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$76M Solar Project: SABIC & Iberdrola's Global Partnership
SABIC awards Iberdrola a $76 million contract to develop a 100 MW solar plant in La Aljorra, complete with 260,000 solar panels. The plant will supply SABIC's polycarbonate facility with renewable electricity to support sectors such as automotive and construction.
Jun 16, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Iberdrola, PV Power Plant, SABIC, La Aljorra
What is Photovoltaic (PV) device?
A solid state device converting sunlight directly to DC electricity. A solar PV device can be composed of various semiconductor materials, such as silicon,
Sep 13, 2023
What are Ribbon (photovoltaic) cells?
Solar cells produced by pulling a PV material (commonly silicon) slowly from the melt, which forms a thin sheet of material.     ← Back
Sep 13, 2023
Goias Launches Hybrid Solar-Hydro Plant
Goias celebrates the inauguration of a solar-hydro hybrid energy plant, equipped with 1,800 solar modules and a hydropower generator. The investment of BRL 26 million will benefit the local population and environment, producing enough energy to cover the needs of three towns.
Aug 29, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Goias, solar-hydro hybrid energy plant
New Life for $500M EV Plant in Quebec
Revive and upgrade an old plant in Quebec with C$750 million, partly funded by the Canadian and Quebec governments. Production has capacity for 2.5 million electric vehicle batteries and is expected to begin in 2026. Solus Advanced Materials Co. unit Volta Energy Solutions leading the project.
Sep 6, 2023 // Markets & Finance News, Canada, North America, Quebec, EV Plant
Breakthrough in Perovskite-Silicon Tandem Solar Cells
Discover the breakthrough findings of two new studies about highly efficient tandem solar cells using perovskite-silicon: a phosphonic acid additive to improve crystallization and an ionic liquid to enhance charge extraction, reaching up to 31.2% and 32.5% power conversion efficiencies.
Jul 7, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, perovskite, EPFL, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, solar efficiency, Xin Yu Chin
Endesa is completing deployment of solar projects gained at the auction in 2017
Endesa, a subsidiary of the biggest electric utility in Spain, has finished 252 megawatts of PV projects in Extremadura, which means all of the 339 megawatts the company gained at the governmental auction 2017 are now tied to electrical grid.
Nov 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Grids, Spain, Europe, auction, Endesa
Acciona turns on 62MWp PV plant, hits 536MW renewables milestone in Chile
Acciona has commissioned a 54.2MW / 62MWp PV plant in the Atacama desert, bringing its total renewables operating capacity in Chile to 536MW.
Dec 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Chile, South america, Latin america, atacama, large-scale pv, Acciona, utility scale, José Ignacio Escobar
Technique Solaire buys 6.2-MWp solar plant in India
French independent eco-friendly power producer Technique Solaire announced on Wednesday it has completed the purchase of a 6.2-MWp ground-mounted solar (PV) plant in India.
Jan 26, 2023 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, solar plant, Technique Solaire
Sol Systems Officially Opens 342-MWp Eldorado Solar Park In Illinois
Sol Systems inaugurated the 342-MWp Eldorado solar project in Illinois, its largest to date, adding significant daytime capacity to the Midwest grid.
Sep 26, 2025 // Plants, USA, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, North America, sol systems, Illinois, commissioning, Eldorado
EU study team consents to back questionable Spanish lithium mine
Australian business Infinity Lithium has actually authorized a memorandum of recognizing with the European Battery Alliance to advertise its lithium mine project in San José, Extremadura. It would certainly be the very first lithium project to get European funding however has actually currently increased the hackles of neighborhood ecologists and also locals.
Apr 2, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Storage, Spain, Europe, Infinity Lithium, Diego Pavía
ADB leads US$ 186 million funding for Vietnam solar plant
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is joining a US$ 186 million financing for a solar plant in Vietnam, in a bargain which includes the initial environment-friendly B car loan in Asia. The funding comprises a US$ 27.9 million loan funded by ADB, as well as a US$ 148.8 million syndicated financing (B financing) moneyed by industrial banks with ADB as loan provider of record, plus a US$ 9.3 million funding from Leading Asia's Private Sector Infrastructure Fund (LEAP).
Oct 13, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Vietnam, Asian Development Bank, JackiecSurtani, Dang Trung Kien
Teraco's Green Power Plan: Data Centers Go Renewable
Teraco Data Environments Ltd. leads the way in sustainable energy with a new power plant in South Africa, reducing reliance on Eskom and boosting renewables.
Feb 28, 2024 // Plants, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant, Teraco Data Environments
South Korea's biggest floating PV plant now on the internet
Designer Scotra claims that the project is the second-biggest floating PV variety outside of China.
Aug 21, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, South Korea, floating PV, Asia, Scotra
Siemens Energy secures e-methanol electrolyser plant order
Contract with European Energy will certainly see project powered by close-by 300MW solar site
Mar 2, 2022 // Solar to Fuel, Europe, Denmark, Siemens Energy, E-METHANOL