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Is Eskom turning to solar?
The South African utility has issued a 20-strong tender for 50 kW solar inverters and mounting structures, to be used in four power plants. Although it is unclear whether the tender marks the energy company’s first step into solar energy, the procurement follows the recent publication of South Africa’s Integrated Resource Plan. Eskom is reportedly developing a renewables-linked large scale storage project which may explain the need for inverters.
Oct 28, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Inverters, tender, Africa, Chris Ahlfeldt, Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd, K.W. Miller
New tool to assist maximize Australia's solar as well as wind potential
A new tool created by scientists from The Australian National University (ANU) shows the very best places around Australia that could be utilized to develop new wind or solar farms.
Dec 16, 2022 // Technology, Australia, Oceania, Andrew Blakers, Australian National University
Smartenergy breaks ground on 63.5 MWp solar farm in Portugal
Swiss renewables developer Smartenergy Invest AG has actually begun the building and construction of a 63.5-MWp solar park in Portugal which will provide green electrical power to more than 26,000 homes.
Feb 18, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Portugal, Europe, Smartenergy, solar farm
US capitalist broadens solar pipe by 2GW
CIG Capital is buying five large-scale projects in Texas, South Dakota as well as North Dakota
Apr 21, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, CIG Capital
Sonnedix gets to COD on 6 MW of PV plants in Chile
Independent solar power manufacturer Sonnedix Power Holdings said today that two photovoltaic (PV) parks in Chile, with an incorporated capability of 6 MW, have reached their commercial procedure date (COD).
May 6, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Sonnedix, Chile, South america, PV Power Plant
Grenergy assigns 3 brand-new directors to stimulate European growth
Spanish programmer Grenergy has included 3 new supervisors to its group with the aim of accelerating its European renewables and power storage space procedures
Jul 20, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Europe, Grenergy, executive appointments, NextGenerationEU, Javier Espelta
EDPR finishes 200MW Indiana solar
The Riverstart project will certainly supply electrical power to the Hoosier Energy Cooperative
Jan 14, 2022 // Plants, USA, EDP Renewables, North America, solar farm
Commercial operation starts at 50-MW Enel solar plant in Brazil
Brazilian power market regulatory authority Aneel has actually given the go-ahead to the launch of business procedures at a 50-MW solar plant possessed by Italy's Enel Green Power SpA
May 5, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Enel, pv power plants, South america, Brazil
Aggreko builds solar, storage space project at Australian golden goose
UK mobile power business Aggreko plc (LON: AGK) has actually finished what it claims to be one of the greatest renewable resource microgrids worldwide, incorporating solar energy and power storage space at a golden goose in Western Australia.
Oct 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Australia, Oceania, Aggreko, Solar Project, George Whyte
OCI offloads 110-MW shovel-ready solar project in Texas to Mitsui
OCI Solar Power, part of South Korean power and also chemicals firm OCI Co Ltd (KRX:010060), has actually sold a 110-MW ready-to-build solar project in Texas to Japan's Mitsui & Co (TYO:8031).
Apr 25, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Texas, OCI, North America, mitsui, Solar Project
Northvolt secures $1.6 bn support for twin battery gigafactories
In a little over ten years, Northvolt aims to pour 150 GWh of batteries onto the European market, each year. The firm is also functioning to resource end-of-life batteries for half its raw materials.
Jul 29, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, NORTHVOLT, Sweden, Germany, Poland, Europe, Norway, Alexander Hartman, Peter Carlsson
Transparent Solar Cells That Could Unlock brand-new era of Personalised Energy
A group of scientists has actually successfully developed clear solar cells which they believe can take us in the direction of a brand-new period of customised power.
Nov 3, 2020 // Technology, solar cells, Asia, Korea, International, Innovation, Incheon National University, Joondong Kim
Organic Solar Cell Innovation Improves Performance And Stability
Scientists at the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology have actually made a development utilizing water treatment for morphology control in organic solar cells. Morphology control is basically about making and putting really tiny particles in their functioning position. The exploration has actually improved the performance and stability of large-area organic solar cells.
Sep 21, 2022 // Technology, organic solar cell, Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology, Dong-Yu Kim
Attaining stable perovskite solar cells through phase transition engineering for effective defect passivation
Last summer season, cities of Korea including Seoul were hit by an unmatched heavy rainfall, which swamped various locations. In a similar way, torrential downpours engulfed concerning one-third of Pakistan, resulting in prevalent flooding. New York City State was not spared as it experienced heavy snow storms in December of last year, with snowfall of more than one meter.
Apr 21, 2023 // Technology, Asia, Korea, Taiho Park, perovskite solar cells, Pohang University of Science and Technology
EnBW board greenlights 180MW unsubsidised solar park in Germany
German utility EnBW will build what is claimed to be Germany’s largest solar park without subsidy support, standing at 180MW in capacity in Brandenburg.
Oct 16, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Germany, Europe, unsubsidised, enbw, post-subsidy, procon solar, Procon Solar GmbH, Hans-Josef Zimmer, Thorsten Jörß