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Finland receives first rooftop solar over 1 MW
Finland’s first roof mounted solar power plant with capacity exceeding 1 MW is currently being built on the roof of Sponda’s Elo Shopping Centre in Ylöjärvi. The project will be completed in November 2019.
Oct 7, 2019 // Rooftop PV, Europe, Finland, Elo Shopping Centre, Sponda, Timo Matinlompolo
Virginia inks 345MW PV deal with Dominion Energy
The government of Virginia has signed a deal with local utility Dominion Energy for 345MW of solar and 75MW of onshore wind energy to power government buildings and facilities
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Virginia, Dominion Energy, power purchase agreement, North America, Ralph Northam
Meyer Burger literally betting the house on HJT cell strategy
The Swiss equipment maker has announced a fresh, CHF18 million order from Oxford PV but the news may have been strategically timed ahead of today’s update that it has completed the sale of its headquarters building.
Oct 23, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Germany, UK, China, Europe, Asia, oxford pv, meyer burger
Goa to replace traditional clay tiles with solar ones
State energy minister Nilesh Cabral says householders will be offered the chance to reduce energy bills without any upfront cost by leasing roofspace to installers as part of plans to add 15 MW of solar capacity in Goa by March.
Nov 13, 2019 // Residential, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, rooftop PV, Nilesh Cabral
Ather Energy to set up Li-ion, EV production unit in India
Ather Energy, an Indian electric scooter maker, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the government of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu to open a new production facility for lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles.
Dec 2, 2019 // Technology, Storage, Grids, India, Asia, Ather Energy, Tarun Mehta, Li-ion, EV
Lightsource bp closes on US$ 533m funding package to fund building of 2 US solar PV projects amounting to 480MW
Lightsource bp has actually closed on a US$ 533 million funding package for the development of 480MW of solar PV across the US as the business continues to expand its operations in the nation.
Jan 14, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, EPC, Lightsource BP, North America, Arkansas, Louisiana, ebay, mcdonalds
Abu Dhabi's Masdar Signs Green H2 Deals with Engie, TotalEnergies
Masdar, Engie and also Fertiglobe-- a JV in between OCI N.V. and ADNOC-- will explore the co-development of an up to 200 MW capacity plant. Masdar will likewise collaborate with TotalEnergies and Siemens to co-develop a project for sustainable air travel fuel making use of green hydrogen in Masdar City.
Jan 20, 2022 // Solar to Fuel, Masdar, Engie, Asia, United Arab Emirates, green hydrogen, Abu Dhabi, Fertiglobe
Saudi Aramco joins ACWA-led consortium creating 1.5 GW PV plant
A consortium that is establishing Saudi Arabia's largest solar project has gotten to economic close for the plant and has protected the backing of state oil producer Saudi Aramco.
Aug 16, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, Asia, ACWA Power, PV Power Plant, aramco
Tongwei profits almost treble as polysilicon, 210mm cell growth strategies materialize
Tongwei reported a near-trebling of profit in the initial half of 2021 as costs climbed throughout the solar worth chain.
Aug 23, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Tongwei, polysilicon, PV module
Latin American developer clinches 187MW PV cash money
Atlas Renewable Energy protects $67m financing from IDB Invest and DNB Bank for the Jacaranda project in Brazil
Oct 26, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Latin america, Brazil, Atlas Renewable Energy, solar farm, Gian Franco Carassale
Colombia prepares 2021 renewables auction to become 'leader in Latin America's power shift'
The federal government of Colombia has actually introduced plans to hold a renewable energy auction in the very first quarter of 2021 that it says could stand for an investment of greater than US$ 6 billion in the nation.
Nov 11, 2020 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, South america, Latin america, auctions, auction, tenders, Colombia, Iván Duque, upme
Tape year forecast for business eco-friendly PPAs in Australia
Corporate sustainable power acquisition contracts (PPAs) in Australia are readied to get to document levels this year, with governments and business investing AUD$ 2.4 billion (US$ 1.78 billion) and buying more than 1GW of green energy.
Dec 4, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, PPA, Australia, Oceania, Darren Miller
Sungrow Materials Inverters for 100 MW Solar Plant in Hungary
Solar PV inverter remedies service provider-- Sungrow has introduced that it has supplied its medium-voltage inverter solutions to a 100 MW solar plant in Kaposvàr, south-west Hungary, which is just one of the biggest solar projects and biggest financial investment of this nature in whole Central Europe. Committing to sustain Hungary's climate policy targets, consisting of power manufacturing in a carbon-neutral way by 2050.
Dec 11, 2020 // Plants, Inverters, Sungrow, Hungary, Europe, PV Power Plant, László Palkovics, Wang Guopeng, Lewis Li
Stem Awarded 68 MWh Storage Projects to assist Reduced Income California Families
Stem, an AI-driven storage space systems carrier, has actually bagged 68 MWh storage space projects in the most recent California SGIP Non-Residential Equity lottery.
Jan 8, 2021 // Storage, California, USA, North America, Stem, Self-Generation Incentive Program, John E. Carrington
EnBW buys up to 800MW of German PV projects from Procon Solar
Solar designer Procon Solar GmbH has actually sold a 400MW PV project pipeline to German power company EnBW, with the potential for this to fold the next year as EnBW targets 50% of renewables in its generation mix by 2025.
Jun 28, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, pv power plants, Europe, enbw, procon solar, Projects, project acquisition, Brandenburg