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Silicon Ranch completes 287MW of solar PV projects to power Meta's Georgia operations
Consumer-owned utility Walton Electric Membership Corporation (EMC) and independent power producer (IPP) Silicon Ranch have completed the building and construction of 3 utility-scale solar PV projects with a total capacity of 287MW that will certainly be made use of to power Meta's (previously Facebook) procedures in Georgia, United States.
Dec 16, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Georgia, IPP, Europe, North America, Facebook, shell, Silicon Ranch, Clearloop, meta, walton electric
Photon Energy posts record income, eyes merchant solar possibilities
Solar project developer and also possession owner Photon Energy Group saw its profits reach a brand-new high last year thanks to the sale of electrical power from its growing portfolio of PV plants.
Feb 15, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Hungary, Europe, merchant solar, Oceania, photon energy, Independent Power Producer
Battery gamer picks Netherlands for EU gigafactory
Eurocell intends to hit complete capacity as early as 2025 supplying power storage and emobility markets
Aug 18, 2022 // Storage, Europe, Netherlands, Eurocell, Nick Clay
Eurazeo, Infravia apparently introducing sale of French solar firm Reden
An auction will be reportedly released, valuing the solar power developer at as much as EUR2bn
Jun 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, Reden, Eurazeo, Infravia
SmartestEnergy inks Oz solar offtake
PPA with PAG covers 30 projects which also intends to rollout eco-friendly hydrogen manufacturing at the websites
Jul 12, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, Australia, Oceania, green hydrogen, Alan Yu, SMARTESTENERGY
PV mini-grid to back Congolese farming
Equatorial Power and SustainSolar are mounting containerized, off-grid solar battery power systems to support farming projects on an island in Lake Kivu.
Jul 9, 2020 // Storage, DR Congo, Equatorial Power, SustainSolar, Abishek Bharadwaj, John Fadiran
ConnectGen's 270-MW New York solar project gets final permit approval
ConnectGen revealed that its recommended South Ripley Solar Project has received a final siting permit from the New york city State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES). Based upon a thorough testimonial of the document, ORES located that the project abides by Executive Law 94-c and stays clear of, decreases or mitigates, to the maximum degree practicable, prospective significant adverse environmental influences to the surrounding location.
Apr 25, 2023 // Plants, USA, North America, ConnectGen, South Ripley Solar Project
Spanish PV organization UNEF selects brand-new head of state
The Global Head Site & Permitting at Spanish solar developer as well as driver X-Elio, Arancha Martinez Navarro, is currently the brand-new head of state of the nation's photovoltaic (PV) organization Union Espanola Fotovoltaica (UNEF).
Apr 2, 2020 // Policy, Spain, UNEF, Europe, Arancha Martinez Navarro, Jorge Barredo
GreenVolt starts deal with 70MW of Portuguese PV projects
5 sites in the centre as well as south of the country become part of 243MW pipeline
Oct 19, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Europe, Greenvolt
Chinese YuanTech's PV modules obtain Brazilian certification
Chinese solar (PV) module maker YuanTech Solar Co Ltd said on Wednesday it has actually received the Brazilian INMETRO certification, which is paving the way for the company to step into the regional renewable resource market.
Jan 12, 2023 // Manufacturing News, South america, Brazil, Chine, YuanTech Solar
Q Energy breaks ground on 105 MW of Spanish solar
Germany-based green power programmer Q Energy Solutions SE claimed on Thursday it had actually begun constructing 2 solar ranches with a mixed generation capacity of 105 MW in southern Spain.
May 5, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, Q Energy
Japan's Idemitsu Kosan completes 17-MW solar plant in Iwate
Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:5019), via its subsidiary RS Renewables Co Ltd, announced on Friday it has actually placed on stream a 16.88-MW solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) park in Iwate prefecture.
Oct 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant, Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd
UPC/AC Renewables invest in 550 MW of pumped hydro and solar in Australia
AC Renewables, the energy arm of Philippines’ Ayala Corp, and Australia’s UPC Renewables have agreed to buy 51% in a 250 MW pumped hydro project and a neighboring 300 MW solar project, both located in South Australia.
Aug 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, storage, Australia, AC Renewables, UPC Renewables, pumped hydro project, Bridle Track Solar Farm, Rise Renewables, PHES plant, Anton Rohner, Brer Adams
Australia’s AEMO radically curtails output of five large solar farms
The Australian Energy Market Operator constrained the output of several large-scale solar plants by 50% on Friday, in response to voltage fluctuations in a 220 kV network spanning the states of Victoria and New South Wales.
Sep 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, ACES, Andrew Stiel
Safety is paramount
When Sony first commercially introduced lithium-ion batteries in 1991, the industry recognized their potential to revolutionize portable electronics. Ever since, there have been countless efforts to improve the technology, with many researchers focusing on energy density and longevity, in line with demand from emerging applications such as electric vehicles (EVs) and on-grid energy storage. Julian Jansen and Youmin Rong of IHS Markit discuss the effect of safety concerns on this rapidly growing global market.
Sep 19, 2019 // Storage, Opinions, USA, China, Li-ion batteries, Asia, North America, Sony, Julian Jansen, Youmin Rong















