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Reoccurring Power begin on the 300 MW PV and storage "Slate" project
Persistent Energy, part of Canadian Solar Inc., finished the sale of the "Slate" project to Goldman Sachs Renewable Power.
Jan 14, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Canadian Solar, recurrent energy, Shawn Qu, Solar Project
Lightsource Labs companions on UK PV, storage space solution
Connect with Pure Planet aims to open and also monetise energy flexibility from solar and batteries
Jun 29, 2021 // Residential, Storage, UK, Lightsource BP, Europe
Repsol goes into United States PV market with Hecate stake
Bargain provides Spanish oil large accessibility to a portfolio of renewables and also storage projects in excess of 40GW
May 13, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, USA, North America, hecate energy, repsol, Maria Victoria Zingoni
Bird-inspired plant becomes Taiwan’s largest ground-mounted PV launch
Taiwan is now home to what is being billed as the territory’s largest ground-mounted solar plant, an installation modelled after an at-risk bird that migrates nearby every year.
Sep 18, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, pv power plants, Asia, Taiwan, birdseye, Nitin Apte, Sam Ong
Hawaiian utility assigns 460 MW of PV as well as 3 GWh of storage space in renewable resource purchase
Champions of the island state's biggest ever renewable resource purchase include AES, Hanwha, Engie, EDF, Longroad.
Jun 4, 2020 // Storage, USA, EDF, Engie, North America, AES, Hanwha, hawaiian electric, Longroad
Czech utility ČEZ must invest in PV not nuclear to catch up in energy transition: IEEFA
The Czech Republic's biggest utility, ČEZ Group, ought to scale up its residential solar PV portfolio over the next decade instead of going after new nuclear reactor, the Institute for Energy Economics as well as Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has claimed.
Jan 26, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, energy transition, IEEFA, Czech Republic, central europe, cez group
EU national climate strategies promise 209 GW extra solar PV ability by 2030
EU member states' National Energy as well as Climate Plans (NECPs) confirm the intense future for solar in Europe, with 209 GW of solar PV capacity set to be included by 2030, or 19 GW annually, SolarPower Europe stated on September 29, noting that solar will continue to be the most-installed energy generation technology in Europe between 2020 as well as 2030, along with wind power.
Oct 1, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Walburga Hemetsberger, Europe, SolarPower Europe, Fatih Birol, Naomi Chevillard, Raffaele Rossi, Aristotelis Chantavas
South African chemicals manufacturer looks for bids for 20 MW of PV
Sasol intends to power its procedures in the communities of Secunda as well as Sasolburg with 2 10 MW solar projects. The effective bidders with sell power to the factories under power purchase arrangements.
Aug 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Africa, South Africa, Sasol, Hermann Wenhold
Battery trends in the PV and EV markets
The lithium ion battery market is experiencing growth on all sectors, including consumer and industrial applications, electric vehicles, and stationary energy storage systems (ESS).
Sep 24, 2019 // Storage, storage, solar-plus-storage, nmc, lfp, ev charging
Losing a few PV panels in space can cost millions of dollars
European satellite operator Eutelsat has revealed one of the two solar arrays on its recently launched 5 West B satellite has been lost. Only 45% of the craft’s generation capacity can be operated, hitting the company’s bottom line to the tune of $5-10 million.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Solar, PV technology, Eutelsat, satellite
Azure Power to deploy 2GW of PV capacity through SECI’s manufacturing-linked tender
The Indian developer is committed to install 500 megawatts of manufacturing capacity in collaboration with a local panel producer. The agreement includes an option to double the power generation capacity, the decision for which is expected to be taken tomorrow.
Dec 16, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, SECI, tender, Asia, Azure Power
Polysilicon Woes in Solar PV Markets to End Within 18 Months: Rethink
According to Rethink Energy's findings, 2022 will certainly be the 2nd as well as last year of the polysilicon lack. While the financial rebound of 2021 saw demand surpass supply by 50 GW, with possibly an also bigger void in 2022, pledges made by several lots firms must see manufacturing capacity triple over the next 3 years.
Feb 8, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Market Research, polysilicon, Rethink Energy, Andries Wantenaar
Who has won contract for Indonesia’s controversial floating PV project?
The government was forced to hold a tender for the 200 MW Cirata Dam scheme after originally awarding the deal to UAE developer Masdar. With August 19 named as the date to announce the auction results, nobody is any the wiser as yet.
Sep 30, 2019 // Floating PV, Masdar, tender, Asia, Indonesia, Marlistya Citraningrum, UAE, Cirata Dam, Perusahaan Listrik Negara, Archandra Tahar
Switzerland elevated subsidies for tiny PV systems to CHF 380 per kWh
The Swiss Federal Council has selected careful adjustments to regulations in the energy industry. With the modification to the Energy Promotion Ordinance (EnFV), the one-off payment for solar (PV) systems will be raised to 30 kilowatts (kW) as of April 1, 2021.
Nov 27, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, PV systems, Switzerland
ReneSola continues PV sell-off spree with 13.9MW exit in Hungary
Shanghai-headquartered ReneSola has inked the latest of a series of solar divestments in recent weeks, offloading a portfolio of distributed generation in Hungary.
Oct 15, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Rooftop PV, Poland, Hungary, Europe, Asia, renesola, solar sale, portfolio sale