt Ltd
Mar 12, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, PV Power Plant, Waaree Energies, Vibgyor Energy, sunil gadhoke
Waaree Materials 2.47 MW Solar Modules to Vibgyor Energy
Waaree Energies, India's largest solar module supplier with an installed ability of 2 GW, has actually introduced providing 330wp & 335wp Solar modules for a 2.47 MW project Created by the Sunil Gadhoke led Vibgyor Energy, of Sunbeam Real Ventures Pvt Ltd
Mar 15, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, solar modules, solar plant, Waaree Energies, Vibgyor Energy, sunil gadhoke, Sunbeam Real Ventures Pvt Ltd
Scientists in China Establish a PV-driven AC Using Ice Thermal Storage Space
Researchers in China from the Yunnan Normal University and the Jiaxing University have developed a PV-powered ac system that utilizes ice thermal storage rather than batteries to store power.
Jun 25, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Thermal, China, Asia, ice thermal storage, Jiaxing University, PV-driven AC, Yunnan Normal University
GGGI to Develop 250 MW Solar Plant Along Mumbai-Nagpur Superhighway
With its rapid economic growth and increasing need for power services, India is well-placed to invest a lot more in clean, cheap reliable sources of power, especially in the solar sector. Nonetheless, this potential stays mainly untapped. The Indian federal government has set an objective of 100 gigawatts (GW) of solar energy capacity by 2022, yet it had actually just installed 34 GW by mid-2020.
Jun 9, 2021 // Plants, solar PV plant, Maharashtra State Road Development Corporatio, MSRDC, superhighway, The Global Green Growth Institute, GGGI
Azure Power reports fall in cost per released megawatt but still slips to loss
Azure Power Global saw its price of deploying solar fall by almost 19% last year, however the company still recorded a net loss of US$ 38.1 million in the quarter finishing 31 March 2021 regardless of a year-on-year boost in earnings.
Jun 16, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, Asia, Azure Power








