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Denmark's CIP to bankroll Canada's 'largest operating solar task'
A Denmark-based facilities investor is to sponsor what is forecasted to become Canada's biggest solar project, with construction set to start later this year.
Feb 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Canada, North America, greengate, CIP
Constellation secures three customers for 175MW of solar power in Virginia
Baltimore-based power provider Constellation has inked a deal to sell power from a 175MW solar facility in Virginia to Johns Hopkins University, spice and seasoning mix company McCormick & Company and department store corporation TJX Companies.
Sep 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Virginia, North America, constellation, exelon, johns hopkins university, mccormick & company, tjx companies, renewable energy certificates, baltimore
Mongolia tenders 10 MW solar plant
The project, planned for Khovd in the west of the country, is being developed with the support of the World Bank.
Sep 24, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, tender, Asia, Mongolia
Solar-plus-storage to provide all the daytime electric needs of nation state
A 6 MW solar plant and 5 MW/2.5 MWh storage system are set to increase the share of renewable electricity on the Pacific island of Nauru from 3% to 47%. The $27 million project is being supported by the Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, storage, Skelec, Oceania, Asian Development Bank, Nauru
Ireland allocates 110 MW in large scale storage auction
Originally intended to commission 140 MW of storage, the tender drew three winning projects: a 50 MW system and two 30 MW facilities. Eirgrid has estimated the total value of the contracts at around €6 million per year.
Oct 4, 2019 // Storage, Grids, Ireland, Europe, auction, Eirgrid Group
Solar delivers cheapest power in Jamaica
Neoen has completed the 51 MW Paradise Park solar plant in the Caribbean. The facility will generate electricity for the Jamaica Public Service Company Limited for US$85/MWh over 20 years.
Oct 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, MPC Capital, neoen, North America, Jamaica, Rekamniar Frontier Ventures, WRB Energy
Engie wins 50MWp/300MWh solar-plus-storage duo on Guam
Engie has been hired by Guam’s state electricity utility to build two solar-plus-storage plants with a combined capacity of 50MWp/300MWh on the Micronesian island.
Oct 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, USA, storage, Engie, auctions, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, North America, tenders, Micronesia, guam, guam power authority, Carlalberto Guglielminotti
Google announces US$150m renewables investment package
Google says it will spend US$150 million on renewable energy in regions where its products are manufactured, in a move it hopes will galvanise a further US$1.5 billion of investment.
Oct 17, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Apple, solar pv, North America, Google, corporate solar, hecate
French Development Agency helps Mozambique build 80 MW of solar capacity
Two PV plants are set to be built under the Project for Promotion of Auctions for Renewable Energies program, being implemented with the support of Mozambican utility Electricidade de Mocambique, which is likely to be the future off-taker of the solar energy generated.
Nov 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec Solar, tender, Africa, Mozambique, French Development Agency, PROLER
The US Air Force Plans to Transmit Solar Power Collected in Space down to the Ground
The Space Solar project will supply electricity to distant military posts, with no necessity to endanger convoys.
Nov 6, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, US Air Force, Northrop Grumman Corporation
Moixa has 100 megawatts of VPP total capacity in Japan
The energy company insists it has the biggest battery network managed by VPP in the world.
Nov 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Storage, Grids, Japan, UK, Europe, Asia, Moixa
Daqo expands polysilicon production and reduces cost below $7 per kilo
Daqo New Energy, major crystalline silicon manufacturer, got revenue of $83.9m and gross profit of $18.1m during Q3 of 2019. The new facility with 35,000MT production capacity is to be commissioned by the end of the year.
Nov 15, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Daqo New Energy, crystalline silicon
Blockchain backed solar trading comes to India
Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state of India, with around 200 million inhabitants, is trialling a solar trading platform
Dec 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, Grids, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, UPNEDA, UPPCL, Reena Suri
Greencells issues EUR25m environment-friendly bond to go after 1.8 GWp EPC pipe
German solar design, procurement and also building (EPC) service provider Greencells has actually released a safeguarded environment-friendly bond worth EUR25 million, the proceeds of which will certainly be used to target a considerable EPC pipeline.
Nov 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, green bond, greencells, Andreas Hoffmann
Arizona energy concerns RFPs for renewables, battery storage space retrofits
Arizona Public Service (APS) has actually provided an ask for propositions (RFP) for 300-400MW of renewables capability and also for energy storage to be retrofitted at its solar plants.
Dec 16, 2020 // Plants, Storage, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Arizona, Arizona Public Service, APS, Invenergy, North America, us utility, storage retrofit, Utility-Scale Storage