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Risen Australia sells 120 MW of rooftop panels in one year
Chinese PV module maker Risen Energy says it has achieved its highest jump in solar module sales in the Australian market in a one-year period.
Aug 9, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Plants, Large-Scale, China, Australia, rooftop, PV module, NEM, Risen Energy, Eric Lee, Yarranlea Solar Farm, John Zhong
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
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
New Mexico energy plans nearly 1GW of solar-plus-storage to change coal plant
New Mexico's biggest energy plans to create 950MW of solar and storage by 2022 as it departures the state's San Juan coal plant as well as eyes 100% emissions-free electrical power by 2040.
Oct 13, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, solar-plus-storage, North America, New Mexico, IEEFA, pnm, carbon capture and storage, Karl Cates
Scatec awarded 540 MW solar plant with storage in a federal government tender in South Africa
Scatec has today been awarded Preferred Bidder standing on three projects totaling 150MW (3x50MW) of Contracted Capacity, by the Department of Mineral Resources and Energy in South Africa under the technology agnostic Risk Mitigation Power Procurement Programme (RMIPPP). The tariffs awarded to the projects drop within the series of the formerly granted preferred bidders.
Jun 2, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Raymond Carlsen, Scatec, Africa, South Africa, PV Power Plant, RMIPPP
GoodWe Hits 1.5 GW Milestone in India
Inverter major GoodWe, which has been a particularly solid player in the residential and commercial rooftop segment up until recently, when it increased offerings to the utility section also, has actually gone across the 1.5 GW milestone in India.
Mar 16, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Inverters, India, Asia, GoodWe, Anil Bhat, awnish pandey, darshan kumar jain, India sales milestone, vipin bharadwaj
Nexamp activates two solar+ storage projects in Massachusetts
United States dispersed solar energy generation company Nexamp has actually finished two energy storage projects
Mar 23, 2022 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, USA, Massachusetts, North America, Nexamp, Mark Frigo, John Murphy, solar and storage project
UK can see 900 MW of solar contend in aid round intended following year
Expert Cornwall Insight stated the number, drawn from its Renewable Pipeline tracker, connected just to the percentage of the country's 13 GW solar pipe which had actually currently requested or protected preparation approval.
Apr 15, 2020 // Markets & Finance News, UK, Europe, BEIS
Huawei to increase expert system to boost solar inverters
The Chinese empire has actually disclosed just how it will certainly even more incorporate expert system (AI) in its string gadgets this year. The strategy consists of the change of inverters right into clever PV controllers, the growth of AI reasoning components and also the development of an AI training and also reasoning system. Artificial intelligence will certainly likewise be integrated right into procedures as well as upkeep, grid monitoring as well as PV plant layout.
May 7, 2020 // Technology, Inverters, China, Asia, Huawei
NTPC Tenders for 1100 kWp Solar Power Plant in Bihar
NTPC Ltd has issued a tender for setting up of 1100 kWp grid-connected solar PV nuclear power plant at North Karanpura in the state of Bihar.
Jul 14, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, India, tender, NTPC, Asia, Bihar
OX2 Sells 119 MW Solar Project in Victoria, Australia
Swedish developer OX2 AB sells a 119-MWac solar project in Australia, set to power 51,000 homes by 2027, while solidifying their local market presence with 1 GW of projects.
Sep 6, 2024 // Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, Solar Project, OX2
Hecate Energy Taps Bechtel for 360-MW Michigan Solar Project
Hecate Energy teams with Bechtel for the ambitious Sunfish Solar 2 project, set to power 183,500 Michigan homes with 360 MW of renewable energy by 2026!
Sep 12, 2024 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, USA, Michigan, North America, hecate energy, Solar Project
Political uncertainties and market speculation
After several years of stagnation, Spain has started to see a revival in its PV market, writes IHS Markit’s Maria Chea. The country’s newfound growth has been due to a combination of tender and private PPA projects, along with decreasing component costs.
Oct 29, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, Opinions, Spain, Europe, auction, enel green power, x-elio, PV market, Maria Chea, ACS Cobra, Northleaf
A redox flow battery for MW-sized solar-plus-storage
Matt Harper, primary business police officer of newly-merged British-Canadian vanadium redox circulation battery company Invinity Energy Systems has actually talked to pv magazine concerning the VS3-022 Battery Unit it is marketing for grid range solar-plus-storage projects as well as why it might be a much better wager than lithium-ion.
Apr 29, 2020 // Storage, California, USA, Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, Australia, Europe, Asia, eastern europe, solar-plus-storage, Oceania, lithium-ion, vanadium redox flow battery, North America, SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, Matt Harper, Avalon Battery Corp
Google’s Suncatcher Puts AI Compute Into Orbit
Google’s Project Suncatcher turns solar LEO swarms into AI datacenters: TPUs linked by free-space optics at 1.6 Tbps; 2027 prototypes, radiation-tolerant chips, but heat and ground links loom.
Nov 6, 2025 // Technology, Google, Suncatcher