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Consumers Energy recommends almost 400 MW of brand-new solar projects in Michigan
Consumers Energy announced contracts to include almost 400 megawatts of clean energy from 3 Michigan solar projects in southerly main Michigan. The solar growths are part of the firm's Clean Energy Plan to significantly boost renewable resource, remove coal as a gas resource for power by 2025 as well as achieve net absolutely no carbon exhausts by 2040.
Nov 19, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Consumers Energy, Dennis Dobbs
Alliant Energy launches strategy to add 400 MW of solar to Iowa's grid by 2023
Alliant Energy introduced the Clean Energy Blueprint for Iowa, a course for accelerating its shift to cleaner energy for customers. The Blueprint outlines the company's plans to increase the use of renewable energies, including solar energy, include more battery storage space and build out the connected power network. The company's new roadmap likewise includes plans to discontinue coal generation in Lansing by the end of 2022 while transitioning their Burlington Generating Station to natural gas in 2021.
Oct 29, 2020 // Plants, USA, North America, alliant energy, Iowa, Terry Kouba, John Larsen
New Obton-Shannon Energy JV to spend €300m on 500MW of PV in Ireland
Danish renewables investor and developer Obton Energy has formed a joint venture with Irish solar developer Shannon Energy to develop 500MW of solar in Ireland over five years.
Jan 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Ireland, Europe, obton, ress 1, joint venture, shannon energy, Gerry Shannon, Anders Marcus
Remote Corner of China Launches 32 Clean Energy Projects Valued in Billions
Alxa League, a sparsely populated region of Inner Mongolia, is investing 169 billion yuan into clean energy projects, including a massive 86-billion-yuan power base in the Tengger Desert.
Feb 7, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, China, Asia
ESA finishes initial phase of 3.6-MW solar project for cannabis firm
ESA is introducing the conclusion of the very first phase of a new 3.6 MW solar project in Central Florida. This three-phase solar farm project belongs to ESA's ongoing efforts to supply pathways to decarbonization for companies as well as neighborhoods nationwide.
May 23, 2023 // Plants, ESA, Solar Project
DoE give will certainly money research study into solar power and power grids
A team of researchers from Binghamton University has actually been selected to get $2.6 million from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to develop methods to dependably support higher amounts of solar energy on the grid.
Jan 12, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, doe, Ziang "John" Zhang
Q CELLS supplies modules to portion of 370MW Angolan solar portfolio
Q CELLS has actually protected an offer to supply its modules to part of a 370MW portfolio of seven solar projects under development in Angola, the first of which is expected to be total next year.
Apr 21, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Q CELLS, Africa, Angola, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Hitachi ABB Power Grids, module supply deals, MCA Group, Sun Africa
American scientists find way for efficiently conversion of photons by silicon
A scientific group from two U.S.-based universities has discovered how to transfer the energy between the molecules of silicon and organic material. So far, this phenomenon was only theoretical. The discovery has vast prospects for medical, solar power, and quantum computing applications.
Dec 12, 2019 // Technology, USA, silicon, North America, photons
80 MW of Kenyan PV projects get €106m boost from Europe
The European Investment Bank and the Netherlands Development Finance Company have each provided €53 million for the Radiant and Eldosol solar projects.
Sep 27, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Kenya, Africa, european investment bank, Netherlands Development Finance Company, Frontier Energy, DL Group, Paramount Bank, Dr Frederick Nyang, David Kariuki
RWE Switches On Hambach Mine Solar, Symbol Of Transition Today
RWE has commissioned a 12-MWac solar farm on the edge of Germany’s Hambach opencast mine—one of several projects transforming the region.
Aug 28, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, rwe, energy transition, Hambach, brownfield solar
Stitching together the grid of the future
A vision of a decentralized, renewable-powered electricity grid is being brought a step closer by scientists at the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory. Their project, Autonomous Energy Grids, aims to take an overarching look at the solutions that will power this grid of the future, and to fill any gaps that appear between them.
Aug 13, 2019 // Technology, USA, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Autonomous Energy Grids, Benjamin Kroposki
ROUND-UP: 1MW of PV at Gazprom oil plant in Russia, Hungarian milestones for Photon Energy
1MW plant fired up at Gazprom Neft oil refinery in Russia. Photon Energy turns on eight PV plants totalling 5.6MWp in Hungary. Jinko delivers 13.6MW of modules to Photon Energy plants in Hungary.
Oct 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Jinko Solar, Hungary, pv modules, Europe, Asia, Russia, gazprom, photon energy, Oleg Shutkin, Oleg Belyavsky, Georg Hotar
Savannah to develop 200MW of solar in Niger
Developer expects to obtain sanction for 2 projects in 2024 with very first power targeted 2025/2026
May 11, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Niger, Savannah
India plans 55 GW of renewables capacity along Pakistan border
An AFP newswire report this week said Ministry of New & Renewable Energy secretary Anand Kumar had announced plans for 30 GW of generation capacity in the state of Gujarat and 25 GW in Rajasthan, all of it along a 20-25km strip of semi arid land on the border.
Oct 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, Asia, narendra modi, Anand Kumar
USF completes acquisition, financing of 128MW PV project in Utah
The US Solar Fund (USF) has closed on both the acquisition and financing of 100% of the cash equity interests in the 128MW Milford Solar Project, located in Beaver County, Utah.
Sep 3, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, Utah, North America, usf, longroad energy, Gillian Nott, Liam Thomas










