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Zimbabwe gold mine to be powered by PV
Caledonian Mining has exposed strategies to build a $13 million solar plant at the Blanket golden goose in southern Zimbabwe. It elevated funds for the project via a share sale.
Sep 8, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Africa, Zimbabwe, Caledonia Mining
Oxford PV Teases Breakthrough in Solar Technology
Get ready for a solar revolution! Oxford PV hints at a groundbreaking announcement, teasing a new era in solar technology following record-setting efficiency breakthroughs.
Sep 4, 2024 // Technology, oxford pv
EDPR wins floating PV grid connection
70MWA of capacity at Alqueva has a CfD for 15 years and also allows for growth of solar as well as wind
Apr 5, 2022 // Grids, Floating PV, Portugal, floating PV, Europe, EDPR
Innova sells on roof PV portfolio to Octopus Renewables
Innova Energy has actually contended the sale of its portfolio of 57 commercial roof solar PV assets in the UK.
Aug 4, 2021 // Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, UK, Europe, Zestec, Peter Dias, Octopus Renewables, Innova Energy
Ukraine makes a bid for PV growth
The final segment in pv magazine’s look at unsung solar markets heads to Ukraine, where a generous feed in tariff and developments in the corporate PPA segment looks likely to push installations past the 1 GW mark for 2019.
Jul 26, 2019 // Commercial, Tariffs, Scatec Solar, Solar, tarif, commerce, Ukraine, PV, EBRD, NEFCO, Natixis, Total Eren, AlGihaz and NBT, Svitlana Teush, Head of Construction, Europe
European Energy bags 3.6 GW Oz solar-hydrogen project
Developer says purchase will certainly speed up the scheme that covers 6000 hectares in the Gladstone region
Dec 16, 2022 // Plants, Australia, Oceania, european energy
Haiti addresses power shortages with 130 MW of PV capability
The head of state of the Caribbean island has introduced several ground-mounted PV plants will be tendered, along with 60 MW of thermal power generation capacity. The projects belong to a strategy to give the nation with universal access to electrical energy during Jovenel Moïse's five-year term in workplace.
Jul 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Policy, pv power plants, North America, Haiti
PV for cooking
Traditional solar cookers concentrate sunlight on mirrored surfaces and convert it into heat. But this summer, Sunspot unveiled Sunspot Solar Electric Cooking, a new cooker based on PV technology. The system relies on two PV modules, a lead-carbon battery, an inverter, and an induction cooktop.
Aug 21, 2019 // Technology, USA, North America, Sunspot Solar Electric Cooking system, Elsevier, International Solar Energy Society, David Renne
Supernap Launches Thailand's First Solar Project to Power Data Center
Supernap Thailand celebrates the official opening of its initial solar project, which will power the nation's most cutting-edge data center, to further develop its position as the most environmentally friendly colocation provider in Thailand.
Dec 28, 2022 // Plants, Supernap Thailand, data center, First Solar Project to Power, Supernap Launches Thailand
Greece's 2nd PV-wind public auction to tender 500 MW in April
Power regulatory authority the RAE has claimed the nation will certainly organize its 2nd joint PV and also wind ability public auction on April 2.
Feb 7, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Greece, tender, Europe, auction, Dionysios Papachristou
Aerosols affect photovoltaic or pv generation in Europe
The German atmospheric solution, the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and also solar forecaster Meteocontrol are checking out how weather condition events can be better factored in when forecasting solar energy generation. The Federal Ministry of Economics is funding the 'Permastrom' research project with EUR2.5 million.
Jul 16, 2020 // Technology, Germany, Europe, covid-19, Bernhard Vogel
AEP Energy indications PPA for full result of 200-MW Ohio solar project
AEP Energy Partners, a subsidiary of utility American Electric Power, has actually authorized a long-lasting power acquisition contract with Atlanta Farms Solar Project, which is presently being created by Savion in Pickaway, Ohio, for the project's scheduled 200-MW outcome.
Oct 29, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, PPA, North America, Ohio, Solar Project, AEP Energy, Greg Hall, Jeff James
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
HoloSolis' French PV Gigafactory Seeks Environmental Approval
French startup HoloSolis to build 5-GW PV factory in Grand Est, creating 1,700 jobs and producing 10 million solar panels annually. Construction starts soon!
May 14, 2024 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, HoloSolis
Exploring U.S. Solar PV Prices: NREL 2023 Benchmarks
Discover how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) influenced the US photovoltaic market in the past year, including significant cost reductions for residential systems and benchmarking of Community Solar. Get the new bottom-up PV and storage cost model from NREL and the Department of Energy.
Oct 26, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, USA, NREL, North America