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Matrix Renewables, Asahi ink VPPA for 44 MW of new solar in Italy
Matrix Renewables, the TPG Rise-backed Madrid-based renewable resource platform, has clinched a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with beer manufacturer Asahi Europe & International (AEI) to support the construction of 44 MW of solar farms in Italy.
Oct 25, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Italy, Europe, vppa, Matrix Renewables, Asahi
Enea launches 5 MW of PV farms in Poland
Polish incorporated utility Enea (WSE: ENA) claimed on Thursday it has actually placed on stream three solar photovoltaic (PV) farms of an overall 5 MW in Lubno, northwestern Poland.
Jan 2, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, Enea, PV Power Plant
Greenvolt Secures €35 Million Debt for Danish Solar-Storage
Greenvolt Group secures €35M debt to build a solar-plus-storage project in Denmark, fueling Northern Europe expansion and Denmark’s clean energy transition; terms, capacity and timeline undisclosed.
Oct 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Europe, Denmark, Greenvolt Group
Scientist introduce a fullerene-derivative interlayer for enhanced solar efficiency
Scientists from the University of Science and Technology of China and also Dongguan University of Technology have discovered a way to boost perovskite solar cells by adding a layer that improves security as well as efficiency at capturing power from sunlight.
May 23, 2023 // Technology, Solar, efficiency, perovskite solar cell, University of Science and Technology of China, Dongguan University of Technology
CIGS solar cell with IBC structure and up to 19.7% efficiency
Researchers in the Netherlands have actually shown an interdigitated back call copper-indium-gallium-selenide solar cell with a sub-micron thickness of 673nm. The device has a light weight aluminum oxide as well as magnesium fluoride-based anti-reflective coating.
Jun 15, 2020 // Technology, Europe, solar cell, Netherlands, efficiency, CIGS
EDF launches significant UK solar-plus-storage crossbreed hunt
French utility EDF is introducing a major solar-plus-battery storage hybrid effort in England and Wales as part of strategies to double its set up sustainable base.
Jun 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, EDF, hybrid, Europe, solar-plus-storage, subsidy-free solar, macquarie, Green Investment Group, colocation
Portuguese government verifies globe record solar rate of $0.01316/ kWh.
The Portuguese government has disclosed some of the preliminary outcomes of the nationwide solar auction which closed on Tuesday. Antonio Delgado Rigal, president of energy forecasting solution Aleasoft, said that the 15-year contracts granted in the auction were the vital to understanding the reason of such an affordable price. This, combined with the civil liberties for land as well as grid link guaranteed by the auction, makes attractive bidding at small cost.
Aug 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, Portugal, Iberdrola, Enel, Europe, auction, AleaSoft, Antonio Delgado Rigal, Hanhwa Q Cells
Organic solar module with 14.4% effectiveness
Scientists in China have actually developed an organic module with an area of 18 cm2 based on a non-fullerene acceptor called DTY6. The gadget has a qualified performance of 13.98%, yet when a non-halogen solvent was made use of, it even reached 16.1%.
Sep 2, 2020 // Technology, China, Asia, organic solar cell, efficiency, organic module
Cooling PV panels with salt water
An Anglo-Egyptian study group has actually developed an easy air conditioning approach based upon saturated triggered alumina, with saline water as an air conditioning agent.
Sep 16, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, UK, Europe, cooling
GE is utilizing DOE funds to create sophisticated PV inverter controls for an extra reputable grid
GE Research, the main innovation advancement arm for the General Electric Company, has actually been granted $4.2 million in financing from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to aid create and also release innovative grid-forming PV inverter control innovations that can dependably sustain greater quantities of solar energy on the grid.
Feb 7, 2020 // Technology, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, USA, North America, SETO, Maozhong Gong, GE Research
Global company PV funding down 31% amidst Covid-19 dilemma
Mercom Capital Group has actually provided a record tallying up financial task in the solar sector in between January as well as March 2020. The serious result is that cash flows are down by significant margins on all metrics.
Apr 8, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, India, Mercom Capital Group, Asia, Raj Prabhu, covid-19
United States Dispersed Power Major Nexamp Shuts $680 million Fund Raise
The fund raise by Nexamp will certainly supply the company sufficient development funding for the coming 2-3 years.
With falling storage space costs, the potential in the dispersed solar as well as storage space market will certainly transform to truth quicker. Anywhere.
Aug 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, Nexamp, Zaid Ashai, Scott Jacobs
Construction begins on mining giant BHP's initial off-grid solar-storage project
Construction has started on BHP's "first off-grid large-scale renewable resource project", completing 38 MW of solar energy and a 10.1 MW/5.4 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), at 2 nickel mines in Western Australia which supply Tesla for usage in electrical lorry (EV) batteries.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, Australia, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, power purchase agreement, solar-storage project, bhp, Jessica Farrell, diesel, emissions reduction, gold mine
N-type solar cell with aluminum-titanium passivating contact achieves 21.9% performance
Scientists in Australia have shown a new way to apply a passivating call layer to silicon cells. They generated an n-type cell with aluminum-titanium passivating contact and also 21.9% effectiveness, and also declared the technique could open new possibilities for making use of transition metal oxides in cell passivation.
Nov 8, 2022 // Technology, Australia, solar cell, Oceania, efficiency, aluminum-titanium
EBRD backs 286MW Polish solar farm
Bank financing EUR46m for the building and construction and procedure of the Zwartowo project
Apr 25, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Poland, EBRD, Europe, solar farm













