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Off-grid solar attracted record US$ 450m investment last year
Financial investment in the off-grid solar industry hit a record US$ 450 million in 2021, according to the latest report from the Global Off-grid Lighting Association (GOGLA).
Jun 13, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, investment, Gogla, off-grid, equity finance, sun king, debt finannce, grants
CrossBoundary Gets $25 Million For Solar Power Mini-Grids Expansion In Africa
CrossBoundary has actually raised $25 million funding from various capitalists-- ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited, Bank of America, as well as Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund. Solar energy as well as batteries that will make the mini grids will certainly assist in supplying 24X7 electricity to houses as well as small companies
Jun 17, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Solar Energy, IEA, bank of america, International Energy Agency, solar funding, CrossBoundary Energy Access, Amy Brusiloff, ARCH Emerging Markets Partners Limited, CBEA, Gabriel Davies, Humphrey Wireko, Microsoft Climate Innovation Fund, renewables in Africa
Turbine shade effect on solar parks to be examined
Consortium consisting of Vattenfall will investigate the impacts on power yield
Feb 10, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Netherlands, Vattenfall, Solarfields, TNO, Heliox, Zwanendal, Nico Dekker
Environment-friendly solvent for a 16.7% perovskite solar cell
Researchers in Germany aimed to get rid of making use of harmful solvents in the manufacturing of perovskite solar cells, changing them with a much more environmentally worldly called dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) which has so far shown difficult to integrate right into processes appropriate for large-scale production.
Jul 14, 2022 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, Jan-Philipp Becker
Highview group creating very first CryoBattery in Chile
JV with Energia Latina-Enlasa servicing 50MW/500 megawatt-hour liquid air storage space center
Jun 14, 2021 // Storage, Chile, South america, Javier Cavada, Highview Enlasa, Fernando del Sol
SMA signs 2-year agreement to supply Powin with battery inverters
SMA America and united state battery expert Powin authorized a two-year framework agreement for the supply of SMA system solutions for a total of 2 GW of storage space capacity along with for service work.
Nov 30, 2022 // Inverters, SMA, Powin, Jay Arghestani, Anthony Carroll
France honors 960 MW of solar with various tenders
Preacher of the Ecological as well as Inclusive Transition Elisabeth Borne informed a teleconference of renewables reps the outcomes of a current multitude of tidy power tenders which designated 1.7 GW of generation ability as well as likewise disclosed brand-new actions being required to sustain the sector.
Apr 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, tender, Europe, Elisabeth Borne
Digitalisation the enabler for utility-scale solar to shift gear in years to come
Greater digitisation will be an essential enabler for the utility-scale solar market as it wants to release hundreds of gigawatts annually, Lightsource bp group COO Ann Davies has actually stated.
Nov 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Lightsource BP, digitalisation, utility scale solar, Artificial Intelligence, ai, automation, gigawatt era, Ann Davies
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
Solix Sprayer: 95% Reduction in Herbicide Use
Solinftec's partnership with American cooperatives promises over 95% reduction in herbicide application for sustainable production.
Aug 22, 2023 // Technology, Solinftec, solix sprayer
Australian federal government promotes PV when faced with COVID-19 hazard
The federal government's 'financial feedback to the coronavirus' regulations incorporates the installment of commercial and also business solar.
Mar 23, 2020 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Scott Morrison, Coronavirus, covid-19
Semi-transparent mini BIPV panels for solar home windows
European researchers have actually developed mini modules with an active area of 14 centimeters ² and a 3.68% efficiency rating. The panels also have a self-adjusting feature that can help to alleviate the quantity of light when they are exposed to complete sunshine, or to the temperature levels of structures with large windows and/or glass exteriors.
Jun 12, 2020 // BIPV, Technology, Manufacturing News, bipv, France, Europe, Building-integrated photovoltaics, IRIG, Renaud Demadrille
Renewable-powered hydrogen for Oman
Belgian designer DEME is preparing approximately 500 MW of hydrogen manufacturing capability at the port of Dumq, which is abundant in solar as well as wind power sources. The designer prepares to deliver hydrogen from the port to Europe.
Mar 5, 2020 // Storage, Solar to Fuel, Europe, Asia, hydrogen, Oman, DEME
Italy's largest PV project comes online
A 103 MW solar park built by Danish programmer European Energy has actually been linked to the grid after a year of building job. The project had actually been started in 2011 and also at one stage appeared doomed, when a nationwide feed-in tariff program ended.
Jun 25, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, Italy, pv power plants, Europe, european energy, Knud Erik Andersen
Solargiga finally gets 600 MW ingot and wafer operation up and running
The solar manufacturer today moved to reassure investors ahead of what promises to be another rocky set of first-half figures in two days’ time. The Hong Kong company says it wants to add another 3.6 GW of mono ingot and wafer capacity by early 2021.
Aug 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, China, Hong Kong, Asia, wafer, Solargiga, mono ingot