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France expands restrictions of 'power areas'
The French power regulator has actually expanded the optimum allowed range between participants of an energy community from 2 kilometres to 20 km.
Jun 26, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Policy, France, Europe
South Africa PV industry welcomes 6GW allocation despite time gaps
A decision by South Africa's Department of Mineral Resources and Energy (DMRE) to allocate 6GW of new large-scale solar over the next decade has been welcomed by the South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) for giving a “moderate level of certainty” to the industry.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, Africa, coal, reippp, doe, dmre, embedded generation, sapvia, irp, Wido Schnabel, Niveshen Govender
PV waste: 28 tons collected in Panama and Senegal
The PV Cycle Association collects and recycles PV waste. Having treated more than 30,000 tons since its creation, it estimates 150,000 tons of PV modules will reach the end of their lifecycle by 2030.
Sep 5, 2019 // Solar, Latin america, Europe, Africa, PV Cycle Association, PV waste, Bertrand Lempkowicz, Senegal
Belgian solar park to power local production site of Ineos Inovyn
Ineos Inovyn, an unit of UK-based chemicals group Ineos, has actually made an undefined investment in a Belgian solar park project that will be supplying electrical energy to among its centers in Namur province.
May 8, 2023 // Plants, PV Power Plant, Ineos Inovyn, Belgia
Endesa launches 50-MW solar PV park in Spain
Spanish power utility Endesa SA (BME: ELE), with its renewables unit Enel Green Power Espana (EGPE), has actually commissioned a 50-MW solar photovoltaic (PV) park in the region of Andalusia, southerly Spain.
Oct 24, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, Endesa, PV Power Plant
Switzerland sustains 2021 PV with CHF 470 million
In 2021, Switzerland will certainly give a total amount of CHF 470 million ($512 million) to advertise the building and construction of photovoltaic plants. According to the Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), this would certainly allow "the waiting listing for one-off settlements for photovoltaic or pv systems to be totally removed" for the very first time since 2008.
Nov 12, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, photovoltaic systems, Switzerland
Endesa obtains 48 MW of Spanish solar projects from Arena Power
Spanish electric utility Endesa SA (BME: ELE) has actually obtained a 48-MWp portfolio of solar projects in the house from Arena Power, a compatriot developer and also an arising independent power producer (IPP).
Aug 18, 2021 // Plants, Endesa, solar projects, Arena Power
Spanish PV association wishes to limit the dimension of new solar farms
Spain needs to limit the size of new photovoltaic projects and also much better disperse the plants in the country. Rather, smaller sized projects of one to ten megawatts ought to be supported, which would then also lie closer to the customers, demands the Spanish National Association of Solar Power Producers ANPIER (Asociación Nacional de Productores de Energía Fotovoltaica).
Mar 4, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, pv power plants, Europe, Miguel Ángel Martínez-Arocal
SK D&D, Glennmont sign US$ 160m MOU for solar PV in South Korea
South Korean developer SK D&D has actually signed a co-investment memorandum of understanding (MOU) with renewable resource mutual fund manager Glennmont Partners to target opportunities in solar PV projects in South Korea.
Jun 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, South Korea, Asia, Memorandum of Understanding, glennmont partners, sk d&d
America’s Concentrated Solar Power Companies Have All but Disappeared
SolarReserve, one of America’s last remaining CSP developers, appears to have ceased operations — just as some global markets may be warming up.
Jan 21, 2020 // Thermal, USA, Nevada, North America, Concentrated solar power, SolarReserve, CSP developers, Concentrated Solar Power developers, Crescent Dunes
AMEA Power raises finance for 100MW Tunisian solar farm
African Development Bank approves loans for Kairouan project
Dec 26, 2022 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Tunisia, Africa, amea power, solar farm
High electricity costs, policy support driving roof PV deployment globally
Set up roof solar capacity internationally is on track to raise 61% in between 2021 as well as 2025 as policy support urges deployment and also homeowners want to minimize high electricity prices.
Mar 15, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, China, Australia, Asia, Oceania, North America, feed-in tariff, soft costs, rystad energy, deployment statistics, costs
Soltec, Fraunhofer ISE Revolutionize Concentrating PV with New Prototype
Soltec and Fraunhofer ISE revolutionize solar energy with cutting-edge CPV technology, boosting efficiency by 30% and opening new possibilities for solar power integration.
Aug 2, 2024 // Technology, Fraunhofer ISE, Soltec
Scientists hit 21.6% perovskite cell efficiency using concentrator PV
An international research group achieved the result on a 9 sq mm, triple-cation based, n-i-p structured perovskite cell using low solar concentration levels. Device instability, however, remains a challenge.
Nov 22, 2019 // Technology, Saudi Arabia, UK, Europe, Asia, perovskite, Switzerland
Solar team purchases 155MW Romanian PV
Econergy and Nofar Energy have actually each gotten 50% of the Ratesti project from Portland Trust
Nov 8, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, PV Power Plant, Nofar Energy, Econergy










