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First picture of Tesla's German Gigafactory revealed, with rooftop PV too
Tesla manager Elon Musk has actually released the very first photo of the intended Gigafactory in Grünheide, near Berlin, in eastern Germany.
Jul 16, 2020 // Commercial, TESLA, Germany, Elon Musk, Europe
Fluence bags second BESS order in Taiwan, 10x size of first
International system integrator Fluence has actually been awarded a 60MW/96MWh battery energy storage space system (BESS) order in Taiwan for state-owned utility Taipower, its second in the country.
Apr 25, 2022 // Storage, Taiwan, utility, ancillary services, grid stabilising, automatic frequency control, renewables integration
Australian Capital Territory ends 250MW first phase of renewables-and-storage reverse auctions
The Australian Capital Territory government has announced the final step of the first phase of its ‘reverse auction’ programme, with the announcement of a tender for 250MW of renewable energy generation alongside a 20MW/40MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, auctions, Oceania, tenders, autralian capital territory, act greens
Italy released 362 MW of solar in H1
Developers set up 259 MW of brand-new solar in Italy in the first six months of the year, according to ANIE Rinnovabili. However that doesn't include a 103 MW plant that was attached to the grid in late June in the southern region of Apulia.
Sep 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe
First-of-its-kind BESS in sub-Saharan Africa commissioned in Malawi
A solar and also storage project totalling 20MW has entered commercial operation in Malawi, which the firms included state is the first grid-connected utility-scale co-located project to do so in sub-Saharan Africa.
Jun 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, solar-plus-storage, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, colocation, Innovate UK, grid stabilising, renewables integration
Queensland mounts first neighborhood batteries
The Australian state of Queensland prepares to set up 35 neighborhood batteries in the community of Ipswich in the coming weeks. This was come before by a successful field test by the public electricity supplier Energex Limited (photo).
Feb 6, 2023 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Energex Limited
ESB, Bord na Móna Power Up Kildare with 108 MW Solar Farm
Bord na Móna and ESB join forces to develop a 108-megawatt solar farm in Kildare, Ireland. Providing enough energy to power 25,000 homes, this is the first of four projects with a target of 500MW and furthers the government's commitment to solar energy.
Jul 21, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Ireland, Europe, Bord na Móna, solar farm, Esb
Solar developer Encore Renewable Energy will install country’s first long duration, liquid air battery
Highview Power Storage and renewable energy developer Encore Renewable Energy jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long duration, liquid air energy storage system. This facility will be a minimum of 50 MW, provide in excess of eight hours of storage (400 MWh) and will be located in northern Vermont.
Dec 18, 2019 // Storage, USA, North America, Javier Cavada, Highview Power Storage, Encore Renewable Energy, Salvatore Minopoli, Chad Farrell
Hecate Energy first to utilize Ideematec's latest trackers in solar project
Ideematec, a global solar tracking systems distributor, was picked by developer Hecate Energy to offer 4 MW of its Horizon L: Tec solar trackers for an approaching installation. The project, situated in Newberry, South Carolina, will certainly be installed by the construction and project administration solutions company, Reach Construction Group.
Nov 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Ideematec, hecate energy, Solar Project, Preston Schulz, Philipp Klemm
Solar controls as Greece's tech-neutral public auction takes rates listed below 5-euro-cent mark
Solar has actually asserted the leading place at Greece's second-ever technology-neutral sustainable public auction, creating costs listed below the 5-euro-cent-per-kWh mark as it got all agreements however one.
Apr 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Greece, pv power plants, pv modules, Europe, policy and regulation, southern europe, rae, technology-neutral auction, tech-neutral auction
Colombia prepares 2021 renewables auction to become 'leader in Latin America's power shift'
The federal government of Colombia has actually introduced plans to hold a renewable energy auction in the very first quarter of 2021 that it says could stand for an investment of greater than US$ 6 billion in the nation.
Nov 11, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, South america, Latin america, auctions, auction, tenders, Colombia, Iván Duque, upme
AMEA Power to construct 2 solar energy plants in Morocco
Both solar projects will certainly become part of the very first phase of Noor PV II Programme. AMEA Power will certainly create 2 solar plants each having a capacity of 36 MW.
Apr 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, amea power, Wind Energy, solar power plants, Moroccan Agency for Sustainable Energy, Noor PV II Programme
GE, Inogen to provide Turkish hybrid renewable plant
Project consists of adding 30MW of solar capacity to an operational 32MW wind farm
Jun 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Asia, Turkey, PV Power Plant, GE, Kemal Tas, Ali Murat Soydan
India's DVC to create virtually 1.8 GW of floating solar-- report
Indian state-owned power firm Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) will certainly concentrate entirely on solar projects to include extra capability, as it seeks to establish a considerable floating PV portfolio.
Sep 28, 2020 // Market Research, India, floating PV, Asia, Damodar Valley Corporation, energy transition
Indian PSUs asked to develop residential solar polysilicon centers - reports
State-owned companies in India could be tasked with developing polysilicon manufacturing centers to aid make domestic solar manufacturing more competitive, reports have claimed.
Oct 6, 2020 // Market Research, manufacturing, India, polysilicon, Asia, mnre, trade tariffs, basic customs duty