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Tronox boosts decarbonisation with 200-MW S African renewables deal
Tronox secures 200 MW of wind and solar energy with NOA Group Ltd, aiming for net zero emissions by 2050. Major step towards decarbonisation goals.
Jun 10, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tronox, S Africa, NOA Group Ltd
AMPYR Secures 195 MW Solar PPAs with Duke Energy
AMPYR Energy USA boosts solar capacity in South Carolina, securing 195 MWp to power 30,000 homes, while advancing toward its ambitious 5-GW solar portfolio goal.
Nov 21, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Duke Energy, AMPYR Energy USA
China's Hounen to open 1-GW solar panel factory in S Carolina
The US arm of Chinese solar maker Zhejiang Hounen Photoelectricity Co Ltd (Hounen) is planning to pour USD 33 million (EUR 30.9 m) right into a job that will create its first solar panel manufacturing facility in the US, it claimed last week.
Mar 20, 2023 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, solar panel, Hounen, S Carolina
African renewables platform Lekela moves to new proprietor Infinity Power
Dublin-based renewables developer Mainstream Renewable Power as well as private equity company Actis have finished the sale of their Lekela platform, Africa's largest pure-play renewables independent power producer (IPP), to Infinity Power.
Mar 20, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Software, Africa, LEKELA, Infinity Power
4.7-MW solar array now completed atop Maine capped landfill
The City of South Portland, Maine, has completed a 4.7-MW solar array atop the city's capped landfill. The project ought to offset 63% of the city's municipal electrical load.
Oct 26, 2022 // Plants, solar array, Scott Morelli, Thomas Biddinger, Phil Coupe
John Cockerill to Supply Thermal Receivers to Redstone CSP Plant in SA
John Cockerill, a Belgium-based design company, has exposed that it will provide molten salt solar thermal receivers to Redstone's 100 MW Concentrated Solar Energy Plant (CSP) in the North Cape Province of South Africa.
Jul 28, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Thermal, Africa, South Africa, ACWA Power, Rajit Nanda, International, csp, Concentrated Solar Power Plant, John Cockerill, Redstone CSP Plant
Global Energy Storage Capacity to Reach 741 GWh by 2030: WoodMac
A new report by Wood Mackenzie's has actually estimated that the global power storage space capacity additions might grow to get to 741 GWh of cumulative capacity by 2030.
Oct 1, 2020 // Storage, Market Research, Elon Musk, China, Europe, Asia, woodmac, Rory McCarthy, Le Xu
Agrivoltaics Guarantee Conjunction With Agriculture For Solar
Solar, despite excellent development for in the direction of coming to be the cheapest, greenest and also cleanest source of power, still has one weak spot. The large systems of land that are needed for each MW of solar created on the ground.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Japan, Solar Panels, Solar Energy, Asia, agrivoltaics, Delhi, Farmdo Group
Global Investment in Low-Carbon Energy Transition Hit $755 Billion in 2021
Global investment in the energy transition completed $755 billion in 2021-- a brand-new record-- off the rear of climbing environment ambition as well as policy action from nations worldwide, according to Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022, a brand-new report released by research study firm BloombergNEF (BNEF).
Jan 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Matthias Kimmel, Albert Cheung, Energy Transition Investment Trends 2022
Solar energy: the 8 ideas that will make panels more efficient and cheaper
A new report from the International Renewable Energy Agency released this week explains how the sun looks set to shine on solar energy systems over the coming decades, with a wealth of advancements and dropping prices that could boost adoption.
Nov 27, 2019 // Technology, Rooftop PV, Thermal, Floating PV, TESLA, South Korea, Europe, Asia, IRENA, PERC, Norway, perovskites, International Renewable Energy Agency, Thin-film cells, Tandem cells, SINTEF
Solar module rates in the United States to rise by 15.3% in Q2 because of the Covid-19 episode
The episode of Covid-19 has actually triggered considerable interruptions to markets worldwide, consisting of the United States as well as has actually motivated the United States Senate to pass a $2.2 tn emergency situation alleviation bundle, targeted at increasing its stumbling market.
Mar 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, covid-19
New product handling actions dramatically boost functional security of crossbreed perovskite solar cells
Silicon has actually long been the traditional product of selection for solar cells, which transform power from the sunlight right into power. Nonetheless, due to the fact that light absorption in silicon mishandles, solar cells made from silicon are thick, hefty, and also stiff. Furthermore, their production is pricey as well as complicated. To deal with these concerns, researchers have actually been searching for options to silicon.
Apr 30, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Korea, perovskite, silicon, Heejoo Kim, Kwanghee Lee, GIST
S.Aussie Grid World's 1st to Get to Zero Demand, Rooftop Solar Was Key
To its knowledge, claims the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), South Australia is the initial gigawatt-scale power system in the world to technique zero operational demand due to such high percentages of demand being met by distributed energy resources (DER) such as rooftop solar.
Nov 22, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, Australian Energy Market Operator
Juwi to take functional monitoring of 85-MW solar park in S Africa
Juwi Renewable Energies (Pty) Ltd, or Juwi South Africa, will certainly take duty for the operational administration of an 85-MW solar park in South Africa.
Sep 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, Solar Park, Juwi Renewable Energies
AIIM, Nedbank to co-fund 40MW C&I pipeline in Southern Africa
Commercial and industrial (C&I) solar is set for a boost in South Africa, with financial support now lined up for a new pipeline.
Aug 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, C&I, Africa, nedbank, aiim, african infrastructure investment managers, sola group, eskom, Orionis