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RES secures O&M contracts for 385MW solar
Outfit will manage HV services in-house as well as give extra components administration as part of contractual obligations
Aug 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Octopus Energy, res, Brian Darnell
GP Joule offers North American EPC business
German PV developer Goldbeck states deal strengthens its position in the Americas
Sep 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Germany, Europe, North America, David Pichard, GP Joule, Goldbeck Solar, Joachim Goldbeck
Terra-Gen arranges funds for Phase 2 of massive solar-storage project
US independent renewable resource supplier Terra-Gen LLC stated today it has actually shut a USD-959-million (EUR 963.4 m) financing for the 2nd phase of its Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage facility in California.
Sep 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, terra-gen, Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage, Jim Pagano
MET Group turns sod on 50MW Spanish solar
Swiss power player has commenced building of Puerto Real 3 which is its very first PV project in Spain
Oct 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, MET Group
Dubai’s 900 MW solar tender sees lowest bid of $0.0169/kWh
The offer was apparently submitted by Saudi energy giant ACWA Power, which refused to confirm the bid when asked by pv magazine. The second lowest bid – $0.0175/kWh – was reportedly submitted by a consortium formed by Emirati developer Masdar, French utility EDF and Chinese PV panel maker JinkoSolar.
Oct 10, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Solar to Fuel, Dewa, Masdar, tender, JinkoSolar, Dubai, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
US scientists create first rechargeable lithium-carbon dioxide battery
Researchers in Chicago have developed a world first fully rechargeable lithium-carbon dioxide battery, an achievement they claim could pave the way for the use of the greenhouse gas in advanced energy storage systems.
Oct 17, 2019 // Technology, Chicago, UIC, lithium-carbon dioxide battery, Alireza Ahmadiparidari, Amin Salehi-Khojin
Statkraft buys 326 MW of solar projects in Ireland
The Norwegian power company acquired the projects for around $17.3 million. The transaction indicates interest in large scale solar is on the rise in Ireland and unsubsidized projects are viable.
Oct 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Ireland, Europe, Statkraft
8minute, Doosan GridTech to collaborate on predictive solar-plus-storage dispatch controls
Leading US solar developer 8minute Solar Energy is to collaborate with Doosan GridTech to use advanced, predictive software controls to dispatch energy from solar-plus-storage plant in California.
Oct 28, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, pv power plants, solar pv, solar-plus-storage, North America, Doosan Gridtech, 8minute Solar Energy, Tom Buttgenbach, predictive software, frequency response
Singapore water agency awards 3MW of floating PV contracts to local firm
Singapore's national water agency PUB has awarded contracts to build two 1.5MW floating solar projects on the Bedok and Lower Seletar Reservoirs to local engineering firm BBR Greentech.
Oct 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Singapore, Chan Chun Sing
First Solar’s sales fall 6.5% in Q3 to $547m due to lower systems revenue from US project sales
For third-quarter 2019, First Solar Inc of Tempe, AZ, USA – which makes thin-film photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride (CdTe) as well as providing engineering, procurement & construction (EPC) services – has reported net sales of $547m, down 6.5% on $585m last quarter and 19% on $676m a year ago, due primarily to lower systems revenue from project sales in the USA, offset partially by higher module sales volume.
Nov 4, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, North America, thin-film photovoltaic
The first civil e-plane gets off the ground in Canada
The first civil fully electric airplane in the world was piloted in Vancouver a month ago.
Dec 11, 2019 // Storage, Transport, Canada, North America, electric airplane, Greg McDougall
ACWA Power switches on 50 MW solar farm in Jordan
The PV project, that was tendered by Jordanian utility NEPCO in 2017, will sell electricity at $0.059/kWh. The plant is situated at Jordan's Risha area, which is approximately 300 km northeast of Amman.
Dec 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Jordan, Asia, ACWA Power, NEPCO
CEL Floats O&M Tender for 1 MW Solar Plant in Rajasthan
The last date and time for submitting the bid application is January 15, 2020 at 11:00 Hrs, and the Earnest Money Deposit (EMD) is fixed at Rs 45,000.
Jan 2, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, tender, Asia, CEL, PV Power Plant
Rochester Institute of Technology teacher gets DOE give to develop low-cost, high-efficiency solar cells
A Rochester Institute of Technology teacher got a give from the Department of Energy to research means to develop low-priced, high-efficiency solar cells.
Dec 10, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, efficiency, Rochester Institute of Technology, Seth Hubbard
Lumcloon energises 100MW Irish battery in Hanwha collaboration
A 100MW battery storage facility in Co. Offaly in Ireland has this week been energised, having actually been developed as part of a collaboration in between regional designer Lumcloon Energy and South Korea's Hanwha Group.
Dec 17, 2020 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, Hanwha, Lumcloon