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CIMIC Acquires 300MW Solar Project in Qld
CIMIC Group's unit Pacific Partnerships acquires rights to develop 300-MW DC solar project in Queensland, capable of providing power for around 100,000 average-sized homes. Juan Santamaria notes Queensland is strategic focus for their diversified energy and utilities portfolio. Engineering, procurement and construction to be managed with an aim to commission in 2026.
Aug 17, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, queensland, Solar Project, CIMIC
200MW Pleasant Valley Solar Project Powers Idaho's Grid
Matrix Renewables and RPlus Energies have teamed up to launch the largest solar facility in Idaho Power's service territory. Together with Meta and Idaho Power, they are providing clean, renewable energy support to Meta's new data centre, helping transition to a sustainable future.
Sep 15, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, Idaho, rPlus Energies, Matrix Renewables
Scatec Signs Fifteen-Year PPA For 130-MW Solar In Colombia Project
Scatec inks a 15-year power purchase agreement for a 130-MW PV plant in Colombia, targeting financing and build in 2025.
Sep 4, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, PPA, South america, utility-scale, Colombia, project finance
Bavaria’s Green Flexibility breaks ground on 80-MWh grid-neutral battery project
Green Flexibility has started building a 40-MW/80-MWh “grid-neutral” battery in Bavaria to optimize connection capacity and firm daytime solar.
Sep 12, 2025 // Storage, Grids, Germany, Europe, Flexibility, Bavaria
Andhra Pradesh Selects Developers for 2 GWh of Mega Battery Systems
APTRANSCO awards contracts for 1,000 MW / 2,000 MWh of standalone battery storage across key substations.
Dec 1, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, battery projects, APTRANSCO, renewable grid, energy flexibility
Eswatini kicks off first project under national 75-MW solar scheme
Kingdom of Eswatini launches its first project in a 75-MW program.
Dec 10, 2025 // Plants, Eswatini, utility solar, procurement, Southern Africa, energy access
Novel Solar Cells Arrive at International Space Station for Testing
Five different types of solar cells fabricated by research teams at the Georgia Institute of Technology have arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to be tested for their power conversion rate and ability to operate in the harsh space environment as part of the MISSE-12 mission. One type of cell, made of low-cost organic materials, has not been extensively tested in space before.
Nov 7, 2019 // Technology, USA, solar cells, perovskite, North America, Georgia Institute of Technology, ISS, silicon-based cells, Jud Ready, Bernard Kippelen, Ajeet Rohatgi
Problem analysis assures kesterite solar cells with 18.47% efficiency
A global research study team has actually found that the presence of a few lattice flaws in a kesterite PV cell product can really improve efficiency, instead of lowering it. The group believes that kesterite PV cells can see mass production within the following years.
Sep 14, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, Asia, Iran, efficiency
S-5! mounts adapt to two models of metal rooftops on single solar project
S-5!, an authority on metal roof attachment solutions, recently participated in a complex solar conversion project at a manufacturing facility in Clinton, Illinois.
Jan 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, USA, rooftop PV, North America, Illinois, S-5!, Rob Haddock
A much more efficient means to discover a much more reliable battery
The rate of development in the renewable energy sector is restricted not only by the technology to catch energy from the sun, the wind, the seas or the Earth's convected heat, however additionally by the capacity to properly keep and also deploy that energy after it has been utilized.
Sep 10, 2021 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Vijay Ramani, Washington University, Kritika Sharma
Solar cells with 30-year lifetimes for power-generating windows
A brand-new transparency-friendly solar cell style can wed high performances with 30-year approximated life times, study led by the University of Michigan has revealed. It might lead the way for windows that additionally give solar power.
Sep 15, 2021 // BIPV, Technology, USA, China, Asia, solar cell, North America, efficiency, University of Michigan, Stephen Forrest
New single-axis solar tracker can adhere to sloped, uneven, challenging terrain
NX Horizon-XTR's ability to adhere to terrain can considerably reduce earthwork, permitting these otherwise-infeasible sites to become financially and eco viable solar projects.
Mar 23, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Nextracker, Dan Shugar, SOLV Energy, Donny Gallagher, NX Horizon-XTR™
Holograms increase solar energy yield
The energy offered from sunlight is 10,000 times more than what is required to provide the globe's energy needs. Sunlight has two major homes that are useful in the design of renewable resource systems.
May 26, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cells, solar panel, North America, University of Arizona, QESST Engineering Research Center, Jianbo Zhao
Designers develop new fuel cells with two times the operating voltage as hydrogen
Electrification of the transport sector - among the largest customers of energy worldwide - is vital to future energy and also environmental durability. Electrification of this market will certainly require high-power fuel cells (either stand alone or combined with batteries) to promote the transition to electric cars, from automobiles and trucks to watercrafts and aircrafts.
Jun 19, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Solar to Fuel, USA, hydrogen, North America, fuel cells, St. Louis, Vijay Ramani, Shrihari Sankarasubramanian
Scientists make next-generation, high-toughness battery component
A team of Brown University researchers has actually discovered a method to double the durability of a ceramic product used to make solid-state lithium ion batteries. The approach, explained in the journal Matter, could be beneficial in bringing solid-state batteries to the mass market.
Jun 19, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Nitin Padture, Christos Athanasiou, Brian Sheldon








