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Indian Railways eyes 500 MW rooftop solar by 2021-22
While 95.67 MW has already been installed on various railways buildings, 248.46 MW capacity—awarded by Railway Energy Management Company Limited—is under different stages of execution.
Nov 22, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, Piyush Goyal, Indian Railways
ADB finances Vietnam’s first large-scale floating solar plant
Vietnamese firm Da Nhim–Ham Thuan–Da Mi (DHD), a subsidiary of national utility EVN, has bagged a US$37 million loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for a 47.5MW floating solar project that is claimed to be the first and largest such project in the Southeast Asian nation.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Floating PV, ADB, Asia, solar-plus-storage, Singapore, Vietnam, floating, fpv, evn, dhd, sorsea, Christopher Thieme, Ramesh Subramaniam
Fintel, MK Group to construct 340 mln euro agrivoltaic plant in Serbia
Fintel Energija [BEL: FINT], the Serbian subsidiary of Italy's Fintel Energia Group, and diversified holding MK Group, strategy to invest 340 million euro ($400 million) in the building of an agrivoltaic plant in Kula, in northern Serbia, MK Group claimed.
Jul 16, 2021 // Plants, Commercial, Europe, Serbia, Fintel Energija, agrivoltaic plant, MK Group
KORE Power will start a 10-GWh lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the United States
KORE Power today announced its intentions to build a lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in the United States to support global growth efforts for its Mark 1 Energy Storage System.
Oct 22, 2019 // Storage, USA, China, Asia, North America, lithium-ion battery, KORE Power, Lindsay Gorrill
LONGi Secures 81.66MW Solar Module Deal in Greece
LONGi will supply 81.66 MW of high-efficiency solar modules for two utility-scale projects in central Greece—boosting renewable capacity and expanding LONGi’s footprint in Europe.
Jun 29, 2026 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Greece, Europe, LONGi
Solving seasonal storage with aluminum cycling
Scientists at Switzerland’s University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil have demonstrated an aluminum conversion process which could be valuable for long-term renewable energy storage. Simulations suggest that by employing the process, a new multi-family building in Switzerland could meet all its energy demand from a 7-11 kWp solar system.
Jan 23, 2020 // Technology, Storage, Europe, hydrogen, Switzerland, Aluminum, University of Applied Sciences Rapperswil
York council approves Aukera’s 250-megawatt Yorkshire battery storage project today
Aukera Energy won planning consent for a 249.9-MW battery in North Yorkshire, adding flexible capacity that supports solar and wind on Britain’s grid.
Sep 19, 2025 // Storage, UK, Europe, Yorkshire, Aukera, planning
UK Solar Roadmap Targets 47 GW Capacity, Fuels Rooftop Revolution Nationwide
New Solar Roadmap sets UK goal of 45-47 GW by 2030, promising rooftop reforms, balcony plug-in panels and 35,000 jobs while using just 0.4 % of land.
Jul 1, 2025 // Policy, Energy, UK, Solar, Europe, renewables, Roadmap
GoodWe's Vietnam Plant Boosts Global Expansion Strategy
GoodWe Technologies Co Ltd expands globally with new manufacturing plant in Vietnam, enhancing competitiveness and customer service in key markets.
Mar 14, 2024 // Manufacturing News, Inverters, Asia, Vietnam, GoodWe
El Salvador Wins Kuwait Loan for Solar Farm
El Salvador secures up to $9.7M from the Kuwait Fund to build a solar farm in La Libertad—boosting clean power, energy security, and renewable growth through international cooperation.
Jun 12, 2026 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, El Salvador, North America, PV Power Plant
JinkoSolar to invest US$ 70m in 100,000 MT Tongwei polysilicon plant
'Solar Module Super League' maker JinkoSolar is to invest RMB450 million (US$ 70.3 million) in Tongwei Solar subsidiary Sichuan Yongxiang Energy Technology to assist fund a 100,000 MT high-purity polysilicon facility.
Nov 3, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Tongwei, polysilicon, JinkoSolar, modules
Masdar inks 1GW Kyrgyzstan renewables deal
Agreement with Kyrgyz Republic's energy ministry commences with a 200MW PV project due online in 2026
Jan 10, 2023 // Plants, Masdar, Asia, Kyrgyzstan
Enel ushers in 40MW solar duo in Panama
Jaguito and Esperanza projects will create nearly 60GWh of electricity a year
Dec 3, 2021 // Plants, enel green power, North America, panama, PV Power Plant, Bruno Riga
Sunpure Wins Contract to Supply Cleaning Robots for Qatar's Large-Scale Solar Plant
The cumulative capacity for both solar PV plants that Sunpure will supply services for is 875 MW. This will certainly be the second PV project on a large scale in Qatar that uses PV cleaning robotic remedies. In August last year, QatarEnergy- a state-owned oil company of Qatar, awarded a contract valued at $630.33 million to Samsung C&T for the EPC of the project.
May 30, 2023 // Plants, Sungrow, sprng energy, Samsung C&T, EPC of solar project, IC Solar Project, O&M of solar project, Sunpure
Japan sets feed-in tariffs for the 2020 Japanese Financial Year
Feed-in tariffs (FiTs) in Japan for solar PV systems have actually now been provisionally set by the national Ministry of Energy Trade and Industry (METI) for the next financial year, which starts in April.
Feb 6, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, Japan, Asia, rooftop PV, feed-in tariffs, third-party ownership