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Partners Group invests $450m, buys PowerTransitions for brownfield renewables shift
Partners Group will pour >USD 450 m into PowerTransitions, converting retired U.S. fossil plants into solar-plus-storage hubs to meet booming, AI-driven power demand.
Jun 5, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Partners Group, PowerTransitions, EnCap
RWE Switches On Hambach Mine Solar, Symbol Of Transition Today
RWE has commissioned a 12-MWac solar farm on the edge of Germany’s Hambach opencast mine—one of several projects transforming the region.
Aug 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, rwe, energy transition, Hambach, brownfield solar
Sol Systems Officially Opens 342-MWp Eldorado Solar Park In Illinois
Sol Systems inaugurated the 342-MWp Eldorado solar project in Illinois, its largest to date, adding significant daytime capacity to the Midwest grid.
Sep 26, 2025 // Plants, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, sol systems, Illinois, commissioning, Eldorado
Solaria maps €2.5bn plan, battery joint venture, fresh PPAs
Solaria outlined a €2.5bn plan for 2026–2028, launching a battery JV and signing new PPAs to turn solar into evening power.
Nov 17, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, PPAs, BATTERIES, Spain, Europe, solaria, investment plan
1Komma5 opens Heartbeat AI to millions of existing home systems
1Komma5 Grad’s Heartbeat AI now works with existing PV, batteries, heat pumps and EVs, helping households save and support the grid.
Nov 17, 2025 // Technology, Plants, Residential, Germany, Europe, virtual power plant, energy management, demand flexibility
DNV publishes globe's first ideal practice guide for floating solar projects
DNV has actually launched the world's very first suggested practice (RP) for floating solar projects to help in reducing risks for programmers as well as enhance financier confidence in the section.
Mar 31, 2021 // Plants, Floating PV, Scatec, EDP, EDF, floating PV, DNV GL, baywa r.e., Ciel & Terre, dnv, recommended practice
Gigantic agrivoltaic project in China
The Baofeng Group is building a 1 GW solar park which is hosting a goji berry ranch in the Binhe New District on the eastern financial institutions of the Yellow River in the Ningxia Province. Around 640 MW have so far been grid-connected. Huawei is offering the inverters for the project.
Sep 3, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, China, Asia, Huawei, agrivoltaic project, Baofeng Group
Move to ‘grid of the future’ or risk solar fallout, Australia told
A failure to design an energy system fit for the 21st century could put Australia’s clean energy transition at risk, the Australian Energy Market Commission (AEMC) has warned.
Sep 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, aemc, mlf, John Pierce
UK designer stories 1GW of solar on retired coal sites
UK solar programmer Island Green Power is to advance 2 solar PV projects amounting to over 1GW on previous coal power station sites in the UK.
Sep 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, UK, solar pv, Europe, Mega Solar, island green power
Flixbus fleet examinations 18% CIGS panels
After announcing plans to test hydrogen fuel cell buses in November, the European coach travel route planning start-up has begun a pilot project to reduce diesel consumption by using solar panels on the vehicles of its partner companies. FlixBus says the ultra-thin, lightweight CIGS modules help save 1.7 litres of diesel per 100km.
Feb 11, 2020 // Transport, Germany, Europe, CIGS panels, Flixbus
Debt-saddled solar developer has state appointee take control of as chairman as well as CEO
Zhang Ping, a 30-year coal-fired power market professional, has actually taken the helm at Hong Kong-listed Panda Green, days after a $230 million bail-out by state-owned Beijing Energy Holding Carbon Monoxide Ltd
Feb 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Panda Green, Zhang Ping, Beijing Energy
Scatec Solar raises US$ 500m to pay down SN Power offer, reinforce growth resources funds
Scatec Solar has actually elevated more than US$ 500 million in an exclusive placement simply days after it announced the US$ 1 billion procurement of hydropower firm SN Power.
Oct 21, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Scatec Solar, IPP, Europe, sn power
Wearable 'honeycomb' lithium-ion battery
Researchers in South Korea have actually dealt with graphene and also carbon nanotubes to establish a functioning lithium-ion battery that can be extended by approximately 50% without damages to any one of the elements. According to the researchers, the battery stands for a substantial action in the advancement of body-implantable or wearable digital gadgets.
May 4, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Korea, lithium-ion battery, KIST, Jeong Gon Son
Tough times for German PV tools suppliers
Since of the Covid-19 dilemma, german design organization the VDMA anticipates a challenging year. Sales had actually currently gone down significantly in 2014 and also the existing order consumption degree supplies no look of hope. Nonetheless, the general public wellness situation might use company in brand-new markets identified to damage a reliance on Chinese panels.
May 14, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, VDMA, covid-19, Peter Fath
Israel's strategy to recoup from Covid-19 situation consists of 2 GW of brand-new solar
The nation additionally means to re-tender its terminated purchase workout for the Dimona solar energy plant in the Negev desert. The capability of the project will certainly be broadened from 300 MW to 500 MW.
Apr 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Israel, covid-19