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Total and Marubeni to Build 800MW Solar Plant in Qatar Ahead of World Cup
Gas exporting powerhouse Qatar’s first utility-scale PV project will be built for what is said to be the lowest-ever price for a solar PPA.
Jan 22, 2020 // Large-Scale, Commercial, SunPower, Asia, Qatar, Jinko, GCL New Energy, Dubai
Tesla's Shanghai Plant Launches Trial Production for Megapacks
Tesla ramps up energy innovation with its Shanghai Megafactory, set to produce 10,000 Megapacks annually and boost U.S.-China ties in sustainable energy!
Jan 2, 2025 // Manufacturing News, Storage, USA, TESLA, China, Asia, North America
SunCable's 14 GW Plan Inches Ahead With Move for Solar Mfg Plant in Darwin
Sun Cable, the Singapore-based consortium dealing with the world's largest power infrastructure project, aka the $22 billion Australia-ASEAN Power Link (AAPL), disclosed today that it had actually lodged an application with the Northern Territory's Growth Approval Authority for a facility in the region's capital, Darwin.
Apr 6, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Sun Cable, International, Solar Project, David Griffin, AAPL, Suncable
ST's Bouskoura Plant to Utilize 50% Energy from Renewables by 2022
French-Italian semiconductor producing firm STMicroelectronics has actually announced that its Bouskoura site in Morocco will certainly obtain 50% of its energy from renewable resources by 2022 compared to 1% in 2020, as part of its activity strategy to accomplish carbon-neutrality by 2027.
Jul 28, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Morocco, Renewable Energy, Bouskoura, STMicroelectronics, Fabrice Gomez
Trina Solar Invests $400M in Vietnam Plant
Trina Solar, one of China's leading solar panel makers, plans to invest $400 million in its third factory in Vietnam and could potentially invest up to $600 million in the future. This move follows US investigation into Chinese solar companies' use of Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries for tariff avoidance. Vietnam is now the biggest supplier of solar panels to the US, making up a third of all imports in Q1 of this year.
Sep 27, 2023 // Manufacturing News, Asia, Trina Solar, Vietnam
Arctech To Supply 2.1 GW SkySmart II Trackers for the Largest PV Power Plant in the Middle East
The big win in the middle east's biggest solar project is remarkable for Arctech, which has actually been to boost its reach internationally. Numerous Chinese firms like Arctech, and Trina (which also supplies tracker services) have increased their offerings in the sector.
Sep 7, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, CMEC, solar trackers, arctech, Guy Rong, Al Dhafra PV2 Solar park, china national industrial machinery corporation, skymart II trackers
Acciona to Build 235MW Kentucky Solar Plant
Acciona Energia starts site mobilisation for a $195M, 235-MWp Fleming County solar park in Kentucky, creating up to 300 jobs, targeting operations in May 2028.
Jul 3, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, acciona energia
Matrix Buys 200MWac Solar Plant in Idaho
Matrix Renewables, a TPG-Rise backed company, acquires controlling interest in 200MWac/261MWdc solar project in Idaho. Output to power Meta's data center and will contribute to its goal of 100% renewable operations. Construction expected to begin Q3 2023.
Aug 4, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, PV Power Plant, Idaho, Matrix Renewables
Chile inaugurates 3-MW solar plant
Chilean officials recently inaugurated the 3-MW Tamarugo solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Tamagural district, northern Chilean region of Tarapaca.
Nov 8, 2021 // Plants, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant
Sungrow Products Latin America's Largest Under Construction PV Plant
After an arrangement and also the current discharge of NTP ("Notification To Proceed" or "Solution Order") with Focus Energia, an integrated energy company system, Sungrow will provide inverters and also MV stations for the execution of the very first stage of the Futura Project, an 852 MWp solar park that will certainly soon be among the biggest in operation in Latin America.
Mar 9, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Inverters, Sungrow, Inverters, Latin america, PV Power Plant, Rafael Ribeiro, Focus Energia
RUMSL Welcomes Bids for ESIA of 600 MW Floating Solar Project in MP
If it progresses, the project will dwarf most floating solar plants around the globe with its dimension. The troubles with the 150 MW Rihand floating project also highlight the many difficulties huge floating solar projects have to overcome.
Aug 25, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, India, floating PV, Asia, Solar Park, RUMSL, Environmental and Social Impact Assessment, ESIA, Rewa Ultra Mega Solar Limited
US-German Alliance Launches Perovskite Solar Plant
REVKOR and H2GEMINI partner to construct a 5GW solar cell and module production facility, beginning production in Q2 2024. The project will utilize HJT/Perovskite technologies and mark a milestone for renewable energy.
Aug 2, 2023 // Technology, Manufacturing News, USA, Germany, Europe, perovskite, North America
Woodmac Ranking for Inverter Shipments In 2021 Retains Huawei at 1, Top 5 Firms Chinese
A comparable ranking for 2021 by IHS markit in June had shown Sungrow overtaking Huawei, and Solis take number 3 spot. In the Woodmac rankings, Huawei continues to be on the top, with Growatt taking number 3 spot. Chinese firms, that inhabited the top 3 spots in IHS Markit rankings, currently comprise the top 5 inverter vendors according to Woodmac
Jul 8, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Sungrow, SolarEdge, woodmac, pv inverters, Huawei, Ginlong Solis, power electronics, Growatt, GoodWe, 2021 rankings, Global inverter rankings, Sineng Electric
First Batch of World's Largest Tidal-Flat 300MW Utility Scale Solar PV Plant Successfully Connected to the Grid
The very first set of units of world's biggest tidal-flat energy PV plant (300 MW), acquired by the 12th Bureau of Hydropower, have actually been efficiently attached to the grid for power generation. This completed the yearly grid link objective securely, effectively and also satisfactorily.
Jan 16, 2021 // Plants, Grids, PV Power Plant, Solis, Bureau of Hydropower, Charles Hua, power generation, tidal-flat utility PV plant
Australian roof PV market continues to flourish
Australia's rooftop PV fleet remains to grow despite uncertainty bordering the episode of the pandemic, posting one more big month above 200 MW. Mega-household solar systems are growing in popularity, however stores as well as installers can see the storm clouds gathering.
Jun 3, 2020 // Rooftop PV, Australia, rooftop PV, Oceania, Tristan Edis