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The world’s first solar road is an absolute disaster
In 2016 France turned a one-kilometer stretch of roadway into the world’s first solar road. And three years later, the trial project has turned out to be an absolute disaster, French newspaper Le Monde reports.
Aug 16, 2019 // Solar, USA, France, Netherlands, solar road, Amsterdam, Solar Roadways, LED lights
AGL Energy Gets on With 850 MW Multi Site Battery Storage Project
AGL Energy has actually lodged the scoping report for a new battery storage space systems of as much as 500 MW ability to be constructed together with its existing coal plant.
Aug 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, storage, Battery Storage, Australia, AGL Energy, Oceania, nsw, Markus Brokhof, AGL Energy Battery Storage
Czechia wants another 1.9 GW of solar by 2030
The raised renewable energy ambition has been dismissed by the domestic solar association, which accuses president Miloš Zeman of wanting to destroy the Czech PV sector. In 2019, the country added only 7 MW of new PV installations.
Jan 21, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Czechia, Solární Asociace
Lightsource BP inks Pennsylvania PV supply bargain
Constellation will buy 191MW beginning in 2023 and sell on to the Commonwealth
Mar 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, Tom Wolf, Jim McHugh
LONGi Signs up for Green Hydrogen With Unique Device
LONGi Green Energy, the biggest solar manufacturer worldwide, has proceeded and also integrated an organization device in March to check out and also get in early right into the environment-friendly Hydrogen market. LONGi has a targeted manufacturing capacity of 40 GW in components, 20 GW in cells, as well as mono ingots at 65 GW.
Apr 7, 2021 // Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, longi solar, Li Zhenguo, green hydrogen, Yunfei Bai
Batteries Better Than Gas at Satisfying Australia's Future Peaking Requirements
In September last year, the Scott Morrison-led Australian federal government had actually announced that it was establishing a target for the electrical energy field to reach last financial investment choices by the end of April 2021, towards supplying 1000 MW of brand-new dispatchable energy by summer 2023-24, to make sure that the coal-fired Liddell power plant could be folded in 2023 according to routine.
Apr 15, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, clean energy, Australia, Oceania, Clean Energy Council, Kane Thornton, CEC, Australian Energy Market Operator, Battery Storage Over Gas Peakers
New-build solar less costly still, but short-term spot could be really felt in H2 2021-- BloombergNEF
The expense of structure and also operating brand-new utility-scale PV is now less expensive than running existing coal plants in China, India as well as throughout much of Europe. Yet, rising asset rates can see PV projects come to be momentarily much more expensive in the 2nd fifty percent of 2021, according to BloombergNEF analysis.
Jun 25, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, BNEF, India, China, LCOE, Asia, BloombergNEF
Rougher user interfaces may enhance performance of next-generation solar cells
In simulations as well as experiments, researchers demonstrate that introducing small nanoscale texturing on the surfaces of products in perovskite/silicon tandem solar cells can dramatically increase efficiency by decreasing the quantity of light energy that is lost as a result of representation.
Jul 28, 2021 // Technology, solar cells, perovskite, silicon, efficiency, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Tockhorn, Johannes Sutter, Philipp Tockhorn
Lightsource bp establishing an additional 300-MW solar project in Colorado
Lightsource bp is establishing a brand-new 298-MW solar farm in Pueblo, Colorado, the firm's 2nd project in the city.
Oct 27, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, Alice Jackson, Solar Project, Will Toor, Pueblo Mayor Nick Gradisar
SEIA calls AD/CVD case 'monumental loss' for US as it slashes solar forecasts by 24GW as well as warns of 100,000 job losses
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has actually lowered its United States solar installment forecasts by 24GW over the following two years adhering to the United States government's decision to explore the circumvention of duties in Southeast Asia, asserting 100,000 solar jobs will be shed because of this.
Apr 29, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, SEIA, North America, modules, solar jobs, department of commerce, anti dumping, AD/CVD, module supp
Solar 'begins to soar' in Europe as generation leaps 27% in two years-- Ember
Solar is booming throughout Europe, generating 27% even more power last year than in 2019, according to brand-new analysis from power thinktank Ember.
Feb 3, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Spain, Italy, Europe, Netherlands, European Union, Ember
Amazon reveals 37 brand-new renewables projects
Systems in US, Spain, France, Australia, Canada, India, Japan, as well as UAE take worldwide capacity to 15.7 GW.
Apr 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Amazon, Andy Jassy
JinkoSolar Signs Nearly $30B Well Worth Polysilicon Supply Contracts in a Month
To safeguard long-lasting polysilicon supply, JinkoSolar has inked a significant polysilicon supply take care of a worth of more than RMB103.3 billion (US$ 14.9 billion). This comes just weeks after it signed a similar contract with Xinte Energy for RMB102.1 billion (US$ 14.7 billion).
Sep 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, xinte energy, polysilicon, JinkoSolar, Chinese mono-dense poly material, malaysia plant
Masdar inks MoU to develop 300 MW of solar in Armenia
The Armenian solar market has been somewhat slow to take off, but it could be experiencing a serious push, following an announcement that Abu Dhabi-based energy company Masdar plans to deploy 500 MW of solar and wind capacity in the country.
Jul 15, 2019 // Large-Scale, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Chief Executive Officer of Masdar, David Papazian, ANIF, Abu Dhabi Future Energy Company, Masdar
Chinese solar production figures continue to ramp up
Quasi-governmental body the CPIA has released first-half figures for the world’s biggest solar marketplace which show production volumes for export markets continuing to expand and the domestic picture set to rebound after public solar subsidy levels were published.
Jul 26, 2019 // Solar, China, China Photovoltaic Industry Association, CPIA, Asia








