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Saudi Arabia outlines brand-new arrangements for roof PV
The policies will require power suppliers to give even more assistance to home owners and services willing to go solar. The new framework will apply to PV systems varying in size from 1 kW-2 MW and also to all power consumers.
Jul 13, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, Saudi Arabia, Asia, rooftop PV
Seraphim creating 750MW highly-automated module assembly plant in Vietnam
China-headquartered module supplier Seraphim is developing a 750MW module setting up factory in Vietnam to broaden its worldwide manufacturing foorptint as well as far better offer the growing United States market.
Dec 9, 2020 // Manufacturing News, pv power plants, c-si manufacturing, Asia, monocrystalline wafer, PERC, fitch solutions, Vietnam, seraphim, Jun Zhuge, solar module
Work begins on 30 MW solar plant in Burkina Faso
Electricity created by the center will be offered at $0.08/ kWh to nationwide utility Sonabel. Burkina Faso just recently adopted a solar-oriented energy policy.
Feb 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Burkina Faso, Sonabel
Enel Launches Solar Plant in Atacama Desert, to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Enel Chile has announced the launch of the 204MW Domeyko photovoltaic plant in the Atacama Desert, which will inject 590GWh of renewable energy into the National Electric System, avoiding 465 thousand tonnes of CO2 emissions.
Feb 9, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Enel Chile
Iberdrola in fresh PV play with 250MW submitted for approval in central Spain
Spanish developer and utility Iberdrola is waiting for project approval from the Castilla-La Mancha government to move ahead with four utility-scale solar PV facilities in the central Spanish region.
Sep 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Portugal, Iberdrola, solar pv, bifacial, Inverters, Europe, solar-plus-storage, daisy-chain inverter
Bokaro Steel Plant to develop twin floating solar power projects
Garga Dam and also Air Conditioning Pond-1 are the recognized water bodies that will host the floating photovoltaic panels to support the electricity needs of the steel plant as well as likewise the adjoining town. BSL is aiming to increase its renewable energy generation capacity in the coming 8 years.
Jun 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Solar Panels, BEE, Bokaro Steel Plant, BSL, Bureau of Energy Efficiency, Cooling Pond-1, Garga Dam, Jharkhand Renewable Energy Development Authority, JREDA, SAIL, Steel Authority of India Limited
REC Solar wins EU grant to build 2GW HJT plant in France
Module maker REC Solar has actually been chosen by the European Union to obtain a give to support a 2GW heterojunction (HJT) solar factory in France.
Jul 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, heterojunction, REC Group, REC Solar, European Union, module manufacturing, HJT, european manufacturing, Innovation Fund
Coal India Subsidiary Tenders for 150 kW Rooftop Solar Plant
CMPDI, a subsidiary of Coal India has issued a tender for the commissioning of a 150 kW rooftop solar micro-grid power plant at the firms’ Ranchi office.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Rooftop PV, India, tender, Asia, rooftop PV, CMPDI
RWE launches US solar-storage plant
Hickory Park facility contains a 195.5 MW PV farm DC-coupled to a 40MW battery system in Georgia
Jun 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, North America, rwe, solar-storage plant, Silvia Ortín
Scatec Solar has reached commercial operation for the 66 MW Merchang solar plant
Scatec Solar and partners have grid connected its third solar power plant in Malaysia, the 66 MW (DC) Merchang plant. The company now has a total of 197 MW in operation in the country.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, CEO of Scatec Solar, Raymond Carlsen, Tenaga Nasional Berhad, TNB, Power Purchase Agreements, PPAs
New 100MW Solar Power Plant opens up in Kagoshima
GF Corporation, Kyocera Corporation, Kyudenko Corporation, and Tokyo Century Corporation announced that Kanoya Osaki Solar Hills LLC, a solar power venture jointly developed by the four companies, has actually begun running its "Kanoya Osaki Solar Hills Solar Power Plant" - the largest power plant in Kyushu * 1 - with peak producing ability of about 100 megawatts (MW).
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, pv power plants, Asia, Akihito Kubota
Brookfield fund looks for control over Chile's Cerro Dominador plant
Brookfield Infrastructure Debt I LP, a fund affiliated with Canadian financial investment manager Brookfield Corp (NYSE: BN) as well as its family of firms, is interested in wielding crucial influence over the management of the Cerro Dominador focused solar power (CSP) as well as photovoltaic complex in Chile, according to a notice to Chilean antitrust authority FNE.
May 9, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Chile, South america, Brookfield Infrastructure Debt I LP
Waves, wind & floating PV
Dutch proving ground TNO is establishing an examination center for floating PV plants in Oostvoornse, where it will certainly examine the effect of wind as well as waves on floating frameworks as well as module return. TNO Senior Project Manager Jan Kroon informed pv magazine that it will certainly analyze module damages and also the influence of waves on light absorption. It has actually currently discovered that the proportion in between wave-height and also wave-length is an essential consider inequality losses, while keeping in mind that optimizers as well as micro-inverters on panels can alleviate losses.
Apr 7, 2020 // Technology, Plants, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, TNO, Jan Kroon
Chinese Firm Plots Sale of 3-GW U.S. Solar Plant
A Chinese solar firm may sell a 3GW U.S. plant, spooked by shifting tax rules and incentives. Buyers will scrutinize credit eligibility, supply-chain compliance, and domestic demand.
Apr 29, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, China, Asia, North America, policy risk, factory sale
Aquila European Renewables finishes 50-MWp solar plant in Spain
London-listed investment company Aquila European Renewables plc (LON: AERS) on Wednesday announced the commissioning of a 50-MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Spain.
Apr 5, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, Aquila European Renewables