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SMA to Build 3.5 GW Solar Inverter Factory in US
SMA Solar Technology AG is focusing on the US, announcing a 3.5 GW production plant and a Gigawatt Factory in Germany, both planned for completion by 2025. With the Biden Administration’s target of tripling US renewable energy deployments in the next 10 years, SMA is ready to make it happen.
Dec 13, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, USA, inverter, SMA, North America
First Solar books 93-MW panel order from Solarvest in Malaysia
United States photovoltaic panels maker First Solar Inc (NASDAQ: FSLR) introduced today it has actually protected a contract to supply 93 MW DC of advanced thin-film photovoltaic (PV) modules for Malaysian EPCC company Solarvest Holdings Bhd (KLSE: SLVEST).
Jul 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Malaysia, First Solar, Asia, Solarvest
Kenlov, Ashtrom JV includes 300-MW US solar project to pipeline
Tel Aviv-based independent power producer Kenlov Renewable Energy claimed today it has included a 300-MW solar project in the United States to its total global development pipeline, which now goes beyond 3 GW throughout The United States And Canada and Europe.
Jun 30, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Solar Project, Kenlov, Ashtrom
EU needs to go for 45% renewable energy and 870GW of set up solar by 2030, SPE says
Trade association SolarPower Europe (SPE) has called on the European Union to increase the share of renewables in final energy demand to a minimum of 45% by 2030, a relocate says would certainly put the bloc on course to supply on the 1.5 ° Paris Agreement scenario.
May 27, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, Policy, Europe, European Union, energy transition, paris agreement
United States ROUND-UP: 250MW project finished in California, Black & Veatch safeguards Texas EPC contract
A round-up of the latest information from the US solar market, including the completion of a 250MW plant in California, an EPC offer for Black & Veatch in Texas and also a new PPA from DESRI.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, California, USA, EPC, PPA, Texas, Mississippi, North America, rfp, DESRI, CIM Group, Westlands Solar Park, Louisiana, SWEPCO, Buckeye Partners, Black & Veatch
Distributed, large-scale solar assistance Australia's grid as 4.3 GW of brand-new renewable capacity included
The fast growth of dispersed and large-scale solar has actually caused an improved reliability expectation for the majority of Australia as it prepares to go into summer.
Aug 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, ENERGY STORAGE, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Australia, AEMO, Oceania, grid, rooftop solar, grid stability, Audrey Zibelman, Tim Baxter
Solar ITC Extends at 26% For Two More Years, Included in United States COVID Relief Pkg
The Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC) has actually been extended at 26 percent for 2 more years. The ITC for planetary systems as well as brand-new funding for power storage space study has actually been included in the US COVID-19 relief package, the Congress accepted.
Dec 24, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Abigail Ross Hopper, Gregory Wetstone, International, covid-19, Solar ITC
SunPower launches VPP in three US states as it looks for to enhance residential solar offering
United States solar installer SunPower has released its ConnectedSolutions virtual power plant (VPP), allowing SunVault battery energy storage system (BESS) consumers in Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut to make "thousands of dollars a year" for allowing utility access to their saved power during peak need.
Nov 17, 2021 // Residential, Storage, Grids, USA, SunPower, BESS, North America, VPP, virtual power plant, Peter Faricy
EDEN Renewables India Adds 1.35 GW of new Solar Plants to its Profile
EDEN Renewables India, the similarly possessed JV of Total and EDF RE has actually been awarded 3 solar projects for a total of 1.35 GW in Rajasthan, India.
Oct 1, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Total Eren, SECI, Asia, EDF Renewables, NHPC, solar projects, Frédéric Belloy, Fabienne Demol
Renewable energy resources: Heading in the direction of large-scale thermal storage systems
High-temperature technologies make it possible for electrothermal storage space systems for large amounts of energy from renewable sources.
May 4, 2021 // Technology, Storage, Thermal, Germany, Europe, KIT, Thomas Wetzel, Klarissa Niedermeier, Alfons Weisenburger, Walter Tromm
Spain's PV Hardware to Establish Solar Tracker Facility in USA
The capacity of the new facility will be 6 GW as well as it will be operational by June 2023. The new factory of PV Hardware in the U.S.A. will certainly be its 3rd wholly-owned manufacturing facility in the world.
Sep 12, 2022 // Manufacturing News, clean energy, USA, PVH, North America, PV Hardware, Solar Tracker, Inflation Reduction Act
GAF Energy develops out initially combined R&D and also production base in US
Integrated solar roofing company GAF Energy has begun relocating its production base from Asia and building out its very first mixed r & d (R&D) as well as manufacturing centre in San Jose, California.
May 12, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, building-integrated PV, North America, GAF Energy
Chemicals firm Cabot buys solar farm in Japan
US specialty chemicals and performance materials firm Cabot Corp (NYSE: CBT) has obtained a solar farm in main Japan, which produces up to 3.5 GWh of electrical power every year, from neighborhood chemicals, artificial resins and also metals supplier Shoko Co Ltd
Apr 14, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Japan, Asia, solar farm, Cabot
Texas will outshine California in 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic remains to cast a cloud on sectors worldwide, but the U.S. utility-scale solar segment is still growing, writes IHS Markit solar analyst Maria J. Chea. Around 3 GW of solar PV is set to be installed this year in Texas alone, however opportunities additionally are plentiful across several other southerly U.S. states.
Sep 10, 2020 // Opinions, USA, IHS Markit, North America, Maria J. Chea
Researchers Say 53 Million Hectares of Abandoned Land Could be Used for Solar Deployment
Solar projects on deserted cropland can create 179 exajoules of energy every year
Dec 28, 2020 // Plants, Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, Americas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU