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SECI welcomes worldwide bids for 100 MW solar with storage space in Chattisgarh
The ground-mounted, grid-connected project-- to be created in turnkey setting-- will be awarded through worldwide affordable bidding process followed by reverse auction. Bidding process closes on October 27.
Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, India, SECI, Asia
Axian Secures €84M for Senegal's Largest Solar Project
Axian Energy secures €84M for Western Africa's largest solar project, boosting Senegal's renewable energy capacity and empowering 235,000 residents with sustainable power by 2026.
Nov 14, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Axian Energy, Western Africa
Multi-Billion Polysilicon Factory for QLD
Investment manager Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners is making a multi-billion-dollar move in North Queensland, Australia - creating a polysilicon factory powered by green energy, to produce silica quartz for solar panels & batteries. Over 1,000 jobs in construction & operation await - subject to government approvals. Townsville & the region are set for a sustainable technology hub & new job opportunities!
Oct 31, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Australia, queensland, Oceania, quinbrook infrastructure partners
Researchers report on the problem of hybrid perovskite prototypes after 10 months in space
Perovskite solar films developed by a graduate student in the Department of Physics at UC Merced while on an internship at NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) not just survived 10 months in space with minimal degradation, but the little damage they did incur was greater than 90% relatively easy to fix.
Apr 17, 2023 // Technology, NASA, perovskite, Department of Physics at UC Merced, Glenn Research Center, GRC, Sayantani Ghosh
ACEN begin on 300-MW solar project in the Philippines
ACEN Corporation (PSE: ACEN), the energy platform of Philippine conglomerate Ayala Group, will better increase its renewables portfolio with the construction of a 300-MW solar park in the Philippines' Central Luzon area.
Jan 25, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Philippines, Solar Project, ACEN Corporation
America’s Concentrated Solar Power Companies Have All but Disappeared
SolarReserve, one of America’s last remaining CSP developers, appears to have ceased operations — just as some global markets may be warming up.
Jan 21, 2020 // Thermal, USA, Nevada, North America, Concentrated solar power, SolarReserve, CSP developers, Concentrated Solar Power developers, Crescent Dunes
Spanish firm Solaria plugs in its 626-MW solar farm in Spain
Spanish solar power developer-operator Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA (BME: SLR) said on Thursday that it has effectively connected its 626-MW Cifuentes-Trillo solar PV complex to the grid in Spain.
Mar 2, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, solaria, solar farm
Railway-connected large scale PV project announced in Germany
A 42 MW solar park will be built in eastern Germany to generate power for the 16.7 Hz network of German rail operator, Deutsche Bahn. Construction is expected to start once final approvals are received from local authorities.
Jan 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Ronald Pofalla, Torsten Schein, Enerparc
Masdar JV to construct 120MW solar park on capped UAE garbage dump
Renewables developer Masdar is constructing a 120MW solar ranch on a 47-acre garbage dump in Sharjah, UAE.
Jan 22, 2021 // Plants, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Asia, UAE, waste, abu dhabi sustainability week, Khaled Al Huraimel
10 GWh Deal: Quinbrook & CATL Partner for Storage Solutions
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners signs agreement for 10 GWh of energy storage solutions from CATL. 5-year framework to supply optimized solutions for projects across US, UK and Australia, 1 GWh of first deliveries for Australia & UK. Already deploying CATL solutions at Gemini solar-plus-storage complex in NV. 20 GW of storage projects in pipeline.
Nov 8, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, CATL, quinbrook infrastructure partners
Iberdrola commissions Australian wind-solar project
The hybrid complex is the largest in the southern hemisphere
Oct 17, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Iberdrola, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant
Wirsol wins planning nod for Aussie solar-battery hybrid park
Renewable energy group Wirsol, part of Germany's Wircon Group, has acquired planning permission for a 235-MWp solar park with up to 270 MWh of battery storage in New South Wales, Australia.
Aug 5, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, wirsol
Qatar's First Solar Plant to Utilize 800 MW of LONGi's Bifacial Modules
The Al-Kharsaa project is the first solar power plant in Qatar, with an overall scheduled power generation capacity of 800MW. The project will certainly be outfitted with Chinese supplier LONGi's Hi-MO 4 bifacial modules as well as a tracking system.
Feb 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Qatar, LONGi, solar tracking, Al-Kharsaa project, LONGi Hi-MO 4 bifacial modules
Zambezi River Authority Considers Building Floating Solar Plant at Kariba Dam, Zimbabwe
Zambezi River Authority, which runs Kariba Dam in Zimbabwe, is seeking to utilize floating solar panels to create power after plummeting water levels strengthened power outages in Zambia and also Zimbabwe.
Feb 21, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, International Energy Agency, floating solar panels, floating solar plant, electricity demand, Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station, hydropower capacity, Kariba Dam, power outages, state power utilities, Zambezi River Authority
Nevada gold mining operation turns to 200MW PV project to decarbonise
Thin film maker First Solar is to provide Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) with 200MW of solar modules to power its activities in the state, as mining firms everywhere increasingly want to clean up their procedures.
Apr 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, mining, North America, barrick gold corporation, nevada gold mines