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Finland receives first rooftop solar over 1 MW
Finland’s first roof mounted solar power plant with capacity exceeding 1 MW is currently being built on the roof of Sponda’s Elo Shopping Centre in Ylöjärvi. The project will be completed in November 2019.
Oct 7, 2019 // Rooftop PV, Europe, Finland, Elo Shopping Centre, Sponda, Timo Matinlompolo
Virginia inks 345MW PV deal with Dominion Energy
The government of Virginia has signed a deal with local utility Dominion Energy for 345MW of solar and 75MW of onshore wind energy to power government buildings and facilities
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, Dominion Energy, power purchase agreement, North America, Ralph Northam
Meyer Burger literally betting the house on HJT cell strategy
The Swiss equipment maker has announced a fresh, CHF18 million order from Oxford PV but the news may have been strategically timed ahead of today’s update that it has completed the sale of its headquarters building.
Oct 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Germany, UK, China, Europe, Asia, oxford pv, meyer burger
Goa to replace traditional clay tiles with solar ones
State energy minister Nilesh Cabral says householders will be offered the chance to reduce energy bills without any upfront cost by leasing roofspace to installers as part of plans to add 15 MW of solar capacity in Goa by March.
Nov 13, 2019 // Residential, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, Nilesh Cabral
Ather Energy to set up Li-ion, EV production unit in India
Ather Energy, an Indian electric scooter maker, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to open a new production facility for lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, Ather Energy, Tarun Mehta, Li-ion, EV
Swinerton breaks ground on 200-MW National Grid solar project in Illinois
National Grid Renewables, that includes the renewables growth company previously known as Geronimo Power, revealed the begin of construction on the 200-MW Prairie Wolf Solar Project in Coles County, Illinois.
Feb 24, 2021 // Plants, Grids, USA, North America, Solar Project, Eric Hoegger, David Reamer, George Hershman, Wes Humphres
Rosendin begins building and construction on 500-MW Texas solar project
In southeastern Texas bordered by farmland, Rosendin's Renewable Energy Group (REG) has started developing the biggest solar power project in the state. The Aktina Renewable Power Project asks for the installation of 1.4 million solar modules throughout 4,000 acres in Wharton County, located outside the Houston Metro location.
Apr 5, 2021 // Plants, USA, Texas, North America, Solar Project, Rosendin, Renewable Energy Group, David Lincoln, Ken Kiriishi, Damon Sebren
RWE lets loose Irish battery charge
8MWh center is first of 2 to be brought online by the German developer this year
Apr 14, 2021 // Storage, Ireland, Europe, rwe renewables, Cathal Hennessy
Saudi Aramco joins ACWA-led consortium creating 1.5 GW PV plant
A consortium that is establishing Saudi Arabia's largest solar project has gotten to economic close for the plant and has protected the backing of state oil producer Saudi Aramco.
Aug 16, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, Asia, ACWA Power, PV Power Plant, aramco
Tongwei profits almost treble as polysilicon, 210mm cell growth strategies materialize
Tongwei reported a near-trebling of profit in the initial half of 2021 as costs climbed throughout the solar worth chain.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Tongwei, polysilicon, PV module
Lightsource bp closes on US$ 533m funding package to fund building of 2 US solar PV projects amounting to 480MW
Lightsource bp has actually closed on a US$ 533 million funding package for the development of 480MW of solar PV across the US as the business continues to expand its operations in the nation.
Jan 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, EPC, Lightsource BP, North America, Arkansas, Louisiana, ebay, mcdonalds
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Signs Green H2 Deals with Engie, TotalEnergies
Masdar, Engie and also Fertiglobe-- a JV in between OCI N.V. and ADNOC-- will explore the co-development of an up to 200 MW capacity plant.
Masdar will likewise collaborate with TotalEnergies and Siemens to co-develop a project for sustainable air travel fuel making use of green hydrogen in Masdar City.
Jan 20, 2022 // Solar to Fuel, Masdar, Engie, Asia, United Arab Emirates, green hydrogen, Abu Dhabi, Fertiglobe
Simple Energy, C4V will Collaborate to Manufacture Lithium-ion Cells in India
The partnership wants to generate one of the most advanced Lithium-ion battery technology which will power Simple Energy's upcoming two-wheeler and four-wheeler.
The lithium-ion cell facility will certainly turn up in the Dharmapuri plant of Simple Energy in Tamil Nadu.
Apr 7, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Storage, electric vehicles, EV, lithium-ion cells, C4V, charge CCCv, clean mobility, Dharmapuri plant of Simple Energy, electric four-wheelers, Electric Scooter, Electric Two-Wheelers, Kuldeep Gupta, Shreshth Mishra, Simple Energy
Powin Energy to supply Idaho's very first utility-scale storage project
System integrator Powin Energy has actually been chosen by Idaho Power to supply 120MW/524MW of battery energy storage space system (BESS) projects, the state's first utility-scale storage space advancements.
May 5, 2022 // Storage, USA, investment, North America, CATL, Idaho, Powin Energy, renewables integration
AES examining cause of thermal runaway at Arizona site
Power company AES Corporation is investigating the cause of thermal runaway at a 10MW battery power storage system (BESS) site it owns and operates in Chandler, Arizona.
May 5, 2022 // Storage, USA, Arizona, North America, AES, Salt River Project, thermal runaway