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African coal plant driver looks to solar for new power JV
Mozambique-based coal driver Ncondezi Energy has actually revealed a joint endeavor (JV) with South African-based NESA to target South Africa's C&I solar as well as storage space markets
Jun 14, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Africa, Mozambique, Ncondezi, australia energy storage council, NESA, offgrid solar
Soltec lands bifacial tracker manage Statkraft for 234MW of solar projects in Spain
Soltec has signed a contract to provide its SF7 bifacial solar trackers to Norwegian state-owned utility Statkraft for use in 4 PV projects being created in the southern Spanish area of Andalucía.
Jun 30, 2021 // Plants, Spain, bifacial, Europe, trackers, Soltec, Statkraft, Andalusia, supply deal
Australia's Tiwi Islands to host 2.8-GW solar-green hydrogen facility
Australian energy change business Global Energy Ventures (ASX: GEV) last week introduced plans to construct a 2.8-GW solar complicated on the Tiwi Islands off Australia's Northern Territory, to fuel the manufacturing of an on-site green hydrogen center.
Nov 1, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Solar to Fuel, Australia, hydrogen, Oceania, solar-green hydrogen complex, Green Energy Ventures
Developer seeks responses on 350MW UK solar titan
Community consultation on Mallard Pass project in eastern England runs until 16 December 2021
Nov 4, 2021 // Plants, Canadian Solar, UK, Europe, Gary Toomey, MALLARD PASS
Australian battery company Solar SG in growth mode
To take Australian solar battery storage installation company Solar SG into its next growth phase, a new chairman and chief executive officer have been appointed.
Oct 29, 2019 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Solar SG, Rod Woolley, Donna Freer
Axpo is developing a new Alp-based solar project
The energy company is creating a 2-megawatt plant in the canton of Glarus. It will be installed on the wall of the dam at the Muttsee reservoir in the Alps. The facility is claimed to produce large amounts of power, including the winter season.
Nov 28, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Axpo, Europe, Switzerland
Solar cells with holes pierced in them can be used as windows
UNIST researchers have discovered how to let light through photovoltaic panels. They have made dense micro-holes in a cell, which makes it seen as fully transparent and suitable for window application.
Dec 12, 2019 // Technology, PV panels, Asia, Korea, solar sells, UNIST
Foresight bags maiden EDF PPA deal for Spanish project
Solar investor Foresight has penned a 10-year power purchase agreement with EDF Trading for a 50MW project in Spain.
Dec 19, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Spain, PPA, EDF, Europe, subsidy-free, foresight froup, Carlos Rey, Philipp Büssenschütt
Azelio’s storage solution switched on at Noor-Ouarzazate complex
Swedish storage company Azelio has started producing electricity from energy storage at a verification project at the Noor-Ouarzazate solar power station in Morocco.
Jan 2, 2020 // Storage, ENERGY STORAGE, solar plus storage, Africa, Morocco, Concentrated solar power, azelio, northern africa
Wartsila wins Chile storage contract
8MW battery system will be co-located with Colbun's 230MW Diego de Almagro solar farm
Nov 30, 2021 // Storage, Chile, South america, Wartsila, solar farm, Christoph Perathoner
Nevada gold mining operation turns to 200MW PV project to decarbonise
Thin film maker First Solar is to provide Nevada Gold Mines (NGM) with 200MW of solar modules to power its activities in the state, as mining firms everywhere increasingly want to clean up their procedures.
Apr 14, 2022 // Manufacturing News, Markets & Finance News, USA, First Solar, mining, North America, barrick gold corporation, nevada gold mines
Origin safeguards preparing for 700MW Oz battery
Eraring facility in NSW will certainly have a dispatch duration of 4 hours
May 12, 2022 // Storage, Australia, Oceania, Origin Energy
France allocates 858 MW in PV tender
The average price guaranteed to the winners of the tender’s sixth window is €64/MWh. For installations above 5 MW, the price is €59.5/MWh, which is higher than the fifth window.
Aug 6, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, France, tender, Europe, installations, utility-scale, Elisabeth Borne
USTDA backs 150MW solar-plus-wind-plus-storage project in Zambia
The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has agreed to finance a feasibility study for a 150MW hybrid solar, wind and battery plant in northern Zambia.
Aug 13, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Storage, Grids, First Solar, hybrid, solar-plus-wind-plus-storage, grid, Africa, upepo energy partners, zambia, east africa, ustda, wsp usa
Microsoft to buy 230MW from Engie’s clean energy duo in Texas
Microsoft has purchased 85MW of solar energy from Engie as part of a broader agreement covering 230MW of clean energy generated by the developer's Texas operations.
Sep 25, 2019 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Engie, First Solar, Microsoft, North America, corporate ppa