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Rebuilding for resilience
The islands of the Caribbean have been focusing on the deployment of storage solutions, minigrids and microgrids in response to the damage their power systems suffered during the 2017 hurricane season. But with the opportunities, there are also challenges.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, storage, Wood Mackenzie, North America, Caribbean, RMI, Stephen Mushegan, Isaac Maze-Rothstein, off-grid market, Antigua and Barbuda
40MW Yorkshire solar farm gets green light
Project at Skeeby in UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's constituency
Nov 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, PV Power Plant, Harmony Energy, James Ritchie
Phillips 66 Launches Major Solar Project in Bay Area
Phillips 66 teams up with NextEra Energy to unveil a groundbreaking 30.2-MW solar farm, powering sustainability in the Bay Area and slashing grid demands by 50%.
Dec 11, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Bay Area, PV Power Plant, Phillips
Gstar to Build 2-GW Solar Factory in UAE
Gstar leaps into the Middle East! A groundbreaking 2-GW solar facility in the UAE promises innovation and sustainable growth in the region’s renewable energy landscape.
Aug 30, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Asia, UAE, Gstar
Sinopec's Giant: World's Largest Solar-to-Hydrogen Plant
Sinopec is leading the way in renewable energy with a new hydrogen production facility in Kuqa, China, committed to reducing carbon emissions by 15% by 2030 and reducing 100,000 tons of emissions per year. Be part of the future with Sinopec!
Jul 6, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Solar to Fuel, China, Asia, hydrogen, Sinopec
First Solar completes manufacturing expansion in Ohio, now with total solar panel production capacity at 1.9 GW
Thin-film solar panel manufacturer First Solar today announced the start of production at its new PV module manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio — a few miles from its flagship 600-MW factory in Perrysburg, Ohio. With the completed addition, First Solar has a total annualized production capacity of 1.9 GW in the United States. The company also manufactures panels in Malaysia and Vietnam.
Oct 26, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, thin-film, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Ohio, Tymen de Jong
Bluefield Solar gets 93.2-MW solar and wind portfolio in UK
Bluefield Solar Income Fund Ltd (LON: BSIF) on Wednesday claimed it has actually gotten a 93.2-MWp portfolio of operational solar and wind assets in the UK from an unnamed UK-based fund manager for an equity consideration of GBP 112.4 million (USD 138.6 m/EUR 131.3 m).
May 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, John Rennocks, Bluefield Solar
Boviet Solar Launches 2-GW U.S. Factory This Year
Boviet Solar is set to illuminate Greenville, NC with a groundbreaking 2-GW photovoltaic module factory, marking a significant leap in solar manufacturing and green investment.
Jan 17, 2025 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Boviet Solar
SunAlpha Energy Offers Financing Scheme for Rooftop Solar Plants
During the initial launch of the facility, SunAlpha Energy wants to target around one thousand homes and businesses with rooftop solar plants.
Nov 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, Rajasthan, SunAlpha Energy, Raghav Mittal
Foresight secures Oz solar refinancing
A$ 60m in total amount in the bank for Oakey 1 and also Longreach solar projects
Apr 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Foresight
Entergy Louisiana seeks 225 MW of new solar projects
To meet consumers' growing needs for renewable resource and support economic advancement in the state, Entergy Louisiana filed a request with the Louisiana Public Service Commission to authorize the purchase, building and construction and operation of virtually 225 MW of new solar energy sources.
Mar 7, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, solar projects, Entergy Louisiana
GlaxoSmithKline targets 20MW solar project to decarbonise Scottish manufacturing website
Pharma huge GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is targeting a 20MW solar project to assist power its production center in Irvine, Scotland.
Sep 23, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, GSK, decarbonise, Solar Project, Pharma huge GlaxoSmithKline
Ascent Solar Technologies repurposes its solar center to progress perovskite solar commercialization
Ascent Solar Technologies, an U.S. maker of lightweight, flexible and durable CIGS thin-film photovoltaic (PV) remedies, has announced that it has actually appointed its Thornton production center as a Perovskite Center of Excellence (COE). Reliable immediately, the facility will be committed to the industrial commercialization of Ascent's patent-pending perovskite solar technologies that are supposedly demonstrating laboratory performances over 20%.
Mar 14, 2023 // Technology, perovskite, Ascent Solar Technologies
Another solar module factory in North Africa
Teriak Industrial Group, a private Egyptian company that concentrates on the manufacturing of auto components, owns and runs the brand-new 100 MW production facility. Spain's Mondragon Assembly supplied the assembly line.
Jul 24, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Asia, Africa, Egypt, solar module, Teriak Industrial Group, Mondragon Assembly
Amphenol to Make Solar Junction Boxes in US
Amphenol invests $15 million to open a state-of-the-art 58,000-sq.-ft factory in Arizona for solar junction boxes and connectors. 50 specialized jobs created and the capacity to make 1M pieces/month. Get bonus credits for domestic content with 40% American-made components.
Oct 17, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Amphenol










