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Borehole thermal power storage space for solar
The town of Drammen, Norway, has actually begun checking a seasonal PV storage space project that makes use of boreholes in the ground. The drivers of the project are making use of power from PV components to generate warmth using a CO2 heatpump as well as exterior air. The warm is created by the CO2 pump throughout the springtime, autumn as well as summertime, along with warmth generated by solar thermal enthusiasts.
May 22, 2020 // Storage, Europe, Norway, Randi Kalskin Ramstad
Galp and BPI Partner Up to Promote Solar Self-Consumption in Portugal
Galp Solar, a unit of Portuguese energy group Galp Energia SGPS SA, has partnered with compatriot bank BPI to promote solar installations for self-consumption to local businesses. This solution includes bank financing and solar panel installation by professional specialists.
Feb 21, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Portugal, Galp, Europe, BPI
Brazil’s Copel contracts 128 MW of solar and wind in own auction
The Paraná-based energy provider will buy renewable energy under a 15-year power purchase agreement. The auction’s winners and final prices were not revealed.
Sep 24, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Brazil, Copel
Australia could start exporting sunshine in the form of hydrogen
The government has been seen as slow to act on climate change, while Labor offered an ambitious carbon reduction policy.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Thermal, Solar to Fuel, Toyota, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, Darren Miller, Alan Finkel, Craig Buckley, Øivind Wilhelmsen, Solar to Fuel, Solar to Hydrogen, Producing Hydrogen, Hydrogen from renewable, Renewable fuels
RWE safeguards 150MW Facebook US solar deal
The social media titan will take 110MW of power from Shelby County project under PPA
May 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Facebook, Anja-Isabel Dotzenrath
Neoen Secures Financing for South Australia Wind and Battery Project
Neoen secures financing for a 203 MW wind project and a 238.5 MW/477 MWh battery storage scheme in South Australia, providing renewable energy to mining group BHP.
Feb 6, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, South Australia, neoen
Zelestra and Graphic Packaging sign vPPA for Leon solar farm
Zelestra and Graphic Packaging sign a vPPA for the 19-MW Villamañán solar farm in León, Spain, pushing their joint contracted capacity above 100 MW and advancing GPI’s CO₂ cuts.
Jul 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, Zelestra
FMPA, multiple municipal utilities break ground on 223.5MW PV project in Florida
Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA), in partnership with 12 Florida municipal electric utilities and Florida Renewable Partners, has broken ground on the 223.5MW Florida Municipal Solar Project. Once completed, the installation will be one of the largest municipal-backed solar projects in the US.
Nov 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Florida, North America, FMPA, Jacob Williams
Absa Backs Ghana's 100-MW Solar Plant
Absa Group provides USD-24-million corporate loan to construct a 100-MW solar power plant in Ghana led by West Africa-focused PV developer Meinergy Technology Limited. This loan supports Ghana's renewable energy capacity & energy needs.
Aug 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Africa, PV Power Plant, Ghana, Absa Group
Alter Enersun Secures 25 MW Solar PPA in Spain
Alter Enersun and Atlantic Copper's new solar project will boost renewable energy use to 82%, securing stability and sustainability for the copper refiner in Spain.
Nov 12, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, PV Power Plant, Alter Enersun, Atlantic Copper
EDF invests in Egypt’s solar technology and integration startup
France’s largest state-owned utility company has invested unrevealed finances into KarmSolar. The latter has installed a 165-megawatt solar pipeline throughout Egypt. The Egyptian startup supplies power to large-scale industrial, agricultural and commercial customers.
Nov 26, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, France, EDF, Europe, Asia, Africa, Egypt, KarmSolar
LEAG Advances Major Floating Solar Project in Brandenburg
LEAG embarks on a groundbreaking journey to power 8,000 homes with Germany's largest floating solar park on Cottbuser Ostsee—innovative energy beneath the serene lake surface!
Oct 21, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, PV Power Plant, Brandenburg, LEAG
Orbital JV begins developing 100-MW solar project in Alabama for Lightsource bp
A joint venture involving a subsidiary people energy solutions platform Orbital Energy Group Inc (NASDAQ: OEG) has actually started developing a 130-MW direct current (DC)/ 100-MW rotating current (AC) solar project in Alabama for Lightsource bp, Orbital said on Thursday.
Feb 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Alabama, Lightsource BP, North America, Solar Project, Orbital Energy Group Inc
The zero-carbon neighbourhood that will power itself entirely by solar: Developers create ultimate eco-houses in Oxfordshire (but they start at £1million each)
Developer Ssassy Property is constructing 25 homes in the village of Southmoor
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Oxfordshire, zero-carbon neighbourhood, Ian Pritchett
Tresca to Helm Spain’s 20-GW Wafer Gigafactory
Tresca will steer Sunwafes’ 20‑GW Spanish solar‑wafer gigafactory, fast‑tracking onshored production, greener processes and skilled jobs—anchoring EU resilience from pilot to scale with n‑type roadmaps.
Feb 5, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Spain, Europe, wafers, solar manufacturing, gigafactory, engineering services