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Repositioning Australian roof PV
A University of South Australia research study has shown that solar owners offering electrical energy to the grid ought to position their panels to lessen the inconsistency in between peak usage and height production.
Sep 2, 2020 // Commercial, Residential, Grids, Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Kirrilie Rowe, OpenSolar, Andrew Birch
Planned 48 MW Netherlands solar plant could be an additional solar freeway
It is unclear whether panels will certainly line the Rijksweg 59 freeway or be sited alongside a stretch of it. UK oil titan Shell is intending the setup as part of a renewables gather to additionally include wind power.
Mar 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Netherlands, shell, Marcel Willemsen
AfDB approves €138 million package for Tunisian grid
The African Development Bank’s (AfDB) board of directors have approved a €138 million (US$154 million) investment for Tunisia’s state-run electricity distribution network.
Oct 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Tunisia, Africa, African Development Bank, tunisian electricity and gas company, Mohamed El Azizi
Lightsource BP to co-develop 400MWp of solar capacity in Italy
The firm plans to additional bolster its presence in the Italian renewable sector through these collaborations.
Feb 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Italy, Lightsource BP, Europe, Giovanni Mascari
Germany's Rhenish mining area to go greener
The German state of North Rhine-Westphalia as well as a team of municipalities as well as energy firms plan to greater than double the capacity for sustainable power generation in the Rhenish lignite mining location to 5 GW by 2028 as well as push the expansion of green power for heating.
Mar 22, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Germany, Europe, mining
Bangladesh Operationalises 30 MW Solar Power Project in Pabna
Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has actually made the discovery in a filing before Dhaka Stock Exchange.
ISPL had actually spent $55 million over a land area of 110 acres for the development of the solar power plant utilizing more than 78,000 panels.
Sep 2, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, BPDB, SREDA, Bangladesh Power Development Board, haka Stock Exchange, National Solar Energy Roadmap, Shapoorji Pallonji Infrastructure Capital Co.
GEDA Invites Bids for 1.2 MW Grid-Connected Roof Solar Project
Goa Energy Development Agency (GEDA) has invited bids for 1.2 MW of grid-connected rooftop solar projects at North Goa and South Goa District hospitals.
The last date to submit the bid is October 20, 2022, as well as the bids will certainly be opened on October 21, 2022.
Sep 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, India, tender, Asia, solar projects, green energy, Goa energy development agency, GEDA, Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar
Ib Vogt turns sod on 150MW Spanish solar
Garnacha project has a PPA with Google for a period of 12 years as well as will certainly begin procedure in October 2023
Nov 24, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Spain, Europe, ib vogt
New Zealand's First Big Battery Project of 200MWh & Solar Farm in Offing From TotalEnergies
Saft was contending against Tesla and Fluence for the 100MW as well as 200MWh Ruakākā battery contract, which is worth $NZ186 million.
In an additional major development for the energy market of the country, the project will certainly additionally be adhered to by a farm of 130 MW. This will be New Zealand's greatest solar farm.
Jan 19, 2023 // Plants, Storage, TESLA, Fluence, Saft, TotalEnergies, grid-connected battery, Meridian, Neal Barclay, New Zealand's biggest solar farm, New Zealand's first big battery, renewable generation
Duke Energy Operationalises 250 MW Solar Project in Texas
next 15 years.
This dedication will attend to the entirety of the business's north american electrical power load with clean, renewable resource by 2023.
Chris Fallon,
Mar 9, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Duke Energy, Solar Power Plant, Chris Fallon, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, virtual power purchase agreement, Charles River Laboratories International, DESS, Erik Petrovskis, Gregg Belardo, Meijer, Moss, Navarro County solar power, Pisgah Ridge Solar project, Texas solar sector
A flexible approach to offshore solar
Researchers in the Netherlands are trialing a floating solar installation based on flexible thin-film PV components. The suggestion behind their principle is that such modules, in combination with a recently made flexible racking system, will certainly produce a system able to roll with the activity of the water, rather than attempting to oppose it.
Jun 26, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, pv modules, Europe, Netherlands, thin-film, flexible
BayWa r.e. Raises $115 Million Afresh For Solar+ Storage Projects
north american solar developer BayWa r.e. has actually secured a $115-million credit facility with global monetary services firm Nomura to support the growth of utility-scale solar and also solar+ storage projects in the United States.
BayWa r.e. stated that the credit facility will initially support projects amounting to 1.1 GW of solar and 188 MWh of battery storage in states consisting of North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Arkansas, and Washington.
The credit facility consists of a revolving credit facility and also letter of credit to provide financing for the expansion of projects across a number of jurisdictions. Nomura was the lead arranger of the credit facility.
The projects will be brought online by BayWa r.e. beginning in 2024 through 2026. Fred Robinson, CEO at BayWa r.e. Solar Projects, specified," We are dedicated to our recurring collaboration with like-minded, sustainability-driven companions to create cutting-edge financing solutions that will certainly accelerate the fostering of clean energy throughout the United States."
" Nomura is delighted to supply its global intellectual and economic funding by supplying a bespoke funding service to BayWa r.e. in an effort to support its development in the USA," commented Vinod Mukani, Global Head of Nomura's Infrastructure and also Power Business.
He added, "As an international leader in the cleaner power market, BayWa r.e. is an excellent client for Nomura and we are thrilled to remain to support their efforts in growing their eco-friendly pipeline."
"As a leading clean energy financier and customer-focused establishment, we're pleased to support BayWa r.e., among the leading developers and drivers in the renewable resource area," stated Alain Halimi, an Executive Director of Nomura's IPB.
As additional projects are added to the profile, the credit facility is anticipated to be upsized in the coming months.
BayWa r.e., lately constructed central Europe's largest floating solar PV array covering a location of 14 hectares on two man-made lakes in Austria as well as the project has a capacity of 24.5 MWp.
May 3, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, baywa r.e, Alain Halimi, Solar Power Projects, nomura, Vinod Mukani, Fred Robinson
Biden's Build Back Better strategy passes House as Senate fight looms
The United States House of Representatives has actually passed Joe Biden's Build Back Better act, which now transfers to the Us senate, where negotiations will proceed over the legislation that consists of clean power and also environment investments amounting to US$ 555 billion.
Nov 22, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Storage, Policy, USA, SEIA, ITC, North America, Joe Biden, investment tax credit, ACORE, SEMA
Innergex awards Mitsubishi Power 425MWh BESS order for co-located Chile sites
Independent Power Producer (IPP) Innergex Renewable Energy has actually ordered 2 battery energy storage space system (BESS) projects from Mitsubishi Power Americas for co-located sites in Chile, South America.
May 11, 2022 // Storage, IPP, Chile, South america, Independent Power Producer, Innergex Renewable Energy
Origami's steel solar panel frame surpasses aluminium in independent screening
A solar PV module frame made from recycled roll-formed steel has outperformed conventional aluminium frames in screening by an independent third party.
Aug 10, 2022 // Manufacturing News, testing, aluminium, testing labs, module frame, origami solar, steel frame