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Worldwide solar activity 'far from being back where it should be'-- Mercom
Global corporate financing for solar projects in the very first fifty percent of 2020 was US$ 4.5 billion, a 25% decline year-over-year, according to a report from Mercom Capital Group.
Aug 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, Mercom Capital Group, pv power plants, Raj Prabhu, covid-19
African coal plant driver looks to solar for new power JV
Mozambique-based coal driver Ncondezi Energy has actually revealed a joint endeavor (JV) with South African-based NESA to target South Africa's C&I solar as well as storage space markets
Jun 14, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Africa, Mozambique, Ncondezi, australia energy storage council, NESA, offgrid solar
AMPYR secures 2GW solar project funding
Developer closes EUR400m facility with CarVal Investors
Feb 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, UK, Europe, Netherlands, Andrew Gould, AMPYR, Jonathan Hunt, CARVAL
Elgin Energy aiming to release 5GW of solar-plus-storage in 3 years after US$ 33m raise
UK designer Elgin Energy is targeting 5GW of solar-plus-storage throughout its core markets by 2025 after finishing a ₤ 25 million (US$ 33.3 million) fundraising round.
Nov 29, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, solar-plus-storage, Elgin Energy, Jack O’Keeffe, fundraising, focus capital partners
Tunisia announces grid-connection of its first solar park
The 10 MW facility is located in Tozeur, in southern Tunisia. The project was also financed by the German development bank KFW under Tunisia’s solar program Plan Solaire Tunisien (PST).
Aug 9, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, STEG, Tozeur, Tunisia, KFW, Plan Solaire Tunisien, Youssef Chahed
Cypress Creek appoints new CIO to accelerate its growth
Independent power producer (IPP) Cypress Creek Renewables has hired Jeffrey Meigel as its new chief investment officer (CIO).
May 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, IPP, Cypress Creek Renewables, North America, executive appointments, appointments
Primergy Refinances Nevada Gemini Solar-Storage With $760M
Primergy refinances Gemini, America’s largest single-phase solar-plus-storage: $600M notes, $160M LOC, backed by 25-year PPA and 10-year PTC, powering 690 MWac solar with 380 MWac batteries.
Mar 11, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Primergy, Gemini
Another 150 MW of solar comes online in Spain
The new generation capacity comes from three 50 MW solar projects Spanish energy company Naturgy secured in an auction by the Spanish government in 2017. The installations are near Ciudad Real, in the central-southern region of Castilla-La Mancha.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Naturgy
Cemex, Synhelion, Sandia Labs to study use of solar in cement making
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded USD 3.2 million (EUR 3m) to Solar MEAD, a project aimed at replacing fossil fuels with focused solar thermal (CST) energy in cement clinker production.
Feb 16, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Synhelion, Cemex, Sandia
Saudi university achieves 33.2% performance for perovskite/si tandem
Scientists at Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah University of Science and also Technology (KAUST) have actually established a perovskite/silicon tandem solar cell with the world's highest possible power conversion effectiveness (PCE) of 33.2%, according to an announcement on Monday.
Apr 17, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Saudi Arabia, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Asia, solar cell, efficiency, KAUST
Dimension Secures $237M for 120-MW Solar Portfolio
Dimension Renewable has secured financing of USD 237 million to construct 28 distributed generation solar projects across the US. The projects, with a total capacity of 120-MW DC, will provide power to over 12,000 households, with more than half being low-to-moderate income households, by 2021.
Sep 12, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Dimension
Chattisgarh Commission to set Generic Tariff for Solar Energy Projects
The Chattisgarh Commission has issued a draft order with the generic levelised tariffs for FY 2019-20 & 2020-21 for renewable energy sources like solar.
Jan 17, 2020 // Tariffs, India, Asia, tariff, Chattisgarh State Electricity Regulatory Commission, CSERC
Elgin Energy targets 5GW of solar plus storage by 2025 adhering to ₤ 25m fundraise
Solar and also storage space developer Elgin Energy has elevated ₤ 25 million, as well as will target an enthusiastic medium-term development technique.
Nov 26, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, UK, Europe, Elgin Energy, Ronan Kilduff, Jack O’Keeffe
DSM markets solar finishings organization to Covestro as part of bigger EUR1.4 billion deal
Major products science company, Royal DSM has actually sold its Resins & Functional Materials (RFM) organizations including the finishings activities of DSM Advanced Solar, known for its anti-reflective (AR) material layers for solar glass as well as on-field PV power plant updating, to rival Covestro AG for a cash sum of around EUR1.4 billion.
Sep 30, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, pv modules, royal dsm, dsm advanced solar, pv backsheet, Geraldine Matchett, Dimitri de Vreeze, anti-reflective coating
Enel X installs 890 MWh PV systems at warehouses of Penny Romania
Enel X Romania, part of Italian power group Enel, claimed on Friday that it has installed photovoltaic systems able to produce 445 MWh of energy annually each at two warehouses of Penny chain of discount supermarkets.
Apr 2, 2021 // Plants, Enel X Romania