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Vector Green Purchases Rattan’s Solar Assets and Joins the Renewable Energy Big League
Vector green has officially joined the big energy league. The company has acquired 275 MW of solar assets from Rattan. Vector green is owned by the Global infrastructure Partnership of the United States. GIP operates Vena Energy with a portfolio of 11 gigawatts in Asia. The company is using Vector Green to build its Indian portfolio.
Dec 27, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, India, First Solar, SECI, NTPC, Asia, aditya agarwal, GE Finance, Global Investment partners, IL&FS, jindal steel and power, Punj Lloyd, rattan India, vector green
European solar broke records in June and July yet even more progress needed
Solar PV plants generated 10% of the EU-27's electricity demand throughout June and July this year, new analysis by power thinktank Ember has found.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Spain, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Europe, decarbonisation
Malaysia's Semarak RE and PowerChina to Develop Groundbreaking Green Hydrogen Project
Semarak RE and China Hydropower join forces to develop Malaysia's first large-scale green hydrogen project, utilizing floating photovoltaic power generation. PowerChina will provide expertise and support. Global hydrogen production set to soar by 2030.
Jan 24, 2024 // Plants, Floating PV, Solar to Fuel, Malaysia, Powerchina, Asia, green hydrogen, Semarak RE
High power prices, falling PV costs and new regulations behind Brazil’s solar carnival
The nation’s thriving distributed generation market is flying, as was evident at last week’s Intersolar South America trade show. The sector seems unconcerned by mooted changes to net metering incentives in the new year and when even an environmental non-believer like President Bolsonaro is on side, it is difficult to be pessimistic.
Sep 8, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Solar, USA, Sungrow, Canadian Solar, China, South america, Latin america, Europe, Brazil, Asia, Fronius, Greener, North America, Intersolar South America, Solar Promotion, Florian Wessendorf, utility scale solar, Marcelo Sousa, Ada Li, Thais Zampieri Bitancourt, Julian Rau, Trina, Álvaro García Maltrás, Apollo Chai, Rodolfo Meyer, Portal Solar, Marcio Takata, Lucas Troia
AI-driven robots are making new materials, improving solar cells and other technologies
Ada, an AI-driven robot, searches for new solar cell designs at the University of British Columbia.
Dec 12, 2019 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Canada, UK, Europe, solar cell, North America, University of British Columbia, Curtis Berlinguette, Benji Maruyama, Apurva Mehta, Kristin Persson, Keith Brown, Joshua Schrier, John Gregoire
Sterling and Wilson Bags Two Solar Projects Well Worth 300 MW in Australia
Sterling as well as Wilson Solar has gotten orders worth AUD 300 million or Rs 1600 crore for 2 large-scale solar power projects worth 300 MW in Australia.
Sep 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Australia, Asia, Oceania, Bikesh Ogra, Sterling and Wilson Solar
UK developer completes ‘pioneering’ solar-plus-storage site boasting trackers and bifacial modules
The project is thought to be the most northerly combination of the two cutting edge technologies – bifacial panels and trackers – and the site ‘stacks’ a number of revenue streams in order to be financially feasible without subsidy support.
Dec 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, pv modules, hybrid, solar-plus-storage, gridserve, Toddington Harper
Nature's Energy Duo: Wind and Rain Power Artificial 'Plants'
Harness the power of wind and rain with tiny leaf-shaped generators that can create electricity, offering a glimpse into a future of clean energy production.
Jan 18, 2024 // Technology, USA, North America
Panasonic advertises 7 companies to Elite and Premium tiers in residential solar program
Panasonic promoted 3 new Elite and 4 brand-new Premium level solar installers, broadening the variety of home owners that will access to Panasonic's renewable energy services portfolio.
Sep 29, 2021 // Residential, USA, Panasonic, North America, David Lopez
EDF Renewables and Shell sign 15-year PPA on 132-MW solar project
EDF Renewables North America and Shell Energy North America (SENA) signed a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) related to a 132 MWac tranche of the Palen Solar site known as Maverick 7 Solar Project. The project is expected to come online by the end of 2021.
Dec 4, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, shell, EDF Renewables, Dai Owen, Glenn Wright
Zhongnan Group Begins Building And Construction of a New 5 GW Solar Factory
The group is the primary capitalist behind the well-known electric solutions company ReneSola, which is recognized for selling solar PV modules around the world.
The solar PV modules which will be produced in the new manufacturing facility will likely be offered under the premium brand "EVERSOLA" that was introduced in December 2020.
Jul 15, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Sky Wang, Zhongnan Group, solar PV module, Hai'an Economic Development Zone, Chen Jinshi, Renesola Energy
UK water business seeks solar energy from large scale, rooftop and floating plants
Southern Water has issued a request for information to source solar energy through bilateral power purchase agreements. The business is thinking about buying power from a blend of generation facilities.
Dec 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, Floating PV, UK, floating PV, Europe, rooftop PV, large scale plants
Australian Capital Territory ends 250MW first phase of renewables-and-storage reverse auctions
The Australian Capital Territory government has announced the final step of the first phase of its ‘reverse auction’ programme, with the announcement of a tender for 250MW of renewable energy generation alongside a 20MW/40MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
Sep 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Battery Storage, Australia, auctions, Oceania, tenders, autralian capital territory, act greens
US soars and China slumps as global PV investment dips year-on-year
A bustling US and a slumping China offered a contrasting picture of solar investment during a year when the global industry laid the foundations of a subsidy-free shift
Jan 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, BNEF, China, Asia, North America
As Solar and Wind Become Cheaper, Japan Faces Billions in Stranded Coal Assets
The decreasing costs of solar and wind energy could generate $71 billion in stranded coal assets in Japan by 2025, according to a new report from the Carbon Tracker Initiative, a financial think tank, and the University of Tokyo. Offshore wind power will be cheaper than coal in Japan by 2022, new solar cheaper by 2023, and onshore wind less expensive by 2025.
Oct 9, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, University of Tokyo