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President Buhari inaugurates Nigeria's largest solar PV plant
The Nigeria Sovereign Investment Authority (NSIA) just recently introduced the inauguration of the 10-MW Kano solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at a ceremony gone to by the country's President Muhammadu Buhari.
Feb 13, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, Nigeria, PV Power Plant, Muhammadu Buhari
United States hedge fund invests in Chilean storage plant
Hedonova has invested $16m in the system which uses CRYOBattery technology
Jan 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, Chile, South america, North America, Alexander Cavendish
Lauriston Solar Plant Energises New Zealand with 63-MW Renewable Boost
FRV Australia and Genesis Energy switch on the 63-MW Lauriston solar farm near Christchurch, advancing New Zealand’s push for a carbon-neutral, 95 % renewable grid by 2050.
May 9, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, New Zealand, Oceania, frv, PV Power Plant, Genesis Energy, Lauriston
REC Group validates license activity versus Hanwha in China
The Chinese state-owned solar maker has actually sued versus its Korean rival connecting to REC's split-cell and also junction box innovation.
May 15, 2020 // Manufacturing News, South Korea, China, Asia, REC Group, Hanwha
Iberdrola commissioned its very first photovoltaic plant in Castilla-La Mancha
Spanish energy Iberdrola SA has appointed its first PV plant in the autonomous region Castilla-La Mancha. The "Barcience" facility in Bargas, Toledo, has actually a set up capability of 50 MW as well as used 144,900 modules from an unrevealed maker. The construction has actually included 250 workers and also many national providers.
Jul 29, 2021 // Plants, Iberdrola, PV Power Plant, Castilla-La Mancha
AAI Tenders for 1.5 MW Solar Plant at Raipur's S.V. Airport
The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has actually released a tender for the appointing of a 1.5 MW solar energy plant at the Swami Vivekananda Airport in Raipur.
Mar 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, airport, solar plant, AAI
Siemens Energy secures e-methanol electrolyser plant order
Contract with European Energy will certainly see project powered by close-by 300MW solar site
Mar 2, 2022 // Solar to Fuel, Europe, Denmark, Siemens Energy, E-METHANOL
John Cockerill to Supply Thermal Receivers to Redstone CSP Plant in SA
John Cockerill, a Belgium-based design company, has exposed that it will provide molten salt solar thermal receivers to Redstone's 100 MW Concentrated Solar Energy Plant (CSP) in the North Cape Province of South Africa.
Jul 28, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Thermal, Africa, South Africa, ACWA Power, Rajit Nanda, International, csp, Concentrated Solar Power Plant, John Cockerill, Redstone CSP Plant
First Solar Opens First Phase of $330 Million South Carolina Plant
First Solar opened the first phase of its $330 million plant in Gaffney, South Carolina, which is set to reach 3.4 GW of module capacity by mid-2027.
Oct 29, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Solar, USA, First Solar, thin-film, North America, South Carolina
Soltec to construct solar tracker factory at demolished nuclear power plant site in Spain
Spanish solar energy expert Soltec Power Holdings SA (BME: SOL) said on Monday that it has signed a contract with renewables solid Enel Green Power Espana to build a solar trackers manufacturing facility around Aragon, northeastern Spain, in an area where Enel Green Power's parent firm used to run a now destroyed coal-fired nuclear power plant.
Nov 28, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Spain, Europe, Soltec
One more upright PV plant in the Alps
Greater than 1,200 solar components will certainly be mounted on the south side of a dam 2,100 meters over water level. The center prepared by utility EWZ is readied to prepare this year.
Apr 15, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV plant, Europe, Switzerland, Alps
Scientists discover photovoltaic nanotubes
An international team of researchers led by the University of Tokyo has discovered a new material which, when rolled into a nanotube, generates an electric current if exposed to light. If magnified and scaled up, say the scientists, the technology could be used in future high-efficiency solar devices.
Aug 29, 2019 // Technology, Japan, Asia, Tokyo, University of Tokyo, Yoshihiro Iwasa, bulk photovoltaic effect
Amp Energy Compensations 7.8 MW Solar Plant for L&T Metro Rail Hyderabad
Amp Energy India has actually commissioned one of the biggest BTM solar projects in India for L&T Metro Rail-- Hyderabad.
Feb 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Pinaki Bhattacharyya, solar projects, AMP Energ
Bird-inspired plant becomes Taiwan’s largest ground-mounted PV launch
Taiwan is now home to what is being billed as the territory’s largest ground-mounted solar plant, an installation modelled after an at-risk bird that migrates nearby every year.
Sep 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Asia, Taiwan, birdseye, Nitin Apte, Sam Ong
Niger holds firm on strategy to construct solar park at diesel-fueled thermal plant
The solar plant is expected to have a capacity of up to 60 MW and also will certainly be situated at the 100 MW Gorou Banda thermal power plant appointed in 2017.
Sep 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Thermal, pv power plants, Africa, thermal plant, Niger