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California State Fund Starts Construction of Solar Energy Program Created by ENGIE
State Payment Insurance Fund (State Fund), California's leading service provider of employees' compensation insurance, today announced that construction has started on a substantial sustainability and solar energy program that includes solar, electrical lorry billing stations as well as energy storage space at 7 locations throughout California.
May 20, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, ENERGY STORAGE, Engie, sustainable energy, Andreas Acker, Kyle Goehring, California State Fund, Solar Energy Program
Renewance, Inc. Obtains Battery Recycling Prize from the U.S. Department of Energy
Illinois-based battery-lifecycle administration business granted for innovations in battery collection, reuse, and recycling
Feb 4, 2021 // Storage, USA, North America, Renewance, Inc.
VSK Energy to Invest $1.5B in US Solar
Vikram Solar has partnered with two US companies to build a module manufacturing facility in Brighton, Colorado, creating 900 jobs and costing USD 250 million. The facility will have a capacity of 4GW and additional investments of up to USD 2.75 billion are planned to build a second US facility.
Jun 23, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Vikram Solar, VSK Energy
BayWa r.e. Raises $115 Million Afresh For Solar+ Storage Projects
The firm has actually secured a $115-million credit facility with worldwide economic services solid Nomura for its utility-scale solar as well as solar+ storage projects in the US.
The credit facility will at first support projects completing 1.1 GW of solar and also 188 MWh of battery storage.
May 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, baywa r.e, Alain Halimi, Solar Power Projects, nomura, Vinod Mukani, Fred Robinson
Changzhou Almaden Invests $240M in UAE Solar Glass Factory
Changzhou Almaden invests $240.2M in UAE solar glass plant, boosting global reach amid market challenges.
May 2, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Asia, UAE, solar glass, changzhou almaden
Scientists establish 3D/2D perovskite solar cell with 23.08% efficiency thanks to PEAI salt
A worldwide research group that includes scientists from EPFL in Switzerland, Middle East Technical University (METU) in Turkey, Lomonosov Moscow State University in Russia as well as The University of Tokyo has actually produced a quasi-2D perovskite solar cell with a unique type of salt to enhance hole extraction.
Apr 26, 2023 // Technology, Europe, Asia, solar cell, perovskite, Switzerland, University of Tokyo, Turkey, efficiency, EPFL, METU, Middle East Technical University
BSPGCL Invites Bids for Consultancy Providers for Setting-up 200-- 250 MW Solar Energy Plants
The entry of the tender e-bidding starts 4th May, 2022 and also the last date of e-bid entry is kept 25th May.
The pre-bid meeting will occur on 13th May, 2022.
May 6, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Renewable Energy, solar power plants, RE, Bihar State Power Holding Company Limited, BSPGCL, consultancy services
Eurotron MWT cell equipment in mass production at Sunport Power’s facility in China
Back-contact module manufacturing equipment supplier Eurotron said its previous MWT (Metal Wrap Through) order from China-based PV module manufacturer, Sunport Power had been installed, qualified and begun volume production.
Aug 8, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, solar cells, Sunport Power, Eurotron, PV module, Dr. Fengming Zhang, Bram Verschoor
Trina Launches 5-GW US Solar Factory
Trina Solar is building the largest single-site silicon solar panel factory in the US, creating 1,500 jobs and investing over $200 million. Producing Vertex modules with 210-mm wafers, the 1 million-sq-ft facility is set to come online in 2024. Be part of the US solar market revolution with Trina Solar's 25+ years of experience and 150 GW of modules shipped worldwide.
Sep 12, 2023 // Manufacturing News, USA, solar panel, silicon, Trina Solar, North America
Alpex Plans 1.6-GW Solar Cell Factory in India
Alpex Solar is set to illuminate Mathura with a 1.6-GW solar cell factory, boosting clean energy production and sustainability in India!
Oct 7, 2024 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, Alpex Solar
Obton bags syndicated loan for 116 MW of solar parks in Italy
Danish investment company Obton has secured more than EUR 400 million (USD 441.2 m) in debt from a consortium of loan providers to refinance and also revamp a 116-MW portfolio of solar parks located at brownfield sites in Italy.
Mar 25, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, obton, Solar Park
SECI Gets CERC Approval to Sell 600 MW Solar Power to Haryana & Bihar at Rs 2.44/ kWh.
CERC has actually authorized the request submitted by SECI looking for authorization for marketing of 600 MW solar energy to Discoms in Haryana and also Bihar at a toll price of Rs 2.44/ kWh.
Feb 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, India, Haryana, SECI, Asia, tariff, Solar Power, Bihar, CERC
ADB finances Vietnam’s first large-scale floating solar plant
Vietnamese firm Da Nhim–Ham Thuan–Da Mi (DHD), a subsidiary of national utility EVN, has bagged a US$37 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a 47.5MW floating solar project that is claimed to be the first and largest such project in the Southeast Asian nation.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Floating PV, ADB, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Singapore, Vietnam, floating, fpv, evn, dhd, sorsea, Christopher Thieme, Ramesh Subramaniam
New cost-effective solar cell color is simple to produce as well as works well in reduced light problems
EPFL researchers have established a new color for solar cells that enables high power-conversion performance while being simple and affordable to make. The color additionally works remarkably well under low-light problems, which is vital for self- as well as low-powered devices.
Mar 24, 2021 // Technology, solar cell, EPFL, Brian O'Regan, Michael Grätzel
Highview Power to build UK’s first large scale ‘cryogenic’ energy storage facility
The long-duration energy storage provider plans to eventually build a portfolio of 50 MW/250 MWh liquid air systems throughout the United Kingdom.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Solar to Fuel, UK, Europe, Javier Cavada, CRYOBattery, cryogenic energy storage, solar cryogenic storage









