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Financial Services Firm Visa Reaches 100% Renewable Electricity Goal
Visa has announced that it has met its goal to use 100% renewable electricity by 2020, furthering its commitment to lead sustainably across its operations
Jan 16, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, International, Renewable Electricity, milestone, Visa, Al Kelly, Douglas Sabo
CEA INES and Enel announce 24.63% effectiveness for heterojunction solar cell
The effectiveness of the solar cell, which is made with a basic M2 wafer, was raised by around 0.7% through an improved busbarless screen printing metallization process based on heterojunction (HJT) processes developed with production devices supplied by Swiss professional Meyer Hamburger.
Feb 3, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, France, Italy, Enel, Europe, solar cell, meyer burger, CEA INES
First Solar backs carbon pricing for wholesale electrical power
First Solar has actually backed carbon rates in comments submitted to the U.S. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The firm likewise co-founded a global plan institute to sustain carbon prices as a "economical, fair as well as politically viable environment solution."
Jun 9, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, First Solar, North America
Lightsource BP finilize 50MWp solar farms for H&M Group
Lightsource BP, Schroders Greencoat, and H&M Group complete two new solar power stations in Leicestershire, providing renewable energy to H&M Group's business activities
Feb 15, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Lightsource BP, solar farm, H&M Group
Amazon Locks In Power From Three New Australian Solar Farms
Amazon signs PPAs with European Energy for three solar farms in Victoria and Queensland, securing ~300 MWp to power its AU$20 billion data-centre expansion.
Jun 16, 2025 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar, PPA, Australia, Amazon, Oceania, european energy, PV Power Plant
University of Pittsburgh begin on 20-MW solar project
Building and construction has actually started on a 20-MW solar ranch near Pittsburgh International Airport that will provide electricity to the University of Pittsburgh for the following twenty years.
Nov 4, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Craig Carson, Solar Project, University of Pittsburgh, Aurora Sharrard
UAE programmer closes on 1GW of wind, solar projects in Egypt
AMEA Power said both 500MW schemes represent a US$ 1.1 bn investment in the country's economy
Nov 30, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Asia, Africa, Egypt, UAE, amea power, solar projects
BIPV's Efficiency Boost: 4.5% Increase
Experience the benefits of roof albedo for improved PV system efficiency and mitigate urban heat island effect with Building-Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV). A research report conducted by researchers from the University of South Wales (Australia) and Calcutta University has revealed its importance.
Nov 9, 2023 // Technology, bipv, Australia, Oceania, Building-integrated photovoltaics, efficiency, University of South Wales, Calcutta University
Eni's Plenitude Expands US Solar Portfolio with 272 MW
Eni's Plenitude secures 80% stake in US solar farms, boosting its portfolio by 272 MW. The $400 million deal propels Plenitude towards its goal of 1.2 GW capacity in the US by 2026.
Jan 10, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, North America, Plenitude
Tata Power to Acquire a Major Shareholding in Odisha’s Discom
After successfully entering Odisha, Tata Power Company Ltd has reportedly won a bid to purchase 51% of the entire stock in Odisha’s CESU (Central Electricity Supply Utility).
Dec 23, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, India, Asia, tata power, Praveer Sinha, CESU, DISCOM
Large scale solar passed the 200-GWAC milestone in 2019
Large scale solar passed the 200-GWAC milestone in 2019, following another year of record deployment; according to preliminary figures released today by Wiki-Solar. New installations topped 40-GWAC in 2019 making it the tenth consecutive year of rising figures
Jan 9, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Market Research
Quadran to construct 4MW floating solar in Seychelles
The final version of the PPA is expected to come in force in Q1, while Quadran Seychelles is slated to start constructing the large-scale floating photovoltaic plant in Q2 of the new year.
Jan 10, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, tender, floating PV, Africa, Seychelles
Novel method to simulate performance of a cell with up to 5 junctions
Italian scientific team has developed a new method combining the Hovel model with SMM. The novel approach allows describing electromagnetic radiation in a PV cell more accurately, considering interference effects. The device under examination is based on Ge, InGaAs and InGaP. The corresponding anti-reflection coating can make a cell with 3-5 junctions 50-percent efficient.
Jan 27, 2020 // Technology, Italy, Europe
DNV companions with South Korean companies to check out floating solar opportunities
Quality assurance business DNV is teaming up with South Korean floating PV (FPV) component suppliers to check out business opportunities in the worldwide floating solar market.
Jul 22, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Floating PV, South Korea, Asia, Floating solar, Scotra, dnv, POSCO, solarpark
Fluence to optimize 350MW Cubico PV portfolio in Mexico
Technology carrier Fluence has signed a contract with renewables investor Cubico Sustainable Investments to optimize the efficiency of 350MW of solar PV in El Llano, Mexico.
Aug 24, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Mexico, North America, Fluence, Cubico Sustainable Investments, software-as-a-service, asset performance











