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Wells Fargo will power its 400 Texas locations with solar
Wells Fargo has signed a 10-year structured power purchase agreement (PPA) with Reliant, an NRG Energy, to power the bank’s 400 Texas locations with PV solar.
Oct 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, Wells Fargo, NRG Energy, Richard Henderson, Robert Gaudette
Untapped potential exists for blending hydropower, floating PV
Hybrid systems of floating photovoltaic panels and also hydropower plants might hold the technical capacity to create a substantial section of the electricity created yearly around the world, according to an analysis by scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Sep 30, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, USA, NREL, floating PV, North America, Nathan Lee
Westbridge Renewable Acquires Canadian Battery Energy Storage PV Project
Westbridge Renewable Energy Corporation has acquired the 295MWp Red Willow Project in Alberta, Canada, including 100MW/200MWh of battery energy storage system (BESS). This solar energy news highlights the potential of renewable energy sources and the commitment to sustainability.
Feb 2, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canada, North America, PV Power Plant, Westbridge Renewable
Enel plants to power Anglo American’s full renewable switch in Chile
A mining giant has turned to Enel to power its transition to a fully renewable energy supply in Chile, signing a deal set to kick in two years’ time.
Jul 30, 2019 // Plants, PV Tech, Enel, Los Bronces, Collahuasi, El Soldado
Iberdrola begins 86MW Portuguese PV build
Two of the 4 solar plants south of Lisbon boast bifacial modern technology
Feb 9, 2022 // Plants, Portugal, Iberdrola, Europe, solar farm
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power acquires 123-MW solar project from First Solar
First Solar announced that Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, a personal business handled by the Renewable Power Group of Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM), got the 123-MWAC American Kings Solar project in a transaction that shut at the end of June 2020. Found in Kings County, California, the project is backed by a 15-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Southern California Edison as well as is set up to be commissioned in the fourth quarter of 2020.
Jul 24, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, First Solar, Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, Eric Heintz, Greg Roer, Richard Romero
EDPR obtains majority stake in German solar company
Acquisition of 70% shareholding in Kronos provides developer grip in Germany as well as the Netherlands
Oct 7, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Netherlands, EDPR, KRONOS
Seychelles to host 5.8 MW of floating PV
French developer Qair will certainly begin constructing a 5.8 MW floating solar array later on this year on a shallows on the East African country's major island. It declares the setup will certainly be the globe's biggest floating PV project to be improved deep sea upon conclusion.
Apr 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, Africa, Seychelles, Qair
Solar film with incorporated optics to raise performance of PV panels
Finnish firm ICS has actually developed a foil which it asserts can dramatically increase the return of photovoltaic panels, when put on the edges of a PV module. Germany's Fraunhofer ISE has actually validated that the increase in efficiency for conventional solar components with the solar movie is ranging from 5% to 10%.
Jul 21, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, Finland, ICS, Kari Rinko
Self-cleaning PV system with active cooling technology
An international research study group has actually created a self-cooling PV system including a 250 W 60-cell polycrystalline component and a thermal enthusiast attached to the back side of the panel. The cleaning technology is based upon a microcontroller programmable integrated circuit, which manages a rotating DC electric motor.
Jun 23, 2020 // Technology, Residential, Malaysia, India, China, Asia, PV system, self-cooling
CWP Global creating initially hybrid power plant project in Serbia
CWP Global has actually made progress with 3 new renewable energy projects in Serbia with 680 MW in total power generation capacity. The business's project Lederata Energy will certainly be a hybrid nuclear power plant consisting of a 50 MW solar park, a 100 MW wind farm as well as an energy storage system of 20 MWh.
Oct 20, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, BATTERIES, ENERGY STORAGE, Battery Storage, Europe, wind power, Electricity, Serbia, Solarina, CWP Global, Equinox Power, hybrid power plants, Kima Solar, Lederata, power storage, Vetrogon, Vetrozelena
Orsted indications Texas PV offtake with Merck
200MW Armadillo Solar Center in Navarro County is anticipated to be functional in early 2023
Apr 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Orsted, Vishal Kapadia, Merck, Susanna Webber
Globe currently has 583.5 GW of functional PV
Worldwide grid-connected solar ability got to 580.1 GW at the end of 2019, together with 3.4 GW of offgrid PV, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency. Overall mounted renewables ability struck an exceptional 2,563.8 GW, with hydropower continuing to be the leading resource at 1,310.9 GW, complied with by wind at 622.7 GW.
Apr 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, IRENA, WORLD
China-Based Growatt Unveils Inverter Series, Power Solns at Intersolar Expo, Ahmedabad
In addition to its flagship residential inverters covering 1-15kW of power, the firm additionally exhibited C&I inverters ranging from 20kW to 125kW.
Dec 9, 2022 // Inverters, C&I, residential, Growatt, EV chargers, grohome
Machine-learning for PV module cleaning
French researchers have actually established a machine-learning model to clean low-power PV projects and also standalone solar arrays in backwoods separated from the grid.
Sep 3, 2020 // Technology, France, Europe, PV module cleaning

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