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A flexible approach to offshore solar
Researchers in the Netherlands are trialing a floating solar installation based on flexible thin-film PV components. The suggestion behind their principle is that such modules, in combination with a recently made flexible racking system, will certainly produce a system able to roll with the activity of the water, rather than attempting to oppose it.
Jun 26, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, pv modules, Europe, Netherlands, thin-film, flexible
Planned 48 MW Netherlands solar plant could be an additional solar freeway
It is unclear whether panels will certainly line the Rijksweg 59 freeway or be sited alongside a stretch of it. UK oil titan Shell is intending the setup as part of a renewables gather to additionally include wind power.
Mar 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, shell, Marcel Willemsen
Enel pens deal for United States solar-powered eco-friendly hydrogen project
Enel Green Power has actually authorized an agreement that will see energy from among its US solar projects converted into eco-friendly hydrogen to be provided to a bio-refinery.
Dec 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar to Fuel, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Enel, hydrogen, North America, electrolysis, Salvatore Bernabei
Renewables investor Excelsior protects US$ 504m for US solar projects
Renewable energy financier Excelsior Energy Capital has elevated US$ 504 million in its inaugural funding round to invest in middle-market wind as well as solar projects in the US and also Canada.
Jan 14, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, solar projects, Excelsior, Chris Moakley
EDP Renewables gets in 'quick relocating' US distributed solar space with C2 Energy Capital acquisition
EDP Renewables (EDPR) has actually acquired an 85% stake in C2 Omega, the dispersed solar platform of renewables capitalist C2 Energy Capital.
Jan 19, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, C&I, EDP, North America, C2 Energy Capital, Rui Teixeira, distributed pv
AfDB approves €138 million package for Tunisian grid
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) board of directors have approved a €138 million (US$154 million) investment for Tunisia’s state-run electricity distribution network.
Oct 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Tunisia, Africa, African Development Bank, tunisian electricity and gas company, Mohamed El Azizi
The Catholic University of America furthers sustainability efforts with 7.4-MW community solar project
Standard Solar is partnering with The Catholic University of America to construct the Washington metropolitan region's biggest urban community solar array on the University's campus in Northeast D.C
Mar 18, 2022 // Plants, USA, North America, The Catholic University of America, John Finnerty
Germany's Rhenish mining area to go greener
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as a team of municipalities as well as energy firms plan to greater than double the capacity for sustainable power generation in the Rhenish lignite mining location to 5 GW by 2028 as well as push the expansion of green power for heating.
Mar 22, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Germany, Europe, mining
Lightsource BP to co-develop 400MWp of solar capacity in Italy
The firm plans to additional bolster its presence in the Italian renewable sector through these collaborations.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Lightsource BP, Europe, Giovanni Mascari
Bangladesh Operationalises 30 MW Solar Power Project in Pabna
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has actually made the discovery in a filing before Dhaka Stock Exchange. ISPL had actually spent $55 million over a land area of 110 acres for the development of the solar power plant utilizing more than 78,000 panels.
Sep 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, BPDB, SREDA, Bangladesh Power Development Board, haka Stock Exchange, National Solar Energy Roadmap, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Co.
New Zealand's First Big Battery Project of 200MWh & Solar Farm in Offing From TotalEnergies
Saft was contending against Tesla and Fluence for the 100MW as well as 200MWh Ruakākā battery contract, which is worth $NZ186 million. In an additional major development for the energy market of the country, the project will certainly additionally be adhered to by a farm of 130 MW. This will be New Zealand's greatest solar farm.
Jan 19, 2023 // Plants, Storage, TESLA, Fluence, Saft, TotalEnergies, grid-connected battery, Meridian, Neal Barclay, New Zealand's biggest solar farm, New Zealand's first big battery, renewable generation
Ib Vogt and Aura Power Start Building 27MWp Solar Project in Portugal
Aura Power and Ib Vogt are constructing a 27MWp solar farm near Leiria, Portugal. The project is expected to be completed by the end of 2023, providing clean energy to over 13,500 homes.
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, Portugal, Europe, ib vogt, Solar Project, Aura Power
Canadian Solar to Supply 487 MWh BESS to Aypa Power
The energy storage items supplied by CSI Energy Storage will certainly be made use of to support Aypa Power's 487 MWh standalone energy storage project in Southern California. The standalone energy storage project is anticipated to be functional by the initial half of 2024.
Feb 24, 2023 // Storage, Canadian Solar, BESS, Renewable Energy, Shawn Qu, CSI Solar, CSI Energy Storage, Aypa Power, Blackstone portfolio company, Moe Hajabed, North America battery storage
Honda and LG Energy Start Multi-Billion EV Battery Plant in Fayette County, Ohio
Honda and LG Energy Solution have announced the construction of a joint venture electric vehicle battery plant in Fayette County, Ohio. The two companies have committed to invest $3.5 billion in the new facility, with an overall investment reaching $4.4 billion. The aim is to reach an annual production capacity of 40 GWh.
Mar 1, 2023 // Storage, honda, EV, LG Energy Solutions, LGES, Toshihiro Mibe, Dong-Myung Kim, electric vehicle battery plant, Jon Husted, Mike DeWine, Robert H. Lee
Duke Energy Operationalises 250 MW Solar Project in Texas
The 250 MW Pisgah Ridge Solar project in Navarro County is its biggest solar plant till date. Duke Energy has authorized 3 VPPAs that account for greater than 90% of the solar project's output.
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Duke Energy, Solar Power Plant, Chris Fallon, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, virtual power purchase agreement, Charles River Laboratories International, DESS, Erik Petrovskis, Gregg Belardo, Meijer, Moss, Navarro County solar power, Pisgah Ridge Solar project, Texas solar sector