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Michigan's Race-Ready Solar Car: Testing in Outback Australia
The University of Michigan Solar Car Team is pre-testing in Australia in preparation for the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge. Join the team on their 3000km race from Darwin to Adelaide, as they take Ford pickups up north to Glendambo and practice 11 days of camp set-up and repairs.
Sep 26, 2023 // Transport, solar car, Adelaide, University of Michigan
Western Balkans Soars with 55MW Solar Plant in Novaci
Mey Energy recently completed a 55 MW photovoltaic facility in Novaci, North Macedonia - the biggest solar power plant in the Western Balkans. Spanning 57 hectares and using 101,000 panels, it will produce 85 GWh of electricity annually, serving up to 30,000 households and enabling a transition away from coal. Larger solar power plants are in progress in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, and Albania.
Sep 26, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, PV Power Plant, Western Balkans, Novaci
OCP Group Secures IFC Debt for 400 MWp Solar
Discover how OCP Group, a Moroccan producer of phosphates and fertilisers, has secured funding from the IFC and is taking the lead on North Africa's largest solar-plus-storage project. With 200MWp of solar parks and 100MW of energy storage, OCP is aiming for carbon neutrality by 2027.
Oct 11, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Morocco, OCP Group
Sonnedix Acquires 416MWp Solar in Chile
Sonnedix acquires 416MWp solar PV portfolio in Chile from Enel Chile, producing green energy for over 530,000 homes and avoiding 460,000 metric tonnes of CO2 annually. Refinancing of Sonnedix's largest project in Chile funded by US$624m acquisition financing.
Oct 25, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Sonnedix, Chile, South america
OYA Solar expands solar development services to Pennsylvania
OYA Solar, a North American full-service solar developer, has launched development operations in Pennsylvania.
Jan 13, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, Pennsylvania, North America, OYA Solar
Capital Dynamics buys 8minute’s Californian solar-plus-storage colossus
Asset manager Capital Dynamics has purchased a 400MW solar-plus-storage complex by 8minute Solar Energy, contracted to supply power to the city of Los Angeles at ultra-low prices.
Jan 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Capital Dynamics, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, 8minute Solar Energy
Mumbai utility picks Adani for 700MW of solar-wind hybrid capacity
Major Indian PV developer Adani Green Energy has won 700MW of solar-wind hybrid capacity from the utility Adani Electricity Mumbai Limited (AEML) to be built in the western state of Maharashtra, according to a Bombay Stock Exchange filing.
Jan 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, AEML, hybrid, Asia, MERC, solar wind hybrid
US Solar Fund buys 177MWdc porfolio from Heelstone
US Solar Fund has bought a 177MWdc portfolio of 22 operating utility-scale power projects in North Carolina, Oregon and California from Heelstone Renewable Energy.
Jan 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, pv power plants, solar pv, utility-scale, North America, heelstone renewable energy
Elgin Energy to create 38MW solar farm in Kettering
is to develop a 38MW solar farm on the site of a former Second World War landing strip in Kettering, Northamptonshire.
Sep 30, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Elgin Energy, Isobel Hollands
GFG Alliance as well as Ignis to purchase 1.2 GW of Spanish renewable energy projects
Industrial empire GFG Alliance has actually signed an agreement with Ignis to co-invest in the growth, building, procedure as well as upkeep of Spanish solar and wind projects with a capacity of around 1.2 GW.
Oct 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, joint venture, ignis, simec, gfg alliance, Sanjeev Gupta
Tunisia promotes tender for building and construction of 60MWp solar energy plants
The federal government of Tunisia has introduced a call for tenders for the building of solar power plants with a total ability of 60MWp. According to the North African country Ministry of Industry, Energy and Mines, the solar power stations will be built each with a capacity of in between 1 and also 10 MWp.
Oct 7, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, tender, Tunisia, Africa, PV Power Plant
Con Edison to use 1-MW lithium battery to boost grid stability in the Bronx
Local utility Con Edison has actually mounted a 1-MW lithium-ion battery in the Bronx to enhance dependability along the City Island service strip.
Apr 13, 2021 // Storage, Grids, USA, North America, Con Edison, Santee Hernandez
UK programmer discloses 33MW solar strategies
Lightrock Power has actually begun a public consultation on the suggested Whinfield growth north of Brafferton
Apr 19, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, solar farm, Lightrock Power, Chris Sowerbutts
Sunpin Solar hosts California college students for solar ‘lunch and learn’
A group of engineering students from Engineers for a Sustainable World at University of California, Irvine visited Irvine-based utility-scale solar developer Sunpin Solar last week for a Lunch and Learn presentation and a solar tour at Sunpin Solar’s 96.75-MW ColGreen North Shore solar project in Riverside County.
Oct 22, 2019 // Solar, California, USA, North America, Sunpin Solar, Nicole Alvarez
DSD raises US$250 million to support PV growth in 2020
Distributed Solar Development (DSD), a business backed by BlackRock Real Assets’ Global Renewable Power platform and GE Renewable Energy, has closed on a US$250 million fund financed by Morgan Stanley, Silicon Valley Bank and Fifth Third Bank that will be utilised to fund a portfolio of distributed generation projects through 2020.
Oct 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, BlackRock, North America, GE Renewable Energy, distributed solar development, Erik Schiemann, Jorge Iragorri, Morgan Stanley












