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Solar developer Encore Renewable Energy will install country’s first long duration, liquid air battery
Highview Power Storage and renewable energy developer Encore Renewable Energy jointly announced plans to develop the United States’ first long duration, liquid air energy storage system. This facility will be a minimum of 50 MW, provide in excess of eight hours of storage (400 MWh) and will be located in northern Vermont.
Dec 18, 2019 // Storage, USA, North America, Javier Cavada, Highview Power Storage, Encore Renewable Energy, Salvatore Minopoli, Chad Farrell
Take a break on the solar bench – but not for too long
Engie has raised eyebrows with the installation of several solar benches in Biarritz, southwestern France, as a local official has asked citizens to avoid sitting on them for long periods of time in order to keep their energy yield up. But the authorities over in Cannes are clearly impressed, as the municipal government in the French Riviera resort town has also revealed plans to buy more of the PV benches, which are designed by Croatian startup Include.
Aug 22, 2019 // Solar, France, Engie, pv modules, Europe, Guillaume Barucq, solar benches, Cannes
Entergy obtains authorization for 100-MW solar + storage space project in Arkansas
The Arkansas Public Service Commission has actually authorized a brand-new utility-scale solar project that will certainly offer Entergy Arkansas clients with 100 MW of solar energy and also 10 MW of battery storage space for when the sunlight isn't radiating.
Apr 28, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, pv power plants, North America, Laura Landreaux, Sen. Jonathan Dismang
RPower Secures First Long-Term Green Energy Deal in Romania
RPower's first Romanian PPA delivers 357 GWh of green energy, boosting Europe's renewable goals and solidifying its role in sustainable energy solutions.
Mar 24, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, Romania, PV Power Plant, RPOWER
First Solar completes manufacturing expansion in Ohio, now with total solar panel production capacity at 1.9 GW
Thin-film solar panel manufacturer First Solar today announced the start of production at its new PV module manufacturing facility in Lake Township, Ohio — a few miles from its flagship 600-MW factory in Perrysburg, Ohio. With the completed addition, First Solar has a total annualized production capacity of 1.9 GW in the United States. The company also manufactures panels in Malaysia and Vietnam.
Oct 26, 2019 // Manufacturing News, USA, First Solar, Mark Widmar, thin-film, North America, Hanwha Q Cells, Ohio, Tymen de Jong
RWE wins German solar tender
Developer to develop 16.8 MW project on the site of an opencast mine
Dec 7, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Germany, tender, Europe, rwe
BayWa r.e. to construct 3-MWp self-consumption floating PV farm in Germany
German renewables programmer BayWa r.e. stated today that is set to start constructing a 3-MWp floating solar PV farm in the town of Haltern am See for family-owned mining business Quarzwerke GmbH.
Feb 7, 2022 // Plants, Floating PV, Germany, Europe, baywa r.e., floating PV farm, Stephan Auracher
REC Silicon companions with Ferroglobe as US polysilicon supply chain strategies take shape
REC Silicon will certainly bargain a raw material supply contract with silicon metal carrier Ferroglobe as part of a new cooperation in between the firms focused on building a US-based solar supply chain.
Jun 13, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, polysilicon, North America, REC Silicon, fbr, polysilicon production, SEMA, Ferroglobe
A flexible approach to offshore solar
Researchers in the Netherlands are trialing a floating solar installation based on flexible thin-film PV components. The suggestion behind their principle is that such modules, in combination with a recently made flexible racking system, will certainly produce a system able to roll with the activity of the water, rather than attempting to oppose it.
Jun 26, 2020 // Technology, Floating PV, pv modules, Europe, Netherlands, thin-film, flexible
First Solar secure local steel supply for Ohio module center
First Solar has actually locked in steel supplies for solar modules made at its under-development making center in Ohio, by signing a supply contract with local carrier Ice Industries.
Apr 1, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, PV module, North America, Ohio, Howard Ice
New South Wales Opens 1-GW Tender for Long-Duration Storage Capacity
AEMO Services has launched a tender to contract 1 GW of long-duration energy-storage capacity across New South Wales, strengthening grid reliability ahead of looming coal retirements.
May 9, 2025 // Storage, storage, Australia, tender, Oceania, nsw, AEMOServices
Cenovus, Elemental Energy ink 150-MW solar PPA in Alberta
Canadian energy group Cenovus Energy Inc (TSE: CVE) has actually signed an off-take offer to get electricity from an approximately 150-MW solar project suggested in Alberta by compatriot Elemental Energy Inc
Jul 23, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, PPA, alberta, Cenovus, Elemental Energy
Pineapple Energy acquires Long Island solar service provider SUNation Energy
Pineapple Energy, a solar + storage professional, acquired SUNation Energy, a New York-based solar installer for household and also little commercial consumers. The deal closed on November 9, 2022.
Nov 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Pineapple Energy, SUNation Energy
North Rhine-Westphalia Pushes Law Change To Unlock Larger Floating Solar
Germany’s NRW files a Bundesrat motion to relax strict surface-area and shoreline limits on floating PV, aiming to turn quarry lakes into gigawatts of clean power.
May 28, 2025 // Floating PV, Germany, Europe, NRW, Bundesrat
Africa Greentec to mount solar systems in Chad
German Africa Greentec AG has signed framework contracts in Chad for the establishment of a joint venture with the nationwide electrical energy SNE. Through this unique function lorry, the German firm said it is "developing a green power supplier in the country." By the middle of this year, the initial megawatt-scale SNE diesel generators are to be replaced by solar plants.
Apr 9, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, PV Power Plant, Africa Greentec