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Goldman Sachs companions for United States solar spree
Bank's renewables arm to at first obtain 55MW of area PV in New york city state from SMT Energy
Mar 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Goldman Sachs Renewable Power, David Spotts, John Switzer, John France
Solarise Africa raises $10 million to spearhead its tidy power development in Africa
Financial options business Solarise Africa has actually elevated US$ 10 million to sustain its investment in solar PV projects in Kenya, Rwanda and South Africa. The business has actually also set its sights on more "challenging" territories, like the DR Congo, Chad and Sierra Leone. CEO Jan Albert Valk spoke with pv magazine about the company's plans, as well as the "overwhelming" demand for more renewable resource investment on the African continent.
Sep 23, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Africa, Jan Albert Valk
South Africa's Eskom verifies agreement awards for 1,440 MWh battery storage
South Africa's primary power provider Eskom has actually revealed information of honest significant battery storage implementations, including project sites and sizes.
Aug 1, 2022 // Storage, Africa, eskom, South Africa, contract awards, development banks
Octopus Pockets USD 160M for Australia Renewables Push
Octopus Investments Australia raises AUD 250 million for its renewable energy fund, OASIS. With contributions from Hostplus, CEFC and Sky Renewables, plus a new investor Rest, total funds raised now stand at AUD 550 million. Octopus manages a platform of assets worth AUD 1 billion.
Sep 5, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, octopus investments
PV performance projections for the 21st century
A study has divided the world into 12 climate zones on the basis of the Köppen–Geiger classification map. The paper confirmed Chile’s Atacama region has the world’s highest solar radiation but also showed the region with the highest performance ratio for PV systems was near Moscow.
Oct 21, 2019 // Solar, Chile, South america, Europe, Slovenia, Moscow, University of Ljubljana
2D ruddlesden-popper phase perovskite passivation layer for effective and also stable PSCS
A research team, led by Professor Hyesung Park in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at UNIST has done well in producing possibly high efficiency, stable, as well as scalable perovskite solar cells (PSCs) using vacuum deposition device, a technique of fabricating organic light-emitting display tools (OLEDs). Such technique is additionally helpful for the automation of batteries, which is anticipated to additional increase the commercialization of the PSCs, according to the research team.
Oct 21, 2022 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, efficiency, UNIST, Hyesung Park, Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Syria introduces tenders for 63 MW of solar
The Ministry of Electricity Transmission Establishment is looking for to construct a 23 MW solar center in Damascus as well as a 40 MW plant near Homs.
Feb 18, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, tender, Asia, Syria
ACWA signs financing take care of Natixis for up to US$ 2bn of projects
Saudi solar developer ACWA Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) that will certainly see the companions explore possibilities to create projects, consisting of renewable resource plants.
Dec 6, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Saudi Arabia, Natixis, Asia, ACWA Power, project finance
Exus lands O&M job for 36 MW of solar farms in Portugal
Renewables-focused investor and also asset supervisor Exus Management Partners will give operation and upkeep (O&M) solutions for 36 MW of solar farms in Portugal.
Jun 2, 2021 // Plants, Portugal, Europe, Solar Farms, Exus
Saudi Arabia secures PPAs for near to 3 GW of fresh solar
Power acquisition contracts (PPA) for approximately 3 GW of solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) projects have been checked in Saudi Arabia, it was announced on Thursday.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Saudi Arabia, PPA, Asia
Reliance to spend US$ 80bn in 100GW project pipeline, PV production as well as green hydrogen 'ecosystem' in India
Reliance Industries has actually authorized a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the government of Gujarat for a total investment of INR5.955 lakh crore (US$ 80 billion) over 10-15 years to establish 100GW of renewables and also set up green technology production centers in the state.
Jan 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, pv power plants, pv modules, Asia, solar cell, wafer, gujarat, green hydrogen, electrolysers, reliance group, Reliance Industries
Target Rolls Out Solar Initiative That Includes Jacksonville As Solar Prices Decline
Target has set a goal to have rooftop solar panels on 500 of its stores and other properties by 2020, and that includes in Jacksonville.
Oct 17, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Target, Jacksonville, St. Johns Town Center, John Leisen
Nidec ASI giving EPC for 50MW Northern Ireland BESS project
Nidec ASI, the Italy-based industrial options division of Japanese conglomerate Nidec Group, will give EPC solutions for a 50MW battery energy storage space system (BESS) project in North Ireland.
Aug 4, 2022 // Storage, UK, Europe, Northern Ireland, Nidec ASI, gore street capital
Ninth Circuit Strikes Down California ReMAT In Winding Creek Solar Case
On July 29, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the lower court’s decision in Winding Creek Solar LLC v. Peterman et al., ruling that California’s feed-in tariff for small qualifying facilities (QFs), the Renewable Market Adjusting Tariff (ReMAT), violates the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) (Ninth Circuit Case No. 17-17531).
Aug 9, 2019 // Plants, Tariffs, Policy, California, Winding Creek Solar LLC, Peterman, QFs, tariff, ReMAT, PURPA, Ninth Circuit, CPUC
Effectiveness restrictions of next-generation hybrid photovoltaic-thermal solar innovation
Spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal (SSPVT) technology has become an encouraging route towards high-performance solar harvesting.
Feb 9, 2021 // Technology, UK, China, Europe, Asia, efficiency, Spectral-splitting hybrid photovoltaic-thermal, SSPVT, solar collectors, Christos N. Markides, Gan Huang, Kai Wang