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First Utility-Scale Floating Solar Power Plant For Germany
Ciel & Terre recently announced the launching of a new utility-scale 750 kWp floating solar array in Renchen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Utilizing more than 2,300 solar panels, it is predicted the solar power plant will generate 736 MWh per year.
Sep 30, 2019 // Floating PV, Germany, floating PV, Europe, Ciel & Terre, Neige BREANT, Vincent Pinchou, Ossola GmbH, Erdgas Südwest
‘Desert to Power’ solar project in Chad clinches €18m AfDB loan
A contracted 32MW solar-plus-storage project just north of Chad’s capital N'Djaména is one step closer to fruition after the African Development Bank (AfDB) provided it with an €18 million (US$19.6 million) loan with a partial risk guarantee.
Oct 2, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, Grids, solar-plus-storage, Africa, African Development Bank, chad, sahel, infraco africa, aldwich international limited, amea power
Akuo enlists crowdfunding partner for 17MWp floating project in France
Individuals can now bankroll the deployment of a large-scale floating solar plant in France, a project by Paris-headquartered Akuo Energy.
Oct 3, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Floating PV, France, floating PV, Europe, akuo, Allianz Crowdlending
Solar powered weeding tractor uses manual labour
You might not have realised this, but there’s a group of hackers out there without whom you wouldn’t be able to put food on the table. They hack under the blazing sun and pouring rain, and have been doing it for thousands of years. Known more commonly as farmers, their creative problem solving skills with whatever is lying around can be absolutely jaw dropping. [Andrew Mans] is one such individual. He built a solar powered weeding tractor that uses human labour to do the actual weeding.
Oct 16, 2019 // Transport, Agriculture, solar electric motor, tractor, weeding, Andrew Mans
Bangladesh extends incentive scheme for domestic solar industry
PV manufacturers receive 10% of the value of their exported products as an incentive and the nation’s central bank has extended the program to cover this financial year. Bangladesh’s solar manufacturers have called for more, however, and point to more generous schemes to the west.
Oct 29, 2019 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, Bangladesh, Asia, solar modules, Munawar Misbah Moin, Golam Baki Masud
Neoen Payments its 208 MWp Solar Park in Argentina
Neoen, an independent producer of renewable energy specifically, has actually appointed its Altiplano 200 solar power plant-- a 208 MWp solar park located in the Salta district of Argentina. Altiplano will be generating 650,000 MWh of green electricity each year, equivalent to the yearly electrical energy usage of 215,000 people, said Neon.
Oct 8, 2021 // Plants, Argentina, South america, neoen, Solar Power Plant, Xavier Barbaro, Emmanuel Pujol
US duo to develop 75MW Colorado PV
DE Shaw and also Torch Clean Energy get to financial notice to continue on the 75MW Hunter solar farm
Nov 15, 2021 // Plants, USA, North America, Bryan Hannegan, de shaw, Torch Clean Energy, Tom de Swardt
21-year solar PPA for three French airports
The airports of Paris-Charles-de-Gaulle, Orly and Le Bourget will be supplied with solar energy by French solar company Urbasolar and energy supplier GazelEnergie. The PV plants connected to the agreement are now in development and will begin providing power in 2021.
Feb 6, 2020 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, pv power plants, Europe, Edward Arkwright
Iberdrola signs its biggest green funding worth EUR1 B with Banco Santander
The funds will be used primarily to finance Iberdrola's orders to distributors of generators for offshore and onshore wind farms for Iberdrola's projects in Spain, Poland, Greece, Germany and the UK.
Apr 28, 2022 // Markets & Finance News, Iberdrola, Banco Santander, green loan, Export Credit Agency, ECA
Maharashtra to Solarise Mhaisal Lift Irrigation Scheme
About 200 MW of electricity will certainly be generated from the solar energy installations for this project. The government has actually currently recognized some sites for the installation of solar energy.
May 20, 2022 // Plants, Rooftop PV, India, Asia, Renewable Electricity, Gramin Bank, Irrigation Department of Maharashtra, Jayant Patil, Maharashtra Government, Mhaisal Lift Irrigation Scheme
Emergent Solar Energy includes 65-kW solar microgrid to Indiana farm
A recently finished solar microgrid system near Greensburg, Indiana, is expected to produce sufficient clean power to offset almost 4,000 tons of co2 over its life time.
Dec 16, 2021 // Plants, Storage, Grids, USA, North America, microgrid, solar farm, Emergent Solar Energy, Jeremy Lipinski
Anesco energises 56MW Dutch solar trio for Shell
UK business will certainly now give operations and upkeep for the 3 projects
Jan 21, 2022 // Plants, UK, Europe, Netherlands, shell, Anesco, Mark Futyan, Tyrone Rogers
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
China added 11.4 GW of solar capacity in first half of this year
According to official statistics produced by the nation’s National Energy Administration, China’s cumulative installed PV generation capacity had reached 185.5 GW at the end of June.
Aug 23, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, China, National Energy Administration, Asia, Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory Co Ltd
European consortium develops advanced contamination-repellent solar panel coating
A European consortium of partners has developed an easy-to-clean solar panel coating that repels environmental forces. SolarSharc was created by the Advanced Resins and Coatings Innovation Centre (a strategic partnership between London South Bank University and TWI), Opus Materials Technologies, Onyx Solar, CEA – LITEN, Millidyne and TWI.
Aug 26, 2019 // Technology, Europe, SolarSharc, advanced Resins, Coatings Innovation Centre, Geraldine Durand