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Taiwan wants 3.7 GW of new solar by 2021
Prime minister Su Tseng-chang announced the ambition and said the new solar plan for 2019-20 will bring investment and business opportunities of around US$7.5 billion.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Asia, Taiwan, Su Tseng-chang
Lightsource BP offers 275MWdc of solar to Statkraft Ireland
Statkraft Ireland has actually obtained a portfolio of 275MWdc of solar from Lightsource BP.
Sep 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, UK, Lightsource BP, Europe, Statkraft
Berliner Stadtwerke to establish 23-MW of PV systems on public buildings
German electrical utility Berliner Stadtwerke GmbH will set up more than 300 photovoltaic (PV) solar systems with a complete capacity of virtually 23 MW on the roofs of public buildings in Berlin by 2024.
Dec 17, 2021 // Rooftop PV, Germany, Europe, Berliner Stadtwerke GmbH
Victoria introduces second renewables auction of 600MW, with more powerful network needs
The Australian state of Victoria has launched its second Victorian Renewable Energy Target (VRET) auction for 600MW of energy projects, which will include strengthened network demands to ensure projects can be easily linked to Australia's grid.
Sep 1, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Victoria, tender, AEMO, auction, NEM, grid connection
Microsoft clinches PPAs for 900 MW of renewables for Irish data centres
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) will procure electricity from more than 900 MW of new renewable energy projects in Ireland to power its data centres in the island country.
Nov 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Microsoft
Blue Elephant, companion to include over 300 MWp of solar in Germany
German solar and wind ranch operator Blue Elephant Energy AG claimed today it has protected land to build over 300 MWp of solar parks in Germany along with a veteran companion.
Jun 15, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, blue elephant, Tim Kallas
Spain’s Balearic Islands assign 362 MW of solar in auction
The Spanish government has selected 55 solar installations in the procurement exercise. About 256 MW of the projects it awarded will be built on Mallorca, while Menorca, Ibiza and Formentera will host 61 MW, 6 MW and 2 MW of new capacity, respectively.
Dec 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, auction
THDC Powers Up Karnataka: 3270 MW of Clean Energy Projects
THDC India Ltd (THDCIL) is set to revolutionize Karnataka's renewable energy landscape with 3,270 MW of projects, including ground-mounted, floating solar, hybrid, and pumped storage. Collaborate with KPC & KREDL to make Karnataka a renewable energy investment hub!
Nov 13, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, PV Power Plant, THDC
Innovative Solar introduces two solar projects with total capacity of 425MW
Innovative Solar Systems offers 2 Texas-based utility-scale solar projects for immediate acquisition. The first array is located in Fisher County and has a generation capacity of 125 megawatts. The second project with a 300-megawatt capacity is in Jones County.
Dec 11, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, Engie, North America, innovative solar systems
ReNew Power signs PPAs with Indian utilities and corporates for 2GW of solar PV
Indian Independent power producer (IPP) ReNew Power has signed a variety of offtake agreements with both state utilities and corporates in India totalling roughly 2GW.
May 2, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, India, SECI, Asia, Rajasthan, corporate ppa, corporate offtaker, ReNew Power, PSPCL, utility ppa
ADB plans to transform diesel-based power system of Maldives into hybrid solar
Maldives’ Ministry of Environment and ADB are planning to deploy hybrid power stations throughout 48 isles in order to minimize dependence on high-cost and carbon-emitting diesel-based power grids.
Jan 16, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, ADB, hybrid, Asia, mini-grids, Maldives, solar-battery-diesel
Green Genius to mount 700 MW of wind, solar in Lithuania by 2025
Lithuanian renewables solid Green Genius announced today that it will all at once install 500 MW of solar and also 200 MW of wind farms in its home nation by 2025.
May 11, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Europe, Lithuania, Green Genius, Ruslan Sklepovic
Vistra to spend US$ 850m on almost 1GW of solar and storage projects in Texas
Texas-based Vistra will certainly develop nearly 1GW of solar and also storage projects in the following 2 years as the utility plans to attain internet zero carbon discharges by 2050.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, solar-plus-storage, North America, Vistra, ERCOT, Curt Morgan, utility
Researchers develop solar cell with efficiency of 14%.
A solar cell established by physicists from the University of Luxembourg and Uppsala University has actually lately been licensed with a performance of 14%, which resembles the globe record of 15.5%. These brand-new searchings for have actually been recently accepted for publication in the worldwide journal of power study Joule.
Jun 8, 2021 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Europe, solar cell, efficiency, Uppsala University, University of Luxembourg, Susanne Siebentritt
5.3 GW of German solar installed in 2021
Around 240,000 new modules were linked to the grid last year according to preliminary results from BSW
Jan 4, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, bsw, Carsten Körnig, German Solar Industry Association