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Vistra brings online 108MW solar project in Texas
United States utility Vistra has brought online a 108MW PV plant in Texas as electricity demand in the state gets to new highs.
Jun 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, First Solar, North America, Vistra, ERCOT, Mortenson, us utility, project commissioning
ReneSola Forms JV to Establish 3 GW Solar PV Manufacturing Facility
ReneSola as well as Zhongnan Industry have chosen to enter into a JV to set up a Solar PV manufacturing center with an annual production ability of 3 GW in China.
Sep 8, 2020 // Manufacturing News, China, Asia, modules, renesola, International, Sky Wang, zheng lei
New materials for extremely high-efficiency perovskite solar cells
A team of chemists from Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania synthesized materials that were utilized for building a record-breaking perovskite solar module, with an efficiency of 21.4 percent. This was attained with the passivation of the active solar cell layer, which boosts the efficiency of the cell as well as substantially boosts its stability.
Jan 12, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, solar cells, Europe, perovskite, Switzerland, Lithuania, efficiency, EPFL, Kaunas University of Technology, KTU, Kasparas Rakštys, Lausanne Federal Institute of Technology
EDP buys 50% stake in 278MW of First Solar projects in the US
Energias de Portugal (EDP), through its subsidiary EDP Renewables North America LLC, has acquired a 50% stake in a 278MW US solar portfolio that was developed by First Solar.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, EDP, First Solar, North America, CdTe
Energiequelle starts work with French solar project
Array in Decize won in CRE 4.6 tender in September 2019
Dec 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, France, Europe, Solar Project, ENERGIEQUELLE
The panel in red
Italian manufacturer Sunerg has developed a solar module for BIPV applications which is said to offer a wide range of options to better match the architectural vision and the design of a building. The 275 kW monocrystalline PERC panel is available in mahogany brown, reddish brown, bottle green and black-grey.
Jan 30, 2020 // BIPV, Manufacturing News, Italy, Europe, monocrystalline panel, Luciano Lauri
Naturgy Harnesses Solar Power in Canary Islands
Naturgy Energy Group SA turns up the heat with 4.2-MW solar farm on Gran Canaria. The Salinetas project features over 7,700 photovoltaic modules and 7.2 GWh of electricity annually. Naturgy obtains 44 MWp of solar projects with support from Spanish government and European Regional Development Fund. Now 100 MW of operational renewables capacity in the Canary Islands.
Oct 18, 2023 // Plants, Naturgy, PV Power Plant, Gran Canaria
EBRD Weighs €40m Loan for Tunisia’s Firmed Solar
Tunisia powers ahead: STEG eyes €40m EBRD-backed solar-plus-storage to firm the grid, slash fuel imports, shift sun to peaks, and unlock bankable, reliable clean energy.
Feb 26, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, STEG, EBRD, solar-plus-storage, Tunisia, Africa, financing
Germany might install 1.5 GWp of solar on noise protection structures
Germany has the prospective to release 1,478 MWp of solar capacity on noise protection structures along railways as well as roads, reveals an evaluation by the Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV).
Oct 10, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe
Ascent Solar acquires 15-MW thin-film manufacturing assets in Zurich
Ascent Solar Technologies Inc (NASDAQ: ASTI), a Thornton, Colorado-based firm concentrated on CIGS thin-film photovoltaics (PV), has actually finished a deal to get the 15-MW roll-to-roll thin-film producing assets in Zurich of thin-film solar supplier Flisom AG.
Apr 19, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Zurich, ascent solar
Brazil to become competitive solar panel maker
According to medium-term forecasts, Brazil is likely to become a competitive PV panel manufacturer globally and a major player among Latin American countries.
Jan 29, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, PV panel
'New generation' of much more reliable perovskite solar cells feasible because of halogen bonding
The chemical process of halogen bonding has "considerable potential for the advancement of a new generation of solar cells based upon perovskites", according to scientists at the Polytechnic University of Milan.
Mar 28, 2022 // Technology, perovskite, perovskite cells, cell efficiency, halogen bonding
Azure Power strikes 'first-of-its-kind critical collaboration' with investment in solar manufacturer
Indian independent power manufacturer (IPP) Azure Power has made a US$ 12.9 million investment in solar maker Premier Energies while likewise locking in residential PV module supply from the business.
Jun 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, Solar Energy, Asia, Azure Power, supply chain, Premier Energies, procurement
Resurgence of Heterojunction (HJT) Solar Panels
Heterojunction Solar cells combine two various technologies into one cell-- a crystalline silicon cell sandwiched in between 2 layers of amorphous "thin-film" silicon
Oct 25, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, REC Group, bifacial solar modules, Reliance, Goldi Solar, HJT Solar Modules
1366 Technologies as well as Hunt Perovskite merge, secure US$ 25m in funding
US-based wafer manufacturer 1366 Technologies has merged with Hunt Perovskite Technologies (HPT), with the combined firm preparing to offer market tandem modules.
Jun 29, 2021 // Manufacturing News, USA, India, First Solar, Asia, wafers, North America, perovskites, 1366 Technologies, breakthrough energy ventures, CubicPV, direct wafer