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Iberdrola picks Brazil to mount its 1st floating solar project
Spanish electric utility Iberdrola SA (BME: IBE) announced today that its Brazilian unit Neoenergia SA (BVMF: NEOE3) will install a 630-kW floating solar array in the northeastern state of Pernambuco.
Jan 5, 2023 // Plants, Floating PV, Iberdrola, South america, Brazil, floating solar project
Spain's non-peninsular plan to supply 150MW of solar to Canary Islands
Spain is preparing 150MW of solar PV in the Canary Islands, sustained by a brand-new EUR20 million (US$ 21.75 million) fund introduced by Energy preacher Sara Aagesen.
Apr 22, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Spain, Europe, erdf, miteco, canary islands, balearic, eu islands, islands, solcan
HEP launches Croatia's biggest solar energy plant
Croatian state-owned energy distributor Hrvatska Elektroprivreda (HEP) claimed it put into operation the largest solar center in the country - the 31 million kuna ($4.9 million/4.1 million euro) worth Vis solar energy plant.
Sep 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Europe, PV Power Plant, Croatia, Hrvatska Elektroprivreda
Philippine Government Approves 65 MW Solar Project on Luzon Island
Philippine government approves PHP 2.7 billion solar project in Pangasinan, set to boost renewable energy goals and contribute to a greener future.
Feb 16, 2024 // Plants, Solar Project, Philippine
COVID-19 Decreased Power Effectiveness Progression in the US: Report
out this year's top 10, are Massachusetts (# 2), Vermont (# 3), Rhode Island (# 4), New York (# 5), Maryland (# 6), Connecticut (# 7), Washington, DC (#
Dec 21, 2020 // Market Research, California, USA, North America, Wyoming, Energy Efficiency, 2020 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, ACEEE
Soventix in talks to deploy 100MW solar in Nicaragua
Soventix has been singled out by the Nicaraguan government as the potential developer of a major solar project, the latest in a series of PV moves by the Central American state.
Aug 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Solar, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Soventix, Nicaragua, Salvador Mansell Castrillo, PV plants, North America
Nordic Solar Expands with 40-MWp Swedish PV Acquisition
Danish solar powerhouse Nordic Solar A/S expands into Sweden with 40-MWp project on picturesque Gotland island, part of ambitious 270-MWp pipeline.
Feb 26, 2024 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Sweden, Europe, Nordic Solar
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Sep 13, 2023
UK designer stories 1GW of solar on retired coal sites
UK solar programmer Island Green Power is to advance 2 solar PV projects amounting to over 1GW on previous coal power station sites in the UK.
Sep 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, UK, solar pv, Europe, Mega Solar, island green power
Shell backs 800MW UK solar
Framework contracts are with Island Green Power for 700MW and Clearstone Energy for 100MW
Oct 5, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UK, Europe, shell, David Bunch
AGL preps commissioning of 250-MW/250-MWh battery in S Australia
AGL Energy Ltd (ASX: AGL) is anticipated to commission a 250 MW/250 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in South Australia's Torrens Island in a couple of weeks, having received authorization for performance standards by market regulatory authority AEMO.
Apr 14, 2023 // Storage, AGL Energy, S Australia
Top officials trumpet 20GW-by-2025 solar goal as Energy Taiwan kicks off
Taiwan will try and use its leverage as a global electronic and manufacturing hotspot to engineer a multi-gigawatt clean energy boom, government figures have said as they kickstarted this year’s edition of Energy Taiwan.
Oct 16, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Policy, pv modules, Asia, policy and regulation, Taiwan, energy taiwan, module manufacturing, auo, Shen Jong-Chin, Tsai Ing-wen, TSEC
Micronesia introduces tender for utility range solar-plus-storage
The federal government of the Federated States of Micronesia intends to boost power generation capability on the islands of Yap as well as Kosrae.
May 12, 2020 // Storage, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, Micronesia
Hanwha Energy protects large-scale solar-plus-storage project in Hawaii
South Korea's Hanwha Energy Corp on Tuesday claimed it has won the proposal to develop and operate the Kupehau solar-plus-storage system in a procurement workout taken care of by US utility Hawaiian Electric.
Oct 27, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, Hawaii, North America, Hanwha Energy
Solar tender in Mauritius
The island country's Agricultural Marketing Board is looking for propositions for a ground-mounted PV plant. Programmers have a week to send quotes.
Apr 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, PV plant, tender, Africa, Mauritius
