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NESF to return to UK subsidy-free job 'shortly' as pandemic results are minimized
UK solar financier NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF), part of NextEnergy Funding, will certainly return to construction of its subsidy-free pipeline "shortly" after firmly insisting the COVID-19 outbreak is having a very little effect on its operations.
Apr 8, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UK, O&M, Europe, subsidy-free solar, Nesf, covid-19, investor, pandemic, supply chains, key worker
United States residential solar market set for 'faster than expected' rebound
The United States domestic solar market could be recoiling from any type of pandemic-related slide much quicker than prepared for.
May 21, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, residential solar, distributed solar, Roth Capital, us, covid-19, pandemic, recovery
China set for 40 GW of pumped hydro storage next year
The showpiece 3.6 GW Fengning county project which will offer grid services and back-up power at the 2022 Winter Olympics is part of a 31.15 GW construction pipeline of projects, many of which are set to come into service next year.
Sep 25, 2019 // Storage, storage, China, Asia, 2022 Winter Olympics
Bangladesh government pledges rooftop PV on all its buildings
The authorities expect to add 300 MW of rooftop solar in the next four years thanks to net metering regulations and hope the nation’s extensive clothing and textile industry will be encouraged to adopt PV.
Sep 27, 2019 // Rooftop PV, Bangladesh, Asia, Siddique Zobair, Infrastructure Development Company Limited
Gambia plans 150 MW solar project with 20 MWh storage option
The solar park will be connected to the Soma substation, a piece of grid infrastructure expected to increase electricity access in the country to 60%. The project will add to 30 MW of other solar facilities under development in the West African nation.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, storage, Africa, Gambia, ECOWAS, National Water & Electricity Company Ltd
India to build solar, wind farms along Pakistan border
India plans to build a string of renewable energy projects along its sun-baked, wind-whipped western border, officials said Monday (Oct 21), as New Delhi continues an ambitious programme to reduce the country's dependence on fossil fuels.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, Pakistan, narendra modi, Anand Kumar, R.K. Singh, AFP
Namibia launches EPC tender for 20 MW solar project
The nation’s Central Procurement Board, on behalf of utility NamPower, has announced a tender to select an engineering, procurement and construction services contractor.
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, Namibia
20 MW solar-plus-storage project tender at Zimbabwe gold mine
Canadian business Caledonia Mining Corporation plc wants to build a power plant at its Blanket mine near Gwanda, in southern Zimbabwe.
Oct 29, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, tender, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining Corporation
Seoul launches 1 GW rooftop solar plan
The South Korean capital has unveiled a plan to deploy rooftop PV on a million homes and all public buildings. The new initiative is designed to bring the city’s cumulative installed solar capacity to around 1 GW by the end of 2022.
Nov 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, South Korea, Asia, rooftop PV, Seoul
Endesa to replace Spanish coal complex with ‘Europe’s largest PV plant’
Plans for what is being billed as “Europe’s largest solar plant” have been put forward in Spain as the UN climate negotiations came to a close in Madrid.
Dec 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Enel, solar pv, Europe, Endesa, cop25, José Bogas, Andorra
Burns & McDonnell to build solar microgrid for U.S. Navy Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam
PEARL, which will be designed and built by engineering, architecture and construction firm Burns & McDonnell, is a state-of-the-art renewable energy microgrid developed in coordination with the Hawaii Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (HCATT), the Air Force Research Laboratory, National Guard Bureau, Hawaii Air National Guard and the Naval Facilities Command.
Dec 18, 2019 // Grids, USA, North America, PEARL, Burns & McDonnell, HCATT, David Ige, David Molinaro, John Bothof
Power Ledger wins agreement with Italian power utility
Australian peer-to-peer (P2P) power trading leader Power Ledger has actually won a financially rewarding agreement with Alperia SpA, among Italy's biggest eco-friendly power energies.
Feb 7, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Australia, Europe, Oceania, Power Ledger, Jemma Green, Anna Lena Hörter
Moldova presents feed-in tariff for small scale solar
When brand-new renewables FITs are released in the nation's main journal within the following couple of days, the 15-year settlements will certainly come right into pressure. The federal government intends to designate 15 MW of solar centers varying in dimension from 10 kW to 1 MW via the system, with bigger projects needing to complete in public auctions.
Mar 2, 2020 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Policy, Europe, Moldova, FITs
Solar a-listers advanced bids for 200MW tender in Uzbekistan
Several of the globe's leading PV gamers stand among the lots of candidates for a 200MW solar agreement in Uzbekistan, the very first project of a collection backed by advancement investors.
Mar 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, ADB, Asia, world bank, ifc, Uzbekistan
An additional solar module manufacturing facility in Algeria
Algerian telecommunications as well as renewable resource firm Milltech is intending to start generating panels at a brand-new manufacturing facility following month. The components made there will primarily be dispersed in Algeria yet the firm additionally intends to export.
Mar 11, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Africa, Algeria, Mohamed Hamoud