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Solar Farms in Space: Exploring Renewables Beyond Earth
Dr Dan Lamb, from Swansea University, is researching the viability of low-cost, lightweight solar panels in space, to continuously generate energy and transfer it to Earth. Fueling green propulsion solutions, lunar bases, and space-based solar power, Lamb's work could revolutionize our energy sources.
Jan 2, 2024 // Technology, Plants, Swansea University, Dan Lamb
ElectraNet seals deal for 100-MW Aussie battery project
ElectraNet partners with Epic Energy for new 100-MW/200-MWh battery storage system in South Australia, set to power up in 2025.
Feb 29, 2024 // Storage, South Australia, ElectraNet
First glance of polarons creating in an appealing next-gen power material
Polarons are short lived distortions in a material's atomic latticework that develop around a moving electron in a couple of trillionths of a 2nd, then promptly disappear. As ephemeral as they are, they impact a material's actions, as well as might even be the reason that solar cells made with lead crossbreed perovskites attain astonishingly high effectiveness in the lab.
Jan 5, 2021 // Technology, USA, solar cell, perovskite, North America, Stanford, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SIMES, Burak Guzelturk
HEP launches Croatia's biggest solar energy plant
Croatian state-owned energy distributor Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) claimed it put into operation the largest solar center in the country - the 31 million kuna ($4.9 million/4.1 million euro) worth Vis solar energy plant.
Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, PV Power Plant, Croatia, Hrvatska Elektroprivreda
Fortescue Axes $Multi-Billion Renewables Hub in Australia
Fortescue Metals Group has abandoned its Uaroo Renewable Energy Hub plans. Read on to find out why, and the implications for the company's decarbonisation strategy. Discover what the EPA's role was in the cancellation of the project.
Nov 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Fortescue
NamPower Breaks Ground on Namibia’s Largest 100-MW Sores Gaib Solar
NamPower starts building the 100 MW Sores Gaib solar park, Namibia’s largest, funded by KfW and due online in 2026 to cut imports and CO₂ emissions.
Jun 23, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar, KFW, Africa, Namibia, NamPower, Sores Gaib
First Solar inks 2.4 GW supply deal with Intersect
Modules will be supplied to developer's US pipe of projects
Jul 29, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, North America, Sheldon Kimber
APA Approves Sybella Creek Solar-Storage for Queensland Mine
APA Group greenlights Sybella Creek: a 72-MW solar farm plus 52-MW/104-MWh batteries for Queensland mines—AUD 259M investment, firmed with gas, powering Ernest Henry to 2046.
Aug 20, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Software, Australia, Oceania, PV Power Plant, APA Group
California green-lights plans for green energy boom in Sacramento
California’s state planning authorities have waved through a plan by a Sacramento utility to roll out gigawatts’ worth of green energy over the next two decades, including utility-scale storage.
Jan 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Rooftop PV, California, USA, pv power plants, BESS, North America, 8minute Solar Energy, sacramento, smud
Onde's Solar Park in Poland: Largest Project Yet
Onde SA embarks on its largest solar project yet, the 32-MW Park Lewald Wielki in Poland, as part of its ambitious renewable energy expansion plans.
May 14, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, Solar Park, Onde
Qair Secures Funding for Hybrid Solar Storage Portfolio Transforming Mauritius
French IPP Qair lines up loans to build 60 MW of solar-plus-battery plants, helping Mauritius curb diesel imports.
Aug 8, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, Europe, IPP Qair
Emeren Brings In Boralex Veteran for U.S. Arm, Flags $20 Million Q2 Impairment
Solar developer Emeren Group has tapped industry insider M. Jahangir Alam to head its North American business after Mac Moore’s exit, while warning investors of a non-cash impairment of at least $20 million ahead of its mid-August results release.
Jul 4, 2025 // Markets & Finance News, renesola, Boralex, Emeren Group, M Jahangir Alam, Mac Moore
Matrix Renewables inks funding for 82-MW solar portfolio in Colombia
Madrid-based platform Matrix Renewables, produced by asset manager TPG, has authorized a non-recourse long-term financing agreement for its roughly 82-MW Los Llanos solar portfolio in Colombia.
Oct 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Colombia, solar portfolio, Matrix Renewables, Nicolas Navas
GRNE completes 2.1-MW Adjustable Block Program solar project for Kendall County, Illinois
GRNE Solar has completed installment and powered on its 2.1-MW solar project for Kendall County, Illinois.
Apr 15, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, GRNE, Scott Gryder
Enel works on addition to Latin America’s self-styled largest PV project
Enel has hit yet another deployment milestone with what it bills as Latin America’s biggest solar plant under construction, a project it is building in Brazil’s northeast.
Aug 22, 2019 // Plants, Enel, bifacial, Latin america, São Gonçalo, Soltec








