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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
Big money for Turkey’s 500 MW solar factory
With the Turkish government having given Kalyon Enerji another three years to build the 500 MW facility it won a tender to construct with former partner Hanwha Q Cells, Ankara has now committed a $333 million “super incentive” to the fab.
Sep 6, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Kalyon Enerji, Eren Engur, Hanwha Q Cells, Turkey
California firm contracts ‘astoundingly’ cheap solar-plus-storage pipeline
The US state of California has witnessed yet another claim of ultra-low solar prices, recorded in the context of a major contracting exercise by a community energy group.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Tariffs, California, USA, Nick Chaset, EBCE, sPower, pv power plants, solar-plus-storage, BESS, North America, 8minutenergy, terra-gen, 8minute Solar Energy
IFC, EBRD, and also EU to Support First Solar Project in Armenia
IFC, EBRD and also the EU have joined to sustain the advancement of the first utility-scale solar energy plant in Armenia, the 55 MW Masrik Solar Project.
Jul 16, 2020 // Plants, EBRD, Europe, Armenia, ifc, EU, International, solar projects, Mikel de Irala, IFC EBRD EU Armenia Solar, Cheryl Edleson Hanway
COVID-19: Latest evaluation on influence to United States utility-scale as well as domestic solar
The background for the United States property market has actually swiftly soured after California-headquartered SunPower Corp warned of reduced anticipated company and also succeeding hit to its annual report estimates for 2020.
Apr 2, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, California, USA, Wood Mackenzie, pv power plants, pv modules, residential, Sungevity, North America, Roth Capital, Coronavirus, covid-19, sunpower corporation, sunworks inc
Trina Solar Wins First 100MW+ Contract in India for its New Vertex Bifacial Modules
Trina Solar Carbon Monoxide Ltd, a leading service provider of incorporated photovoltaic (PV) components as well as clever power remedies, has actually won an agreement from Noida-headquartered SunSource Energy to provide 105 MW of its brand-new Vertex components.
Apr 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Trina Solar, bifacial modules, Adarsh Das, Helena Li, Kushagra Nandan, SunSource Energy, Vertex Modules
Promising soiling mitigation solutions should not be left to gather dust
A study has estimated the cost of PV project soiling may increase from €3-5 billion last year to €4-7 billion by 2023 due to more extensive deployment in high insolation and soiling-affected regions, such as China and India. The authors of the paper outlined the potential of soiling mitigation technologies while stressing more R&D is needed to reduce costs and for the adoption of such measures on a larger scale.
Oct 25, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, India, China, Asia, coating materials, soiling
Al Dhafra Solar Project, Abu Dhabi
Al Dhafra solar project is a 2GW photovoltaic (PV) independent power manufacturer (IPP) project, which will be situated in Al Dhafra area, around 35km south of Abu Dhabi City in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Aug 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Asia, United Arab Emirates
Floating solar presentation project to be installed off Seychelles' coastline
A floating photovoltaic or pv presentation project is expected to be installed off the shore of Seychelles' Providence Industrial Estate.
Aug 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, solar pv, floating PV, Swimsol, Nordic Development Fund, Energy Solutions Seychelles, Providence Industrial Estate, UniSey, NISTI
IRENA and also Ocean Energy Europe Companion to Drive Ocean Energy Market
New IRENA reports forecast a 20-fold development possibility of ocean energy by 2030, giving coastal neighborhoods with a climate-safe roadmap for COVID-19 recuperation
Dec 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, IRENA, MoU, Francesco La Camera, covid-19, Ocean Energy Europe, Rémi Gruet
Solar Cleansing Start-up Solavio Labs Obtains Financing from Canadian Province
Solavio Labs, an Indian tidy tech startup introducing in the photovoltaic panel cleaning innovation space has introduced the completion of funding from Canadian Province-- New Brunswick for Rs 40,60,000 taking their overall fund elevated to Rs 2 crores.
Feb 19, 2021 // Technology, India, Asia, Start-up, Solavio, Suraj Mohan
Fourth Partner Energy Expands Impact Ties up With Indonesia's Indika Energy
Fourth Partner Energy has partnered with Indika Energy to develop JV -EMITS with the goal of accelerating Indonesia's renewable resource shift.
Mar 5, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, Indonesia, Renewable Energy, Fourth Partner Energy, Indika Energy, Vivek Subramanian, Arsjad Rasjid
GOGLA, Solar Energy Association Marks 2020 With USD 316 Million Investment
GOGLA, the worldwide association for off-grid solar energy, which provides off-grid electrical energy product or services, has introduced that the overall investment into the off-grid solar market in 2020 represented USD 316 million, 4 million more than 2019.
Mar 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Gogla, off-grid solar energy industry
PV to drive renewables investing growth in 2021 however complete investment far from net no path-- IEA
Renewables are readied to make up 70% of international financial investment in new power generation capacity this year with solar PV leading the development, but investing on clean energy have to increase much more swiftly if the world is to fulfill its environment objectives.
Jun 2, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, solar finance, IEA, energy transition, solar investment, covid-19 recovery, International Energy Agency
Construction starts on 9-MW solar project under new TVA distributed generation program
BrightRidge, Silicon Ranch and also the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) broke ground Tuesday morning on a brand-new solar farm in western Washington County, Tennessee. The 9-MWac center will certainly be called the Martin Solar Farm in honor of the late Ralph Martin, that served for years as supervisor of the neighborhood power firm.
Jun 9, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Silicon Ranch, tva, Solar Project, Doug Perry, Tennessee Valley Authority, BrightRidge, Jeff Dykes, Matt Kisber, Diana Harshbarger
