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America’s Concentrated Solar Power Companies Have All but Disappeared
SolarReserve, one of America’s last remaining CSP developers, appears to have ceased operations — just as some global markets may be warming up.
Jan 21, 2020 // Thermal, USA, Nevada, North America, Concentrated solar power, SolarReserve, CSP developers, Concentrated Solar Power developers, Crescent Dunes
Primergy Solar constructing 600-MW solar + storage space portfolio for Nevada utility
Nevada utility NV Energy will include 2 brand-new solar + storage projects totaling 600 MW of energy as well as 480 MW of storage and also have the capability to power 127,000 homes to its customer territory.
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Doug Cannon, primergy solar
Ethical Power obtains UK solar, storage builder
Public Power Solutions has a 250MW pipe of projects
Apr 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, Ethical Power
AGL preps commissioning of 250-MW/250-MWh battery in S Australia
AGL Energy Ltd (ASX: AGL) is anticipated to commission a 250 MW/250 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia's Torrens Island in a couple of weeks, having received authorization for performance standards by market regulatory authority AEMO.
Apr 14, 2023 // Storage, AGL Energy, S Australia
EU to help anchor lower price for floating solar power
The Fresher project, funded by the EU’s European Maritime and Fishery Fund, aims to develop better and cheaper mooring and anchoring systems for floating solar. The initiative is backed by Portugal utility EDP, which has recently begun to install floating projects.
Nov 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, Spain, Sweden, floating PV, Europe, EMFF, utility EDP, João Maciel
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
Sweden closes discount scheme for roof PV
The government claimed programmers have another month to get the subsidy. It also delayed the project-completion due date from Dec. 31, 2020, to June 30, 2021. From following year, roof PV will likely be sustained by undefined tax obligation breaks.
Jun 15, 2020 // Plants, Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, Sweden, Europe, rooftop PV, Svensk Solenergi
GoldenPeaks and Boryszew SA Sign 10-Year Solar Power Deal in Poland
GoldenPeaks Capital secures 10-year power purchase agreement with Boryszew SA, supplying 24 GWh of solar power annually in Poland. Expanding their photovoltaic system ownership, they plan to acquire 150 MW more by year-end.
Jan 15, 2024 // Plants, Commercial, Poland, Europe, GoldenPeaks, Boryszew SA
Supercapacitors difficulty batteries: graphene hybrid material gets to power thickness of batteries
A team working with Roland Fischer, Professor of Inorganic and also Metal-Organic Chemistry at the Technical University Munich (TUM) has developed a highly reliable supercapacitor. The basis of the power storage device is a novel, powerful and likewise lasting graphene hybrid product that has equivalent performance information to currently utilized batteries.
Jan 11, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Germany, Europe, Graphene, Roland Fischer, TUM
ACWA makes power play for 700MW Saudi solar
25-year PPA with SPPC is for the $450m Ar Rass solar project in Al Qassim province
Mar 8, 2022 // Plants, Saudi Arabia, Asia, ACWA Power, Saudi Power Procurement Company, SPPC
Hitachi-ABB Power Grids requisition can boost e-mobility and power storage
The Japanese brand name has closed the first $6.85 billion purchase cost for 80% of the Power Grids service that was had by ABB. The buyer will certainly have the alternative of acquiring the superior shares in 2023.
Jul 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Japan, ABB, Europe, Asia, Hitachi
Indiana Michigan Power seeks proposals for 500MW of solar
United States utility Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has actually provided a request for proposals (RFP) for 500MW of solar as part of its new incorporated resource strategy that requires the addition of more than 2GW of renewables by 2028.
Mar 17, 2022 // Plants, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Michigan, North America, rfp, Indiana, irp, utility, indiana michigan power
Infracapital agrees sale of solar PV platform Infram
Power manufacturer Amarenco to take control of French organization
Mar 13, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, amarenco, M&G Plc, Infram, Michele Armanini
Trina Solar reinforces 'PV 6.0' product variety with 670W Vertex module launch
Trina Solar has added to its Vertex collection of next-generation solar modules, releasing an ultra-high power 670W version.
Mar 12, 2021 // Manufacturing News, pv moduletech, Trina Solar, Zhang Yingbin, vertex
Photon Energy secures EUR 22m for Romanian PV projects
Amsterdam-based solar energy manufacturer Photon Energy NV (WSE: PEN) has actually secured EUR 21.9 million (USD 23.3 m) for its portfolio of photovoltaic or pv (PV) projects in Romania which consists of eight plants with a total mounted capacity of 31.5 MWp.
Mar 20, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, photon energy, Romania