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First Solar planning 150-MWac Arizona solar array for Microsoft data centers
First Solar announced that its Sun Streams 2 PV solar plant will power new energy-efficient data centers being built by Microsoft in Goodyear and El Mirage, Arizona. The 150-MWac facility, is being developed and constructed by First Solar in Maricopa County and will power the data centers under a 20-year agreement and will be operational in 2021.
Jul 31, 2019 // Large-Scale, USA, Arizona, First Solar, PV solar, Sun Streams, El Mirage, North America
European Energy to Develop Italy's Most significant Solar Farm with 250 MW Capacity
The huge solar power park will certainly come up in the municipality of Vizzini near Catania in Sicily that can supply power to 130,000 households.
The project additionally includes a thorough reforestation and also biodiversity program covering 200 hectares of land.
May 29, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, european energy, Knud Erik Andersen, Alessandro Migliorini, solar power park, European Solar Power Market
Q CELLS supplies modules to portion of 370MW Angolan solar portfolio
Q CELLS has actually protected an offer to supply its modules to part of a 370MW portfolio of seven solar projects under development in Angola, the first of which is expected to be total next year.
Apr 21, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Q CELLS, Africa, Angola, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, module supply deals, MCA Group, Sun Africa
What is Azimuth angle?
Angle between direction to the sun and direction to the south (for the northern hemisphere). For a PV installation, azimuth specifies how far the installation
Sep 11, 2023
What is Concentrator?
A solar module consisting of lenses or other optical elements that focus sunlight on a photovoltaic cell, thus increasing the amount of solar energy captured.
Sep 12, 2023
WoodMac: Bifacial solar poised to surge ten-fold by 2024
Bifacial PV stands on the edge of a boom across the world’s four corners as cost improvements and geopolitics strengthen the case for the budding technology, according to Wood Mackenzie.
Sep 25, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Wood Mackenzie, China, pv power plants, bifacial, Asia, North America, Xiaojing Sun
Microsoft is on a solar shopping spree
The tech giant has signed a power contract for the output of First Solar’s 150 MWac Sun Streams 2 solar plant, bringing its procurement of solar to almost 500 MW – but none of its PV projects have been completed yet.
Aug 1, 2019 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Solar, USA, Microsoft, Sun Streams2, Virginia, Apple, North America
US solar to represent bulk of new generation capacity
FERC forecasts utility scale PV additions to virtually reach 73,000 MW between December 2022 and November 2025
Jan 19, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, FERC, North America
Alliant Energy upgrades 2.55-MW Iowa solar plant with storage
Greater than 9,500 solar panels currently produce clean power at Alliant Energy's brand-new Marshalltown Solar Garden in Marshalltown, Iowa. This pilot project integrates solar energy and battery storage space to create, shop and provide power to clients.
Oct 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, North America, alliant energy, PV Power Plant, Terry Kouba
Floating solar pilot project near Canary Islands to face up to 10m-high waves
European Union financing has actually been protected for a floating solar pilot project in Spain to check out exactly how the technology does in testing sea problems.
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Spain, floating PV, Europe, canary islands, Ocean Sun, fred olsen renewables, offshore solar, Rolf Benjamin Johansen
Solar and wind outmatching all various other renewables development in US
Solar power result in the US outmatched all other renewables and also grew by nearly a quarter (24.3%) in the initial 3 months of 2021 contrasted to last year, new information from the country's Energy Information Administration (EIA) has revealed
May 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, EIA, Renewable Electricity, sun day campaign, us renewables, energy information administration
Tesla’s Cybertruck will have a solar charging option, says Musk
Tesla revealed its Cybertruck pickup last night, a SciFi-tastic wedge built from the same steel alloy that SpaceX is using for its Starship spaceship.
Nov 23, 2019 // Transport, TESLA, Elon Musk, Cybertruck
Borrego will certainly construct its initial solar projects in Montana and South Dakota for Greenbacker
Solar installer Borrego has actually been chosen by Greenbacker Renewable Energy to engineer and also construct two utility-scale solar projects in Montana and South Dakota.
Oct 28, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Charles Wheeler, North America, PV Power Plant, borrego, Brian Barker
Panda Green’s hopes of postponing debt are dashed
The heavily-indebted, Chinese state-owned solar project developer now has ten days to rustle up $242 million after a debt restructuring proposal was accepted by less than a third of its creditors.
Jan 15, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia, Panda Green
BIPV panels covering an entire building in Taiwan
The Sun Rock structure is possessed by Taiwan's power utility Taipower. It was covered with 4,000 square meters of PV panels deployed by Dutch architectural firm MVRDV.
Jan 19, 2022 // BIPV, Taiwan, BIPV panels, MVRDV, Winy Maas









