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Eswatini 40 MW solar tender attracts 13 approved bidders
The regulator received 26 proposals overall for a project intended to make the kingdom less dependent on power imports from troubled South African utility Eskom.
Oct 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, eskom, Eswatini
Soltech Shines Bright with 5.8-MW Solar Park in Sweden
Soltech Group shines bright with completion of 5.8-MW solar park in Sweden, powering homes and paving the way for a sustainable future.
May 8, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Sweden, Europe
What is Battery energy storage?
System based on electrochemical cells for storing electrical energy generated by photovoltaic stations for future usage. Most hybrid and off-the-grid solar
Sep 11, 2023
Allete finishes 330MW US solar acquisition
The US$ 165.5 m deal marks the energy supplier's entryway into the PV industry.
Apr 18, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, Allete
Enel plants to power Anglo American’s full renewable switch in Chile
A mining giant has turned to Enel to power its transition to a fully renewable energy supply in Chile, signing a deal set to kick in two years’ time.
Jul 30, 2019 // Plants, PV Tech, Enel, Los Bronces, Collahuasi, El Soldado
REC Solar's France prepared PV panel plant project steps into final decision with public appointment process
REC Solar France, the French subsidiary of Norwegian-headquartered solar firm REC Group, revealed that the public appointment procedure for REC Group's planned project to develop a photovoltaic panel manufacturing plant in Hambach (France, Moselle region) will happen from December 14, 2020 to February 8, 2021.
Dec 3, 2020 // Manufacturing News, France, Europe, REC Solar, PV panel, photovoltaic panel
Scatec funds 540MW South African solar portfolio
Construction will now kick off at three PV sites as well as a 225MW storage facility in the Kenhardt region
Jul 20, 2022 // Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Scatec, Africa, South Africa, Terje Pilskog, Jan Fourie
France to target at the very least 100GW of deployed solar by 2050, Macron says
France will certainly intend to have greater than 100GW of mounted solar PV capacity by 2050, President Emmanuel Macron announced on Thursday as part of a brand-new power approach that will see the country double down on developing new nuclear plants.
Feb 11, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, France, EDF, Europe, nuclear, deployment target, emmanuel macron, Syndicat des Énergies Renouvelables
SSE backed Renewco Power sets sights on 4GW renewables portfolio
A brand-new renewables firm with the backing of SSE has been released with a concentrate on the roll-out of large solar and also wind ranches throughout the UK and also Europe.
Sep 23, 2021 // Large-Scale, Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, SSE, Renewco Power
Prisons begin 2nd energy project
Entegrity, a Little Rock power solutions firm, has introduced an energy-efficiency project with the Arkansas Department of Corrections.
Dec 28, 2020 // Plants, USA, North America, Solar Project, Solomon Graves, Asa Hutchinson, Chris Ladner
Apple Commits to Extra Clean Energy, With Energy Storage Marking a brand-new Frontier
Apple has revealed that it is investing in a major energy storage project in The golden state to pilot new services for sustainable infrastructure.
Apr 1, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, California, USA, ENERGY STORAGE, Apple, North America, International, Apple Energy Storage, Lisa Jackson
Renewable energy finance: Sovereign guarantees
Assurances against country-level risks are essential to make renewable energy investments bankable. Sovereign guarantees represent a government’s commitment to cover payments in case of default. Yet with this well-known instrument becoming harder to obtain, lesser-known risk mitigation alternatives can also be viable.
Jan 31, 2020 // Market Research
Polish solar goes big with 1.1GW dual announcement
Poland’s still-nascent solar market could witness a colossal boost in the future if two schemes unveiled this week succeed in reaching the finish line.
Sep 5, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Poland, utility-scale PV, Europe, eastern europe, mining, miner, large-scale pv, solar mines
UAH research aims to improve solar panel performance thru geothermal cooling
By utilizing geothermal cooling, a research group from the University of Alcala in Spain has actually established a prototype solar panel with approximately 14% greater performance.
Oct 28, 2022 // Technology, Spain, Europe, solar panel, efficiency, UAH, University of Alcala
Wärtsilä ESS fire safety screening showed battery smoke is no worse than other smoke
Technology group Wärtsilä has actually completed UL 9540A fire safety screening of its GridSolv Quantum energy storage system (ESS).
May 25, 2023 // Storage, Wärtsilä