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Adani Solar Launches India's First Large-Sized Monocrystalline Silicon Ingot
Says the monocrystalline ingots will drive indigenization to generate renewable electrical power from Silicon based PV modules with effectiveness ranging from 21% to 24%.
The new production line will create silicon ingots solely for its solar wafers, cells as well as modules production.
Dec 22, 2022 // Manufacturing News, India, Asia, Gautam Adani, Adani Solar, Adani New Industries Ltd, ANIL, Puneet Gupta, energy swaraj, monocrystalline silicon ingo, silicon ingots
United States ROUND-UP: 250MW project finished in California, Black & Veatch safeguards Texas EPC contract
A round-up of the latest information from the US solar market, including the completion of a 250MW plant in California, an EPC offer for Black & Veatch in Texas and also a new PPA from DESRI.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, California, USA, EPC, PPA, Texas, Mississippi, North America, rfp, DESRI, CIM Group, Westlands Solar Park, Louisiana, SWEPCO, Buckeye Partners, Black & Veatch
Enel Subsidiary 3Sun Secures €560M for Solar Manufacturing Boost in Italy
Italian solar module manufacturing subsidiary 3Sun secures €560 million in financing for its Sicily plant, boosting Italy's manufacturing sector. The move comes as Germany faces challenges in solar manufacturing, highlighting opportunities in other parts of the EU.
Jan 25, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Enel, Europe, HJT Solar
End-of-Life Management for Solar Photovoltaics: Recycling
SEIA’s PV Recycling Working Group has been actively seeking and developing recycling partners across the U.S since 2016. Over 95% of PV modules deployed
Jan 31, 2020 // Market Research, USA, recycling, North America
Altus Power acquires 9.9-MW solar farm in New Jersey
US clean power company Altus Power Inc revealed on Monday the acquisition of a 9.9-MW operating solar generation commercial as well as industrial asset in Sussex County, New Jersey, boosting its total solar capacity to over 350 MW.
Oct 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, solar farm, Altus Power Inc
Lightsource bp makes progress with 260-MWp solar project in Portugal
Lightsource bp claimed on Friday that it has actually obtained a favorable ecological impact decision for its 260-MWp Paiva solar project in Portugal.
Oct 3, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Lightsource BP, Europe, Solar Project
Total taps French regional bank to refinance 143MW wind, PV portfolio
Total Quadran has enlisted a French financier to pump new capital into an up-and-running renewable energy portfolio, split between 40-plus projects across the country.
Jan 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, France, pv power plants, solar pv, Europe, Total, refinancing
Switzerland plans large scale solar auctions
The Swiss Federal Council intends to increase competition in the solar sector and set fixed tariffs for large PV projects using tenders. The electricity market will be fully opened up in a move industry association Swissolar says will discriminate against PV and threaten the rapid expansion of renewables.
Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Tariffs, tender, Europe, auction, Switzerland, Swissolar
MGen pitches floating solar facility on Laguna de Bay
Manila Electric Co.’s (Meralco) power generation arm is looking into a possible 110-megawatt floating solar facility on Laguna de Bay as part of its renewable energy thrust.
Oct 17, 2019 // Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Philippines, Meralco, mgreen, MGen, Rogelio Singson, Laguna de Bay
Solarpack continues 2019 financial boost as PV development reaches 1.7 gigawatt
EPC points out operational launch of PV assets located in Chile and in India as Q1-Q3 2019 revenues almost double compared to last year, however net profit decreased by more than a half.
Nov 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, EPC, Spain, India, Chile, South america, Europe, Asia, Solarpack Corp
Next-generation light-weight, flexible and long-lasting batts
A group of Korean researchers, headed by Prof Soojin Park, has created foldable batts with thin 3D organic electrodes.
Dec 13, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Asia, Korea, flexible, Soojin Park
New silicon/perovskite solar cell globe record nears 30% effectiveness
Silicon has long been the gold standard for solar cells, however it's starting to reach its limitation. Perovskite is emerging as a promising companion, and now designers have attained a new efficiency record closing in on 30 percent for this sort of tandem solar cell.
Dec 11, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, solar cell, perovskite, silicon, efficiency, HZB, Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin
Chinese clothing supplies Texas storage space
Sungrow will supply a fully-integrated system for the 100MW Chisholm Grid project
Jan 22, 2021 // Storage, USA, China, Asia, North America, Aaron Zubaty, Mizhi Zhang
Planned solar farm in Columbia County drops battery strategy
Hecate's proposed Sheperd's Run plant has obtained smaller sized
Feb 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, hecate energy, solar farm, Columbia, Alex Campbell, Darin Johnson
Alternus Energy introduces procurement of KKSOL as well as solar plant in Italy
Alternus Energy Group has introduced its purchase of solar operator KKSOL as well as its 557kW-peak rooftop photovoltaic solar plant in Acona, Italy.
Feb 22, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Italy, Europe, PV Power Plant, Alternus Energy, Vincent Browne, KKSOL