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Acciona starts work on its first United States PV plant
317MW Fort Bend project in Texas is anticipated online in 2022
Jun 26, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Acciona, solar farm, Joaquin Castillo
Spanish financial institutions back 169MW residential solar
Bankia and Banco de Sabadell providing project funding loans for the 169MW Olmedilla project
Jan 19, 2021 // Plants, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, solar farm, Bankia, Banco de Sabadell
BayWa r.e. Commissions Largest Floating Solar Power Plant in Central Europe Through ECOwind Subsidiary
BayWa r.e., through its Austrian subsidiary ECOwind, has commissioned the fourth-largest floating solar power plant in Europe, with a peak capacity of 24.5 MW, located in Grafenwörth, Lower Austria. This photovoltaic system is estimated to generate 26.7 GWh of electricity annually, providing power to 7,500 households in the region.
Feb 28, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, baywa r.e., PV Power Plant
Solar-powered desalination plant in Kenya gives fresh water to 25,000 people a day
New solar-powered desalination plant provides fresh water in Kenya. The plant is already able to support 25,000 people a day. As more water-scarce regions pop up worldwide, technology such as this offers an energy efficient way to provide fresh water.
Aug 7, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, TESLA, Elon Musk, Kenya, desalination, Hayes Barnard, GivePower, World Health Organization, water, Africa
BNZ cleared to start service 49-MWp solar plant in Portugal
Independent power producer (IPP) BNZ, part of London-based fund manager Glennmont Partners from Nuveen, has obtained authorisation to start building of a 49-MWp solar plant in Portugal's North area.
Jun 1, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Europe, solar plant, BNZ
California firm contracts ‘astoundingly’ cheap solar-plus-storage pipeline
The US state of California has witnessed yet another claim of ultra-low solar prices, recorded in the context of a major contracting exercise by a community energy group.
Oct 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Tariffs, California, USA, Nick Chaset, EBCE, sPower, pv power plants, solar-plus-storage, BESS, North America, 8minutenergy, terra-gen, 8minute Solar Energy
Seeing both sides of light collection
Two types of products are far better than one when it comes to solar cells, as exposed by an international team that has actually checked a new mix of products and also design to boost solar-cell effectiveness.
Mar 12, 2021 // Technology, Canada, Germany, Italy, solar cells, Europe, North America, efficiency, KAUST, Stefaan De Wolf, Michele De Bastiani
Japan's Idemitsu Kosan completes 17-MW solar plant in Iwate
Japanese petroleum company Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd (TYO:5019), via its subsidiary RS Renewables Co Ltd, announced on Friday it has actually placed on stream a 16.88-MW solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) park in Iwate prefecture.
Oct 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, PV Power Plant, Idemitsu Kosan Co Ltd
Enercity, Kraken Team Up for Germany Virtual Plant
Enercity teams up with Kraken to build Germany’s virtual power plant, uniting batteries, flexible loads and generation—optimizing market participation and grid balancing as renewables expand.
Jun 8, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, Enercity, Kraken
Encavis strikes the accelerator on 2 COVID-hit Spanish solar farms
Renewables driver Encavis has struck the accelerator on two significant solar projects in Spain beleaguered by COVID delays as it seeks to capitalise on revenue growth.
Aug 26, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, encavis, solarcentury, covid-19, Dierk Paskert
Iberdrola looks for nod for wind-plus-storage, solar projects on Canary Islands
Iberdrola SA has strategies to develop a 13-MW wind ranch with storage space as well as a 5.5-MW solar park on the Spanish island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands island chain.
Apr 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Spain, Iberdrola, Europe, wind-plus-storage, solar projects
Uzbekistan inaugurates first utility-scale 100MW solar energy plant
Uzbekistan's Energy Ministry introduced on August 27 the inauguration event for the nation's first utility-scale solar plant-- and the first successfully-financed independent power producer (IPP) solar project in the Navoi area.
Aug 27, 2021 // Plants, Asia, Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, pv power plnt
Commercial operation starts at 50-MW Enel solar plant in Brazil
Brazilian power market regulatory authority Aneel has actually given the go-ahead to the launch of business procedures at a 50-MW solar plant possessed by Italy's Enel Green Power SpA
May 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Enel, pv power plants, South america, Brazil
Photon Energy wins tender for 3 MWp hybrid solar energy plant in Australia
Photon Energy report the Group's Sydney-based subsidiary devoted to design, procurement and also construction (EPC) solutions - has actually been granted an agreement to supply a 3 MWp nuclear power plant in Wodonga, Victoria.
Jun 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Australia, pv power plants, tender, Oceania, photon energy, Michael Gartner
Ciel & Terre’s 1.01MW floating plant completed in Bahia, Brazil
Brazilian renewables developer Sunlution and French floating solar firm Ciel & Terre have completed construction of a 1.01MW PV project that floats on a hydroelectric reservoir in the north-eastern state of Bahia in Brazil.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, floating PV, South america, Brazil, jair bolsonaro, fpv, bahia