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Encavis gets 93-MW ready-to-build solar projects in Italy
German wind and also solar park driver Encavis AG (ETR: CAP) unveiled the purchase of 2 ready-to-build solar park projects in west-central Italy with an integrated capacity of 93 MW.
Apr 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, encavis, Solar Project
Resurgence of Heterojunction (HJT) Solar Panels
Heterojunction Solar cells combine two various technologies into one cell-- a crystalline silicon cell sandwiched in between 2 layers of amorphous "thin-film" silicon
Oct 25, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, REC Group, bifacial solar modules, Reliance, Goldi Solar, HJT Solar Modules
Trump ratchets up tariffs on Chinese products – including batteries
While the damage is largely done for cells, modules and inverters, increased tariffs on U.S. module components and 15% measures on lithium-ion batteries are not good news for either sector.
Aug 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, Tariffs, USA, Lithium-ion batteries, TESLA, Sungrow, Trump, Inverters, Huawei, North America, tariffs, PV cells, modules, Enphase, Flex, USTR, Kelly Speakes-Backman
Maxeon hires new COO amidst continued transformation
Solar module supplier Maxeon Solar Technologies has appointed Philippe Costemale as its new chief operating officer (COO).
May 20, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Maxeon, Jeff Waters, Philippe Costemale
AI-driven robots are making new materials, improving solar cells and other technologies
Ada, an AI-driven robot, searches for new solar cell designs at the University of British Columbia.
Dec 12, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Canada, UK, Europe, solar cell, North America, University of British Columbia, Curtis Berlinguette, Benji Maruyama, Apurva Mehta, Kristin Persson, Keith Brown, Joshua Schrier, John Gregoire
Philippines city prepares for 50 MW solar project first
Bacolod is expected to host its first large scale PV project within a year after domestic renewables firm Amatera signed a deal with Korean business TPC Construction Corp.
Sep 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, Bacolod, Amatera Renewable Energy Corp, TPC Construction Corp, Charles Ji, Ramon Luis Lacson
Biden laying foundation for green energy investments: Yellen
US President Joe Biden's push for green power tax credits will help enhance a massive increase secretive financial investment that will certainly develop jobs as well as reduced power expenses for American families, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed Tuesday.
Sep 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, North America, Joe Biden, Janet Yellen
Australia National University hits new perovskite efficiency record
Scientists at the institution have achieved 21.6% efficiency with a perovskite cell measuring 1cm². The landmark has been verified as a new world record for perovskites at this size.
Sep 3, 2019 // Technology, USA, South Korea, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Australia National University, North America, Ulsan National Institute of Science, U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Thomas White
Yorkshire Water opens tender for solar at 150 websites
Yorkshire Water has opened a tender for an eight-year solar framework agreement as it works to come to be net no by 2030.
Jul 1, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, UK, Europe, Yorkshire Water, Scott Copley
Texas overtaking California's utility-scale solar capacity
One-third of utility-scale solar set to come online in the US in the next two years will certainly be in Texas, as it narrows the space on leading state California, according to new numbers from the nation's Energy Information Administration (EIA).
Apr 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Texas, North America, Market research, EIA, deployment statistics, energy information administration
FIMER Solar Inverter Solutions Support Yarmouk University with 3.59 MW Capacity
A recent supply of solar inverters from the Italian company FIMER consisted of 14 TRIO-20.0/ 27.6-TL and also 48 PVS-50/ 60-TL for Yarmouk University's solar plants. This unique project, referred to as the Yarmouk University Project-Phase 2, was erected in 2021 as well as has a 3.6 MWP capacity powered by 48 FIMER PVS-50/ 60-TL and also 14 TRIO-20.0/ 27.6-TL, which allows 350 MT of CO2 emissions to be saved.
Oct 20, 2022 // Inverters, Jordan, Asia, Fimer, Yarmouk University
Queens Landlord Will Full Borough's Largest Residential Solar Energy Project by End of 2021
A Queens landlord has installed solar innovation on over half the buildings it owns in the borough, part of an ambitious project that will ultimately change its whole portfolio as well as create adequate tidy energy to balance out the greenhouse gas discharges of 5 million car miles driven yearly.
Apr 13, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Residential, USA, New York, North America, Queens landlord, Tony Subraj, Amir Sobhraj, Chris Hoffmann, Thomas Grech
Shoals Technologies to double manufacturing capacity as backlog soars
Shoals Technologies is set to increase its electrical balance of systems (BOS) making capacity with a new United States facility as its stockpile and granted orders reach a record high.
Mar 11, 2022 // Manufacturing News, shoals technologies, Jason Whitaker
US Solar Fund buys 177MWdc porfolio from Heelstone
US Solar Fund has bought a 177MWdc portfolio of 22 operating utility-scale power projects in North Carolina, Oregon and California from Heelstone Renewable Energy.
Jan 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, pv power plants, solar pv, utility-scale, North America, heelstone renewable energy
HBS to set up 11.6 MWp of solar as Anglian Water proceeds PV press
HBS Group Southern is to mount 11.6 MWp of solar PV for Anglian Water as it proceeds its long-held collaboration.
Mar 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, HBS New Energies, Anglian Water, Ground Mount, David Riley