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Canadian crew indicators 150MW Canada PV PPA
Cenovus to acquire the output from a project in Alberta created by Cold Lake First Nations as well as Elemental Energy
Jul 22, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Canada, North America, solar farm, Cenovus Energy
Australia's Victoria promotes rooftop solar as part of gas substitution roadmap
The Australian state of Victoria is promoting the uptake of rooftop solar as part of a new approach focused on minimizing gas use and also decreasing household power bills.
Jul 5, 2022 // Storage, Rooftop PV, Victoria, Australia, Oceania, decarbonisation
Aker Horizons to sell staying REC Silicon shares to Hanwha
Aker Horizons ASA (OSE: AKH) announced on Wednesday it has actually agreed to take care of its continuing to be shares in Norway-based polysilicon and silicon gas producer REC Silicon ASA to South Korea's Hanwha Group.
Mar 23, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, REC Silicon, Hanwha, aker horizons, Kristian Rokke
Statkraft, Ocean Sun total Albania's very first floating solar power plant
Statkraft's floating solar plant on the tank of its Banja hydropower plant in Albania has 2 MW in capacity and also consists of four units. It is the only such power plant in Southeastern Europe with the exception of a few pilot projects in Turkey.
Feb 17, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Statkraft, Solar Power, Ocean Sun, hydropower plants, renewable energy sources, hybrid power plants, floating solar power plants
Tilt Turns Cornerstone of Latrobe Valley's BESS
Tilt Renewables marks a historic milestone with the launch of Australia's first privately-funded 100-MW/200-MWh BESS in Victoria's Latrobe Valley. The AUD 243 million project is expected to be connected to the grid by 2024 and provide much-needed energy support for peak periods.
Dec 11, 2023 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Tilt Renewables
RWE commissions initially floating PV plant
Project gets on a lake near the Amer nuclear power plant in the Netherlands
Jul 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, Europe, Netherlands, rwe, PV Power Plant
Floating solar park starts commercial operations in Germany
Designer 7C Solarparken has actually deployed a 729 kW floating system on a lake near Salzwedel. Power trader Next Kraftwerke will incorporate power produced at the site into its virtual nuclear power plant.
Jun 22, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, 7C Solarparken, Steven De Proost
Solar panel installer banned in Victoria following dodgy installations
Hundreds of Victorians have been warned solar panels installed on their homes as part of a $1.3 billion rebate scheme are the work of a dodgy company using unlicensed electricians.
Oct 9, 2019 // Solar, Victoria, Community Energy Group Pty Ltd, Space Solar, Labor, Lily D'Ambrosio, Michael O'Brien
Rainy Solar completes 1.18-MW rooftop community solar array in Illinois
Rainy Solar, a division of Rainy Investments, commissioned a 1.18-MW rooftop community solar project in Elgin, Illinois.
Oct 10, 2019 // Rooftop PV, USA, rooftop PV, North America, Illinois, Rainy Solar, Ken “Bucky Buckman
Hanwha Tightens Grip on REC Silicon, Mandatory Tender Offer Looms
Hanwha Group secures a 44% stake in REC Silicon, crossing Norway’s takeover threshold and setting the stage for a mandatory offer to minority shareholders.
Jul 15, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, polysilicon, REC Silicon, Hanwha
Solar hails victory as Victoria u-turns to ramp up rebate support
Victoria’s state government has yielded to industry pressure and increased the frequency and number of rebates available in its rooftop solar subsidy programme.
Aug 29, 2019 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, Victoria, Australia, rooftop, John Grimes, Oceania, subsidies, smart energy council
LEAG Advances Major Floating Solar Project in Brandenburg
LEAG embarks on a groundbreaking journey to power 8,000 homes with Germany's largest floating solar park on Cottbuser Ostsee—innovative energy beneath the serene lake surface!
Oct 21, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, PV Power Plant, Brandenburg, LEAG
A flexible approach to offshore solar
Researchers in the Netherlands are trialing a floating solar installation based on flexible thin-film PV components. The suggestion behind their principle is that such modules, in combination with a recently made flexible racking system, will certainly produce a system able to roll with the activity of the water, rather than attempting to oppose it.
Jun 26, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, pv modules, Europe, Netherlands, thin-film, flexible
RWE Builds Solar-Storage at Hambach Mine
RWE AG is constructing an 8.4-MW solar farm with an 8-MWh battery storage system in Germany, consisting of 22,000 bifacial modules that will power 3,100 households. The project is part of a EUR 4 billion (USD 4.34bn) plan to build 1,000 MW of renewable energy in the Rhenish mining district by 2030.
Aug 25, 2023 // Plants, Storage, Germany, Europe, rwe
First Solar Bags $1BN to Fuel Growth
First Solar Inc. secures USD 1 billion revolving credit facility from JP Morgan Chase Bank to finance expansion in India, Alabama, and Ohio. Facility enables company to open 3.4-GW DC production facility and R&D center, aiming to have over 20 GW DC of factories in 2026.
Jul 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Alabama, India, First Solar, Asia, North America, Ohio, JP Morgan Chase Bank