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US ROUND-UP: Gap diversifies; 125MW PPA in MI; Military-funded space solar; Solar bees
Global retail brand Gap moved one step closer to its goal of fully renewably-powered operations by 2030 after signing a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Enel Green Power North America. It has purchased 90MW of energy from the renewables giant's North Dakota wind project for a period of 12 years.
Aug 13, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Solar, USA, SunPower, plants, Michigan, cleanchoice energy, solar bees, Antonio Cammisecra, air force, university of toledo, solar space, upper peninsula power company, power purchase agreement, orion renewable energy group, map energy, gap, North Dakota, enel green power, the chandler solar project, North America
A method to create extra efficient narrow bandgap (NBG) perovskite films for tandem solar cells
All-perovskite tandem solar cells, solar cells included stacked wide-bandgap (WBG) and also narrow-bandgap (NBG) perovskites, could be especially appealing energy services. Contrasted to other existing solar systems, these cells could accomplish excellent energy-efficiencies while significantly decreasing fabrication prices.
Sep 19, 2022 // Technology, solar cells, Jinsong Huang, University of Rochester, University of North Carolina, perovskite films, Chapell Hill
Germany's RWE to Obtain United States' Con Edison CEB at $6.8 Billion
Financing of the acquisition and the additional growth are moneyed with debt instruments and an equity capital action carried out by RWE AG.
The acquisition is anticipated to make RWE the fourth biggest renewable energy business in the US and its second-largest solar operator.
Oct 3, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Solar, Markus Krebber, Renewable Energy, onshore wind, Con Edison, Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses, Growing Green strategy, RWE AG, Timothy P Cawley, United States RE market
United state eco-friendly electricity exceeded coal in 2022
Electricity produced from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the United State Energy Information Administration revealed Monday.
Mar 28, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, coal
The race has only just begun
The Australian utility-scale PV and wind industries have just gone through a record two years of construction and commissioning. More specifically, writes Rystad Energy’s David Dixon, utility-scale PV has transformed from a megawatt-scale market to one measured in gigawatts. The resultant boom in utility-scale PV in the country has attracted developers, EPCs and OEMs, from at home and across the globe.
Oct 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Opinions, Canadian Solar, Australia, utility-scale PV, Oceania, Soltec, Ideematec, arctech solar, David Dixon, Exosun
EcoBuild will set up Yotta panel-level battery on 12 solar + storage space projects in Louisiana
Louisiana-based business solar installer EcoBuild is working with panel-level battery business Yotta Energy on 12 solar + storage projects throughout the state.
Oct 1, 2021 // Plants, Storage, USA, North America, Yotta Energy, EcoBuild, solar + storage space project
Fluence and ESB reveal 105MW/210MWh of battery power storage space projects in Ireland
State owned electrical power company ESB and also energy storage space technology firm Fluence have actually revealed two new battery projects in Dublin.
Oct 5, 2021 // Storage, UK, Europe, Fluence, Esb
Vantage Data Centers Source Green Energy from SolarAfrica
The financial investment will sustain manufacturing of 87MWp of renewable resource and also reduce CO2 exhaust in the area by 3.8 million bunches over the lifetime of the PPA.
Vantage held that the contract is a crucial step in its long-term commitment to sustainability.
Jun 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, RE, Charl Alheit, hyperscale data center campuses, JNB1 data center campus, Justin Jenkins, SolarAfrica, Vantage Data Centers
EDF Renewables' 50MW Bloy's Grove solar farm gets green light
EDF Renewables has been okayed to establish its 49.9 MW Bloy's Grove solar farm by South Norfolk District Council.
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EDF Renewables, Bloy's Grove solar
Photon Energy Sells Yadnarie Solar Project to AGL
Photon Energy sells groundbreaking Yadnarie solar project to AGL, marking the first utility-scale deployment of RayGen's tech, as AGL targets 12 GW renewables by 2035.
Jul 9, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, photon energy, AGL
AREMI, Renewable Manufacturing Initiative for Africa Launched
The Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative (AREMI) at Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, UAE to step up financial investment as well as action for renewable energy development in African countries.
Jan 20, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Africa, abu dhabi sustainability week, Bloomberg Philanthropies, Africa Renewable Energy Manufacturing Initiative, African Climate Foundation, AREMI, Chinese Renewable Energy Industries Association, ClimateWorks Foundation, CREIA, Damilola Ogunbiyi, SEforALL
AGL Secures Approval for Large-Scale Battery in NSW
AGL Energy secures approval for a $1 billion battery to power 200,000 homes, boosting renewable energy in Newcastle and creating 200 jobs. Energizing the future!
Nov 25, 2024 // Storage, AGL Energy, nsw
AC Energy, UPC Solar set up new Asia-Pacific joint venture
Philippines-based AC Energy will work with UPC Solar Asia Pacific – the solar energy unit of Hong Kong-headquartered UPC Renewables – to build more than 1 GW of solar in the coming years, with an initial focus on Asian markets such as India, South Korea and Taiwan.
Oct 16, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Korea, Philippines, Taiwan, AC Energy, Patrice Clausse, Brian Caffyn
AGL Energy chose Wärtsilä as vendor for 1,000 MW grid-scale power storage space plan
Australian AGL Energy Limited has actually picked Wärtsilä, Finland, as one of both providers for their as much as 1,000 MW grid-scale energy storage plans.
Jan 14, 2021 // Storage, Australia, AGL Energy, Oceania, Wärtsilä, Kari Punnonen
Australian infrastructure firm Spark to be marketed in US$ 3.72 bn bargain
Australian energy infrastructure financier Spark Infrastructure is to be gotten by a consortium led by US exclusive equity group KKR in an offer worth US$ 3.72 billion, according to a declaring with Australia's Securities Exchange.
Aug 24, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Spark Infrastructure, KKR, Rick Francis, acquisition