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First Solar planning 150-MWac Arizona solar array for Microsoft data centers
First Solar announced that its Sun Streams 2 PV solar plant will power new energy-efficient data centers being built by Microsoft in Goodyear and El Mirage, Arizona. The 150-MWac facility, is being developed and constructed by First Solar in Maricopa County and will power the data centers under a 20-year agreement and will be operational in 2021.
Jul 31, 2019 // Large-Scale, USA, Arizona, First Solar, PV solar, Sun Streams, El Mirage, North America
LS Power launches power storage and renewable resource firm Rev Renewables
US development and investment firm LS Power has today introduced the production of Rev Renewable LLC, a brand-new firm focused on the advancement, purchase and procedure of energy storage and eco-friendly projects.
Aug 11, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, Renewable Energy, LS Power, Paul Segal, Rev Renewables, Ed Sondey
Sunrun to introduce 300-home solar-plus-storage virtual power plant
US household solar company Sunrun is to aggregate 300 domestic solar-plus-storage installments into a solitary virtual power plant (VPP), declaring it to be one of the US' very first property VPPs.
Jun 18, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Sunrun, solar-plus-storage, residential, Southern California Edison, North America, VPP, utility, Jill Anderson
Canadian Solar taking module capacity to over 12GW in 2019
Solar Module Super League’ (SMSL) member, Canadian Solar plans to increase module assembly capacity to 12,220MW in 2019, an increase of 1,000MW on strong demand.
Aug 16, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Canada, Canadian Solar, PV plants, pv modules, c-si manufacturing, North America
LONGi Smashes Tandem Solar Record With 33 Percent Efficiency Leap
LONGi’s new silicon-perovskite tandem cell hits 33 % efficiency, raising the bar for large-area photovoltaics and spotlighting the firm’s broader “Innovation + Collaboration” strategy.
Jun 20, 2025 // Technology, Manufacturing News, perovskite, LONGi, efficiency, Tandem cells, photovoltaics
Dewa to spend $11 billion on Renewable resource in Dubai
The Dubai Electricity as well as Water Authority (Dewa) introduced that it will be investing $11 billion as capital expenditure over the next 5 years.
Under the Dubai Clean Energy Strategy, Dubai targets to obtain 75% of its energy requirements only from clean energy sources by 2030.
Apr 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, clean energy, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority, Dewa, Dubai, Renewable Energy, green energy, Dubai Clean Energy Strategy, Dubai Financial Market, EV Green Charger initiative, Saeed Al Tayer
Sungrow to Supply Inverters to two of the Largest Subsidy-Free Solar Farms in UK
Sungrow has a contract with Bouygues Energies & Services to provide inverter solutions for 2 of the biggest subsidy-free solar farms in the UK.
Nov 3, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Sungrow, UK, Europe, subsidy-free, International, solar inverters, Keith Pedder, Gonzalo Feito, Solar Farms, Jeremy Powell
Qatar solar testing facility ‘open for business’
After more than six years of scientific and technical research efforts in the solar sector, the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute (QEERI) is now targeting a major role in the industry itself.
Sep 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, pv modules, Asia, Qatar, r&d, qeeri, testing, Dr. Veronica Bermudez Benito
New Market Report: Perovskites Transforming Solar Industry
Discover the cutting-edge Perovskites for Solar Industry Market Report, featuring insights on innovation, commercialization trends, and growth forecasts for the future of sustainable energy!
Sep 3, 2024 // Technology, Market Research, perovskite
Lead-free magnetic perovskites
Scientists at Linkoping University, Sweden, dealing with the perovskite family of products have actually taken a step forwards as well as created an optoelectronic magnetic double perovskite. The exploration opens up the possibility to couple spintronics with optoelectronics for quick and energy-efficient details storage.
Nov 9, 2020 // Technology, Sweden, Europe, perovskites, Linkoping University, Feng Gao
Brooge Energy, Siemens Energy Partner For Solar & Green Hydrogen in UAE
Brooge Renewable Energy and also Siemens Energy will build up to 650 MW solar PV plant to supply scheduled Phase 1 of the green ammonia project with renewable energy that belongs to Brooge.
Siemens Energy will function as the technological partner to Brooge and exclusive carrier of remedies.
Feb 16, 2023 // Solar to Fuel, Masdar, green hydrogen, Abu Dhabi, Suhail Al Mazrouei, Siemens Energy, carbon emissions, green ammonia, solar PV farm, Brooge Energy Ltd, Brooge Renewable Energy, Lina Saheb, UAE Renewable Energy, World Government Summit 2023
Solar electricity can retail for $0.027-0.036/KWh as renewables close in on global grid parity
The latest figures released by BloombergNEF show new solar and onshore wind power plants have reached parity with average wholesale prices in California, China and parts of Europe. The technologies are winning the race to be the cheapest sources of new generation for two-thirds of the world’s population.
Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, California, USA, India, China, Australia, Chile, South america, Europe, Asia, Oceania, North America
MMWEC to build 30-acre solar project in Ludlow
MMWEC, which stands for and also gives power for community energies around the state, will certainly build a 7-megawatt, $14.5 million solar array on 30 acres at its campus at the end of Moody Street.
Feb 12, 2021 // Plants, UK, Europe, Solar Project, MMWEC, Ludlow, Ronald C. DeCurzio
Big news as Zhonghuan Semiconductor unveils 12-inch super wafer
The manufacturer says its Kwafoo product improves efficiency and, if used in the optimal p-type PERC type of panel, could boast a module output of 610 W.
Aug 17, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, LONGi, PERC, Kwafoo, Zhonghuan Semiconductor, wafer, Tianjin, half-cut solar cells
Resurgence of Heterojunction (HJT) Solar Panels
Heterojunction Solar cells combine two various technologies into one cell-- a crystalline silicon cell sandwiched in between 2 layers of amorphous "thin-film" silicon
Oct 25, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, REC Group, bifacial solar modules, Reliance, Goldi Solar, HJT Solar Modules






