Search
Hanergy Thin Film set to lose crucial hydropower project stakes – which could be auctioned off to Hanergy Mobile Energy
Troubled thin film manufacturer Thin Film will see a 51% controlling stake in a hugely profitable hydropower project auctioned off after a move by creditors. Hanergy Thin Film owner Li Hejun’s Hanergy Mobile Energy business in China says it will be among the bidders.
Aug 20, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, China, Hanergy Thin Film, Hanergy Mobile Energy, Li Hejun, thin film
Xcel Clears Path for Iron-Air Battery
Xcel Energy has received approval to build a 10-MW/1,000-MWh iron-air battery at its Sherburne coal-fired power plant in Becker, Minnesota. With 100 hours of energy storage, Breakthrough Energy Catalyst's USD-20-million commitment and Form Energy's Weirton, West Virginia manufacturing facility, this project marks the first of two iron-air batteries Xcel will install at retiring coal plants.
Jul 10, 2023 // Storage, USA, North America, Xcel
Photosynthesis copycat may improve solar cells
A reasonably new kind of semiconductor, split atop a mirror-like structure, can mimic the manner in which leaves relocation energy from the sunlight over relatively long distances before using it to fuel chemical reactions. The method may one day improve the efficiency of solar cells.
Sep 7, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, University of Michigan, Stephen Forrest, Bin Liu
Enel puts forward 500MW of new bifacial solar in Chile's Atacama
One of the key proponents of bifacial solar in Latin America has shared plans for yet another major venture, setting its sights on one of the world's driest environments.
Feb 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Enel, Chile, bifacial, South america, Latin america, Bifacial PV, atacama, bifacial solar
Saudi Arabia Lists 49 Pre-Qualified Bidders for 1.2 GW Solar Tender
The Saudi Arabia REPDO has actually released the listing of all the pre-qualified prospective buyers in rounded 3 of the Kingdom's NREP for 4 solar PV projects worth 1.2 GW
Mar 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, tender, Asia, International, NREP
Completion of 390 MW Benban projects crowns impressive quarter for Scatec Solar
With power production up 133% year-on-year, revenues and EBITDA also rose significantly.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec Solar, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, Africa, Egypt, Mozambique
Slovakian staff launch PV data analysis platform
Solargis has actually piloted the software with Spanish power firm Iberdrola
Apr 1, 2022 // Software, Europe, Solargis, Slovakia, Marcel Suri, Elena Rodríguez
SOLV Energy Acquires SDI Services for Solar Solutions
SOLV Energy deepens its renewable impact by acquiring SDI Services, enhancing solar foundation solutions and operational efficiency—powering a brighter, sustainable future together!
Jan 16, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, SOLV Energy
European Green Deal promises better products – and ecodesign shows the way to making it happen
The European Green Deal needs better and longer-lasting products, and that includes solar panels, says ECOS, the environmental NGO specialising in ecodesign and standardisation.
Dec 23, 2019 // Opinions, Europe, European Green Deal
Romania's TeraPlast Group seeking EU co-financing for 4.56 MWp PV plant
Romanian building and construction materials maker TeraPlast Group stated that it is seeking co-financing with the National Recovery and Resilience Program, PNRR, for a 19 million lei ($ 4 million/3.8 million euro) financial investment in a 4.56 MWp photovoltaic (PV) power plant.
Jun 23, 2022 // Plants, Europe, Romania, PV Power Plant, TeraPlast Group
Peninsula Clean Energy plans 1.7-MW of new IRA-assisted solar installments
As one of the initial public agencies nationwide to utilize recently increased federal renewable energy incentives, Peninsula Clean Energy has actually reached innovative agreements with nine cities as well as the County of San Mateo to install solar as well as future battery storage space on public buildings.
Apr 19, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Jan Pepper, Peninsula Clean Energy, Warren Slocum
Ciel & Terre’s 1.01MW floating plant completed in Bahia, Brazil
Brazilian renewables developer Sunlution and French floating solar firm Ciel & Terre have completed construction of a 1.01MW PV project that floats on a hydroelectric reservoir in the north-eastern state of Bahia in Brazil.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, South america, Brazil, jair bolsonaro, fpv, bahia
Lightsource bp Secures Approval for 450-MW Solar Project
Lightsource bp's Goulburn River Solar Farm gets the green light, promising renewable energy for 191,000 homes and 350 new jobs—A bright future for New South Wales!
Oct 9, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Lightsource BP, PV Power Plant
Organic solar cells will last 10 years in space
Scientists from the Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology, the Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, and the Department of Chemistry of MSU presented solar cells based on conjugated polymers and fullerene derivatives, that demonstrated record-high radiation stability and withstand gamma radiation of >6,000 Gy raising hopes for their stable operation on the near-earth orbit during 10 years or even longer. The results of the study were published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces.
Jul 11, 2019 // Technology, Soviet Union, Pavel Troshin, Skoltech, Ilya Martynov, Institute for Problems of Chemical Physics of RAS, Skoltech Center for Energy Science and Technology
Spain’s Enerside to deploy 322MW PV project in northeastern Brazil
Spanish developer Enerside will start construction of a 322.06MW solar park in northeastern Brazil early next year, government officials said over the weekend.
Oct 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, tender, South america, Europe, Brazil, auction, enerside, Ribeiro Gonçalves











