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A 20-year power supply bargain for 238 MW of solar in Brazil
French developer Voltalia has actually acquired to provide solar energy to Brazilian polycarbonate material firm Braskem. The solar plant which will certainly produce the electrical energy is prepared as a growth of 2 centers designated by the Brazilian federal government in a public renewable resource public auction.
Mar 5, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, Voltalia, South america, Brazil
Matrix Renewables inks funding for 82-MW solar portfolio in Colombia
Madrid-based platform Matrix Renewables, produced by asset manager TPG, has authorized a non-recourse long-term financing agreement for its roughly 82-MW Los Llanos solar portfolio in Colombia.
Oct 18, 2021 // Markets & Finance News, South america, Colombia, solar portfolio, Matrix Renewables, Nicolas Navas
TotalEnergies signs pact for 1-GWp solar project in Iraq
French energy major TotalEnergies SE (EPA: TTE) stated today it means to build a 1-GWp solar photovoltaic or pv (PV) complex near the port of Basra, in southern Iraq.
Sep 6, 2021 // Plants, Asia, Iraq, Solar Project, TotalEnergies
Japanese ceramics expert NGK plans 40 MW of solar projects
Japanese ceramics firm NGK Insulators Ltd (TYO:5333) plans to install concerning 40 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) arrays at its making sites by fiscal 2025.
Jan 5, 2023 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Japan, Asia, solar projects, NGK
Sungrow materials 2GW of inverters for Vietnamese rooftop PV projects
Sungrow has this year gave 2GW of its SG110CX inverters for use in Vietnamese roof solar PV installments, as the Chinese firm continues to broaden its existence in the nation.
Dec 9, 2020 // Plants, Inverters, Rooftop PV, Sungrow, Asia, rooftop PV, Vietnam
ReneSola energises 1st self-built solar park in Hungary
Solar project developer as well as operator ReneSola Ltd (NYSE: SOL) stated today that its inaugural independent power manufacturer (IPP) project in Hungary with a capability of 10.2 MWp has actually reached commercial procedure.
Oct 21, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Hungary, Europe, renesola, Solar Park
First Togolese utility-scale PV plants are on the way
The tender launched according to Scaling Solar program is for deployment of solar farms with a total capacity of 60-80 megawatts.
Jan 14, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, tender, Africa, Togo
Acciona starts work on its first United States PV plant
317MW Fort Bend project in Texas is anticipated online in 2022
Jun 26, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Acciona, solar farm, Joaquin Castillo
Thin-film modern technologies can noticeably decrease carbon intensity of PV, NREL researchers say
Thin-film modern technologies such as cadmium telluride (CdTe) and perovskites can markedly minimize the carbon intensity of PV compared with silicon alternatives, according to scientists at the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL).
Jul 5, 2022 // Technology, Manufacturing News, NREL, perovskite, thin-film, carbon, CdTe, decarbonsiation
Floating PV powering sieving machines, suction excavators at German quarry
Rheinland Solar has constructed a 750 kW floating solar plant to power several sieving makers as well as suction excavators at a quarry in Germany. On weekends, the excess electricity is offered to the grid at market prices.
Sep 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, Rheinland Solar
Morocco on the lookout for designers for brand-new 400MW PV push
Morocco is to hold a tender to agreement another major batch of solar PV across the country, as part of wider efforts to release 3GW of renewables in between 2020 and 2030.
Feb 4, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, BNEF, auctions, Africa, BloombergNEF, tenders, Morocco, masen, noor
EDF to establish 240MWp floating solar project coupled with hydro plant in Laos
EDF has actually protected an agreement to lead the development of a 240MWp floating solar project in Laos that will certainly be co-located with a 1.08 GW hydropower plant.
Jul 26, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, EDF, floating PV, Asia, hydropower, colocation, hybrid projects, laos
France powers up Europe’s self-styled largest floating PV project
Top French state officials have helped cut the red ribbon of a floating solar plant that is being touted as Europe’s largest, a project delivered by Paris headquartered Akuo Energy.
Oct 21, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Policy, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, Elisabeth Borne, akuo, Ciel & Terre, ciel et terre, Brune Poirson
Covid-19 and also reliance on China's PV supply chain
The Asian Development Bank claims creating nations in Asia as well as the Pacific must take into consideration creating their very own solar sector supply chains as the Covid-19 pandemic has actually revealed their over-reliance on China to finish the power change.
Mar 30, 2020 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, India, China, Asia, Vietnam, Asian Development Bank, WORLD, covid-19, Yongping Zhai
The globe's sunniest PV testing field
French power titan Engie recently commissioned a solar module screening facility in Chile's Atacama Desert, an area which has the globe's highest possible solar radiation. Thore Müller-- head of bifacial PV R&D and solar solutions at Engie Laborelec, spoke with pv magazineabout the benefits of screening panels, inverters and cleansing systems in warm, dry settings.
Jul 15, 2020 // Technology, Manufacturing News, Engie, Chile, South america, Thore Müller














