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US solar to outrun wind as king of 85GW corporate PPA future
Solar is to leapfrog wind to become the undisputed top renewable energy source for US corporates greening their supply through 2030, according to Wood Mackenzie and US wind body AWEA.
Aug 22, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, Wood Mackenzie, Amazon, North America, AWEA, Facebook, Google
Australia breaks renewable records however high fossil fuel prices trigger higher wholesale electricity prices
Solar PV and also various other renewables accounted for a record share of electricity generation in Australia's National Energy Market (NEM) in Q4 2021 at 34.9%, while average wholesale prices rose with the higher cost of fossil fuels regardless of their share of the energy mix shrinking.
Feb 9, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, AEMO, Oceania
Voltalia prepares site for 43-MW solar-storage hybrid in French Guiana
Voltalia starts site works for a 43-MW hybrid solar project with batteries in western French Guiana, targeting three years of construction.
Dec 17, 2025 // Plants, Storage, Voltalia, hybrid, construction, French Guiana
Solar panels in Sahara could enhance renewable resource yet damages the global climate
The world's most prohibiting deserts could be the best position on Planet for gathering solar power-- the most plentiful and also tidy source of energy we have. Deserts are sizable, reasonably level, abundant in silicon-- the raw product for the semiconductors from which solar cells are made-- and also never short of sunlight. As a matter of fact, the 10 biggest solar plants all over the world are all located in deserts or dry regions.
Feb 12, 2021 // Plants, Solar Panels, Amazon, Sahara, Congo Basin, African Humid Period
SunPower Secures $1 Billion in Solar Plus Storage Financing
SunPower has actually revealed that a brand-new USD 1 billion collaboration with Tech CU will certainly boost funding choices for certified United States domestic solar consumers.
May 6, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America, SunPower Solar Financing, Tech CU, Norm Taffe, Deborah Crouch
Australia's SolarJuice files for US IPO
Australian solar systems manufacturer SolarJuice Co Ltd, a system of renewable energy business SPI Energy Co Ltd (NASDAQ: SPI), has actually applied for a going public (IPO) in the United States, seeking to detail its shares on the Nasdaq stock market under the symbol SJA.
Sep 19, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, IPO, Australia, Oceania, North America, SolarJuice
Q CELLS to build floating solar plant on Hapcheon Dam in South Korea
Solar (PV) solar cells manufacturer Q CELLS has actually revealed plans to construct a 41MW floating PV nuclear power plant, which will certainly be set up at the Hapcheon Dam in South Korea.
Nov 17, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Q CELLS, South Korea, floating PV, Asia, Hee Cheul Kim
EEW unveils enormous eco-friendly hydrogen, solar project in Australia
UK-based solar project developer Eco Energy World (EEW) today claimed it intends to attach a brand-new 200-MW eco-friendly hydrogen plant to a 300-MW solar farm it will certainly construct in Australia.
Mar 11, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, ARENA, Solar Project, solar farm, EEW, Svante Kumlin
Neoen obtains permission for 450MW solar-storage project in New South Wales
Local authorities in New South Wales, Australia, have provided French independent power manufacturer Neoen the thumbs-up to create a large scale solar-plus-storage production center in the region regardless of getting 50 complaints from members of the public.
Mar 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, solar pv, neoen, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, new south wales
Electric Pickup Truck Startup Rivian Closes $1.3 Billion Funding Round
Rivian has announced that it has closed a funding round of USD 1.3 billion. The financing was led by funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price.
Dec 24, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Transport, Amazon, electric vehicles, Rivian, Electric Pickup, T. Rowe Price Associates
2020 Trends Making and also Braking Roof Solar in the South
Today the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) announced its 2020 Solar "Makers" as well as "Brakers" checklist highlighting several of one of the most impactful policies influencing rooftop solar growth throughout the warm South.
Dec 17, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, Southern Environmental Law Center, SELC, Lauren Bowen
Australian Solar Developer's Modular Solar Tech to Power Lithium Mine Project
The 5B Maverick technology is a ground mount solar remedy created to be safer, much more affordable as well as much faster to deploy for offgrid, business and commercial, as well as large-scale solar power generation. 5B will be setting up solar PV for the 95 MW hybrid microgrid in the Kathleen Valley Lithium project.
Feb 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, microgrid, Solar Project, ground mount solar, Zenith Energy, Hamish Moffat, Kathleen Valley Lithium, Liontown Resources, solar racking solutions
NSW's inaugural renewable energy tender awards 1.4 GW
New South Wales has actually picked 1.4 GW of wind, solar and also battery storage projects in its maiden auction for renewable energy capacity targeted at aiding the Aussie state move far from coal-fired generation.
May 1, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, nsw
Google bets on cheap solar via ‘biggest’ clean energy buy to date
Tumbling solar costs have spurred Google on to a dramatic boost of its exposure to the technology, acting to line up supply from projects worldwide as part of a major clean energy push.
Sep 20, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Amazon, Chile, solar pv, South america, Europe, North America, Facebook, Google, Denmark, corporate ppa, Sundar Pichai
Sembcorp to develop 1 GWp of solar plus storage in Indonesia with regional partners
Singapore's Sembcorp Industries Ltd (SGX: U96) has teamed up with two Indonesian companies to develop 1 GWp of solar power in Indonesia for the regional market and export to Singapore.
Oct 25, 2021 // Plants, Storage, solar plus storage, Asia, Singapore, Indonesia, Sembcorp Industries Ltd