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Solar hails victory as Victoria u-turns to ramp up rebate support
Victoria’s state government has yielded to industry pressure and increased the frequency and number of rebates available in its rooftop solar subsidy programme.
Aug 29, 2019 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, Victoria, Australia, rooftop, John Grimes, Oceania, subsidies, smart energy council
Fifth Third Bancorp, SunEnergy1 open 120MW PV project in North Carolina
Fifth Third Bancorp and SunEnergy1 have opened the 120MWdc/80MWac Aulander Holloman Solar Facility in Hertford County, North Carolina. The facility, developed by SunEnergy1, is expected to generate clean power that is more than or equal to the total that Fifth Third uses in a year, which is enough to cut out 143,000 metric tons of greenhouse gases and power 25,000 households.
Sep 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North Carolina, North America, Fifth Third Bancorp, SunEnergy1, Greg D. Carmichael, Amy Davidsen
Powertis cements Brazil position with 765MW PV portfolio
Powertis is to develop four projects in total across Minas Gerais and São Paulo. The most significant project, which is anticipated to have a capacity of 495MW, will be joined by three separate 90MW projects.
Sep 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, South america, Brazil, Powertis, São Paulo, Pablo Otín
Iberdrola Acquires French Renewables Firm Aalto Power for EUR100 Mn
Iberdrola has actually authorized a contract for the procurement of the French renewable resource business Aalto Power for 100 million euros.
May 8, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, France, Iberdrola, Europe, International, Aalto Power, Ignacio Galán
Engie in Final Talks with Hawaiian Electric for Solar plus Storage Project
French international electrical utility Engie stated that its project has actually been chosen by the US-based Hawaiian Electric as one of the 16 in the last honor team for the stage 2 variable sustainable dispatchable generation and also power storage space projects.
May 25, 2020 // Storage, Battery Storage, Engie, solar plus storage, Carlalberto Guglielminotti, International, Solar Project, hawaiian electric, Engie EPS, Hawai
Sterling & Wilson brings 125MW bifacial solar plant online in Oman
EPC firm Sterling & Wilson has completed its initial solar PV job in Oman, a 125MW DC plant making use of bifacial panels, with the India-headquartered company entering its 10th gigawatt of tasks worldwide.
Jun 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, bifacial, Inverters, Asia, power purchase agreement, Oman, Jolywood, Sterling & Wilson
Solarpack reveals record-breaking solar plant will certainly remain in Rajasthan
The Spanish programmer, which will offer solar energy at an Indian record low tariff of Rs2.36/ kWh under a 25-year offer has spoken with pv magazine regarding the specifics of the landmark PV plant.
Jul 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, India, pv power plants, Asia, Solarpack, Javier Arellano
Florida Power & Light starts building on 6 new solar facilities
Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) has started building and construction on 6 new solar energy centers that are anticipated to enter into operation by the end of the year.
Jul 31, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, pv power plants, North America, Florida Power & Light, Eric Silagy
Losing weight on silver
Using an ingenious high-speed video clip arrangement, researchers in Germany had the ability to observe the screen-printing process utilized in solar cell metallization, on a time scale of less than 50 milliseconds. Insights into the paste's behavior and the mechanisms at the workplace during display printing will improve the procedure as well as the formulation of the silver paste it relies upon.
Aug 28, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Germany, solar cells, Europe, KIT
United States startup to shake up battery market with metal hydrogen tech
EnerVenue introduced with $12 million in seed funding, flaunting advantages over lithium-ion in efficiency, price, operability in severe weather condition, and years of use in the aerospace sector.
Aug 28, 2020 // Technology, Storage, USA, North America, Yi Cui, EnerVenue
Italy released 362 MW of solar in H1
Developers set up 259 MW of brand-new solar in Italy in the first six months of the year, according to ANIE Rinnovabili. However that doesn't include a 103 MW plant that was attached to the grid in late June in the southern region of Apulia.
Sep 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe
Trump Pushes to Cut Solar-Tariff Technicality for Two-Sided Panels
Head of state Donald Trump stated in a proclamation that it's required to eliminate a technicality his management provided in 2019 that's assisted solar developers stay clear of tariffs on specific imported panels.
Oct 12, 2020 // Tariffs, USA, bifacial panel, Donald Trump, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper
Sterling And Wilson Solar Proceeds European Push With New Office In Spain
Sterling and Wilson Solar Limited, has actually opened its new workplace in Spain. Located in Seville, the workplace will work as the company's head office for its European operations serving and tapping markets like Portugal, Spain, Italy, Poland, to name a few.
Nov 9, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, SWSL, Europe, Sterling and Wilson Solar, Vikas Bansal
Masdar, Infinity Joint Venture Powers COP 27 with Green Energy
The 6-MWp solar PV plant developed by Infinity Power Holding in Sharm El-Sheikh is functional and ready to offer clean, renewable resource to COP27.
The solar plant will remain to run after the conference.
Nov 8, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi, Masdar, sustainable energy, Sharm El-Sheikh, COP 27, Infinity Joint Venture, Infinity Power, Nayer Fouad, UNFCCC
Sun Cable Goes Into Administration in Australia
The massive trans ocean project with renewable resource at its core was certainly the most ambitious to come out of the economic sector in the past 5 years.
A most likely reason for going into administration is disagreements between both key backers.
Jan 12, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Mike Cannon-Brookes, bankruptcy, Andrew Forrest, Sun Cable, AAPL, dispute, administration












