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South Africa's Eskom verifies agreement awards for 1,440 MWh battery storage
South Africa's primary power provider Eskom has actually revealed information of honest significant battery storage implementations, including project sites and sizes.
Aug 1, 2022 // Storage, Africa, eskom, South Africa, contract awards, development banks
Octopus Pockets USD 160M for Australia Renewables Push
Octopus Investments Australia raises AUD 250 million for its renewable energy fund, OASIS. With contributions from Hostplus, CEFC and Sky Renewables, plus a new investor Rest, total funds raised now stand at AUD 550 million. Octopus manages a platform of assets worth AUD 1 billion.
Sep 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, octopus investments
Syria introduces tenders for 63 MW of solar
The Ministry of Electricity Transmission Establishment is looking for to construct a 23 MW solar center in Damascus as well as a 40 MW plant near Homs.
Feb 18, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, tender, Asia, Syria
ACWA signs financing take care of Natixis for up to US$ 2bn of projects
Saudi solar developer ACWA Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) that will certainly see the companions explore possibilities to create projects, consisting of renewable resource plants.
Dec 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, Natixis, Asia, ACWA Power, project finance
Exus lands O&M job for 36 MW of solar farms in Portugal
Renewables-focused investor and also asset supervisor Exus Management Partners will give operation and upkeep (O&M) solutions for 36 MW of solar farms in Portugal.
Jun 2, 2021 // Plants, Portugal, Europe, Solar Farms, Exus
Saudi Arabia secures PPAs for near to 3 GW of fresh solar
Power acquisition contracts (PPA) for approximately 3 GW of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) projects have been checked in Saudi Arabia, it was announced on Thursday.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Saudi Arabia, PPA, Asia
Target Rolls Out Solar Initiative That Includes Jacksonville As Solar Prices Decline
Target has set a goal to have rooftop solar panels on 500 of its stores and other properties by 2020, and that includes in Jacksonville.
Oct 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Target, Jacksonville, St. Johns Town Center, John Leisen
Reliance to spend US$ 80bn in 100GW project pipeline, PV production as well as green hydrogen 'ecosystem' in India
Reliance Industries has actually authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Gujarat for a total investment of INR5.955 lakh crore (US$ 80 billion) over 10-15 years to establish 100GW of renewables and also set up green technology production centers in the state.
Jan 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, pv power plants, pv modules, Asia, solar cell, wafer, gujarat, green hydrogen, electrolysers, reliance group, Reliance Industries
Nidec ASI giving EPC for 50MW Northern Ireland BESS project
Nidec ASI, the Italy-based industrial options division of Japanese conglomerate Nidec Group, will give EPC solutions for a 50MW battery energy storage space system (BESS) project in North Ireland.
Aug 4, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Northern Ireland, Nidec ASI, gore street capital
Lightsource BP constructing 70-MW Penn State University solar project
Penn State University, in partnership with Lightsource BP, has broken ground on the largest solar project in the state of Pennsylvania. The project is expected to provide 25% of the university’s electricity over the next 25 years. Lightsource BP will build, own and operate the facility and sell the electricity to Penn State under a long-term power sales contract.
Oct 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Lightsource BP, penn state university, Kevin Smith, Stantec, Robert Molner, David Bernier
Nigeria powers up Africa’s ‘largest off-grid solar hybrid’
The latest project to be switched on in Nigeria’s solar electrification programme for universities is also thought to be the largest ‘hybrid’ plant of its kind on the African continent so far, inaugurated this week at Bayero University Kano (BUK).
Sep 8, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, solar pv, off-grid solar, Africa, microgrid, Nigeria, off-grid pv, renewable integration, rural electrification
Solar cells of the future
Organic solar cells are less expensive to generate as well as more flexible than their counterparts made from crystalline silicon, yet do not supply the same level of effectiveness or stability. During his doctoral thesis, Andrej Classen, who is a young researcher at FAU, showed that boosts in performance can be achieved using bright acceptor particles.
Nov 2, 2020 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, efficiency, Christoph Brabec, Thomas Heumüller, Andrej Classen, i-MEET, FAU, Larry Lüer
Enel To Beginning Marketing Electricity Straight To Customers In Australia
With a license to retail electricity, Enel can currently join energy retail market through the National Electricity Market (NEM) of Australia.
Dec 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Enel, Oceania
Solar module failure rates remain to climb as record variety of makers acknowledged in PVEL Module Reliability Scorecard
A total amount of 117 modules from 26 producers have actually received 'Top Performer' status within PV Evolution Labs' (PVEL) 2021 Module Reliability Scorecard, however the report has actually also highlighted a rise in failing rates within the sector.
May 27, 2021 // Manufacturing News, pvel, junction box failure, module failure, module testing, Ramesh Nair, Cao Bo
Sunrun Hits Deployment Targets, Expands Grid Services Business in Q2
The largest U.S. residential solar installer hit deployment expectations and built out its battery business in the second quarter.
Aug 8, 2019 // Plants, Residential, Storage, Grids, USA, storage, Sunrun, installer














