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New solar installments at Contec making headquarters to balance out 53% of power usage
Contec just recently partnered with Pisgah Energy and also Southern Current to create, create and mount a rooftop and ground-mounted solar project at its headquarters in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The two systems, completing 625.5 kWDC, work as on-site electric generation for Contec, increasing the firm's efforts to manufacture items with renewable energy.
Feb 3, 2021 // Plants, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, Contec, Jack McBride, Evan Becka, Scott Wolfrey
Yellow Door Energy raised $31.2 million to develop distributed PV projects in Jordan
UAE-based solar programmer Yellow Door Energy has increased $31.2 million finance to develop dispersed solar projects in Jordan.
Feb 9, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, Germany, EBRD, Europe, Asia, pv projects, UAE, Yellow Door Energy, DEG
German AE Solar to open solar panel factory in Turkey in April
In partnership with Energate Corp., AE Solar set up the launch of manufacturing at its manufacturing facility in Kayseri in Turkey for April. The German company means to bring the annual output of solar modules in the center up to 1 GW by the end of the year.
Feb 18, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Germany, Europe, Asia, Turkey, AE Solar
Therma Marine agreements Wärtsilä for floating power storage system
Power generation holding business Therma Marine (TMI) has actually ordered a flexible floating barge-mounted energy storage space system from Finnish power and aquatic industry company Wärtsilä.
Mar 10, 2021 // Storage, Floating PV, floating PV, Asia, Philippines, Wärtsilä, Kari Punnonen, Gridsolv Max, Therma Marine, Aboitiz Power
Greenbacker, Community Energy complete 10-MW Colorado community solar portfolio
Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company announced that building and construction has been completed on a 10 MWDC portfolio composed of five community solar gardens in southern Colorado.
Mar 29, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Markets & Finance News, USA, Charles Wheeler, North America, greenbacker, solar projects, Ben Griffin
What is the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge?
Having begun on 13 October and being due to end on 18 October, the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge is underway.
Oct 16, 2019 // Transport, Australia, Oceania, Bridgestone World Solar Challenge
Google announces US$150m renewables investment package
Google says it will spend US$150 million on renewable energy in regions where its products are manufactured, in a move it hopes will galvanise a further US$1.5 billion of investment.
Oct 17, 2019 // Markets & Finance News, USA, Apple, solar pv, North America, Google, corporate solar, hecate
Enertronica Santerno unveils high-altitude central inverter
The Italian manufacturer said the product is based on a technical solution previously used for power downgrading. The device is said to be ideal for projects at altitudes greater than 1,000m.
Jan 7, 2020 // Inverters, Italy, Europe, Enertronica Santerno, Vito Nardi
Losing a few PV panels in space can cost millions of dollars
European satellite operator Eutelsat has revealed one of the two solar arrays on its recently launched 5 West B satellite has been lost. Only 45% of the craft’s generation capacity can be operated, hitting the company’s bottom line to the tune of $5-10 million.
Jan 21, 2020 // Technology, Solar, PV technology, Eutelsat, satellite
German scientists research study solar cells with scanning electron microscopic lense
Scientists at the Centre for Solar Energy as well as Hydrogen Research Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) are making use of a brand-new scanning electron microscopic lense to examine solar cells.
Feb 13, 2020 // Technology, Germany, solar cells, Europe, electron microscopic, Theresa Friedlmeier
Indonesia to Construct Solar Projects on Erstwhile Mine Sites
Indonesian coal miner PT Bukit Asam intends to develop 3 solar energy projects on former mine sites as part of its development into renewable resource, the firm's chief executive Suryo has been priced quote as saying in media reports.
Sep 3, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Blockchain, Asia, Indonesia, PT Bukit Asam, Suryo
BEIS consults on brand-new solar PV Nationally Significant Infrastructure Project assistance
New advice on solar PV has been recommended by the government as part of its testimonial right into the energy National Policy Statements (NPSs).
Sep 7, 2021 // Policy, UK, Europe, BEIS, National Policy Statements
ARENA to support Australian microgrids with brand-new funding
The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has released an AU$ 50 million (US$ 36 million) programme to support microgrid pilot projects and also enhance the reliability of electrical energy supply across regional Australia.
Sep 28, 2021 // Plants, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Australia, Oceania, microgrid, ARENA, Microgrids, off-grid
UK crew introduces 165MW PV-plus-storage plan
Evolution Power's Stonestreet Green project will lie near Aldington in Kent, England
Nov 5, 2021 // Plants, Large-Scale, Commercial, Storage, UK, Europe, Evolution Power, Giles Frampton
Color-tunable transparent silicon solar cell with 7.38% performance
Developed for BIPV applications by scientists in Korea, the solar cell is based on a 100μm-thick n-type silicon wafer as well as has a bending radius of 3-6mm.
Nov 29, 2021 // Technology, South Korea, Asia, efficiency, UNIST, silicon solar cell, Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology