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SECI Tenders for 25 MW Solar Plant at BCCL in West Bengal
SECI has tendered for setting up of 25 MW solar plant at the Bhojudh Coal Washery of BCCL in the Purulia district of West Bengal.
Jan 18, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, SECI, tender, Asia, West Bengal, PV Power Plant, solar projects, BCCL
Fresh information become AU$ 540m Victoria REZ plan bids to unlock 10GW of new renewable ability
New details have emerged regarding a strategy to develop 6 Renewable Energy Zones (REZs) in the Australian state of Victoria, opening 10GW of extra capacity for renewables
Feb 23, 2021 // Grids, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Victoria, Australia, Lily D’Ambrosio, Oceania, grid, rez, Mark Gepp
Biden management supports Trump's elimination of bifacial tariff exemption
The Biden administration has upheld former United States Head of state Donald Trump's controversial choice to eliminate a tariff exception for bifacial solar panel imports.
Mar 4, 2021 // Tariffs, Policy, USA, Donald Trump, North America, Bifacial panels, bifacial solar, biden, Heather Zichal, manufacturing capacity, solar imports
How will China’s electricity price reform affect solar?
The nation’s plan for grid-parity solar – brought forward to ease a mounting public PV subsidy debt burden – could be left in ruins by a newly-announced scheme to part liberalize the electricity price, itself motivated by a need to bail out financially stricken state-owned power companies.
Sep 30, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Policy, China, Asia, China Central Television, NDRC, Song Jie Cao
Bangladeshi industrial sector embraces leasing model for solar rooftops
The affordable public financing packages on offer for solar rooftops are attracting developers who have clients happy to lease out roofspace without any capital outlay in order to secure cheaper power.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Rooftop PV, Bangladesh, Asia, SREDA, Siddique Zobair, Nahid Hasan, Infrastructure Development Company Ltd, Ahmed Imtiaz, Sharp Solar Solution Asia Ltd, Exelon Bangladesh Ltd
Lightsource BP constructing 70-MW Penn State University solar project
Penn State University, in partnership with Lightsource BP, has broken ground on the largest solar project in the state of Pennsylvania. The project is expected to provide 25% of the university’s electricity over the next 25 years. Lightsource BP will build, own and operate the facility and sell the electricity to Penn State under a long-term power sales contract.
Oct 26, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, UTILITY-SCALE SOLAR, Lightsource BP, penn state university, Kevin Smith, Stantec, Robert Molner, David Bernier
Sungrow Introduces Ultra Powerful Inverter- SG350HX
The brand-new inverters will be deployed at Malaysia's latest utility scale solar power projects.
Dec 7, 2021 // Inverters, Sungrow, Solarvest, Malaysia solar parks, SG350HX
New South Wales obtains 34GW of solar, storage and wind proposals for most recent REZ, more than 10 times final capacity
The Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) has obtained propositions for greater than 34GW of solar, wind and energy storage space for its South-West Renewable Energy Zone (REZ), more than 10 times the likely capacity of the site.
Feb 7, 2022 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Australia, Oceania, new south wales, nsw, rez, ROI
Like Solar Trees, The Solar 'Smartflower' Additionally faces Cost Challenges
Solar's initiative to be visually pleasing has been a tough journey thus far, with costs a crucial concern. Costs are one reason solar tiles for instance stay an industrialized country advantage even now.
May 12, 2022 // Technology, distributed solar, solar tree, energy management Inc, smartflower, Solar Cost, solar flower
Denmark Invites Bids for 3rd Technology-neutral Tender
The Danish Energy Agency (DEA) has invited bids for a technology-neutral tender, where solar cell systems, wind turbines, wave energy plants as well as hydropower plants can contend for support. This is the third such tender launched by Denmark and will certainly back about 428 MW of renewable resource projects using DKK 1.2 billion ($189.5 million) in state funds. The due date to send propositions using the tender site is October 22, 2021.
Aug 27, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, Europe, Denmark, Danish Energy Agency, DEA, hydropower plants, solar cell systems, technology-neutral tender, wave energy plants, Wind Turbines
Schletter reveals 1P solar tracker as well as customizable flat roof covering racking
Global solar mounting manufacturer Schletter Group is showcasing its most recent item solutions at RE+ in Anaheim, California next week, including its new one-in-portrait solar tracker, which is making its North American debut.
Sep 16, 2022 // Manufacturing News, USA, North America, Solar Tracker, Schletter
Scatec reaches commercial operation for another 112 MW of capacity
The Norwegian developer has opened plants in Ukraine and Egypt. Scatec Solar recently announced it managed to triple energy production in the last year.
Sep 1, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Residential, Tariffs, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec Solar, Ukraine, Europe, Asia, Africa, Egypt, Oslo
Minister: Mexico’s postponed auction will come when time is right
Mexico’s state-run utility and fossil fuel infrastructure need more time before the country can re-arrange the renewable auction it cancelled this year, a top official has said.
Sep 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Grids, solar pv, Latin america, auctions, Mexico, North America, AMLO, esslatam, tenders, cfe, Marco Nieto-Vázquez
Moldova sets renewables tariffs
The energy regulator has set a 15-year payment of $0.10/kWh for PV projects with a generation capacity of 10 kW-1 MW. The first auctions for large renewables projects are planned for early next year and will grant a fixed rate rather than a variable premium.
Sep 19, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Tariffs, auctions, Europe, Moldova, ANRE, Vitali Zveaghintev, Zaw Energy
Colombia backs PV plant as president touts clean energy shift at UN summit
One of the largest solar projects to date in Colombia has cleared a key planning hurdle as president Iván Duque promised clean energy leadership at this week’s UN summit.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Canadian Solar, pv power plants, pv modules, South america, auctions, policy and regulation, tenders, Colombia, Iván Duque