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BlackRock Raises $500M for Oz's Largest Battery
BlackRock has raised $500 million to build the largest grid-scale battery project in the Southern Hemisphere, with 850 megawatts and 1680 megawatt-hours of capacity. Rio Tinto is also increasing demand for battery metals to meet the goals of the Glasgow Climate Pact.
Jun 29, 2023 // Storage, BlackRock, Australia, Oceania
Borrego will certainly construct its initial solar projects in Montana and South Dakota for Greenbacker
Solar installer Borrego has actually been chosen by Greenbacker Renewable Energy to engineer and also construct two utility-scale solar projects in Montana and South Dakota.
Oct 28, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Charles Wheeler, North America, PV Power Plant, borrego, Brian Barker
Canadian Solar Approved for 250-MW NSW Solar Project
Canadian Solar's ambitious 250-MW solar park in NSW will power 92,000 homes and boost local revenue, showcasing a sustainable future for energy and community growth.
Nov 11, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canadian Solar, Solar Project
Manganese to improve battery performance
A group of Danish researchers has discovered that introduction of manganese into a Na-ion battery’s cathode can improve its capacity and power.
Jan 31, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Europe, Denmark, Sodium-ion batteries
Floating solar pilot project near Canary Islands to face up to 10m-high waves
European Union financing has actually been protected for a floating solar pilot project in Spain to check out exactly how the technology does in testing sea problems.
Jan 21, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Spain, floating PV, Europe, canary islands, Ocean Sun, fred olsen renewables, offshore solar, Rolf Benjamin Johansen
Bangladesh Operationalises 30 MW Solar Power Project in Pabna
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has actually made the discovery in a filing before Dhaka Stock Exchange. ISPL had actually spent $55 million over a land area of 110 acres for the development of the solar power plant utilizing more than 78,000 panels.
Sep 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, BPDB, SREDA, Bangladesh Power Development Board, haka Stock Exchange, National Solar Energy Roadmap, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Co.
Keppel, Ocean Sun to pilot membrane-based floating PV project in Singapore
Keppel Energy Nexus has actually landed a contract to pilot a membrane-based nearshore floating solar PV (FPV) system at Jurong Island, Singapore making use of FPV firm Ocean Sun's technology.
Jul 20, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, LCOE, pv power plants, floating PV, Asia, Singapore, Floating solar, Ocean Sun, Keppel Corporation, keppel energy nexus
Rio Tinto to power Australian iron ore mine with solar PV
Mining large Rio Tinto has actually authorized the building and construction of a large solar PV as well as battery storage space system for its Koodaideri mine in Western Australia. When finished, the solar plant will certainly be amongst Australia's biggest PV setups at a mining website.
Feb 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Rio Tinto, Chris Salisbury
IIT Guwahati Working With Cost-efficient Solar-run H2 generators
IIT-G researchers are developing unique materials that can make use of sunlight to split water into hydrogen and also oxygen. " These materials are much cheaper than the 'noble metals' presently used and also might lead to cost-effective solar-powered hydrogen generators", mentioned the institute.
Oct 26, 2021 // Technology, Solar to Fuel, hydrogen, 'Photo Electro Chemical’, PEC, Department of Chemistry, IIT-G, Dr Mohammad Qureshi, Indian Institute of Technology-Guwahati, Suhaib Alam
United States Solar Output Increases by 26% in First Nine Months of 2022 Y-o-Y
According to the latest report from the nation's Energy Information Administration (EIA), solar PV generation boosted in the US throughout the initial 9 months of the year by 26.1% when contrasted to the same period last year.
Nov 30, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Market Research, EIA, International, sun day campaign, energy information administration, Electric Power Monthly, First Nine Months of 2022, Increases by 26%, renewable power capacity, solar PV generation, US Solar Output
Westbridge Obtains Approval To Construct 270 MWac Solar PV, 200 MWh BESS
The project is called Sunnynook Solar + Energy Storage Project. This is the second approval that Westbridge has actually gotten after the Red Willow Project in February 2023.
Jun 7, 2023 // Plants, Storage, BESS, Solar Power Plant, Battery Energy Storage System, Maggie McKenna, Westbridge Renewable Energy Corporation, Alberta Utilities Commission, Sunnynook
OPES Solar Mobility opens Europe’s first vehicle solar panel factory
OPES Solar Mobility inaugurated a Zwenkau, Germany factory for flexible vehicle-integrated solar panels, calling it Europe’s first dedicated plant of its kind.
Oct 24, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, decarbonization, vehicle-integrated solar
Masdar Financial Close Unlocks $6.1bn Solar, BESS in Abu Dhabi
Masdar secures financial close on a $6.1B Abu Dhabi solar-and-storage project, unlocking construction funding for reliable 24/7 power through batteries that stabilize the grid.
Jul 13, 2026 // Plants, Masdar, Abu Dhabi, PV Power Plant
Wood Mackenzie anticipates go back to photovoltaic panel rate drops this year
Wood Mackenzie has actually made its predictions for the Chinese power market in 2022 as well as stated the country could set up nearly 120GW of solar and wind power generation capacity.
Jan 28, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Wood Mackenzie, China, Asia
A nanoparticle-sensitized solar cell with 8.5% effectiveness
The record feat compares to usual figures of 2-3% for such devices. The Taiwanese scientists who developed the cell said it was prepared with the Silar method and is based on a ternary metal sulfide-alloyed semiconductor. They claim performance could be further boosted.
Feb 18, 2020 // Technology, solar cell, Taiwan, efficiency