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Brazil's 300MW Ciranda Solar Cluster Secures Debt Funding
Recurrent Energy LLC secures BRL 490 million financing for 300-MW Ciranda Solar Cluster in Brazil. Canadian Solar's BiHiKu modules, 15-year PPA and BRL-285 million bond issue with Vinci Partners. Let Copel power you with clean energy!
Nov 23, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Brazil, recurrent energy
Bluefield's Broadway House: Solar, Storage, Sheep
Harnessing power of the sun, Northumberland County Council has granted permission for a groundbreaking 49.9-MW solar farm with 60-MW battery storage system. Sheep will soon graze at this former open cast coal mining site, part of UK's Bluefield Group's third solar project and the first to feature a co-located battery storage.
Dec 8, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, PV Power Plant, Bluefield, Northumberland
Rain Not Enough: Pollen Reduces Solar Performance
Discover how NREL and Solar Unsoiled are tackling the issue of pollen and bio-soiling on solar panels in the Southeastern US. A 10-year study finds that frequent rains are not enough to keep the panels clean and prevent financial losses.
Dec 19, 2023 // Technology, USA, NREL, solar panel, North America
TotalEnergies, LyondellBasell Reach 275MW Texas Solar PPA
TotalEnergies and LyondellBasell have partnered to provide 275 MW of solar power to Texas, unlocking potential gains from increased market prices and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Dec 19, 2023 // Plants, USA, PPA, Texas, North America, TotalEnergies, LyondellBasell
Rio Tinto eyes 6GW of solar as well as wind as part of decarbonisation press
Mining business Rio Tinto is wanting to release an additional 6GW of solar as well as wind in Australia as part of a new strategy to reduce its carbon exhausts by 50% by 2030.
Oct 20, 2021 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, mining, Western Australia, decarbonisation, mines, Rio Tinto
JinkoSolar to invest US$ 70m in 100,000 MT Tongwei polysilicon plant
'Solar Module Super League' maker JinkoSolar is to invest RMB450 million (US$ 70.3 million) in Tongwei Solar subsidiary Sichuan Yongxiang Energy Technology to assist fund a 100,000 MT high-purity polysilicon facility.
Nov 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Tongwei, polysilicon, JinkoSolar, modules
JinkoSolar bags 1.85 GW TOPCon module handle China National Petroleum Corporation
JinkoSolar has actually won a tender issued by the China Petroleum Engineering and Construction Corporation (CPECC), an affiliate business of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), for up to 1.85 GW of high performance TOPCon modules.
Jan 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, China, tender, pv modules, JinkoSolar, Asia, solar cell, topcon, n-type, cnpc
Total begins work on 52 MW solar park in Japan
The Total Solar International PV unit of the French oil giant has started construction of a large scale plant in Osato, in the prefecture of Miyagi, Japan. With its third solar project in Japan, Total will reach 100 MW of installed generation capacity in less than two years.
Oct 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, SunPower, Asia, Julien Pouget, Total Solar International
Cubico closes finance on 162MW Texas solar project to power Starbucks
London-headquartered investor Cubico Sustainable Investments has achieved financial close on the 162MW Wagyu solar PV project in Brazoria County, Texas, the US.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Texas, North America, cubico, corporate ppa, hsbc, starbucks, bp, res, nord lb, rabobank, Oliver Alexander
ACWA Power team toasts 500MW solar success in Oman
Ibri 2 project will supply electricity to the Oman Power and Water Procurement Company for over 15 years
Jan 25, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Asia, Oman, ACWA Power, solar farm, Mohammad Abunayyan
German firm acquires 233MW Sardinian solar
Greencells acquires five projects expected to achieve ready-to-build status in the very first half of this year
Feb 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Italy, Europe, Sardinia, solar farm, greencells, Andreas Hoffmann
CORE celebrates ₤ 31m community owned solar PV refinancing deal
A ₤ 31 million inflation linked debt refinancing has actually been safeguarded from institutional investment abrdn by Community Owned Renewable Energy Partners (CORE).
Mar 18, 2022 // Large-Scale, Residential, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, CORE, Peter Jenkins
Vikram Solar files for IPO to raise funds for 2GW cell and also module production facility
Vikram Solar has actually filed draft papers for its initial public offering (IPO) as it seeks to raise funds for a 2GW integrated cell as well as module factory in India.
Mar 24, 2022 // Manufacturing News, India, Tamil Nadu, IPO, Asia, Vikram Solar, PLI, initial public offering, production-linked incentive
Carbon-based, HTL-free perovskite solar cells with 26% performance
A global study group has developed a carbon-based perovskite solar cell without a hole transportation layer. 2 plasmonic nanoparticles-- Ag@SiO2 and also SiO2@Ag@SiO2-- were included in the cell photoactive layer, in addition to a copper( I) thiocyanate (CuSCN) interlayer at the perovskite-carbon interface.
Apr 6, 2022 // Technology, China, United Kingdom, solar cells, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Iran, efficiency
EDPR gets in Texas solar power play
240MW Cattlemen PV project in Milam County is due to be operational in 2023
Apr 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, EDPR