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Statkraft to include 55-MWp solar farm near old Solarcentury's plant in Spain
Norwegian renewables business Statkraft AS claimed Thursday it had actually gotten the building and construction license to install a 55-MWp solar farm in Caceres province, in Spain's Extremadura area.
Jun 11, 2021 // Plants, Spain, Europe, Statkraft, PV Power Plant
Xcel Announces Deal to Power Steel Mill with Solar
Xcel Energy has announced an agreement with Lightsource BP and EVRAZ North America to develop a $250-million, 240-MW solar power facility in Pueblo, Colorado. The plant will provide power to the EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel facility in Pueblo. Xcel said the plant will be the largest on-site solar facility dedicated to a single company.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Colorado, Lightsource BP, North America, Kevin Smith, Xcel Energy, EVRAZ, Alice Jackson
Toyota Boshoku’s 5.7-MW Illinois Solar Array Powers 85 % of Plant Demand
Toyota Boshoku America flips the switch on a 5.7-MW solar array in Illinois, meeting 85 % of plant power, cutting 6,800 t CO₂ and locking in energy savings.
May 30, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Illinois, Toyota Boshoku
Scatec Partners With ACME For 900 MW Solar Plant in India
Norway headquartered sustainable power manufacturer as well as distributor, Scatec has today introduced its collaboration with an Indian solar programmer ACME, to establish a 900 MW solar power plant in Rajasthan, India.
Jun 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Scatec, India, Asia, PV Power Plant, ACME Group, Manoj Kumar Upadhyay
Revolutionizing Power: MIT's Ultralight Solar Cells
Discover the remarkable power of MIT's ultralight fabric solar cells- 18x more efficient than traditional solar panels, capturing energy from any surface and resistant to 500+ cycles of rolling & unrolling. Embark on a greener future with sustainable energy generation.
Oct 2, 2023 // Technology, solar cell, MIT
Japanese co Sugino to power factory with 1-MW solar system
Japanese firm Sugino Machine Ltd introduced that a 1-MW solar system was mounted on the rooftops of its manufacturing facilities and also the heat treatment building at the Namekawa factory, in Japan's Toyama prefecture.
Jan 24, 2023 // Plants, Rooftop PV, Japan, Asia, Sugino
Schornhof solar park connected to German power grid
Renewable energy business Statkraft has revealed that the first 30MWp of the Schornhof solar park near Ingolstadt, Bavaria, has been attached to the German power grid.
Nov 2, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Grids, Germany, Europe, Statkraft, Solar Park
What is wrong with Fe photovoltaic cells
Scientists at Swedish Lund University are exploring the process due to which about a third of Fe-based solar cells’ energy is wasted. Identifying the way charge loss happens, they insist, is going to be the initial move toward solving the problem and creating high-efficiency photovoltaic cells of cheap and available material.
Nov 14, 2019 // Technology, Sweden, Europe, PV cells, Lund University
Mitsubishi Motors unveils solar system, battery storage project in Japan
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation (TYO:7211) on Wednesday unveiled a project to build a rooftop solar array and a battery energy storage system (BESS) at its manufacturing plant in Okazaki city, Japan.
Dec 12, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Japan, Asia, Mitsubishi Motors Corporation
Vaisala's Solar Performance Monitoring Solution: Maximising Solar Power Output
Vaisala introduces comprehensive weather station for solar power plant optimization to provide real-time data & optimize performance, reduce LCOE and boost ROI. Ensure a sustainable and affordable energy future with this innovative solution.
Sep 4, 2023 // Technology, Plants, Vaisala
Enel Green Power starts 29.9-MW solar project in Panama
Power utility group Enel Colombia said on Thursday it had actually released construction of a 29.87-MW solar farm in Panama, one of its 3 markets in Central America.
Feb 6, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, enel green power, North America, panama, Solar Project
Anti-solar cells: A photovoltaic cell that operates at night
In truth, a specially created photovoltaic cell might create up to 50 watts of power per square meter under ideal conditions in the evening, about a quarter of what a traditional solar panel can create in daytime, according to an idea paper by Munday and graduate student Tristan Deppe.
Feb 3, 2020 // Technology, USA, solar cells, North America, University of Maryland, Jeremy Munday
Sungrow to furnish 36-MW solar-plus-storage plant at Egyptian gold mine
China's Sungrow Power Supply Co Ltd (SHE:300274) revealed on Friday that it will supply tools for a 36-MW off-grid solar project at a gold mine in Egypt combined with a 7.5-MW battery.
Aug 30, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Sungrow, China, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Africa, Egypt, PV Power Plant
ACWA Power Completes 2-GW Ar-Rass 2 Commissioning
ACWA Power flips the switch on Saudi Arabia’s 2-GW Ar-Rass 2, unlocking full commercial output and boosting Tadawul-listed 2082’s renewable momentum.
Nov 11, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Saudi Arabia, Asia, ACWA Power
Poland's PGE eyes 600 MW of solar at Europe's biggest coal-fired plant
Polish utility PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA (WSE: PGE) on Wednesday announced plans to release 600 MW of solar, and possibly some wind power ability, at the site of its Belchatow coal-fired power plant in Lodz Province, main Poland.
Apr 16, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, Europe, PV Power Plant, PGE, Energia Odnawialna